Bill 211 — Third Session, 25Th Legislature, 52 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 211 Fair Trading (Telemarketing Licence) Amendment Act, 2003 (Legislature 25, Session 3)

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2003 Bill 211 Third Session, 25th Legislature, 52 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 211 FAIR TRADING (TELEMARKETING LICENCE) AMENDMENT ACT, 2003 MR. McCLELLAND First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Third Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 Bill 211 Mr. McClelland BILL 211 2003 FAIR TRADING (TELEMARKETING LICENCE) AMENDMENT ACT, 2003 (Assented to , 2003) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cF-2 1 The Fair Trading Act is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added after the heading for

Part 4: Definition 41.1 In this Part, “telemarketing” means marketing of goods or services by telephone or fax whether done by a personal call, fax, computer or an automated recorded message device. Licence required 41.2 No person may engage in telemarketing unless the person is the holder of a subsisting licence. Hours permitted 41.3 No person may engage in telemarketing except between 9 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekends.

Identification 41.4(1) A person engaged in telemarketing must identify the person or organization on behalf of whom the call or fax is made, including the telephone number, fax number and name and address of a responsible person whom the called party can contact.

(2) The telephone call or fax must display the originating calling number or an alternate where the call originator can be reached. Prohibited practices 41.5 Telemarketing calls or faxes must not (

a) be placed as a result of a program providing for the automatic dialing of sequential numbers, (

b) be placed to emergency te lephone lines or health care facilities. Do not call lists 41.6(1) A telemarketer who receives a request from a person not to call or fax a telephone number must remove that person’s name and number from the telemarketer’s list within 7 days of the request.

(2) A telemarketer must maintain for at least 3 years a list of telephone or fax numbers that he or she has been requested not to call or fax. 3

Section 161 is amended by adding the following after clause (b): (b.1) in

Part 4, sections 41.2 to 41.6;

3 4 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

Explanatory Notes 1 Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter F-2 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2 Requirements for telemarketing.

Section 161 presently reads: 161 Any person who contravenes any of the following provisions is guilty of an offence: (

a) in

Part 2, sections 7, 9, 10, 11, 23; (

b) in

Part 3, sections 31(2), 39(1); (

c) in

Part 5, sectio ns 44(1) and (2), 45, 46(1), (3), (4), (6) and (7), 48(2) and (3), 49; (

d) in

Part 7,

section 54; (

e) in

Part 8, sect ions 55(2), 56(1), 57(1); (

f) in

Part 9, s ections 62, 64(1) and (2), 66(2), 68(3), 73(3), 78, 79(1), 80, 81, 85, 86, 87, 88; (

g) in

Part 10, sections 104, 107; (

h) in

Part 11, sections 111, 113, 114(1), 115(1), 116(1), 117; (

i) in

Part 12, sections 120(2) and (3), 121, 122, 123; (

j) in

Part 13, s ections 132, 133, 134; Explanatory Notes 2

Explanatory Notes 3 (

k) in

Part 14, sections 145(6), 168(3). 4 Coming into force. Title: 2003 (25th, 3rd) Bill 211, Fair Trading (Telemarketing Licence) Amendment Act, 2003

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