Bill 8 (Legislature 8, Session 7)

L8 S7 7976

Alberta — Bills

BILL No.8 of 1938 (Second Session).

An Act to Amend the Workmen's Compensation Act. (Assented to , 1938.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Workmen's Compensa tion Act Amendment Act, 1938". 2. The Workmen's Compensation Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1938, is hereby amended as to

section by inserting therein immediately after paragraph (

b) the following new paragraph: "(bb) An assessment in addition to its ordinary mean ing includes charges, rates, levies and deductions imposed for medical aid." 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section by striking out the words "and subject as aforesaid. The action or decision of the Board", where the same occur therein, and by substituting therefor the following: "and the action or decision of the Board". 4. The said Act is further amended as to

section by renumbering the last subsection thereof as subsection (6). 5. The said Act is further amended as to

section by striking out the words "unless the Board otherwise dire~ts, and such certificate shall be conclusive as to the matters certified", where the same occur therein, and by substituting therefor the words "and such certificate shall unless the Board otherwise directs be conclusive as to the matters certified" . 6. The said Act is further amended as to

section by striking out the words "subsection (2) of this section", where the same occur therein, and by substituting therefor the words "subsection (2) of this

section whether such apparatus was provided before or after enactment hereof". 7. The said Act is further amended as to

section by striking out subsections (3) and (4) thereof and by sub stituting therefor the following: 2 "

(3) In cases where nO' such plan has been apprQved, emplQyers shall either cQllect frQm the WQrkman Qr wQrk men in their emplQyment Qr retain Qut Qf the earnings Qf such wQrkman Qr wQrkmen such amQunts fQr medical aid as may frQm time to' time be fixed by the BQard and shall pay the mQnies sO' cQllected Qr retained to' the Board and such mQnies shall fQrm part Qf the Accident Fund and shall CQn stitute a special fund to' be used in defraying the CQst Qf medical aid to' the wQrkmen sO' cQntributing; prQvided, hQw ever, that cQmmencing the first day Qf January, 1939, the amQunt retained frQm a wQrkman shall nQt be less than Qne, nQr mQre than five cents per day Qr part day wQrked. "

(4) The emplQyer shall be persQnally liable to' pay to' the BQard the amount that he is required to' cQllect Qr retain frQm his wQrkmen under the prQvisiQns Qf this sectiQn and the BQard shall have the like PQwers and be entitled to' the like remedies fQr enfQrcing payment Qf such sum as it PQS sesses Qr is entitled to' in respect Qf an assessment." 8. The said Act is further amended as to' sectiQn by striking Qut subsectiQn (1) and by substituting therefor the fQIIQwing: "61.-

(1) Where any wQrk within the scope Qf this Act is undertaken fQr any perSQn, (in this

section referred to' as the principal), by a cQntractQr, Qr subcQntractQr the prin cipal shall be liable to' pay to' the BQard any sum which the cQntractQr 0'1' any subcQntractQr is Qr may becQme liable to' pay to' the BQard in respect Qf the WQrk sO' undertaken, and the BQard shall have the like PQwers, and be entitled to' the like remedies fQr enfQrcing payment as it PQssesses Qr is entitled to' in respect of an assessment." 9. The said Act is further amended as to' sectiQn by striking out subsectiQn (6) and by substituting therefor the fQIIQwing: "

(6) Any real estate Qf an employer, which is nQt Qther wise bound by Qr subject to' a lien created by this Act, shall be bQund to' the same extent as a registered judgment O'r mortgage, by any assessment made under this Act against such employer, frQm the date of the IQdging Qf a certified statement Qf the mQnies due the BQard fQr assessment Qr otherwise in the Land Titles Office fQr the district in which such real estate is situated and any judgment entered with respect to' such statement shall bind such prQperty frQm the date of the lodging of such statement sO' certified.

The Registrar Qf such Land Titles Office shall recQrd such state- ment." . 10. This Act shall come intO' fQrce Qn the day UPQn which it is assented to', and UPQn SO' cQming intO' fQrce shall be deemed to' have been in fQrce at all times Qn, frQm and after the thirty-first day Qf March, 1938. SEVENTH SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI csmCOND SESSION) BILL

An Act to Amend the Workmen's Compensation Act. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time .................................... .. Third time ....................................... . MR. ANDERSON. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1938 (8th, 7th) Bill 8,

An Act to Amend The Workmen's Compensation Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L8 S7 7976
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L8 S7 7976
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	0dcc78bd7fe920b46a469abf0a3d282af4283f24

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