Bill 37 (Legislature 16, Session 1)

L16 S1 4488

Alberta — Bills

1968 Bill 37 \ill First Session, 16th Legislature, 171 E~.e.th II I ... THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL J

An Act to amend The Recreation Development Act and The Provincial Secretary's Act THE MINISTER OF YOUTH First Reading ............................................................. . Second Reading ........................................................ . Third Reading ........................................................... . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton BILL 37

An Act to amend The Recreation Development Act and The Provincial Secretary's Act (Assented to , 1968) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

Section of The Recreation Development Act is amended (

a) as to subsection (1) by striking out the words "for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the matters specified in clauses (

a) to (

e) of

section 3", (

b) as to subsection (2) by adding after the word "grants" wherever it occurs the words ", scholar ships or contributions". 2.

Section of The Recreation Development Act is amended by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the following: 7.

(1) The Minister may appoint boards or committees to carry out such duties as may be prescribed by the Minister. 3.

Section of The Provincial Secretary's Act IS re pealed. 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes 1. Clauses and of this Bill amend

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1967.

Section ,6 (1) and (2) presently read: 6.

(1) The Minister may, subject to the regulations, make grants, scholarships or contributions to municipalities, to organizations, to public bodies and to persons or classes of persons for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the matters specified in clauses (

a) to (

e) of

section 3.

(2) The Lieutenat Governor in Council may make regulations (

a) prescribing the purposes for which grants may be made under this section, (

b) specifying to whom and upon what conditions the grants may be paid, (

c) limiting the maximum amount payable as grants, and (

d) respecting any other matter necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and purpose of this section. Subsection (2) (

a) authorizes regulations prescribing the purposes for which grants may be made under subsection (1) but subsection (1) itself indicates that the purp-oses for which the grants may be made are those specified in

section 3. The amendment to subsection (1) is made to remove this anomoly and to make it consistent with subsection (2) (a). The amendment to subsection (2) is made ,to cure a drafting omission. At present subsection (1) refers to "grants, scholarships or contributions" but subsection (2) refers only to "grants". 2.

Section presently reads: 7.

(1) The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may appoint suitable persons to act on boards or committees, either in advisory or technical capacities, to carry out such duties as may be prescribed by the Minister.

(2) The members of a board or committee shall receive no remuner ation for their services, but the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation authorize the payment of such suhsistence allowances, travel ling expenses and other expenses as he considers proper and expedient in connection with the attendance of board members or committee mem bers at board meetings or committee meetings or their duties while otherwise engaged in the work of the board.

(3) The Minister may fix the term of office of the persons appointed to boards or committees and may designate chairmen. The amendments will permit the Minister of Youth to appoint com mittees without the necessity of an -order in council. 3. This repeals

section 11 'Of ,chapter 250 'Of the Revised Statutes which reads: 11. The Provincial Secretary may, out of any moneys appropriated for the purpose by the Legislature, make grants to communities in the Province to assist them in acqUiring recreational facilities. The

section is now obsolete as the Provincial Secretary's Depart ment no longer administers grants of this type. Title: 1968 (16th, 1st) Bill 37,

An Act to amend The Recreation Development Act and The Provincial Secretary's Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L16 S1 4488
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L16 S1 4488
Language	en
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