Bill 270 — Second Session, 21St Legislature, 36 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 270 An Act To Amend the Historical Resources Act (Legislature 21, Session 2)

L21 S2 3152

Alberta — Bills

1987 BILL 270 Second Session, 21st Legislature, 36 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 270

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HISTORICAL RESOURCES ACT MS. BARRETT llM«.\.'t-;i \5 > I •axz First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 270 Ms. Barrett BILL 270 1987

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HISTORICAL RESOURCES ACT (Assented to , 1987) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Historical Resources Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 14 is amended (

a) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) No place or other geographical feature in Alberta shall be assigned a name except in accordance with this section. (

b) by adding the following after subsection (2):

(2.1) The Board shall not approve a name or change of name for a place or other geographical feature in Alberta except in accordance with the principles adopted from time to time by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names.

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter H-8 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 14 presently reads: 14(1) The name of any place or other geographical feature in Alberta that (

a) was approved after March 31, 1949 and before January 1, 1975 by the Geographic Board of Alberta under The Geo graphical Names Act, or (

b) is approved or changed afier December 31, 1974 by the Historic Sites Board pursuant to subsection (2), is the authorized name of that place or feature for all purposes.

(2) The Board may, with the consent of the Minster, approve a name for, or approve a change of the name for, any place or other geographical feature in Alberta.

(3) When the Board approves the name or changes the name of any place or other geographical feature under this section, a notice signed by the secretary of the Board setting out the name approved or the change of name and the location of the place or other geographical feature to which the name applies, shall be published by the secretary in The Alberta Gazette.

(4) The Minister may make regulations 1

(

a) prescribing standards and guidelines for the approval of names and changes of names by the Board; (

b) prescribing the duties of the Board with respect to nomenclature; (

c) governing and requiring consultation by the Board with any department, municipality, person or body of persons con cerning the name of, or the changing of the name of, any place or other geographical feature. Title: 1987 (21st, 2nd) Bill 270,

An Act to Amend the Historical Resources Act

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