1992 BILL Fourth Session, 22nd Legislature, 41 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 MR. LUND First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1992 (22nd, 4th) Bill 297, Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1992 Bill Mr. Lund BILL 297 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 (Assented to , 1992) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 10: 10.1(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, self­ employed persons and persons who are owner-operators of a business are entitled to apply to the Board in accordance with the regulations to have the Act apply to them as workers.

(2) Self-employed persons and persons who are owner- operators of a business shall, upon their application to the Board to have this Act apply to them being approved, become an employer as defined in

section 1(1)(h). 3

Section 11(1) is amended (

a) in clause (a)(

i) by deleting ", or" and adding at the end of it "unless that individual has made an application to the Board under

section 10.1(1) and that application has been approved, or"; (

b) in clause (

d) by adding at the end of it "unless that proprietor has made an application to the Board under

section 10.1(1) and that application has been approved." 1 Explanatory Notes This amendment would give self-employed individuals and owner- operators of a business the option of participating in the Workers’ Compensation scheme. 2 Removes references to self-employed individuals, owner-operators and proprietors being ineligible for Workers’ Compensation benefits if they opt for participation under the Act. Title: 1992 (22nd, 4th) Bill 297, Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1992