Bill 26 (Legislature 9, Session 1)

L9 S1 7835

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 26 of 1941. A BILL TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE ELECTRICAL PROTECTION ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends and consolidates The ElectTical Protec tion Act. About a year ago by instructions of the Executive Council the administration of The Electrical Protection Act which has hitherto been administered by the Workmen's Com pensation Board of this Province was transferred to the Department of Public Works. This new Act is designed to enable the Department of Public Works to administer this Act.

The Mechanical Superintendent of the Department of Public Works is also given the power to examine and control the licensing of electrical workmen. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a partial explanation of some of its provisions.)

BILL No. 26 of 1941.

An Act to amend and consolidate The Electrical Protection Act. (Assented to ,191,,1.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts a'S follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Electrical Protection Act, 191,,1." 2.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,- . (a) "Electrical equipment" includes plant machinery, equipment, appliances and devices of every kind and description which are used Or intended to be used in the generation, transformation,- transmis sion, distribution, delivery or use of electrical power or energy in the Province; (b) "Minister" means the Minister of Public Works. 3. The Minister of Public Works shall be charged with the administration of this Act. 4.-:

(1) Upon the re,commendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time by order make rules and regulations,- (

a) prescribing the design, construction, installation, protection, use, maintenance, repair and extension of electrical equipment; (

b) providing for the inspection and approval of all or any specified electrical equipment and prohibiting the use in Alberta of any such electrical equipment until the same has been so inspected and approved; (

c) prohibiting the advertising, display, offering for sale or other disposal, and the sale or other disposal. publicly or privately in Alberta of any specified electrical equipment unless and until the same shall have been inspected and approved, and prescribing the precautions to be taken in the sale or other dis posal of any such electrical equipment, and the warnings and instructions to be given to purchas ers and others by means of advertisements, circulars or otherwise in order to prevent the use thereof in

2 such manner or under such conditions as may be likely to result in undue hazard to persons or property; (

d) prescribing plans and specifi.cations governing the design and construction of any specified electrical equipment and the amendment or alteration thereof and the manner in which the same shall be tested either before the same is sold or disposed of or used or at any other time; (

e) as to the manner in which and the times at which the inspection, removal, alteration, repair, connec tion or disconnection of any electrical equipment shall be carried out and the measures to be taken in relation thereto for the purpose of protecting the public or workmen or property against injury or damage by any electrical equipment or by the installation, alteration, repair or operation thereof; (

f) providing for the issuance of permits for the erec tion, installation or operation of any electric equip ment, or certificates of approval of any electric equipment; (

g) prescribing the fees to be paid for permits and for inspections, tests and approvals of any electrical equipment and of plans and spe~ifications relating thereto and as to the time and manner in which such fees shall be paid; (

h) providing for the collection of the prescribed fees; (

i) providing for the examination of and the issue of certificates of proficiency to electrical workers and prohibiting any person from engaging in or follow ing the occupation of electrical worker who is not the holder of a subsisting certificate of proficiency issued pursuant to this Act, and in particular, but without affecting the generality of the foregoing, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time,- (

i) appoint such examiners or boards of exam iners consisting of such and so many persons as may be deemed advisable; (ii) prescribe the nature, scope and extent of the examinations to be held and the conditions of admission to such examinations; (iii) prescribe standards of proficiency to l;>e at tained by any person upon examination be fore the issuance to him of any certificate of proficiency under this Act; (iv) provide for the issuance of certificates of proficiency; (

v) provide for the forms of certificates of pro ficiency and applications therefor and for the fees to be charged in respect thereof; (vi) prescribe the division of certificates of pro ficiency into classes;

3 (vii) prescribe the work which may be performed by members of each class and the places where and conditions under which such work may be performed; (

j) providing for the posting up of any or all regula tions made pursuant to this

section or of notices relating thereto and the places and manner in which the same shall be posted up and the time or times during which the same shall be kept so posted up; (

k) as to any other matter or thing, the doing of which is permitted by this Act or which has for its object the avoidance of danger to life and property by reason of the installation, repair or use of any electrical equipment or for whi,ch no specific pro vision is made by this Act for the purpose of carry ing out the provisions of this Act according to the true intent thereof.

(2) All rules and regulations made pursuant to this sec tion shall be published in The Alberta Gazette and shall have force upon such publication or at such later date as may be designated for that purpose.

(3) All such rules and regulations shall be laid upon the table of the House at the next ensuing session of the Legis lative Assembly and shall, unless the same has been pre viously disapproved of, at the end of such session have the same force and validity as if the same had been expressly enacted as a part of this Act. 5. The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may appoint sU,ch inspectors, officers, clerks and servants as may be required for the administra tion of this Act and fix their remuneration and prescribe their duties. 6.

In case any code of electrical rules has been promul gated by any association or body of persons and is available in printed form, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may upon the recommendation of the Minister, declare any such code to be in force either in whole or in part or with such variations as may be specified in the order, and upon publi cation in The Alberta Gazette of any sU,ch order, the rules thereby declared to be in force subject to such variations as may be specified in the order, shall take effect and have the same force as if the same were rules and regulations made pursuant to this Act upon the date upon which the order is so published or upon such later date as may be designated for that purpose. 7.

Every inspector appointed under the authority of this Act may at any reasonable hour, enter upon, pass over or through any land, building, or premises for the purpose of performing any duty assigned to him under the authority of this Act.

4 8.

Nothing in this Act or in any of the rules or regula tions, plans, specifications or orders issued under the authority of this Act shall render any inspe,ctor or other person whilst acting in pursuance of this Act or any rule or regulation, liable for any injury, loss or damage caused to any person or property by reason of any defect in any electrical equipment or by reason of any order, or affect the liability of any municipal corporation or other corpora tion or any other person for any injury, loss or damage so caused, notwithstanding any inspection or test made or any certificate or permit issued under the provisions of this Act or of any rule or regulation thereunder. 9.

No person shall authorize, hire, or employ any person who is not the holder of a subsisting certificate of proficiency under this Act to engage in or undertake any electrical work. 10.-

(1) Every person who contravenes any prOVISIOn of this Act or of any rule or regulation for the time being in force pursuant to any provision of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on

summary conviction therefor to a penalty of not more than two hundred dollars for each day during which such offence continues.

(2) Every municipality or other corporation and every other person who hinders, molests, disturbs or interferes with any inspector or other person in the performance of any duty or power imposed or conferred upon him by this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on sum mary conviction therefor to a penalty of not less than ten dollars and not more than fifty dollars. 11. Notwithstanding the repeal of The Electrical Pro tection Act effected by this Act, all regulations made in pursuance of the repealed Act shall continue in force as if the same were regulations made pursuant to this.

Act, until such time as the same are annulled or other rules or regu lations are made in pursuance of this Act in their stead: and any reference in such regulations to the Workmen's Compensation Board shall be deemed to be a reference to the Minister. 12. The following Acts are hereby repealed, namely: The Electrical Protection Act, being

chapter 192 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, and The Electrical Energy Act, being

chapter 43 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1930. . ~3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which It IS assented to.

FIRST SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE 5 GEORGE VI 1941 BILL

An Act to amend and consolidate The Electrkal Protection Act. Recei ved and read the First time Second time . Third time ... RON. MR. FALLOW. EDMONTON: A Shnltka. King's Printer 1 9 4 1 Title: 1941 (9th, 1st) Bill 26,

An Act to amend and consolidate The Electrical Protection Act

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