1975 Bill 86 (Second Session) First Session, 18th Legislature, 24 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 86 THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AMENDMENT ACT, 1975· THE ATTORNEY GENERAL First Reading .............................. . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 86 BILL 86 1975 (Second Session) THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 (Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Department of the Attorney General Act is hereby amended. 2. The following sections are added after

section 4: 4.1.

(1) The Attorney General may establish such boards, committees or councils as he considers necessary or desir­ able to act in an advisory or administrative capacity in connection with any of the P.olicies, programs, services or other matters under his administration.

(2) The Attorney General may, with respect to any board, committee or council established under this section, (

a) appoint or provide for the manner of the appoint­ ment of its members, (

b) prescribe the term of office of any member, (

c) designate a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, and (

d) authorize, fix and provide for the payment of re­ muneration and expenses to its members.

(3) A board, committee or council established pursuant to this

section may make rules of procedure, subj ect to the approval thereof by the Attorney General, governing the calling .of its meetings and the conduct of business at its meetings. ( 4) The board, committee or council established pursuant to this

section may exercise such powers and shall perform such duties and functions as the Attorney General may confer or impose upon it. 4.2

(1) The Attorney General may make grants if (

a) he is authorized to do so by regulations under this section, and

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter 95 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 2. The first amendment will enable the Attorney General to establish a Provincial Court Reorganization Committee as recom­ mended in the Kirby Report and such other committees as may be required from time to time. It also adds the standard grant

section placed in many departmental Acts earlier in the Session.

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b) moneys are appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose or the grant is authorized to be paid pur­ suant to a special warrant.

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make re­ gUlations (

a) authorizing the Attorney General to make grants; (

b) prescribing the purposes for which grants may be made; (

c) governing applications for grants; (

d) prescribing the persons or organizations or classes of persons or organizations eligible for grants; (

e) specifying the conditions required to be met by any applicant for a grant to render that person eligible for the grant; (

f) prescribing the conditions upon which a grant is made and requiring the repayment thereof to the Government if the conditions are not met; (

g) providing for the payment of any grant in a lump ·sum or by instalments and prescribing the time or times at which the grant or the instalments may be paid; (

h) limiting the amount of any grant or class of grant that may be made; (

i) authorizing the Attorney General to delegate in writing to any employee of the Government any duty, power or function respeeting the payment of any grant; (

j) requiring any person receiving a grant to account for the way in which the grant is spent in whole or in part; (

k) authorizing the Attorney General to enter into an agreement with respect to any matter relating to the payment of a grant.

(3) Any regulation m1ade under subsection (2) may be specific or general in its application. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2 Title: 1975 (18th, 1st) Bill 86, The Department of the Attorney General Amendment Act, 1975