Alberta Regulation 77/2021

Forests Act

FORESTS (MINISTERIAL) REGULATION

Filed: April 1, 2021

For information only: Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (M.O.

006/2021) on March 25, 2021 pursuant to

section 5 of the Forests Act.

Table of Contents

Interpretation

2 Scaling standards

3 Scaling

4 Production of records

5 Permit and authorization required

6 Scaler's permit

7 Cancel or suspend permit

8 Scale site authorization

9 Utilization standards

10 Repeal

11 Expiry

12 Coming into force

Interpretation

1(1) In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Forests Act;

(b) "authorization holder" means a person that has been issued a

scale site authorization under the Scaling Standards of

Alberta;

(c) "check scale" means a scale conducted by a forest officer or

a person authorized by the Minister to check the accuracy of

another scale;

(d) "Department" means the Department administered by the

Minister;

(e) "mass scaling" means scaling conducted using the scaling

method set out in the Scaling Standards of Alberta;

(f) "scale" means to measure or estimate the volume of felled

timber for the purposes of reporting to the Crown or in the

administration of the Act and regulations;

(g) "scaling standards" means the scaling standards established

under

section 2;

(h) "Scaling Standards of Alberta" means the Scaling Standards

of Alberta published by the Minister;

(i) "utilization standards" means the utilization standards

established by the director under

section 9 that apply in

respect of the timber harvested under a timber disposition.

(2) This Regulation, except for

section 9, applies to scaling conducted

to provide the Department with an accounting of harvested timber.

Scaling standards

2(1) The director may establish standards for the scaling of felled

timber for the purposes of reporting to the Crown or in the

administration of the Act and regulations.

(2) The Minister shall publish the standards referred to in subsection

(1) as the Scaling Standards of Alberta.

Scaling

3 A person who scales timber shall do so in accordance with the

methods set out in the Scaling Standards of Alberta.

Production of records

4 A person who scales timber shall produce the person's scaling

records and notes to a forest officer within 2 days of demand.

Permit and authorization required

5 No person may scale timber using the methods set out in the

Scaling Standards of Alberta unless

(

a) that person holds a valid scaler's permit,

(

b) the timber is at a scale site for which a scale site

authorization issued under

section 8 is in effect, and

(

c) if applicable, the weighing equipment at the scale site meets

the standards in the Scaling Standards of Alberta.

Scaler's permit

6(1) The Minister may establish classes of scaler's permits and may

(2) The director may issue a scaler's permit to an applicant who has

met the requirements in the Scaling Standards of Alberta.

(3) An application for a scaler's permit must be made in the form

specified by the Minister and be accompanied by the required fee, if

applicable.

(4) An applicant who satisfies the director that the applicant holds a

timber scaling certificate, or the equivalent, issued outside Alberta is

not required to meet the applicable requirements in the Scaling

Standards of Alberta if

(

a) the applicant has completed a scale that is check scaled, and

(

b) the check scale confirms the applicant's proficiency in the

scaling methods used in Alberta.

Cancel or suspend permit

7(1) The director may cancel or suspend a scaler's permit

(

a) if the holder of the permit contravenes the Act or the

regulations or fails to meet the requirements in the Scaling

Standards of Alberta, or

(

b) if, in the director's opinion, it is in the public interest to

cancel or suspend the permit.

(2) The director may reinstate a cancelled or suspended scaler's permit

if the director is satisfied that the applicant for reinstatement of the

permit meets the requirements of the Act, the regulations and the

Scaling Standards of Alberta.

Scale site authorization

8(1) The owner of a timber operation may apply in writing to the

director for authorization to scale timber at a site under the owner's

control.

(2) If the director is satisfied that a complete and accurate scale can be

performed at the site, the director may issue a scale site authorization

to the applicant and may attach conditions to the authorization.

(3) The director may cancel or suspend a scale site authorization

(

a) if the authorization holder contravenes the Act or the

regulations under the Act,

(

b) if the authorization holder has failed to comply with a

condition attached to the authorization, or

(

c) if, in the director's opinion, it is in the public interest to

cancel or suspend the authorization.

Utilization standards

9 The director may establish utilization standards that apply in

respect of the timber harvested under a timber disposition.

Repeal

10 The Scaling Regulation (AR 195/2002) is repealed.

Expiry

11 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on April 30, 2028.

Coming into force

12 This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 2021.

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Alberta Regulation 78/2021

Forests Act

TIMBER REPEAL REGULATION

Filed: April 1, 2021

For information only: Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (M.O.

007/2021) on March 25, 2021 pursuant to

section 5 of the Forests Act.

1 The Timber Regulation (AR 404/92) is repealed.

2 This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 2021.

Alberta Regulation 79/2021

Municipal Government Act

MUNICIPALLY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS

(EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 1, 2021

For information only: Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs (M.O.

MSD:030/21) on March 22, 2021 pursuant to

section 75.5 of the Municipal

Government Act.

1 The Municipally Controlled Corporations Regulation

(AR 112/2018) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 9 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2021" and

substituting "June 30, 2023".

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Alberta Regulation 80/2021

Reform of Agencies, Boards and

Commissions Compensation Act

SALARY RESTRAINT REGULATION

Filed: April 1, 2021

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 100/2021)

on April 1, 2021 pursuant to sections 5 and 23 of the Reform of Agencies, Boards and

Commissions Compensation Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

2 Application

3 Designation of executive positions

4 Establishment of compensation framework

5 Salary restraint

6 Post-secondary institutions

7 Permitted adjustments

8 Exemption or modification

9 Repeal

10 Coming into force

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Reform of Agencies, Boards and

Commissions Compensation Act;

(b) "base salary" means the base amount of remuneration paid in

a year to an employee in relation to the employee's

performance of duties, but does not include a bonus or other

incentive pay;

(c) "designated executive" means a person whose position is

designated as an executive position under

section 3;

(d) "public agency" means a public agency listed in the

Schedule

to the Act;

(e) "restraint period" means the period April 1, 2021 to March

31, 2022;

(f) "salary compression" means a situation in which the

difference in base salary between employees is considered

too small to be equitable;

(g) "salary inversion" means a situation in which the base salary

of an employee is greater than the base salary of that

employee's supervisor;

(h) "total remuneration" means total remuneration as defined in

section 1(

i) of the Reform of Agencies, Boards and

Commissions (Post-secondary Institutions) Compensation

Regulation (AR 47/2018).

Application

2 This Regulation applies

(

a) to designated executives who are designated executives when

this Regulation comes into force, and

(

b) to those persons who become or are reappointed as

designated executives after this Regulation comes into force.

Designation of executive positions

3 The positions of all employees of public agencies, other than the

positions of employees referred to in

section 1(2) of the Act, are

designated as executive positions for the purposes of this Regulation.

Establishment of compensation framework

4(1) A compensation framework is established by this Regulation.

(2) The effective date of the compensation framework is April 1,

(3) The terms of the compensation framework are set out in sections 5

to 8.

Salary restraint

5(1) No public agency shall increase the base salary of a designated

executive during the restraint period.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the operation of

section 6 of the

Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation

Regulation (AR 31/2017) with respect to those designated executives

to whom that

section applies.

Post-secondary institutions

6(1) No increase to total remuneration is permitted for executive

positions designated in

section 3(1) and (2) of the Reform of Agencies,

Boards and Commissions (Post-secondary Institutions) Compensation

Regulation (AR 47/2018) during the restraint period.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the total remuneration for an

executive position designated in

section 3(1) and (2) of the Reform of

Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Post-secondary Institutions)

Compensation Regulation (AR 47/2018) may be increased if one or

more of the circumstances described in

section 7 arises.

Permitted adjustments

7 Notwithstanding

section 5(1), a public agency may, in accordance

with the public agency's existing policies, increase the base salary of a

designated executive during the restraint period to address one or more

of the following circumstances:

(

a) promotion of the designated executive;

(

b) to correct salary inversion;

(

c) to correct salary compression.

Exemption or modification

8(1) The Minister may by order

(

a) exempt a designated executive or a class of designated

executives from the application of one or more provisions of

the compensation framework, or

(

b) modify one or more provisions of the compensation

framework in respect of a designated executive or a class of

designated executives.

(2) An exemption or modification under subsection (1) may be for any

period specified by the Minister.

(3) Where the Minister makes an order under subsection (1), the

Minister must make the order public in any manner the Minister

considers appropriate.

Repeal

9 This Regulation is repealed on March 31, 2022.

Coming into force

10 This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2021.

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Alberta Regulation 81/2021

Gas Utilities Act

ROLES, RELATIONSHIPS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (EXPIRY

DATE EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 14, 2021

For information only: Made by the Minister of Energy (M.O. 060/2021) on March

24, 2021 pursuant to

section 28.1 of the Gas Utilities Act.

1 The Roles, Relationships and Responsibilities

Regulation (AR 186/2003) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 10 is amended by striking out "April 30, 2021" and

substituting "April 30, 2031".

Alberta Regulation 82/2021

Electric Utilities Act

ROLES, RELATIONSHIPS AND RESPONSIBILITIES REGULATION,

2003 (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 14, 2021

For information only: Made by the Minister of Energy (M.O. 061/2021) on March

24, 2021 pursuant to sections 41, 108 and 115 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 The Roles, Relationships and Responsibilities

Regulation, 2003 (AR 169/2003) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 15 is amended by striking out "April 30, 2021" and

substituting "April 30, 2031".

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Alberta Regulation 83/2021

Electric Utilities Act

ISOLATED GENERATING UNITS AND CUSTOMER

CHOICE (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 14, 2021

For information only: Made by the Minister of Energy (M.O. 083/2021) on April 12,

2021 pursuant to sections 41 and 99 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 The Isolated Generating Units and Customer Choice

Regulation (AR 165/2003) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 29 is amended by striking out "April 30, 2021" and

substituting "April 30, 2024".

Alberta Regulation 84/2021

Alberta Housing Act

RENT SUPPLEMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 19, 2021

For information only: Made by the Minister of Seniors and Housing (M.O. No.

H:010/2021) on April 15, 2021 pursuant to

section 34 of the Alberta Housing Act.

1 The Rent Supplement Regulation (AR 75/95) is amended

by this Regulation.

Section 1(1)(

b) is repealed.

3 Sections 2 and 3 are repealed.

4 Sections 4(3) and 5(1)(

d) are amended by striking out

"designations" and substituting "funding".

Section 8 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Rent supplement

8 A management body shall pay to a landlord with whom it has

entered into an operating agreement rent supplements in the manner,

at the times and in the amounts set out in the operating agreement if

the management body is satisfied that the landlord is in compliance

with the Act, the operating agreement, this Regulation and the Social

Housing Accommodation Regulation (AR 244/94).

Section 8.1 is amended by renumbering it as

section

8.1(1) and by adding the following after subsection (1):

(2) The Minister may determine how management bodies must

allocate the financial assistance allocated to them under subsection

(1) to categories of households.

Section 8.2(2) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(2) A household is eligible for direct rent supplements if the

household meets

(

a) the eligibility requirements for community housing

accommodation under

section 9(2) of the Social Housing

Accommodation Regulation (AR 244/94), and

(

b) any additional requirements that the Minister may set.

Section 8.3(1) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

Priority of need

8.3(1) After determining a household's eligibility for direct rent

supplements, a management body must determine the priority of

need of the household for direct rent supplements in accordance with

a method approved by the Minister.

Section 8.4 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Allocation of direct rent supplements

8.4 A management body must allocate direct rent supplements to

households on the basis of

(

a) the priority of need determined in accordance with

section

8.3, and

(

b) any allocation of financial assistance to categories of

households under

section 8.1(2).

Section 8.5 is amended by striking out "and adjusted

incomes" and substituting "income".

11 The following is added after

section 8.5:

Method for determining quantity and duration of rent supplements

8.51 The Minister may set the method for determining the quantity

and duration of direct rent supplements.

Section 8.6 is amended by adding the following after

subsection (3):

(4) If the Minister has set a method for determining the quantity and

duration of direct rent supplements under

section 8.51 that is

applicable to the household entering into a direct rent supplement

agreement under this section, the direct rent supplement agreement

must set out the quantity and duration of direct rent supplements as

determined in accordance with that method.

13 The following is added before

section 11:

Expiry

10.1 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed

for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on April 1, 2033.

14 This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 2021.