Bill 43 (Legislature 15, Session 1)

L15 S1 1622

Alberta — Bills

No. 43 1st Session, 15th Legislature, Allberta 12 Elizabeth II BILL 43 A Bill to a'mend The Oil and Gas Conservation Act HON. MR. MANNING Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer .to the Queen's Most Excellent MaJesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 196'

Expllnetory Note I. The Oil and Gas Conservation Act, Statutes of Alberta, 1957,

chapter 63, amended. 2. (

a) Section 19, subsection (5) presently reads: •. (S) ~o pt·rson shall apply for a lrlcf'nce for a well for the p~ose of obtaining production from the same pool, geological formation, member or zone as th:1 t from which another well is obtalnlng or l'apable of ou.tainlng produotlon In the same spacing unit, un!ess the Board. If it be.JIt'\·t's sp,'dal circumstances warrant it, authorIzes the making of such an a ppl!catlon.". (

b) The Board will be empowered to increase the well licence fee to $60 from $50, except in cases of farm gas wells.

Section 20, subsection (1) which deals with applicati~ns for well licences for oil and gas wells and injection wells WIll .now require the plans accompanying applications to be in duplicate rather than triplicate.

Section 43a, added in 1963 empowers the Board to declare a person a common purchaser of gas from a pool.

Section 43a, sub section (4) presently reads: "

(4) Upon the application of a common purchaser of gas or of a person who offers gas f.or sale to a common purchaser of gas and who claims the common purchast·r has discriminated against him contrary to this seotion In purchasing gas, the Board, to assist in giving effect to a declaraUon under suhsection (1), may direct (

a) the point at which the Dommon purchaser shall take delivery of any gas offered for sale to him, or (

b) the proportion of thf' common purchaser's acquisitions of gas from 1he pool whrlch he sha:l1 purchase from each produce.r or owner offering ga.s for sale to 'him.". 5. Sec!ion 59, SUbsection (1) empowers the Board to levy a i~x on 011 and g!ls properties at a rate of 10 mills or less. Under e new subse~tlOn (la) no tax is to be levied where the total ashessment agamst one owner in one field is less than $3 000 i e were the tax would otherwise be an amount less than $3. ..,

BILL No. 43 of 1964

An Act to amend The Oil and Gas Conservation Act (Assented tQ • 196-'1) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Oil and Gas Conservation Act is hereby amended.

Section 19 is amended (

a) as to subsection (5) by striking out the words Ie, geological formation, member or zone", (

b) as to subsection (6), clause (

b) by striking out the words "fifty dollars" and by substituting the words "sixty dollars".

Section 20, subsection (1) is amended by striking out the word "triplicate" and by substituting the word "duplicate" .

Section 43a is amended by adding the following sub section:

(5) A direction by the Board under subsection (4) does not operate to require a common purchaser (

a) to purchase a greater total amount of gas from the pool than he was obligated to purchase from the pool under the gas purchase contracts existing immediately before the making of the declaration under subsection (1), or (

b) to purchase gas from the pool at a greater rate than the rate at which he was obligated to purchase gas from the pool under the gas purchase contracts existing immediately before the making of such declaration. 5.

(1) Section 59 is amended by adding the following subsection after subsection (1): (1a) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Board shall not levy a tax against the oil and gas property or properties of an owner in a separate area not exempted from assess ment and taxation under

section 51 where the total assessed value of the property or properties is less than three thous and dollars.

Section 74c, subsection (2) is amended here to conform with amendments in 1963 under which unitization agreements were no longer required to be approved but rather to be filed.

Section 133, subsection (1) prescribes minimum and maxi mum fines for offences. The amendments will raise the minimum fine for a corporation from $100 to $300 and lower the minimum fine for a natural person from $100 to $50. 8. Commencement of Act. 2

(2) This

section applies tQ the 1964 and subsequent taxa tion years.

Section 74c, subsection (2) is amended by striking out the word "'approved" and by sUbstituting the wQrd "filed". 7. SectiQn 133, subsectiQn (1) is amended (

a) as to clause (

a) by striking .out the wQrds ".one hundred" and by substituting the words "three hundred", (Ib) as to clause (

b) by striking out the words ".one hundred" and by sUbstituting the wQrd "fifty". 8. This Act CQmes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

No. 43 FIRST SESSION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 12 ELIZABETH II 19<64 BILL

An Act to amend The Oil and Gas Conservation Act Received and read the First time ........................ . Second time Third time HON. MR. MANNING Title: 1964 (15th, 1st) Bill 43,

An Act to amend The Oil and Gas Conservation Act

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