Bill 56 (Legislature 9, Session 2)

L9 S2 7792

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 56 of 1942. A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF A SUP PLEMENTARY PROVINCIAL ALLOWANCE TO OLD AGE PENSIONERS AND BLIND PENSIONERS. NOTE. The purpose of this Bill is to authorize the Government, through the Pension Authority, to pay an additional allow ance of five dollars per month to old age pensioners and blind pensioners resident in Alberta, who were granted their pensions by the Alberta Pension Authority.

It applies to all pensioners who were resident in Alberta on January 1st, 1942, or who were temporarily absent from Alberta on that date, and also applies to those who in the future are granted pensions by the Old Age Pension Authority of this Province. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 56 of 1942.

An Act to Authorize the Payment of a Supplementary Provincial Allowance to Old Age Pensioners and Blind Pensioners. (Assented to , 1942.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and ~onsent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: ~. This Act may be cited as "The Old Age Pensions (Sup plementary Allowances) Act." 2.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Pensioner" means any person who was on the first day of January, 1942, a resident of the Province and in receipt of an old age pension or a pension for blindness granted by the Pension Authority of the Province under the provisions of The Old Age Pensions Act, 1927, of the Dominion of Canada and The Old Age Pensions Act, Alberta, and agree ments or Orders in Council and regulations made pursuant to the said Acts. 3.

Notwithstanding the provisions of The Old Age Pen sions Act, Alberta, and any agreement, order or regulation made thereunder, the Pension Authority appointed pursuant to the said Act is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to every person who was at the time of the coming into force of this Act a pensioner, or who after the first day of Janu ary, 1942, becomes eligible for a pension in the Province and is awarded such pension by the Pension Authority of the Province the sum of five dollars per month, such payment to be made at the same time as the payment of the pension is made, and to be made without regard to the provisions of the said Acts, or agreements, orders or regulations made thereunder with respect to the income of any pensioner. 4.

The Pension Authority may pay the said amount to any person who is a pensioner resident in the Province not withstanding that he was on the first day of January, 1942, a temporary resident of another province. 5.

The Provincial Treasurer may, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, enter into any agree ment with the Governor in Council of Canada, which may be necessary for the effectual carrying out of the purpose 2 of this A,ct, namely to secure to pensioners the payment of the said sum in addition to the pension to which such pen sioners are or may be entitled under the provisions of the said Acts, agreements, orders and regulations. 6.

All sums payable pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be paid by the Provincial Treasurer to the Pension Authority out of any moneys which may be appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose and in default of such appropriation shall be paid out of the General Revenue Fund. 7.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council may enter into an agreement or agreements with the Government of any province in Canada which pays to old age pensioners or blind pensioners a periodical payment over and above the pension paid pursuant to the Dominion and Provincial Statutes relat ing thereto, providing for arrangements as to such addi tional payments similar to the presently existing arrange ments relating to pensions. 8.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power to make sU,ch regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as are necessary or convenient for regulating payments to be made under this Act. 9. This Act shall come into force on the first day of April, 1942. No. 56. SECOND SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE~ 6 GEORGE VI 1942 BILL

An Act to Authorize the Payment of a Supplementary Provincial Allow ance to Old Age Pensioners and Blind Pensioners. Received and read the First time Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. Low. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1942 Title: 1942 (9th, 2nd) Bill 56,

An Act to Authorize the Payment of a Supplementary Provincial Allowance to Old Age Pensioners and Blind Pensioners

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S2 7792
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L9 S2 7792
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	3562e2161e28877e76c5d971deec2cee6fe30c01

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