Bill 80 — First Session, 17Th Legislature, 21 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 80 the Gas Resources Preservation Amendment Act, 1972 Honourable (Legislature 17, Session 1)

L17 S1 5061

Alberta — Bills

1972 Bill 80 First Session, 17th Legislature, 21 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 80 The Gas Resources Preservation Amendment Act, 1972 HONOURABLE MR. DICKIE First Reading Second Reading . Third Reading .. Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 80 1972 THk: GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION AMENDMENT ACT, 1972 (Assented to , 1972) HER MAJESTY, by and with the ad~ice and consent of the Legis:l'ative Agsemhly of Alherta, enacts as follows: 1. The Gas Resources Preservation Act is hereby ame.nded.

Section 2 is amended (

a) by renumbering the

section as subsection (1), (

b) as to renumbered subsection (1) by adding after clause (

c) the following clause: (c1) "'ethane" means, in addition to its normal scientific meaning, a mixture mainly of ethane which ordinarily may contain some methane or propane; (

c) by adding after renumbered subsection (1) the following subsection:

(2) Any methane, ethane or mixture containing a substantial amount of methane or ethane that is removed from Alberta, regardless of the conditions under which it is removed from Alberta, shall be considered to be gas for the purposes of this Act.

Section 13 is amended by adding after the words "any term or condition of the permit" the words "or of the order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council approving the grant ing of the permit". f:,.

Section 15 is amended by renumbering the

section as subsection (1) and by adding the following subsection:

(2) An order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council granting any approval under this Act may be made subject to any terms or conditions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe.

Explanatory Notes l. This Bill will amend

chapter 157 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970.

Section 2 is the

definitions

section of the Act.

Section 13 presently reads: 13. The Board, with the approval of th~ Lieutenant. Governor in Council, after due notice to and upon hearmg the permIttee and any other pl'rson interested, may cance.l the permit of a permittee who fails to comply with any term or condition of the permit or who wil fully contravenes any provision of this Act, or any regulation or order made under this Act. See

section 4 of this Bill which will allow for an approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to be made subject to con ditions. 4. The Act provides a number of instances where action by the Energy Resources Conservation Board requires the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The new

section 15(2) will ex pressly provide that an approval may have conditions attached to it. Subsection (3) is intended to remove doubt that previous ap provals could be made subject to conditions.

(3) An order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council granting any approval under this Act and made before the commencement of this subsection is not invalid by reason only of the fact that the order was made subject to any terms or conditions.

Section 22 is amende.d by adding the following subsec b~on after subsection(2):

(3) A person who contravenes a term or condition of an order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council granting any approval under this Act is guilty of an offence. 6. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

Section 22 presently reads: 22.

(1) Any permittee who, in conducting an operation pursuant to his permit, violates any provisi'On of this Ac.t, the regulations pursuant thereto, or a term or oonditi'On of his permit, is guilty o.f an offence.

(2) A person who c'o,ntravenes any provision of this Act or of any rpgulation made thereunder is guilty of an offence. Title: 1972 (17th, 1st) Bill 80, The Gas Resources Preservation Amendment Act, 1972

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