Bill 29 (Legislature 13, Session 5)

L13 S5 6049

Alberta — Bills

No. 29 5th Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 7 Elizabeth II, 1959 BILL 29 A Bill to amend The Public Health Act HON. DR. Ross PrInted by L. S. '''ALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, l;~dmontoI1, Alherta, 1959

Explanatory Note

Section 7, subsection (1), which sets out the powers of the Provincial Board of Health to make regulations on various matters, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, is amended to give the Board power to control summer camps. 3. Grants made under the Act to assist cities to provide public health services are related in amount to the populations of the cities. The present

section 35, subsection (4) allows only the census figures of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics to be used. The pro posed amendment is similar to

section 17, subsection (3) of The Health Unit Act which also allows the annual census taken under The Municipalities Assistance Act to be used. 4. The use of shoe-fitting machines that present a radiation hazard is prohibited and to be effective January 1, 1960.

BILL No. 29 of 1959

An Act to amend The Public Health Act (Assented to , 1959) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Public Health Act, being

chapter .255 of The Re vised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 7, subsection (1) is amended by adding the following new clause immediately after clause (j) : (j1) the location, facilities for accommodation, sanita tion, maintenance, registration, staff requirements and general control of sun1mer camps;

Section 35 is amended by striking out subsection (4) and by substituting the following:

(4) In the calculation of grants the population figures to be used shall be the figures shown on the latest census of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics or on the annual census taken under The Municipalities Assistance Act and approved by the Department of Municipal Affairs in the calendar year preceding that in which the fiscal year begins. 4. The following new

section is added immediately after

section 43: 43a. No person shall operate or maintain any shoe-fitting device or shoe-fitting machine that uses fluoroscopic, X-ray or radiation principles. 5.

(1) This Act, except

section 4, comes into force on the day it is assented to.

(2) Section 4 comes into force on the first day of January, 1960.

No. 29 FIFTH SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLA lURE 7 ELIZABETH II 1959 BILL

An Act to anlend The Public Health Act Received and read the First time ........................ : ................ . Second time ....................................... . Third time ......................................... . HON. DR. Ross Title: 1959 (13th, 5th) Bill 29,

An Act to amend The Public Health Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L13 S5 6049
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Volume / chapter	L13 S5 6049
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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