Bill No. 61 of A BILL TO AMEND THE GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT NOTE This Bill amends The Gas Resources Preservation Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1949, (Second Session) .

Section of the Act provides that in case of emergency The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may divert gas that otherwise would be removed from the Province under a permit granted pursuant to the Act, for the use of the consumers within the Province. This pro­ vision is substantially reworded. This Bill comes into force upon assent. J. W. RYAN, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 61 of

An Act to amend The Gas Resources Preservation Act (Assented to , 1955) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Gas Resources Preservation Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1949, (Second Session), is hereby amended. 2.

Section is struck out and the following is sub-

Section stituted : ~:ended "9. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act or of any ~~se~:~c~e permit granted under this Act, if in the opinion of the diverted Board, an unforeseen emergency jeopardizes an adequate supply of gas to consumers within the Province, the Board may, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, as long as the emergency, in the Board's opinion, continues and for the purpose of meeting the emergency "(

a) adjust the allowable rates of production of gas from any well, pool or field, or " (

b) require the diversion of any gas intended for in­ dustrial use outside the Province to such other uses as the Board may direct.". 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is Coming into assented to. force THIRD SESSION TWELFTH LEGISLA nJRE ELIZABETH II BILL

An Act to amend The Gas Resources Preservation Act Received and read the First time .......................................... . Second time ..... ,Third time. HON. MR. MANNING Title: 1955 (12th, 3rd) Bill 61,

An Act to amend The Gas Resources Preservation Act