BILL No.6 of 1937 (Third Session)

An Act to amend The Pipe Line Act. (Assented to , 1937.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Pipe Line Act Amend­ ment Act, 1937 (Third Session)." 2. The Pipe Line Act, being

chapter 62 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1925, is hereby amended by inserting therein im­ mediately afiter

section 8 the following new se'ction: "8a.-

(1) The Board of Public Utility Commissioners may from time to time by .order, declare that any company named in such order which owns, controls or operates any pipe line, shall be a common purchaser of petroleum or gas as the case may be, and either by the same .order or by a subsequent order may require that such company shaH purchase all the petroleum or gas in the vicinity of or which may be reasonably reached by its pipe line or gathering branches, without discrimination in favour of one producer or one company as against another, and/or that such company shall purchase and transpol7it petr.oleum or gas from each company and producer rateably in proportion to the average daily pr'Oducti'On, and/ 'Or that such c'Ompany shall n.ot discriminate in price or amount for like grades of petroleum .or gas 'Or in facilities as between producers or companies; and in case the c'Ompany is als'O a producer may require that such company shall not discriminate in favour of its own producti'On or storage, 'Or any pr'Oduction or st'Orage in which it may be interested directly or indirectly, in wh.ole .or in part, and that the production and storage .of such company shall be treated in the same way as the pro­ duction and storage of any other company.

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(2) The 'said Board may from time to time by order, declare that any company named in such .order shall be a common carrier, and thereupon the company so declared to be a common carrier shall nat allow 'Or be guilty 'Of any unjust or unlawful discrimination directly or indirectly in favour 'Of the carriage, transportation or delivery of any crude, stock or storage oil, or any product thereof or of any gas in its possession 'Or control or in which i,t may be inter­ ested directly 'Or indirectly.

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(3) In the event of there being any conflict between the terms of any stipulation made pursuant to

section 8 and the terms of any order made under this section, the terms of the order shall prevail." 3. The said Act is fUl'lther amended as to

section 9 thereof,- (

a) by striking 'Out the words "The Lieutenant Gov­ ernor in Council may make regulati'Ons" where the same occur in sUbsection (1) and by substituting therefor the words "The Board 'Of Public Utility Commissioners may make regulations or 'Orders"; (

b) by striking out paragraph (0) there'Of; (

c) by striking 'Out the words "the Lieutenanlt Gov­ ernor in C'Ouncil" where the same occur in subsec­ tion (2) and by substituting therefor the w'Ords "the Board 'Of Public Utility Commissioners"; 4. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein immediately after secti'On 9 the following new secti'On: "9a.-

(1) Every person who contravenes the terms of any stipulation made by the Board under

section 8 of this Act or any of the proviSiions 'Of any order made by the B'Oard pursuant to

section 8a of this Act or any pr'Ovision 'Of th~s Act 'Or any order 'Or regulrati'On made pursuant to this Act, shall be guilty of an 'Offence and shall be liable upon sum­ mary c'Onv!icti'on therefor to a fine which in the case 'Of a c'Orporation shall not exceed one thousand dollars for a single 'Offence or one hundred d'Ollars a day for a continuing offence, and in the case of a natural pers'On shall not exceed one hundred dollars for a single 'Offence or twenty dollars a day for a continuing 'Offence, t'Ogether with CQsts in every case. "

(2) The Board 'Of Public Utility C'Ommissioners, with the appr'Oval 'Of the Lieutenant G'Overnor in C'Ouncil, may prescribe that the penalty f'Or the breach of any specified stipulation, order 'Or regulati'On, S'hall be any sum not in excess 'Of the sums set 'Out in subsection (1) 'Of this sectiQn." 5. The said Act is further amended as t'O

section 10 by striking 'Out the same and by substituting theref'Or the f'OllQwing: "10.-

(1) All 'Orders and regulations made by the B'Oard pursuant to any 'Of the prQvisiQns 'Of this Act, shall be laid upon the table 'Of the Legislative Assembly within fourteen days after the c'Ommencement 'Of the Session held next after the making 'Of such 'Orders 'Or regulati'Ons. "

(2) All such 'Orders and regulati'Ons shall take effect UPQn the making there 'Of 'Or UP'On such later date as may be

8 fixed for that purpose and when made shall, unless and until disall.owed by the Leg,isla:tive Assembly at the Session thereof held next after the making of the same, have the same force and effect as if they had been enacted as a part .of this Act." 6. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

FIFTH SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE 1 GEORGE VI 1937 (THIRlD SESSION) BILL

An Act to amend The Pipe Line Act. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time .................................... .. Third time ...................................... .. HON. MR. FALLOW. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer 1937 Title: 1937 (8th, 5th) Bill 6,

An Act to amend The Pipe Line Act