Bill 32 — First Session, 20Th Legislature, 32 Euzabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 32 Department of Energyanjli^Ambal Resources Amendmtnx Aqt, J 983 (Legislature 20, Session 1)

L20 S1 3652

Alberta — Bills

1983 BILL 32 First Session, 20th Legislature, 32 EUzabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 32 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYANJli^AmBAL RESOURCES AMENDMtNX AQT, J 983 THE MINISTER OF El^fJV AND NATURAL RESOLs^ First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 32 BILL 32 1983 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES AMENDMENT ACT, 1983 (Assented to . 1983) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Department of Energy and Natural Resources Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 3 is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

(3) For the purposes of the Public Service Act, each of the Deputy Ministers appointed under subsection (2)(

a) is a chief officer of the Department. 3 The following is added after

section 3: 3.1(1) The Minister may delegate in writing to any person any power or duty conferred or imposed on him by this Act or any other Act or regulation under his administration. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any power or duty of the Minister to make regulations. 4

Section 4 is repealed and the following is substituted: 4(1) The Minister may enter into an agreement on or in connec tion with any policy, program, service or other matter under his administration.

(2) Without Umiting subsection (1), an agreement may be made under that subsection with the Government of Canada or of a province.

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter D-18 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 3 presently reads: 3(1) The Lieutenant Governor in CouncU may establish the offices of not more than 3 Deputy Ministers for the Department and shall designate the name of each office so established.

(2) In accordance with the Public Service Act there may be appointed (

a) the Deputy Ministers whose offices are established under subsec tion (1), arui (

b) any other employees required to conduct the business of the De partment. 3 Delegation by the Minister. 4

Section 4 presently reads: 4(1) The Minister may engage the services of experts or persons having special technical or other knowledge to advise him or to inquire into and report to him on matters under the Minister's administration.

(2) A person whose services are engaged under this

section may be paid the remuneration and expenses that the Minister prescribes.

5 The following is added after

section 6: 7 In sections 9 to 12, "Advisory Committee" means the Advi sory Committee on Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Development es tablished under

section 8. 8 There is hereby estabUshed a committee called the Advisory Committee on Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Development. 9(1) The Advisory Committee shall consist of the following members: (

a) a member of the Legislative Assembly who shaU also be the chairman of the Advisory Committee; (b) 3 persons who are representative of residents of those areas of Alberta containing heavy oil and oil sands resources; (c) 1 person who is representative of organizations engaged in the business of developing or servicing heavy oU and oil sands resources; (d) 1 person who is a representative of the Energy Resources Conservation Board; (e) 1 person who is a representative of the Department.

(2) The members of the Advisory Committee referred to (

a) in subsection (l)(a), (

b) and (

c) shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and (

b) in subsection (l)(

d) and (

e) shaU be appointed by the Minister.

(3) Members of the Advisory Committee referred to in subsec tion (l)(

b) and (c) (

a) shaU be paid remimeration at the rates prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and (

b) shaU be paid their reasonable travelUng and Uving ex penses while absent from their ordinary places of residence and in the course of their duties as members of the Advisory Committee at the rate prescribed by the Lieutenant Govemor in Council.

(4) The Advisory Committee may make by-laws regidating its proceedings and generally for the conduct and management of the busmess and affairs of the Committee.

(5) The Regulations Act does not apply to by-laws of the Advi sory Committee. 10(1) The Minister shall designate one member referred to in

section 9(1 )(

d) or (

e) to be vice-chairman of the Advisory Com mittee.

5 The Advisory Committee on Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Development.

(2) In the absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman shaU act as and has all the powers of the chairman.

(3) In the absence of the chairman and the vice-chairman from a meeting of the Advisory Committee, the members present shall appoint an acting chairman who shall act as and has aU the pow ers of the chairman during the meeting. 11(1) In accordance with the Public Service Act, there may be appointed an executive director and any other employees re quired for the purpose of conducting the business and affairs of the Advisory Committee.

(2) The Advisory Committee may engage the services of persons having special technical or other knowledge to advise it on any matter pertaining to the development of heavy oil or oU sands resources. 12(1) The functions of the Advisory Committee are the foUow ing: (

a) to provide a continuing liaison between the Minister and the representatives of communities that are or may be af fected by the possible development of heavy oU or oU sands resources in the vicinity of those communities; (

b) to advise the Minister on the possible need for and sched uling of programs to provide public services and facUities in areas of Alberta affected by the development of heavy oU or oil sands resources in keeping with the pace and scale of that development; (

c) generaUy, to estabUsh and co-ordinate a continuing com munication among (

i) the organizations engaging in the business of the de velopment of heavy oU and oU sands resources, (

u) the residents of communities of Alberta directly af fected by that development, and (iU) the various departments and agencies concerned with the regulation of that development in relation to those aspects of the development that affect the residents of Alberta.

(2) The Advisory Committee shall, on being requested to do so by an order of the Mmister, hold pubUc hearings for the purpose of receiving briefs and submissions on any matter pertaining to the development of heavy oil or oU sands resources specified in the order, and shaU report on the matter to the Minister. 13 Sections 7 to 12 expire on December 31, 1987 unless they are continued by an order of the Lieutenant Govemor in Coun cU.

6 The persons who were immediately before the commencement of this Act the members of the Advisory Committee on Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Development established under Order in CouncU numbered O.C. 28/83 are members of the Advisory Committee on Heavy OU and Oil Sands Development established under this Act. In accordance with

section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this BiU comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent.

6 Continuation of the Advisory Committee on Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Development. Title: 1983 (20th, 1st) Bill 32, Department of Energy and Natural Resources Amendment Act, 1983

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