Bill 95 — Fifth Session, 15Th Legislature, 15 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Al'Bert]\ Bill 95 An Act To Amend the Public Works Act (Legislature 15, Session 5)

L15 S5 1296

Alberta — Bills

1967 Bill Fifth Session, 15th Legislature, 15 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF AL'BERT]\ BILL

An Act to amend The Public Works Act THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS First Reading ........................................................... . Second Reading Third Reading ......... ...... . Printed by L. S. Wall. (,Juf:'en's Printer, Edmonton BILL

An Act to amend The Public Works Act (Assented to , 1967) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Public Works Act is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended by renumbering the

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

(2) Where a Public Works Development Area is estab lished for the purposes of a public body other than the Crown and if that public body has the authority to expro priate land, then with respect to that Area, (

a) the powers and obligations of the Crown under sec tion 26, and (

b) the power of the Minister under

section 27, shall be undertaken by and in the name of the public body under its own authority and not by the Crown and the Minister. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes I. This Bill amends

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1965. 2. Sections 25, 26 (l)and read: 25. Where it is ,intended (

a) to expend public moneys on the acquisition and development of any area of land for the purposes of the Crown or another public body in the Province, and (

b) to acquire all the lands in that area over a period of tIme as they become available or are needed, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may declare that area of land to be a Public Works Development Area. 26.

(1) Land within a Public Works Development Area shall be acquired by the Crown (

a) by purc'hase at any time the owner of the land Is willing to sell it t.o the Cr.own, or (

b) by expropriation, (

i) where the .owner of the land wIshes the Crown to acquire it but agreement cannot be reached as to price, or (if) where the owner of the land requests that the land be ex propriated or consents to expropriation . .or (

c) by purchase or expropriation, when the land is required for .or in connection with a public work. 27. No person shall construct an improvement or reconstruct or add to an improvement on any land within a Public Works Development Area, except with the approval in writing of the MinIster. Title: 1967 (15th, 5th) Bill 95,

An Act to amend The Public Works Act

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Citation	L15 S5 1296
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