Alberta Regulation 9/2009

Oil and Gas Conservation Act

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 19, 2009

For information only: Made by the Energy Resources Conservation Board on

January 13, 2009 pursuant to

section 73 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act.

1 The Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (AR 151/71)

are amended by this Regulation.

Section 16.530(1) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

16.530(1) For the 2009-2010 fiscal year of the Board the orphan

fund levy payable by a licensee is calculated in accordance with the

following formula:

Levy = A x $12 000 000

where

A is the licensee's deemed liability on February 7, 2009 for all

facilities, wells and unreclaimed sites licensed to the licensee,

as calculated in accordance with Directive 006, and

B is the sum of the industry's liability on February 7, 2009 for

all licensed facilities, wells and unreclaimed sites, as

calculated in accordance with Directive 006.

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Alberta Regulation 10/2009

Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act

REBATE AUTHORIZATION REGULATION

Filed: January 28, 2009

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 3/2009) on

January 28, 2009 pursuant to

section 6 of the Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act.

Table of Contents

1 Definition

2 Rebate authorization

3 Time of application

4 Amount of rebate

5 Expiry

6 Coming into force

Definition

1 In this Regulation, "purchase" means the purchase of heating oil or

propane for residential, commercial or industrial heating purposes in

Alberta.

Rebate authorization

2 The Minister is authorized to provide a rebate for a purchase in

accordance with

section 4 if

(

a) the purchase was made before April 1, 2011, and

(

b) the Minister receives an application for the rebate in

accordance with

section 3.

Time of application

3(1) An application for a rebate must be made in the form and manner

required by the Minister.

(2) An application for a rebate must be received by the Minister within

one year of the date of the purchase.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the Minister may extend the time for

application if the Minister considers that there are extenuating

circumstances.

(4) The application must include an original or certified copy of the

invoice for the purchase.

(5) Despite subsection (4), the Minister may accept alternate evidence

of the purchase.

Amount of rebate

4(1) A rebate of 25% of the per litre price as determined by the

Minister may be provided in each calendar year for the purchase of

(

a) heating oil to a maximum of 12 275 litres,

(

b) propane to a maximum of 18 185 litres, or

(

c) heating oil and propane to a maximum volume equivalent to

450 gigajoules of natural gas.

(2) The rebate must be reduced by the amount of an allowance

received in respect of that purchase under the Fuel Tax Act.

(3) In this section, 1 gigajoule of natural gas is equivalent to 26 litres

of heating oil or 39 litres of propane.

Expiry

5 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on April 1, 2014.

Coming into force

6 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of the

Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act.

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Alberta Regulation 11/2009

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

ALBERTA SHEEP AND WOOL COMMISSION PLAN

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 28, 2009

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 4/2009) on

January 28, 2009 pursuant to

section 23 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products

Act.

1 The Alberta Sheep and Wool Commission Plan

Regulation (AR 263/2001) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The title is amended by striking out "SHEEP AND WOOL

COMMISSION" and substituting "LAMB PRODUCERS".

Section 1(

e) is amended by striking out "Sheep and Wool

Commission" and substituting "Lamb Producers".

Section 3 is renumbered as

section 3(1) and the

following is added after subsection (1):

(2) On and after February 1, 2009, the name of the Plan continued

under subsection (1) is changed to the "Alberta Lamb Producers

Plan".

Section 8 is renumbered as

section 8(1) and the

following is added after subsection (1):

(2) On and after February 1, 2009 the name of the Commission

continued under subsection (1) is changed to the "Alberta Lamb

Producers".

6 This Regulation comes into force on February 1, 2009.

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Alberta Regulation 12/2009

Court of Queen's Bench Act

Provincial Court Act

PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES AND MASTERS IN CHAMBERS

COMPENSATION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 28, 2009

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 7/2009) on

January 28, 2009 pursuant to

section 16 of the Court of Queen's Bench Act and

section 9.52 of the Provincial Court Act.

1 The Provincial Court Judges and Masters in Chambers

Compensation Regulation (AR 176/98) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 0.1(

b) is amended by adding "but does not include

an ad hoc master in chambers" after "Act".

Section 4.1(2) is amended by adding "an ad hoc Master in

Chambers or" after "other than".

Section 9.1 is amended by adding the following after

subsection (4):

(5) An ad hoc master in chambers is entitled to the same

remuneration as provided to a supernumerary judge under

section 2.

Schedule 1 is amended by repealing

section 2(2) and (3).

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Alberta Regulation 13/2009

Provincial Court Act

Court of Queen's Bench Act

PROVINCIAL JUDGES AND MASTERS IN CHAMBERS

REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED PENSION

PLANS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 28, 2009

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 8/2009) on

January 28, 2009 pursuant to

section 9.52 of the Provincial Court Act and

section 16

of the Court of Queen's Bench Act.

1 The Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers

Registered and Unregistered Pension Plans (AR 196/2001)

are amended by this Regulation.

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) in

section 1

(

i) in subsection (1)

(

A) by adding the following after clause (b):

(b.01) "ad hoc master" means a person appointed as

an ad hoc master in chambers under

section

8.3 of the Court of Queen's Bench Act;

(

B) in clause (

g) by striking out "or part-time

master" and substituting ", ad hoc master or

part-time master";

(

C) by adding the following after clause (q.1):

(q.2) "part-time master" means a master who

performs the duties of a master in chambers

on a part-time basis but does not include an

ad hoc master;

(

D) in clause (aa) by striking out "subsection

(1.1)" and substituting "subsections (1.1) and

(1.2)";

(ii) by adding the following after subsection (1.1):

(1.2) To avoid doubt, where a master is appointed as a

master under

section 8.2 of the Court of Queen's Bench

Act with immediate effect from the end of a previous

term of appointment as a master (whether under

section

8.2 or not) and without any break, then, for the purposes

of this Schedule, there is no termination.

(

b) by adding the following after

section 47(3):

(4) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to a person appointed

as an ad hoc master unless the pension is liable to suspension

under that subsection as a result solely of work other than as an

ad hoc master or to a part-time master.

Schedule 2 is amended by striking out "of the Registered

Plan applies" and substituting "and (1.2) of the Registered Plan

apply".

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Alberta Regulation 14/2009

Mental Health Act

MENTAL HEALTH ACT REVIEW PANEL REGULATION

Filed: January 28, 2009

For information only: Made by the Minister of Health and Wellness (M.O. 2/2009)

on January 15, 2009 pursuant to

section 53(4)(

a) and (

b) of the Mental Health Act.

Definition

1 In this Regulation, "Act" means the Mental Health Act.

Review panel report

2 As soon as possible after the end of each year, a review panel must

prepare and submit to the Minister a report summarizing its activities

in that year, including the following:

(

a) the number of hearings requested;

(

b) the number of hearings cancelled and the reasons why the

hearings were cancelled;

(

c) the number of hearings held before the review panel;

(

d) the number of each type of hearing held before the review

panel;

(

e) the place where hearings before the review panel were held;

(

f) the results of each hearing before the review panel;

(

g) the total number of days on which hearings before the review

panel were held;

(

h) the number of times a second psychiatric opinion was

requested in hearings held before the review panel.

Remuneration and expenses

3 A member of a review panel may be paid

(

a) travel and living expenses in accordance with the Public

Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation

under the Public Service Act,

(

b) if the member is referred to in

section 34(4)(

a) or (

b) of the

Act, remuneration of $790 for up to and including 4 hours in

any day and $197 for each additional hour or part of an hour

in the day spent on the business of the review panel,

(

c) if the member is referred to in

section 34(4)(

c) of the Act,

remuneration of $525 for up to and including 4 hours in any

day and $131 for each additional hour or part of an hour in

the day spent on the business of the review panel, and

(

d) if the member is referred to in

section 34(4)(

d) of the Act,

remuneration in accordance with

section 1 of Part A of

Schedule 1 to the Committee Remuneration Order

(O.C. 466/2007).

Consequential

4(1) The Mental Health Act Forms and Review Panels

Regulation (AR 136/2004) is amended by this section.

(2) The title is amended by striking out "AND REVIEW

PANELS".

(3) Section 16 is repealed.