Alberta Regulation 222/95

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

EGG PRODUCTION AND MARKETING

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 5, 1995

Made by the Alberta Egg Producers Board pursuant to

section 27 of the

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act.

1 The Egg Production and Marketing Regulation (Alta. Reg. 28/93) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 1(

b) is repealed.

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Alberta Regulation 223/95

Electric Utilities Act

ENTITLEMENT SHARES REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 587/95) pursuant to

section 35 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 For the purposes of

section 35(2)(

a) of the Electric Utilities Act, the

percentage share that each owner of an entitled electric distribution

system and the Transmission Administrator are entitled to receive for each

hour in 1996 and in each subsequent year to and including 1999 is set out

in the Schedule.

2 For the purposes of

section 35(2)(

b) of the Electric Utilities Act, the

year to be set is 1999.

Alberta Regulation 224/95

Electric Utilities Act

RESERVATION PAYMENTS SHARES REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 588/95) pursuant to

section 37 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 For the purposes of

section 37(2)(

a) of the Electric Utilities Act, the

percentage share that each owner of an entitled electric distribution

system and the Transmission Administrator are obliged to pay in 1996 and in

each subsequent year to and including 1999 is set out in the Schedule.

2 For the purposes of

section 37(2)(

b) of the Electric Utilities Act, the

year to be set is 1999.

SCHEDULE

Alberta Power Limited

18.4846%

18.8994%

19.3141%

19.7289%

the City of Calgary

16.6697%

16.4617%

16.2537%

16.0456%

the City of Edmonton

15.5179%

15.2905%

15.0632%

14.8358%

the City of Lethbridge

1.4593%

1.4412%

1.4230%

1.4049%

the City of Red Deer

1.2772%

1.2572%

1.2372%

1.2172%

TransAlta Utilities Corporation

41.8753%

41.9749%

42.0744%

42.1740%

Transmission Administrator

4.7160%

4.6751%

4.6344%

4.5936%

Alberta Regulation 225/95

Electric Utilities Act

SASKATCHEWAN INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 589/95) pursuant to

section 71 of the Electric Utilities Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

SaskPower Tie costs 2

Date 3

Exclusive use of SaskPower Tie 4

Calculation of return on capital 5

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction 6

Adjustment to Plant Held for Future Use account 7

Previous Board decisions 8

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Electric Utilities Act;

(b) "AFUDC" or "Allowance for Funds Used During Construction" means

the amount included in the PHFFU account that is attributed to capital

carrying costs;

(c) "APL" means Alberta Power Limited;

(d) "PHFFU account" or "Plant Held for Future Use account" means

the account held by APL for costs relating to the SaskPower Tie;

(e) "SaskPower Tie" means the transmission facility permitted and

licensed by Energy Resources Conservation Board Decision D78-14 and owned

by APL.

SaskPower Tie costs

2 The date after which and the manner in which costs associated with the

SaskPower Tie, including costs in the PHFFU account, shall be reflected in

the rates set out in the tariff prepared by APL pursuant to

section 29(1)

of the Act and included in the costs paid by the Transmission Administrator

pursuant to

section 26(

a) of the Act, if the Board considers them prudent,

are set out in this Regulation.

Date

3 The date after which costs associated with the SaskPower Tie,

including costs in the PHFFU account, shall be reflected is December 31,

Exclusive use of SaskPower Tie

4 After December 31, 1997, the Transmission Administrator shall have

exclusive use of the SaskPower Tie to provide system access service to

eligible persons on the interconnected electric system.

Calculation of return on capital

5 APL's return on capital for 1998 shall be calculated as though the

costs of the SaskPower Tie are to be included on July 1, 1998, with the

return for the first 6 months of 1998 being added to the PHFFU account.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction

6 For the period from December 31, 1995 to June 30, 1998, an AFUDC

amount at a rate approved by the Board shall be applied to costs in the

PHFFU account.

Adjustment to Plant Held for Future Use account

7 For the period from December 31, 1995 to December 31, 1997, an

adjustment shall be made to the PHFFU account by an amount equal to 50% of

the difference between

(

a) the total benefit derived by APL through its exclusive use of

the SaskPower Tie, and

(

b) the variable operating cost associated with the operation of

the SaskPower Tie, excluding property taxes.

Previous Board decisions

8 All decisions of the Board made prior to the coming into force of this

Regulation concerning the treatment of costs associated with the SaskPower

Tie are preserved, unless the Board orders otherwise.

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Alberta Regulation 226/95

Electric Utilities Act

UNIT OBLIGATION AMOUNTS REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 590/95) pursuant to

section 32 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 For the purposes of

section 32(1) of the Electric Utilities Act, the

unit obligation amount for each hour in 1996 is determined

(

a) for a regulated generating unit set out in Table 1 of the

Schedule, by multiplying the Maximum Hourly Thermal Unit Obligation Amount

set out in that Table for that unit by the Hourly Thermal Unit Obligation

Factors set out in Table 2 of the Schedule, and

(

b) for a regulated generating unit set out in Table 3 of the

Schedule, by multiplying the Maximum Hourly Hydro Unit Obligation Amount

set out in that Table for that unit by the Hourly Hydro Unit Obligation

Factors set out in Table 4 of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Table 1:

Maximum Hourly Thermal Unit Obligation Amount

Unit

(MW)

Battle River 1

23.5

Battle River 2

23.5

Battle River 3

128.3

Battle River 4

128.3

Battle River 5

319.3

Clover Bar 1

144.0

Clover Bar 2

145.5

Clover Bar 3

145.5

Clover Bar 4

145.5

Genesee 1

348.3

Genesee 2

359.4

Milner, H.R.

117.0

Keephills 1

364.0

Keephills 2

364.0

Rainbow Lake 1

21.4

Rainbow Lake 2

33.0

Rainbow Lake 3

14.3

Rossdale 10

63.9

Rossdale 8

60.3

Rossdale 9

63.9

Sundance 1

246.8

Sundance 2

246.8

Sundance 3

312.9

Sundance 4

312.9

Sundance 5

312.9

Sundance 6

322.6

Sheerness 1

342.9

Sheerness 2

342.9

Sturgeon 1

7.9

Sturgeon 2

6.6

Wabamun 1

55.5

Wabamun 2

55.5

Wabamun 3

122.7

Wabamun 4

231.4

Alberta Regulation 227/95

Social Development Act

SOCIAL ALLOWANCE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 593/95) pursuant to

section 30 of the Social Development Act.

1 The Social Allowance Regulation (Alta. Reg. 213/93) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 21 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Damage deposit

21 The Director may provide an allowance to an applicant or

recipient to cover the actual amount of any required damage deposit, up to

a maximum amount equal to the monthly shelter allowance paid, in the

following circumstances:

(

a) where the applicant or recipient leaves a person

referred to in

section 1(f)(

i) because of that person's abuse of the

applicant or recipient or of a dependent child referred to in

section

1(f)(ii) and obtains rental accommodation;

(

b) where the applicant or recipient

(

i) is 55 years of age or older, and

(ii) leaves a person with whom the applicant

or recipient has been living and to whom the applicant or recipient is

related by blood, adoption or marriage, because of that person's abuse of

the applicant or recipient,

and obtains rental accommodation.

Alberta Regulation 228/95

Chartered Accountants Act

GENERAL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 594/95) pursuant to

section 103 of the Chartered Accountants Act.

1 The General Regulation (Alta. Reg. 160/88) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 12:

Restrictions on practice

12.1(1) The Council may establish educational and experience

requirements that must be met by a chartered accountant or a professional

corporation

(

a) engaging in the practice of public accounting, or

(

b) engaging in exclusive accounting practice for

entities that are required to file financial statements or financial

information with a securities regulatory authority.

(2) If an accounting office is registered as a practising office and

any chartered accountant in that office has not met the requirements

established by the Council pursuant to subsection (1), the Registration

Committee may restrict the entitlement of the chartered accountant or the

accountant's professional corporation, if any, to engage in the practice of

public accounting, generally or in a specified field of practice.

Alberta Regulation 229/95

Health Disciplines Act

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 595/95) pursuant to

section 27 of the Health Disciplines Act.

1 The Emergency Medical Technicians Regulation (Alta. Reg. 48/93) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) by adding the following after clause (g):

(g.1) "employer" means

(

i) an operator as defined in the Ambulance

Services Act, or

(ii) any person who engages a registered

member to provide services;

(

b) in clause (

j) by striking out "operator" and substituting

"employer";

(

c) by repealing clause (k).

Section 9 is amended

(

a) by repealing clause (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) use airway management techniques, including

oropharyngeal airways, oral suction devices and oxygen-supplemented mask

devices to assist ventilation;

(

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

(

i) automated and semi-automated defibrillation.

Section 12 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by repealing clause (g);

(

b) in subsection (2) by adding the following after clause (j):

(

k) monitor and maintain blood and blood product

transfusions.

5 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 1994.

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Alberta Regulation 230/95

Social Work Profession Act

SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 598/95) pursuant to

section 61 of the Social Work Profession Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Registration procedures 2

Committee of inquiry 3

Authority of committee of inquiry 4

Recommendation of committee of inquiry 5

Decision of Council 6

Procedures relating to preliminary investigations 7

Procedures relating to disciplinary hearings 8

Procedures relating to appeals 9

Confidentiality 10

Costs 11

Publication of notices of suspension or cancellation 12

Reprimands 13

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Social Work Profession Act;

(b) "social work" means the professional activity of enhancing or

restoring the social functioning of individuals, families, groups and

communities and creating conditions favourable to those goals by

(

i) improving developmental, problem-solving and coping

capacities of people and systems,

(ii) promoting effective and humane systems that provide

resources, opportunities and services to people,

(iii) linking people to the systems described in

subclause (ii), and

(iv) contributing to the development and improvement of

social policy.

Registration procedures

2(1) An individual may apply to the Registrar to be registered as a

registered social worker.

(2) An application for registration must be on the form set by the

Council.

(3) The application must establish that the applicant

(

a) is of good character and reputation,

(

b) has not been convicted of an indictable offence under the

Criminal Code (Canada) or, having been convicted, has satisfied the

Registrar that the applicant has been successfully rehabilitated, and

(

c) if registered as a social worker in a jurisdiction outside

Alberta, is registered in good standing and is not currently the subject of

any disciplinary action in that jurisdiction.

(4) The register of registered social workers must contain the following

information:

(

a) the date an individual is registered as a registered social

worker;

(

b) the name of the degree or diploma in social work from an

approved social work program held by the individual or the name of any

other accreditation considered equivalent by the Universities Co-ordinating

Council;

(

c) any other information the Council determines should be entered

on the register.

Committee of inquiry

3(1) A person whose certificate of registration or annual certificate, or

both, have been suspended or cancelled under the Act for any reason other

than non-payment of fees, penalties, costs, dues or levies may apply to the

Council for an order reinstating the registration.

(2) A person must not apply under subsection (1) more often than once

every calendar year.

(3) The Council may appoint a committee of inquiry from among the

registered social workers nominated by the Registrar to consider an

application under subsection (1) and make recommendations to the Council.

(4) Any person who conducted the preliminary investigation or was a member

of the Discipline Committee or the Council involved in the suspension or

cancellation of the certificate of registration or annual certificate is

not eligible to be a member of the committee of inquiry.

(5) A person appointed under subsection (3) must consent to sit on the

committee and must declare that that person had no conflict of interest

relating to the application prior to being appointed.

(6) Before the committee of inquiry considers an application for

reinstatement, the Registrar must publish in a manner approved by the

Council, to all registered social workers and to any other person who in

the Registrar's opinion may be affected by the reinstatement, the name of

the person who has applied for reinstatement.

Authority of committee of inquiry

4(1) The committee of inquiry must determine if the conditions for

reinstatement specified by the Discipline Committee, the Council or the

Court of Appeal have been met.

(2) The applicant for reinstatement must provide to the committee of

inquiry any evidence requested by the committee to demonstrate compliance

with those conditions.

(3) The committee of inquiry may seek evidence from any person who in the

committee's opinion has any information relating to the application for

reinstatement.

Recommenda-tion of committee of inquiry

5(1) The committee of inquiry must prepare a written report setting out

(

a) its recommendation as to whether the applicant's registration

should be reinstated, and

(

b) the reasons for its recommendation,

and must submit the report to the Registrar.

(2) The Registrar must provide copies of the committee's report to the

Council and the applicant within 10 days of receiving it.

Decision of Council

6(1) On receipt of a report under

section 5(2), the Council must give the

applicant at least 30 days' notice of the date when it will review the

report.

(2) The applicant may make representations to the Council concerning the

recommendations of the committee of inquiry.

(3) The Council may reinstate the certificate of registration or annual

it considers appropriate.

(4) On completing its review, the Council must provide its decision and

the reasons, in writing, to the Registrar.

(5) The Registrar must notify the applicant of the Council's decision and

the reasons for the decision within 14 days of receiving it.

(6) If the Council reinstates the certificate of registration or annual

certificate, or both, it must

(

a) publish, in a manner and form approved by it, the name of the

person reinstated and the date of the reinstatement, and

(

b) notify the employer of the reinstated person of

(

i) the reinstatement, and

(ii) the date of reinstatement.

Procedures relating to preliminary investigations

7(1) The Registrar must notify the investigated person and the

complainant, if any,

(

a) of their respective rights and obligations when the Registrar

commences or appoints a person to commence a preliminary investigation

under

section 29 of the Act, and

(

b) of the preliminary investigation process.

(2) A person conducting a preliminary investigation must prepare a report

under

section 30(4) of the Act within 30 days of completing the

investigation.

(3) A person who conducts a preliminary investigation must not disclose

any information that comes to the knowledge of that person in the course of

the preliminary investigation, except

(

a) in the course of a hearing of the matter before the Discipline

Committee or the Council, or

(

b) in the report prepared under

section 30(4) of the Act.

(4) A person who conducts a preliminary investigation and later becomes a

member of the Discipline Committee or the Council may not sit as a member

of the Discipline Committee or Council at any proceedings resulting from

that preliminary investigation.

Procedures relating to disciplinary hearings

8(1) A matter that is referred to the Discipline Committee under

section

31(

b) of the Act and a notice of appeal to the Discipline Committee under

section 33(1) of the Act must be delivered to the registered office of the

Association.

(2) If a hearing of the Discipline Committee is adjourned, written notice

of the adjourned hearing is not required to be given if the time and place

of the adjourned hearing is announced at the time of the adjournment.

(3) A hearing must not be commenced unless a quorum of the members of the

Discipline Committee is present.

(4) A matter considered at a hearing must be decided by a majority of

votes cast on the matter.

(5) In the case of a tied vote, the chair has the deciding vote.

(6) The chair, or in the chair's absence the vice-chair, of the Discipline

Committee must act as the chair at a hearing of the Discipline Committee.

(7) In the absence of both the chair and vice-chair, the members of the

Discipline Committee present at the commencement of the hearing must elect

a person to act as the chair.

(8) Subject to

section 10, the decision of the Discipline Committee and

the reasons for the decision must be made available to any person on

request when the appeal periods under the Act have expired.

Procedures relating to appeals

9(1) A notice of appeal to the Council under

section 51(3) of the Act must

be delivered to the registered office of the Association.

(2) An appeal must not be commenced unless a quorum of the members of the

Council is present.

(3) The president, or in the president's absence the vice-president, of

the Council must act as the chair at the hearing of an appeal before the

Council.

(4) In the absence of both the president and vice-president, the members

of the Council present at the commencement of the appeal must elect a

person to act as the chair.

(5) Subject to

section 10, the decision of the Council and the reasons for

the decision must be made available to any person on request when the

appeal period under the Act has expired.

Confidentiality

10 If a hearing is held in private under

section 35(3) or 53(6) of the

Act, the matters that are intended to be kept confidential at the hearing

must not be made available with the decision under

section 8(8) or 9(5) of

this Regulation or published under

section 12 or 13 of this Regulation.

Costs

11(1) An order made by the Discipline Committee under

section 45(1) of the

Act or by the Council under

section 53(8) of the Act may include any or all

of the following:

(

a) the expenses of the person who conducted the preliminary

investigation and the members of the Discipline Committee or the Council

including, but not restricted to, transportation, accommodation, living

expenses, food allowances or honoraria;

(

b) payment to a person acting as an expert witness at a hearing or

at an appeal;

(

c) the cost of any transcripts of proceedings;

(

d) the cost of renting rooms or recording equipment or hiring a

reporter to record the proceedings;

(

e) the fee payable to the solicitor advising

(

i) the Registrar,

(ii) the person who conducted the preliminary

investigation,

(iii) the Discipline Committee, or

(iv) the Council

in relation to the preliminary investigation, disciplinary

hearing or appeal, on a solicitor and client basis;

(

f) the fee payable to the solicitor acting as a prosecutor at any

hearing, on a solicitor and client basis;

(

g) the cost of serving notices or documents;

(

h) the expenses of any person participating as a witness at the

preliminary investigation, disciplinary hearing or appeal including, but

not restricted to, transportation, accommodation, living expenses, food

allowances, witness fees, honoraria or any other payment to the person;

(

i) any other cost or expense incurred by the Association that is

incidental or attributable directly or indirectly to the preliminary

investigation, disciplinary hearing or appeal.

(2) The Association must not, except for substantial mitigating

circumstances, levy on the investigated person any expenses if

(

a) a complaint is determined to be without substance, or

(

b) a decision exonerates the investigated person.

Publication of notices of suspension or cancellation

12 If the certificate of registration or annual certificate, or both, of

an investigated person are cancelled or suspended and the appeal periods

under the Act have expired, the Council must publish, subject to

section

10, the following information in the manner considered appropriate by it:

(

a) the name of the investigated person;

(

b) a description of the conduct of the investigated person that

led to the investigation being held;

(

c) the findings and the order of the Discipline Committee, the

Council or the Court of Appeal relating to the investigated person.

Reprimands

13(1) A reprimand ordered by the Discipline Committee or Council must be

given in the form of a letter.

(2) A reprimand must be delivered to the registered social worker within

30 days of the date of the decision to reprimand the registered social

worker.

(3) If a registered social worker is reprimanded and the appeal periods

under the Act have expired, the Council may publish, subject to

section 10,

the following information in any manner it considers appropriate:

(

a) the name of the investigated person;

(

b) a description of the conduct of the investigated person that

led to the investigation being held;

(

c) the nature of the reprimand and any other finding or order of

the Discipline Committee or Council.

(4) The Registrar must enter a memorandum of the reprimand in the

appropriate register indicating the following:

(

a) the date of the reprimand;

(

b) a description of the conduct of the investigated person that

led to the investigation being held;

(

c) the nature of the reprimand and any other finding or order of

the Discipline Committee or Council.

Alberta Regulation 231/95

Veterinary Profession Act

GENERAL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 599/95) pursuant to

section 13 of the Veterinary Profession Act.

1 The General Regulation (Alta. Reg. 44/86) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 1 is repealed and the following is substituted:

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Veterinary Profession Act;

(b) "in person communication" means communication

between people who are located in the same room or area and does not

include communication through a telephone or other electronic means;

(c) "short-term registered veterinarian" means a

veterinarian who is registered under

section 6.1;

(d) "temporary registered veterinarian" means a

veterinarian who is registered under

section

Section 3 is amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the

following:

3(1) The Registration Committee may approve the registration of an

applicant who wishes to practise on an annual basis if the applicant

provides the Registration Committee with evidence satisfactory to the

Committee that the applicant has the academic qualifications to practise

veterinary medicine.

Section 4 is amended by adding "under

section 3" after "for

registration".

Section 5 is repealed and the following is substituted:

5 An applicant for registration under

section 3 who held on

February 20, 1986 the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the

University of Toronto, the University of Guelph, the University of

Saskatchewan or the University of Montreal has, for the purposes of

section

3, the academic qualifications to practise veterinary medicine.

6 The following is added after

section 5:

5.1 A veterinarian shall not be approved for registration as a

specialist in a category of veterinary medicine unless the veterinarian is

an unrestricted veterinarian and the veterinarian provides the Registration

Committee with

(

a) a certificate of specialization in that category of

veterinary medicine and the certificate is recognized by the National

Examining Board of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, or

(

b) evidence satisfactory to the Registration Committee

(

i) post-graduate training in that category

of veterinary medicine at an institution satisfactory to the Committee,

(ii) 5 years of experience in that category

of veterinary medicine, and

(iii) successful completion of an examination

that the National Examining Board of the Canadian Veterinary Medical

Association considers to be equivalent to an examination set by a college

or other body recognized by the Council on Education of the American

Veterinary Medical Association for that category of veterinary medicine.

5.2 The following classes or categories of registration are

designated as restricted:

(

a) temporary registered veterinarian;

(

b) short-term registered veterinarian.

Section 6(1) is amended

(

a) in the words preceding clause (

a) by striking out

"Notwithstanding

section 3, the" and substituting "The";

(

b) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (

a) and substituting

"and";

(

c) by repealing clause (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) has

(

i) been issued a Certificate of

Qualification to practise veterinary medicine by the National Examining

Board of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, or

(ii) successfully completed the parts A and

B examinations of the National Examining Board of the Canadian Veterinary

Medical Association and has been accepted by the National Examining Board

as a candidate to sit the

part C examination for a Certificate of

Qualification to practise veterinary medicine.

Section 6(2) is amended

(

a) by repealing clause (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) shall only practise veterinary medicine under the

supervision of an unrestricted veterinarian,

(

b) in clause (

c) by striking out "1 year" and substituting "18

months".

Section 6(5) is amended by striking out "by a registered veterinarian"

and substituting "by an unrestricted veterinarian".

Section 6(6) is amended by striking out "a registered veterinarian

who" and substituting "an unrestricted veterinarian who".

Section 6(8) is amended by striking out "section 17" and substituting

"section 18".

12 The following is added after

section 6:

6.1(1) The Registration Committee may approve the registration of an

applicant for a short term period if the applicant has a certificate of

specialization that is recognized by the National Examining Board of the

Canadian Veterinary Medical Association.

(2) An individual who is registered pursuant to subsection (1) shall

(

a) be categorized as a short-term registered

veterinarian,

(

b) only practise the category of veterinary medicine

specified by the Registration Committee,

(

c) practise in conjunction with an unrestricted

veterinarian,

(

d) ensure that sufficient liability and malpractice

insurance is in place,

(

e) practise for a period of not more than 7 days, and

(

f) pay such fees as are determined by the by-laws for

a short-term veterinarian.

(3) The unrestricted veterinarian referred to in subsection (2)(c)

(

a) shall ensure that the facilities used by the

short-term registered veterinarian meet the standards for facilities

established under

section 56, and

(

b) is responsible for providing medical and surgical

backup and follow-up support in respect of veterinary medicine provided by

the short-term registered veterinarian.

(4) A short-term registered veterinarian is not entitled to receive

notice of, attend at or vote at any general meeting or special general

meeting of the members of the Association.

Section 7(3) and (5) are amended by striking out "a registered

veterinarian" and substituting "an unrestricted veterinarian".

Section 8 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "Animal Health Technologists"

and substituting "technologists";

(

b) by repealing subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the

following:

(2) The Registrar shall register an applicant as a technologist if

(

a) the applicant is an active member in good standing

of the Alberta Association of Animal Health Technologists, and

(

b) the applicant

(

i) is a graduate of a program in animal

health technology accredited by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association

or a program considered to be equivalent by the Alberta Association of

Animal Health Technologists and the Council, or

(ii) has passed an examination in animal

health technology approved by the Alberta Association of Animal Health

Technologists and the Council.

(3) A person registered under this

section is a technologist for the

purposes of

section 2(2) of the Act.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a person who has been removed

from the register under

section 8.1 may be reinstated in the register only

if the person meets the conditions for reinstatement set by the Registrar.

15 The following is added after

section 8:

8.1(1) The Registrar may remove a person from the register of

technologists if the Registrar is satisfied that the person

(

a) is not an active member in good standing of the

Alberta Association of Animal Health Technologists,

(

b) has practised veterinary medicine without any

supervision or has practised veterinary medicine under the direction or

control of someone other than a registered veterinarian,

(

c) has not followed the instructions of the registered

veterinarian who is directing or controlling the technologist,

(

d) has practised aspects of veterinary medicine that a

technologist is not authorized to practise under this Regulation,

(

e) has contravened this Regulation, or

(

f) is not competent to practise one or more of the

aspects of veterinary medicine that a technologist is authorized to

practise.

(2) If the Registrar removes a person from the register under

subsection (1), the Registrar may establish conditions that the person must

meet to be reinstated in the register.

16 Sections 9 and 10 are repealed and the following is substituted:

9(1) In this section, "client" means a person who has a veterinarian

- client relationship as described in

section 21.2 with a registered

veterinarian.

(2) A technologist may practise all aspects of veterinary medicine

other than

(

a) making a diagnosis;

(

b) determining a course of treatment;

(

c) applying surgical techniques.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(b), a technologist may provide

advice on a course of treatment to a client of the registered veterinarian

who directs or controls the technologist if

(

a) the advice is in respect of a diagnosis made or on

conditions assessed by the client, and

(

b) the advice is based on protocols provided by the

registered veterinarian.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a technologist may evaluate life

signs of an animal and initiate the necessary therapy if

(

a) the life of the animal or unborn fetus in the

animal is in immediate danger, and

(

b) the technologist has, after making a reasonable

attempt, been unable to contact a registered veterinarian.

(5) A technologist acting under subsection (4) shall, as soon as

possible, notify the registered veterinarian who directs or controls the

technologist of the evaluation and therapy initiated and the registered

veterinarian, upon being notified, shall immediately assume the clinical

management of the case.

10(1) A technologist shall not practise veterinary medicine unless

the technologist has in person communication with the registered

veterinarian who directs or controls the technologist at least once during

each day that the technologist practises.

(2) The Council may establish, for the purposes of subsection (1),

an interval between each in person communication that is less frequent than

once during each day that the technologist practises if

(

a) the council has received a request to establish a

less frequent interval in respect of a technologist operating in a practice

area and the Council is satisfied that there is substantial public support

for the request in the practice area,

(

b) the Council is satisfied that local authorities or

others have made reasonable attempts to have a registered veterinarian move

to the practice area for the purpose of practising veterinary medicine and

that these attempts have failed,

(

c) the Council is satisfied that the location of the

nearest practising registered veterinarian to the practice area precludes

adequate emergency care in the practice area by the veterinarian, and

(

d) other criteria established by the Council are met.

(3) An interval established under subsection (2) ceases to have

effect on the date specified by Council.

(4) An interval established under subsection (2) is subject to the

condition that reasonable attempts to have a registered veterinarian move

to the practice area for the purpose of practising veterinary medicine will

continue and the Council may cancel the interval established under

subsection (2) if satisfied that no reasonable attempts by local

authorities or others are being made.

Section 11 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)(

b) by striking out "a registered" and

substituting "an unrestricted";

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "registered" and substituting

"unrestricted".

Section 16 is repealed.

19 Sections 28 to 40 are repealed and the following is substituted:

28(1) The Council may establish rules governing advertising by

registered veterinarians and permit holders.

(2) A rule made under subsection (1) does not come into force unless

it has been approved by a majority of the registered veterinarians voting

in a vote conducted in accordance with the by-laws.

(3) Every registered veterinarian and permit holder shall comply

with the rules that have been approved under subsection (2).

20 The following is added after

section 47:

47.1 A registered veterinarian who directs or controls a

technologist in the practice of veterinary medicine shall

(

a) provide adequate instruction and supervision of the

technologist,

(

b) have in person communication with the technologist

(

i) at least once during each day the

technologist practises, or

(ii) no less frequently than the interval

established under

section 10(2),

and

(

c) ensure that the technologist is competent to carry

out the aspects of veterinary medicine that the registered veterinarian

asks the technologist to perform.

21 The following is added after

section 50:

PART 3.1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

50.1(1) The Practice Review Board is responsible for making

recommendations to the Council about standards of continuing education for

registered veterinarians and specialists and any other matter related to

continuing education that is referred to it by Council.

(2) The Council may, after considering the recommendations of the

Practice Review Board or on its own initiative, establish a continuing

education program for registered veterinarians and specialists.

(3) The program may include minimum standards of continuing

education for registered veterinarians and specialists.

(4) The program and any amendment of it does not come into force

unless it has been approved by a majority of the registered veterinarians

voting in a vote conducted in accordance with the by-laws.

(5) Every registered veterinarian and specialist shall comply with

the applicable minimum standards of continuing education approved under

subsection (4).

Section 51 is amended by adding the following after clause (d):

(

e) private diagnostic laboratory.

Alberta Regulation 232/95

Public Sector Pension Plans Act

LOCAL AUTHORITIES PENSION PLAN AMENDMENT REGULATION, 1995

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 605/95) pursuant to

section 4

Schedule 1 of the Public Sector Pension Plans Act.

1 The Local Authorities Pension Plan (Alta. Reg. 366/93) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 2(1)(p)(

i) is amended by striking out "and established by or

under

an Act of the Legislature".

Section 2(1)(w.2) is amended

(

a) by adding the following after subclause (v):

(v.1) regional services commissions, intermunicipal

service agencies, municipal planning commissions and intermunicipal

planning commissions referred to in sections 625 and 626 respectively of

the Municipal Government Act,

(

b) by adding "and" at the end of subclause (viii) and by repealing

subclauses (

x) and (xi).

4 The following is added after

section 39:

Enhanced early retirement pension - where retirement allowance paid

39.1(1) Where

(

a) a person is entitled to receive a pension under

section 39 or a pension under

section 69(

d) in an amount that is equal to a

pension under

section 39,

(

b) a retiring allowance within the meaning of

section

248(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) is paid with respect to the

termination,

(

c) there is paid or transferred into the Plan such

amount of that retiring allowance (but no other money) as is equal to the

amount needed to provide full funding of the pension enhancement referred

to in, and decided in accordance with, subsection (2), and

(

d) the employer has certified in writing to the

Minister that the payment under clause (

c) constitutes a valid retiring

allowance that is eligible for tax deferral under the Income Tax Act

(Canada),

the person is entitled to receive, instead of the pension or other

benefit under

section 39, a pension in the form and in the amount of a

normal pension, reduced, however, in amount by

per cent, where

x = 1, if the whole difference referred to in subsection

(2) is to be funded or, if only a proportion of that difference is to be

funded, that proportion, decimalized, and

y = each complete month (with proration) referred to in

section 39.

(2) The pension enhancement allowed by this section, being the

whole, or such proportion as the person was able to purchase and notified

to the Minister under

section 108(1), of the difference between the

commuted value of the pension payable under subsection (1) and the commuted

value of the pension that would have been payable under

section 39 (as

calculated by the Minister as of the date of pension commencement), must be

fully funded by the payment under subsection (1)(c).

(3) On application, the Minister shall notify the person in writing

of the amount required to provide full funding of the full pension

enhancement purchasable under subsection (2) (being the amount calculated

under that subsection) and of the right to purchase the whole or only a

portion of that potential pension enhancement, and the amount payable under

subsection (2) to fund the actual pension enhancement must be paid in full

within 90 days after the person was advised by the Minister of the amount

required.

Section 45.1 is amended by striking out "or had become so entitled but

only for postponing it" and substituting "or 39.1, with pension

commencement having already occurred".

6 The following is added after

section 50:

Enhanced early retirement pension - where retirement allowance paid

50.1(1)

Section 39.1 applies, with references to sections 39 and

69(

d) being taken as references to sections 50 and 72(

d) respectively.

(2) A person who receives a pension under subsection (1) is

additionally entitled to any employee contribution excess that he would

have been entitled to receive under

section 50(2) had he chosen to receive

the pension under

section 50(1).

Section 56.1 is amended

(

a) by adding "39.1," after "39,";

(

b) by adding "50.1," after "50(1),".

Section 69(

c) is amended by striking out "sections 71 and 85" and

substituting "section 71".

Section 72(

c) is amended by striking out "sections 74 and 98" and

substituting "section 74".

Section 80(1) is amended by adding "39.1," after "39,".

Section 81(2) is amended

(

a) by adding ", 39.1" after "39";

(

b) by adding a comma at the end of clause (

c) and by adding the

following commencing on the line following after clause (c):

but in no case may that effective date, in the case of a

pension under

section 39.1, be later than 6 months after termination.

Section 93(1) is amended by adding "50.1," after "50,".

Section 94 is amended

(

a) by adding "39.1," after "39,";

(

b) by adding "50.1," after "50,".

Section 117.1(3) is amended

(

a) by repealing clauses (

a) and (b);

(

b) in clause (

c) by striking out "after subclause (x)" and

substituting "at the end".

15 Form 1 of

Schedule 1 is amended in item 2(c)(ii)

(

a) by striking out "I lived" and substituting "I have lived";

(

b) by adding "been" before "represented".

Part 1 of

Schedule 2 is amended

(

a) by adding "Alberta School Employees Benefit Plan" before

"Athabasca/Boyle Family and Community Support Services";

(

b) by striking out "Bethany of Camrose" and substituting "Bethany

Group";

(

c) by adding "Brooks and District Ambulance Association" after

"Brazeau Foundation";

(

d) by adding "Capital Region Housing Authority" after "Calgary

Public Library";

(

e) by striking out "Dr. Cooke Nursing Home" and substituting "Dr.

Cooke Extended Care Centre";

(

f) by striking out the following:

Edmonton Convention Centre Authority

Edmonton Convention and Tourism Authority

Edmonton Economic Development Authority

and substituting "Economic Development Edmonton";

(

g) by adding "General Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Edmonton Hospital

Foundation" after "Forty Mile Foundation";

(

h) by adding "Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta" after

"Porcupine Hills Family and Community Support Services";

(

i) by adding "Red Deer Child Care Society" after "Provost

Foundation";

(

j) by striking out the following, wherever they occur:

Alberta Hospital Association (commonly called the Alberta

Healthcare Association)

Municipal District of Camrose Foundation

Edmonton Housing Authority

Health Unit Association of Alberta

J.B. Wood Nursing Home

McDougall Group

Palliser Nursing Home

Red Deer Day Care Management Board

Sutherland Nursing Home

Sylvan Lake Foundation

Westerra Institute of Technology

Part 2 of

Schedule 2 is amended by adding the following after

section

4. The administrative group of the Town of Bruderheim.

Part 3 of

Schedule 2 is amended by striking out "None" and

substituting the following:

Medley School District No. 5029

Southeast Alberta Regional Planning Commission

Sylvan Lake Foundation

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Alberta Regulation 233/95

Utility Companies Income Tax Rebates Act

UTILITY COMPANIES INCOME TAX REBATES

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 606/95) pursuant to

section 5 of the Utility Companies Income Tax Rebates Act.

1 The Utility Companies Income Tax Rebates Regulation (Alta. Reg. 144/78)

is amended by this Regulation.

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) by striking out the following:

Border Utilities Ltd.

Bowell Gas Co-op Ltd.

Deer Creek Gas Co-op Ltd.

Gull Lake Natural Gas Co-op Ltd.

ICG Utilities (Plains-Western) Ltd.

Livingstone Gas Co-op Ltd.

North Edmonton Gas Co-op Ltd.

Pekisko Gas Co-op Ltd.

Southern Utilities Company Limited

Toki Gas Co-op Ltd.

Washout Creek Gas Co-op Ltd.

(

b) by adding the following:

Adecon Alberta Inc.

Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc.

Canadian Niagara Wind Power Company Inc.

Centra Gas Alberta Inc.

Drayton Valley Power Ltd.

Gull Lake Deer Creek Gas Co-op Ltd.

Independent Producer Power Inc.

Irrigation Canal Power Co-operative Ltd.

Magrath Energy Corporation

N T C Power Services Inc.

PCL Constructors Western Inc.

Power Resource Development Corp.

Sabre Energy Ltd.

Westlock - Algonquin Power Inc.

Whitecourt Power Corp.

Alberta Regulation 234/95

Regulations Act

REGULATIONS ACT AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 6, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 608/95) pursuant to

section 8 of the Regulations Act.

1 The Regulations Act Regulation (Alta. Reg. 282/89) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 3:

Regulation Impact Report

3.1(1) In this section,

(a) "regulation" means a regulation that is required to

be filed under this Act;

(b) "Regulation Impact Report" means the report

approved by the Treasury Board for the purpose of this section.

(2) The Registrar shall refuse to file a regulation if a Regulation

Impact Report for that regulation has not been submitted to and approved by

the Chair of the Regulatory Reform Task Force or his designate, unless

(

a) the regulation is, in the opinion of the Chair of

the Regulatory Reform Task Force or his designate, minor or non-regulatory

in nature,

(

b) the regulation was consolidated and revised under

section 9,

(

c) the regulation was made under

section 10 of the

Act, or

(

d) in any other case, the Chair or Acting Chair of the

Executive Council approves that the regulation may be filed without a

Regulation Impact Report being submitted and approved.

(3) A regulation that is filed in accordance with an approval under

subsection (2)(

d) expires 6 months after it is filed unless a Regulation

Impact Report for that regulation is subsequently submitted to and approved

by the Chair of the Regulatory Reform Task Force or his designate.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the Chair of the Regulatory

Reform Task Force or his designate is satisfied that there has been an

evaluation process similar to that contained in a Regulation Impact Report,

a Regulation Impact Report for that regulation is not required.

3 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 1995.

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Alberta Regulation 235/95

Wildlife Act

GENERAL WILDLIFE (MINISTERIAL) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 14, 1995

Made by the Minister of Environmental Protection (M.O. 54/95) pursuant to

section 97 of the Wildlife Act.

1 The General Wildlife (Ministerial) Regulation (Alta. Reg. 95/87) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 26(1.1) is amended by adding "otter," after "lynx," wherever it

occurs.

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) in

section 7(2)(a.1) by striking out "December 11" and

substituting "December 10";

(

b) in

section 8(1)(b)

(

i) in subclause (

i) by striking out "in fur management

zones 1 or 3" and substituting "in WMUs 530, 531 and 532";

(ii) by adding the following after subclause (i):

(i.1) in fur management zone 3 and in WMUs

511, 512, 516, 517, 518, 519 and 529

(

A) after 10 otters have been

taken in that registered fur management area, or

(

B) if the area of the

registered fur management area exceeds 72 square miles, after 10 otters

have been taken plus an additional 3 otters for each 36 square miles of

area in excess of 72 square miles of area plus 3 additional otters for any

remaining area of less than 36 square miles, have been taken in that

registered fur management area,

(iii) in subclause (ii)

(

A) by striking out "4 otters"

wherever it occurs and substituting "6 otters" ;

(

B) by striking out "2 otters"

and substituting "3 otters";

(

C) by striking out "2

additional otters" and substituting "3 additional otters";

(iv) in subclause (iv) by striking out

"after one otter has" wherever it occurs and substituting "after 2 otters

have";

(

c) in

section 8(1) (e)

(

i) in subclause (i)

(

A) by striking out "4 fisher" wherever it

occurs and substituting "5 fisher";

(

B) by striking out "2 fisher" and

substituting "3 fisher";

(

C) by striking out "2 additional fisher"

and substituting "3 additional fisher";

(ii) in subclause (ii)

(

A) by striking out "2 fisher" wherever it

occurs and substituting "4 fisher";

(

B) by striking out "taken plus one

additional fisher" and substituting "taken plus an additional 2 fisher";

(

C) by striking out "area plus one

additional fisher" and substituting "area plus an additional 2 fisher";

(iii) in subclause (iii)

(

A) by striking out "4 fisher" wherever it

occurs and substituting "5 fisher";

(

B) by striking out "taken plus one

additional fisher" and substituting "taken plus an additional 2 fisher";

(

C) by striking out "area plus one

additional fisher" and substituting "area plus 2 additional fisher";

(

d) by adding the following after

section 9:

9.1 The open seasons established in this

Schedule for WMU 408

apply also to the portion of Evan Thomas Provincial Recreation Area, as

established under the Provincial Parks Act, described as a hunting zone in

Plan No. P0239 General filed with the Department of Environmental

Protection at Edmonton.

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Alberta Regulation 236/95

Mines and Minerals Act

PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS (PETROLEUM ROYALTY)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 15, 1995

Made by the Deputy Minister of Energy (M.O. 32/95) pursuant to

section 1.1

of the Petroleum Royalty Regulation (Alta. Reg. 248/90).

1 The Prescribed Amounts (Petroleum Royalty) Regulation (Alta. Reg.

47/93) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 34:

35 The following are prescribed for the month of September, 1995:

(

a) the old non-heavy oil par price is $139.00 per

cubic metre;

(

b) the old heavy oil par price is $118.00 per cubic

metre;

(

c) the new non-heavy oil par price is $139.00 per

cubic metre;

(

d) the new heavy oil par price is $118.00 per cubic

metre;

(

e) the new oil par price is $136.62 per cubic metre;

(

f) the third tier non-heavy oil par price is $139.00

per cubic metre;

(

g) the third tier heavy oil par price is $118.00 per

cubic metre;

(

h) the old non-heavy oil royalty factor is 3.067602;

(

i) the old heavy oil royalty factor is 3.068420;

(

j) the new non-heavy oil royalty factor is 3.086611;

(

k) the new heavy oil royalty factor is 2.392275;

(

l) the third tier non-heavy oil royalty factor is

3.148316;

(

m) the third tier heavy oil royalty factor is

4.661675;

(

n) the old non-heavy oil select price is $25.54 per

cubic metre;

(

o) the old heavy oil select price is $25.54 per cubic

metre;

(

p) the new non-heavy oil select price is $81.40 per

cubic metre;

(

q) the new heavy oil select price is $54.91 per cubic

metre;

(

r) the third tier non-heavy oil select price is

$116.83 per cubic metre;

(

s) the third tier heavy oil select price is $116.83

per cubic metre;

(

t) the adjustment factor for old non-heavy oil is

1.001131.