Bill ID 3304 (Legislature 21, Session 1)

L21 S1 3304

Alberta — Bills

1986 BILL Pr First Session, 21st Legislature, 35 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILLPr CITY OF EDMONTON AND NORTHWESTERN UTILITIES, LIMITED AGREEMENT ACT, 1986 MR. HERON First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Pr Mr. Heron BILL Pr 8 CITY OF EDMONTON AND NORTHWESTERN UTILITIES, LIMITED AGREEMENT ACT, 1986 (Assented to , 1986)

WHEREAS the City of Edmonton granted to Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited, hs successors and assigns, an exclusive franchise for the sale of natural gas within the City of Edmonton for a period of 20 years from the 16th November, 1915, on the terms and conditions contained in a written agreement printed as

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1916; and

WHEREAS in the year Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited, assigned all its interest in the said agreement to Northwestern Utilities, Limited (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"); and

WHEREAS by

section of

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1944,

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1953,

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1966, and

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1976, the exclusive period of the exclusive franchise to the Company for the sale of natural gas for domestic and heating purposes has been extended for successive 10-year periods, and Amends agreement

WHEREAS the City of Edmonton and Northwestern Utilities, Limited have agreed that the exclusive franchise shall be renewed for a further period of 10 years from the 16th day of November, 1985; and

WHEREAS the City of Edmonton and Northwestern Utilities, Limited have presented a petition praying for an amendment to the agreement dated the 16th November, 1915, made between the City of Edmonton and Northern Alberta Natural Gas Devel opment Company, Limited, as hereinafter set forth and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the petition; THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 That the written agreement dated the 16th day of November, 1915, made between the City of Edmonton and Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited is amended by this Act.

Contract extension The agreement is amended by striking out "seventy years" wherever they occur in the agreement and by substituting "eighty years". Repeals

section Amends

section Gas Utilities Act

Section of the agreement is repealed. 4

Section of the agreement is amended as follows: (

a) by striking out "successive term of five (5) years" where it first appears and substituting "extension period", (

b) by striking out "except insofar as they are exclusive". 5 Nothing is this Act shall be construed to interfere with, prejudice or affect the jurisdiction and powers of the Public Utilities Board under the Gas Utilities Act. In accordance with

section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act this Bill comes into force on the date d receives Royal Assent. Title: 1986 (21st, 1st) Bill Pr8, City of Edmonton and Northwestern Utilities, Limited Agreement Act, 1986

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L21 S1 3304
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L21 S1 3304
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	537873a65627681d7d416f4084bf86b6a469f9e2

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