Bill 7 — First Session, 31St Legislature, 2 Charles Iii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 7 Engineering and Geoscience Professions Amendment Act, 2023 (Legislature 31, Session 1)

L31 S1 12016

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2023 Bill 7 First Session, 31st Legislature, 2 Charles III THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 7 ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE PROFESSIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 2023 THE MINISTER OF ADVANCED EDUCATION First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 Bill 7 BILL 7 2023 ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE PROFESSIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 2023 ( A s s e n t e d t o , 2 0 2 3 ) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cE-11 1 The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 3(1) is amended by striking out “No individual” and substituting “Subject to

section 3.1, no individual”.

1 Explanatory Notes Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter E-11 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2

Section 3(1) presently reads: 3(1) No individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, except a professional engineer, licensee or permit holder entitled to engage in the practice of engineering, shall (

a) use (

i) the title “professional engineer”, the abbreviation “P. Eng.” or any other abbreviation of that title, (ii) the word “engineer” in combination with any other name, title, description, letter, symbol or abbreviation that represents expressly or by implication that the individual, corporation, partnership or other entity is a professional engineer, licensee or permit holder, or

2 3 The following is added after

section 3: Exemption from

section 3(1)(a)(ii) 3.1(1) An individual, corporation, partnership or other entity who (

a) is not a professional engineer, licensee or permit holder entitled to engage in the practice of engineering, and (

b) uses the word “engineer” in combination with the word “software”, or any other words or phrases similar to the phrase “software engineer” as prescribed by regulations made under

section 18.1, is exempt from the application of

section 3(1)(a)(ii).

(2) An individual, corporation, partnership or other entity referred to in subsection (1) shall not be considered, only because of using the words or phrases referred to in subsection (1)(b), to represent or hold out, expressly or by implication, that the individual, corporation, partnership or other entity is entitled to engage in the practice of engineering, or is a professional engineer, licensee or permit holder. 4 The following is added before

section 19: Ministerial regulations 18.1 The Minister may make regulations prescribing words or phrases similar to the phrase “software engineer” to be used for the purpose of

section 3.1(1)(b).

2 Explanatory Notes (

b) represent or hold out, expressl y or by implication, that the individual, corporation, partnership or other entity (

i) is entitled to engage in the practice of engineering, or (ii) is a professional engin eer, licensee or permit holder. 3 Exemption from

section 3(1)(a)(ii). 4 Ministerial regulations.

RECORD OF DEBATE Stage Date Member From To Interventions From To Stage Date Member From To Interventions From To Stage Date Member From To Interventions From To Stage Date Member From To Interventions From To Stage Date Member From To Interventions From To Stage Date Member From To Interventions From To Title: 2023 (31st, 1st) Bill 7, Engineering and Geoscience Professions Amendment Act, 2023

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Citation	L31 S1 12016
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