Bill 26 (Legislature 11, Session 4)

L11 S4 6937

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 26 of 1951. A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEYS NOTE. This Bill enacts a new Act to be known as The Aerial Photographic Survey Act. It provides that before any person takes or makes an aerial photographic survey of any natural resources or lands in the Province he shall apply for a license to do so. The application goes to the Director of the Technical Division of the Department of Lands and Forests. The licensee must pay the license fee pre6cribed by the Minister.

Each applicant who does not maintain a place of business within the Province is required to post a cash bond as security that the survey will be conducted in accordance with this Act and the regulations. The bond is refundable after the survey is completed, if the Minister is satisfied that the licensee has complied with, and conducted his sur vey in accordance with the Act and the regulations. Each license expires on the thirty-first day of March when it may be renewed.

The licensee is required to report monthly to the Director on the progress of the survey and is required to comply fuBy with all terms and conditions of the license. The licensee is required to submit a complete report to the Director, together with maps and photographs setting forth all data obtained as a result of the survey. If a licensee with draws from the Province before completing a survey he i~ required to deliver to the Director all preliminary data anti actual photographs obtained by him prior to discontinuation of the survey. The licensee cannot assign his license without the consent of the Minister.

If the licensee fails to comply with the Act or the regulations the Minister may cancel his license. Where this is done the bond is forfeited, and no further license will be issued to the licensee until he complies with all provisions of the Act and regulations. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regula tions to facilitate the administration of the Act. The Bill comes into force upon assent. I{ENNETiI A. McKENZIE, Legislative Cou'n8el. (This note does not form any part of the BiU but is offered in explanation of its p'1'ovisions.)

BILL No. 26 of 1951.

An Act to Provide for the Regulation of Aerial Photographic Surveys. (Assented to 1 1951.) HIS MA.JESTY, by and with the advice. and consent ,of the, LC)Ti~ilative· Assembly ,of the Province of Alherta, enacts as follows:

Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Aerial Photographic Short tin~ , SUT'L)ey Act".

Interpretation. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-.-- .

InterprNa- (a) "aerial photographic survey" includes all negatives, tion. prints, maps, working plans, mosaics, and data ~~~l~~~ra_ used by any person taking or making an aerial phic SUr\'ey'''' photographic survey of any natural resoui'ces 01' lands in the Province; (b) "applicant" n1eans any person who applies to the "applicant' Director for a license to conduct an aerial photo- graphic survey of the natural resources or lands of the Province; (c) "Department" means the Department of Lands and "Dep~rt-ment" Forests; (d) "Director lt means the Director of the Technical "Director" Division of the Department of Lands and Forests; (e) "Minister" means the Minister of Lands and "Minister" Forests.

Application of Act. 3. This Act applies, to ail person~ taking or making an ApplicatiOll aerial photographic survey of any natul'al resources or of Act lands in the Province. Administration. 4. The Director shall supervise the administration of thifi g~~~~~~~et0 Act adm!nistra- • t10n General. Application 1 . 1 h t for license 5.

(1) Before any person takes or rna {es an aerlU P 0 0- to conduct graphic survey of ailY natural. resources o~ lands III the ~:i~~i~hot(). Province, he shall apply to the DIrector for a lIcense to do so. survey

Off(.,nce Cash bond Retund of cash bond Expiry and renewal of license Monthly progress report by licensee Complete report bv licensep· DeliYervof data beiol'e licensee withdraws from Provln('o AsslgnU1~nt of licens(~ 2

(2) The application shall indicate the type of survey, and the extent and general loca tion of the area to be surveyed.

(3) The applicant shall pay for each license, or renewal, the fee prescribed by the Minist~r.

(4) Any person who commences to conduct any aerial photographic survey in the Province before he obtains a license from the Director, shall be guilty of an offence. 6~

(1) Each applicant who does not maintain a place of business within the Province shall furnish to the Minister, before the issue of a license, a cash bond in the sum of three thousands dollar~ as security that the aerial photographic survey and other related matters will be" conducted in accordance with this Act and the regU'lations made from time to time.

(2) The Minister shall refund the cash bond to the licensee immediately after the licensee produces evidence, satisfactory to the Minister, that he has complied with the provisions of this Act and the regulations, and that he has conducted the aerial photographic survey and other related matters in accordance therewith. 7. The license shall expire on the thirty-first day of l\iarch follQwing .the date of issue and may be renewed upon such terms and conditions as the, Minister may deem expedient. 8.

(1) The licensee shall report monthly to the Director the location and progress of the persons engaged in the survey.

(2) The licensee shall comply fully with all of the terms and conditions of the license. ' 9. The'licensee shall submit to the Director, within such time as the Director may designate, a complete report to gether with maps and photographs setting forth all the data obtained as a result of the survey and covering all areas investIgated under the license. 10.

Any licensee who withdraws from the Province and discontinues doing business in the Province, before doing so, shall deliver to the Director all preliminary data, actIJa! photographs and' other related matters obtained by him which shall b€come the property of the Province. 11. The licensee shall not assign, transfer, sublet or part with the posseSSion of the said license or any renewal thereof Without first obtaining the written consent of the Minister.

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(1) In case of default by the licensee in the due Cancellulic.1l observance or compliance with any provision of this Act of license or the regulations, the Minister at any time may cancel the license.

(2) In any case where the Minister cancels a license,- Cash bond forfeited (

a) the cash bond, if any, shall be forfeited; and if licenst' (

b) no further license shall be issued to the licensee cancelled until he has complied fully with

section 9 and all other provisions of this Act and the regulations. 1\3. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make Regulatiolls regulations from time to time to facilitate the administra- tion of this Act and to carry out its provisions according to their true intent. 14.

Every person who contravenes any provision of this Offence and Act or of the regulations, shall be guilty of an offence and ~~~fr~~:~: liable on summar-y conviction to a fine which in the case of tion of tct a corporation shall not exceed three thousand dollars for a ~ro~~gU a single offence or one hundred dollars a day for a continuing offence, and in the case of a natural person, shall not exceed three hundred dollars for a single offence or twenty-five dollars a day for a continuing offence, together with costs in every case. 15. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which ~~~~~~ce it is assented to.

No. 26. FOURTH SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 15 GEORGE VI 19,51 BILL

An Act to provide for the Regulation of Aerial Photographic Surveys. Received and read the First time Second time ... .. ............ . r:Dhird time .... .... . . . ........................ . HON. MR. TANNER. --------- - --_ .. --------_._- Title: 1951 (11th, 4th) Bill 26,

An Act to Provide for the Regulation of Aerial Photographic Surveys

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L11 S4 6937
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L11 S4 6937
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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