Bill 39 (Legislature 9, Session 1)

L9 S1 7848

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 39 of 1941. A BILL RESPECTING THE REGULATION OF GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS AND GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. NOTE. This Bill provides a method whereby the Minister of Lands and Mines can exercise some control over the Geo physical and Geological Explorations conducted by private enterprise throughout the Province. The information ob tained through these operations should be available to the Minister and the officers of his Department in the interest of the development of the natural resources of the Province. w. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 39 of 1941.

An Act Respecting the Regulations of Geophysical Operations and Geological Explorations. (Assented to ,191,.1.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.. This Act may be cited as "The Geophysical and Geo logical Exploration Regulation Act." 2.-

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations,- (

a) forbidding any person from commencing or under taking any geophysical operations or the examina tion of sub-surface geology in the Province unless he is licensed so to do by the Minister of Lands and Mines; (

b) prescribing the nature and extent of the said license and the terms upon which it shall be issued; (

c) prescribing the fees to be charged upon the granting of such license.

(2) Every person who contravenes any regulation made pursuant to this Act shall be guilty of an offence, punishable upon

summary conviction by a fine which, in the case of a corporation, shall not exceed one thousand dollars for a single offence, or one hundred dollars a day for a continuing offence, and in the case of a natural person, shall not exceed one hundred dollars for a single offence, or twenty dollars a day for a continuing offence, together with costs in every case. 3.-

(1) All regulations made pursuant to this Act shall be laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly within fifteen days after the commencement of the Session next held after the making of such regulations.

(2) All such regulations when made, shall, unless and until disallowed by the Legislative Assembly at its Session next held after the making of the same, have the same force and effect as if they were set out at length in this Act. 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FIRST SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act Respecting the Regulations of Geophysical Operations and Geological Explorations. Received and read the First Second time .. Third RON. MR. TANNER. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Printer 1 9 Title: 1941 (9th, 1st) Bill 39,

An Act Respecting the Regulations of Geophysical Operations and Geological Explorations

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S1 7848
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L9 S1 7848
Language	en
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