Alberta Regulation 1/2023

Hydro and Electric Energy Act

HYDRO AND ELECTRIC ENERGY (EXPIRY DATE

EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 9, 2023

For information only: Made by the Alberta Utilities Commission on January 4, 2023

pursuant to

section 5 of the Hydro and Electric Energy Act..

1 The Hydro and Electric Energy Regulation (AR 409/83) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 22 is amended by striking out "January 31, 2023"

and substituting "January 31, 2033".

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Alberta Regulation 2/2023

Surface Rights Act

SURFACE RIGHTS ACT GENERAL

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 11, 2023

For information only: Made by the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas

(M.O. 60/2022) on December 21, 2022 pursuant to

section 41 of the Surface Rights

Act.

1 The Surface Rights Act General Regulation

(AR 195/2007) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 5(1) is repealed and the following is substituted:

Additional approvals and permits

5(1) Where an application for a right of entry order pertains to a

well site, the application must be accompanied by a copy of the

licence issued with respect to the well by the Alberta Energy

Regulator under the Oil and Gas Conservation Act or the Mineral

Resource Development Act, as applicable.

3 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into

force of

section 55(

a) of the Mineral Resource Development

Act.

Alberta Regulation 3/2023

Environmental Protection and

Enhancement Act

ACTIVITIES DESIGNATION

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 11, 2023

For information only: Made by the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas

(M.O. 61/2022) on December 21, 2022 pursuant to sections 85 and 89 of the

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.

1 The Activities Designation Regulation (AR 276/2003) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 2(2)(

b) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(b) "brine-hosted mineral resource processing plant" means

a plant, other than a plant or facility referred to in clause

(

b) of Division 2 of

Schedule 1, that processes 5000

cubic metres per day or more of water containing

mineral resources as defined in the Mineral Resource

Development Act, where that water is

(

i) industrial wastewater, all or a portion of which is

obtained from groundwater, or

(ii) obtained as a result of the operation of a well as

defined in the Mineral Resource Development Act.

3 The following is added after

section 10:

Transitional - brine processing plants

10.01(1) Where, immediately before the coming into force of this

section, a person holds a subsisting approval in respect of the

construction, operation or reclamation of a brine processing plant, as

required by this Regulation as it read immediately before the coming

into force of this section,

(

a) the Act and this Regulation as it read immediately before the

coming into force of this

section continue to apply in respect

of the activity and the approval, and

(

b) the approval is continued as an approval for the purposes of

this section.

(2) A brine processing plant to which this

section applies is not

considered a brine-hosted mineral resource processing plant for the

purposes of this Regulation.

4 The following is added before

section 16:

Expiry

15 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on November 30, 2028.

Schedule 1, Division 2 is amended

(

a) in

Part 2 by repealing clause (b)(xi);

(

b) in

Part 6 by repealing clause (

f) and substituting the

following:

(

f) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) a lime plant;

(ii) a brine-hosted mineral resource processing plant;

(

c) in

Part 13 by repealing clause (

o) and substituting

the following:

(

o) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) an electrical and electronic components plant;

(ii) a glass manufacturing plant;

6 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into

force of

section 55(

a) of the Mineral Resource Development

Act.

Alberta Regulation 4/2023

Pharmacy and Drug Act

SCHEDULED DRUGS

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: January 11, 2023

For information only: Made by the Minister of Mental Health and Addiction (M.O.

700/2022) on December 8, 2022 pursuant to

section 34 of the Pharmacy and Drug

Act.

1 The Scheduled Drugs Regulation (AR 66/2007) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Schedule 1 drugs

1(1) Subject to subsection (2), the following drugs are designated as

Schedule 1 drugs for the purposes of

section 31(1)(

c) of the

Pharmacy and Drug Act:

(

a) drugs set out in

Schedule I of the National Association of

Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities Drug Schedules (as

amended or replaced from time to time) published by the

National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities,

other than drugs described in

section 31(1)(

a) or (

b) of the

Act;

(

b) vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, haemophilus

B, measles, meningitis, mumps, rubella and pediatric

hepatitis B;

(

c) diacetylmorphine;

(

d) fentanyl, remifentanil, sufentanil and any other fentanyl

analogues;

(

e) hydromorphone;

(

f) morphine;

(

g) oxycodone.

(2) A drug referred to in subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (

f) or (

g) shall be

excluded from the designation if the drug

(

a) is included in any

schedule to the Controlled Drugs and

Substances Act (Canada) unless the drug is authorized under

the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) for

administration or sale to a person without a prescription, or

(

b) subject to subsection (3), is on the Prescription Drug List.

(3) If a drug referred to in subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (

f) or (

g) has

uses that are excluded from the Prescription Drug List, the

designation under subsection (1) shall be only for the excluded uses

of that drug.