Bill 20 — First Session, 23Rd Legislature, 42 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 20 Public Safety Services Amendment Act, 1993 (Legislature 23, Session 1)

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1993 BILL 20 First Session, 23rd Legislature, 42 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 20 PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT, 1993 MR. FRIEDEL First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1993 (23rd, 1st) Bill 20, Public Safety Services Amendment Act, 1993

Bill 20 Mr. Friedel BILL 20 1993 PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT, 1993 (Assented to , 1993) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Public Safety Services Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 1(

e) is repealed and the following is substituted: (e) “disaster” means an event that results in serious harm to the safety, health or welfare of people or in widespread damage to property; 3 The following is added after

section 5: Subrogation regulations 5.1(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing that Her Majesty in right of Alberta has a right of subrogation with respect to (

a) payments of compensation made by Her Majesty in right of Alberta for damage or loss caused by a disaster, or (

b) payments made by Her Majesty in right of Alberta for the purpose of sharing costs incurred by a local authority in conducting emergency operations.

(2) The regulations under this

section may define and describe the right of subrogation and may deal with any matter respecting the enforcement of or procedures relating to the right of subrogation. 1

Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter P-30.5 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 1(

e) presently reads: (e) “disaster” means a calamity caused by accident, by

an act of war or insurrection or by the forces of nature, that has resulted or may result in serious harm to the safety, health or welfare of people, or in widespread damage to property; 3 Subrogation regulations and validation of past payments. 1 Explanatory Notes

(3) The regulations under this

section may provide that the right of subrogation applies to payments made before this

section comes into force. Validation of past payments 5.2 Payments made by Her Majesty in right of Alberta before the coming into force of this

section are valid, notwithstanding the definition of disaster in force when those payments were made, and are deemed to have been made in accordance with the regulations. 2

2 Explanatory Notes Title: 1993 (23rd, 1st) Bill 20, Public Safety Services Amendment Act, 1993

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