Bill 22 (Legislature 10, Session 3)

L10 S3 7455

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 22 of 1946. A BILL TO AMEND THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACT, ALBERTA NOTE. The purpose of ,this Bill is to validate an agreement entered into by the Government of the Province and the Government of the Dominion on April 1st, 1944~ which provided an increase in the income of a pensioner which he was entitled to have without affecting the amount of the pension. w. S. GRAY, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but 1:S offered in explanation of its provisions.)

BILL No. 22 of 1946.

An Act to amend The Old Age Pensions Act, Alberta. (Assented to , 1946.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Old Age Pension .. s Act, Alberta, being

chapter 269 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended by adding immediately after

section 7 a thereof the following new section: 7b. The agreement ent€red into between the Government of the Province of Alberta and the Government of the Dominion of Canada dated the 1st day of April, 1944, con tained in the

Schedule hereto and authorized by Orde:r in Council No. 907-4.4, is hereby approved, ratified and ,con firmed." 2. The said Act is further amended by adding i.mmedi atelyat the end thereof the following Schedule: "SCHEDULE "MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made the 1st day of April, 1944.

BETWEEN: The Governor General of the Dominion of Canada in Council, represented by the Minister of Finance of Ca.nada, herein after called the Dominion Of the First Part -and- The Lieutenant Governor 'Of the Province of Alberta in Council, represented by the Provincial Treasurer for Alberta, here inafter called The P:rovince, Of the Second Part. "Whereas! under the terms of agreements dated July 22nd, 19'29, April 30th, 1932, March 7th, 19'38, and September 1st, 1943, ente'red into between the Dominion and the Province pursuant to the provisions of The Old Age Pensions Act,

chapter 15·6, R.8.C. 1927, as amended, and of The Old Age Pensions Act of ,Alberta,

chapter 269 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, as amended, the Province agreed to pay Old Age Pensions and Pensions in res1pect of Blindness to the persons and under the conditions specified in the Act first

2 abGve cited and the Regulations made thereunder, and the DGminion 'agreed to. pay to. the Province quarterly, an amGunt equal to. seventy-five per centum of the net. sum So' paid out during the pre,ceding quarter by the ProvInce fDr such pensiQns : "And

whereas under the provisions Gf Dominion Ord~:t: in Council No.. P.C. 3377 dated May 2,9th, 1944, the DQmInIOn is in effect authorized to enter into. a supplementary agree m~nt with the Province fQr the payment of such pensiDns to. every person who,- "(

a) has attained the age Qf seventy years and is not in re,ceipt Df income of as much aSI Four Hundred and Twenty-five DQllars ($425.0.0.) yearly; and " (

b) is blind within the meaning of The Old Age Pensions Act and Regulations and is unmarried, or a widower withDut a child or children or a widow without a child or children and is not in receipt of an income of as much as Five Hundred Dollars, ($50.0..00.) a year; and " (

c) is blind within the meaning Gf The Old Age Pensions Act and Regulations and is married, or a widDwer with a child or children or a widow. with a child or children and is not in receipt .of an income of as much as Seven Hundred DQllars ($70.0..0.0.) a year; and " (

d) fulfils the Qther requirements set fQrth in The Old Age Pensions Act and the Re'gulations made ther& under. "And whe·reas the PrDvin:ce desires' to. enter into a supple mentary agreement with the DGminion as afQresaid; "And

whereas the PrDvince is nGt authorized under the prGvisions Gf The Old Age Pensions Act, Alberta, being

chapter 269 of the Revised Statutes Qf Alberta, 1942, as amended, to. enter into. a new agreement with the DQminion as 'aforementiQned, but has, by Order in Council Number 907-44 dated June 20th, 1944, authorized the signing of the supplementary agreement and has given assurance that apprQpriate amendment to. the said Act will be introduced by the GQvernment at the next sessiGn of the Legislature. "And

whereas the Minister of Finance fGr Oanada and the- PrGvincial Treasurer for Alberta have been respectively ~uthorized to enter into. a supplementary agreement aCCGrd Ingly; "NGw, in cDnsideratiGn of the p.remises and the respective agreements by an~ on behalf of the parties hereto, herein after set fDrth, thIS memorandum of 'agreement witnesseth that the parties hereto agree that the amendments aforesaid shall be modified as fOnDW~: "The r:naximum pension payable shall be $300.0.0 yearly (except .In th~ case of a blind person who marries a blind person, In ~hlCh ease the maximum pension shall be $150.00 yearly) WhICh shall be subj ect toreduCition as follows:

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a) In the case of Ian old a'ge pensiDner by the amDunt of the income of the pensiDner in excess 'Of $125.00 a year. " (

b) In the case of a blind pensioner wh'O is unmarried Dr a widower without a child or children or a widow without a child .or children, by the amount of the inoome of the pensioner in excess of $200.00 a year. "(

c) In the case of a blind pensioner wh'O is married or a widower wirth a child Dr ,children or ia widDW with a child or children, by the amount of the incDme of the pensioner in exoess 'Of $400.00 a year. "(

d) In the case of a blind pensioner married to a blind person receiving a pension in respect of blindness under The Old Age Pensions Act, by the amount Df the income of the pensi.oner in excess Df $200.00 a year. "In Witness Where.of the HonDurable James LDrimer Ilsley, Minister of Finance, has hereunrtO' set his hand and Seal 'On behalf of the Governor General, 'Of the Dominion of Canada in CO'uncil and the H.onDurable Solon Earl Low, Provincial Treasurer of Alberta, has hereuntO' set his hand and Heal on behalf Df the Lieutenant GO'vernor of the PrO'v-, ince of Alberta, in C'Ouncil.

"Signed .on behalf 'Of the Governor Gene'ral of the Dominion of Canada, in C.ouncil, by the Honour able James Lorimer 11s ley, Minister 'Of -Finance, in the presence of: 'A. L. WICKWIRE' "Signed on behalf of the Lieutenant GDvernor 'Of the Pr'Ovince 'Of Alberta in CDuncil by the HDnour able SO'1Dn Earl Low, Pro vincial Treasurer 'Of Al berta, in the presence of: 'E. C. FERRIER' 'J. L. ILSLEY' Minister of Finance. 'So E. Low' Provincial Treasurm' of Alberta." 3.

This Act shall come intO' force 'OIl! the day upon which it is assented to, and upon S'O c.oming into force, secti.on 1 shall be deemed to have been in force at all time'S since the 1st day of April, 1944.

THIRD SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE 10 GEORGE VI 1946 BILL An 1\ct to -amend The Old Age Pensions Aot, Alberta. Recei ved and read the First time Second time .......................... . Third time ....................................... . RON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King'. Printer 1946 Title: 1946 (10th, 3rd) Bill 22,

An Act to amend The Old Age Pensions Act, Alberta

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L10 S3 7455
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L10 S3 7455
Language	en
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