Bill 55 — A Bill Respecting the Department of Industries and Labour (Legislature 13, Session 4)

L13 S4 6185

Alberta — Bills

No. 55 4th Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 6 Elizabeth II, 1958 BILL 55 A Bill respecting the Department of Industries and Labour HON. MR. REIERSON Printed by L. S. 'VALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent )[rijesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1953

Explanatory Note General. This Bill repeals and replaces The Department of Indus tries and Labour Act. The present Act contains three Parts (Part III having been repealed at the last Session) namely

Part I-Organiza tion and Function of Department:

Part II-Trade Codes;

Part IV Application of Act. Except for the present

Part I, most of the matters dealt with in

Part II and IV are now provided for in other Acts, such as The Alberta Labour Act, The Licensing of Trades and Businesses Act and others. It is therefore intended to revise the departmental Act to restrict is more closely to the odministrative and organizational aspect of the present Act and cbolish the matters authorized or dealt with under other Acts. I.

Short title. 2. Present

section 2. 3. Present

section 3 (1) . 4. Present

section 3 (2). S. New. 6. (

a) Present

section 5 (b).

BILL No. 55 of 1958

An Act respecting the Department of Industries and Labour (Assented to , 1958) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assen1bly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The IndustTies and LabouT Department Act". 2. In this Act, (a) "Department" means the Department of Industries and Labour; (b) "Minister" means the Minister of Industries and Labour; (c) "trade" means a trade, business, industry or occupa tion carried on in the Province and any branch or class thereof. 3.

There shall be a department of the Public Service of the Province to be called the Department of Industries and Labour over which there shall preside the member of the EXEcutive Council appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the Seal of the Province to discharge the functions of the Minister of Industries and Labour. 4. Subject to The PubUc SeTvice Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint a Deputy Minister and such other officers, clerks and employees as are requisite for the conduct of the business of the Department and may prescribe their respective duties and remuneration. 5.

(1) The LieutEnant Governor in Council for the pur poses of administration may create within the Department one or more branches, bureaus or boards.

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe the duties and functions of any such branches, bureaus or boards and may delegate to a branch, bureau or board the administration of

an Act or the performance of a function assigned to or the responsibility of the Department. 6. The Minister shall encourage the betterment of the conditions of all trades in the Province and the development

2 (

b) New. (

c) Present

section 5 (e). (

d) Present

section 5 (c) (i). (

e) New. 7. (1) (

a) Present

section 12(b). (

b) Present

section 12 (c). (

c) Present

section 12 (e). Cd) Present

section 12(f). (

e) Present

section 12 (

h) in part.

(2) Present

section 14 with reference only to advisory boards, committees and the Minister. 8. Replaces

Part II dealing with Trade Codes.

2 of the natural resources of the Province and for that purpose he may (

a) make surveys from time to time of all or any natural resources of the Province and formulate plans for their useful, economical and orderly development, (

b) acquire and assimilate knowledge on all matters connected with the industrial occupations of the people, with a view to improving relations between employers and employees, (

c) collect, abstract, compile and publish statistical in formation relative to the commercial, industrial, social, economic and general activities and condi tions of the people of the Province, (

d) promote and attend conferences of representatives of the persons engaged in carrying on or employed in any trade for the purpose of discussing any mat ter, circumstance or thing that affects the well being of the trade or of any class of persons engaged therein, (

e) encourage and facilitate the production and sales of Alberta products in every way considered advisable for the general economic welfare of the Province. 7.

(1) With the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Minister may (

a) appoint advisory boards or advisory committees, the members of which shall hold office during pleas ure, for the purpose of advising the Minister when requested to do so with regard to any specified trade carried on in the Province, (

b) prescribe the number of members who shall con stitute any such board or committee, (

c) appoint the chairman and the secretary of any such board or committee, (

d) subject to The Public Service Act, appoint such other officers, clerks and employees as may be necessary to enable any such board or committee to discharge its duties, (

e) prescribe the remuneration and duties of all persons appointed under this section.

(2) The Minister and each advisory board or committee and each member thereof has, for the purpose of making an investigation or inquiry, the same powers (

a) of summoning witnesses before him or it, and (

b) of requiring witnesses to give evidence on oath, and to produce documents or things, as are conferred upon commissioners appointed under The Public Inquiries Act. S. With the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Minister may formulate codes setting up stand ards of ethics, methods, practices and systems applicable

3 to trades within the Province to effect an end to competitive practices that are in their nature detrimental either to the trade, persons employed therein, or to the public. 9. The DepaTtment of IndustTies and LabouT Act, being

chapter 157 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby repealed. 10. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

FOURTH SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 6 ELIZABETH II 1958 BILL

An Act respecting the Department of Industries and Labour Received and read the First time ........................................ . Second time ..... Third time ......................................... . HON. MR. REI.ERSON Title: 1958 (13th, 4th) Bill 55,

An Act respecting the Department of Industries and Labour

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