Bill 109 (Legislature 8, Session 6)

L8 S6 8215

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 109 of 1938.

An Act to Transfer to The Workmen's Compensation Board the Administration of Certain Statutes. (Assented to , 1938.) 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 Workmen's Compensa tion Board (Additional Duties) Act." 2. The duty of administering each of the statutes set out in

Part I of the

Schedule hereto shall be transferred to The Workmen's Compensation Board as and from the date upon which this Act comes into force. 3. On the day upon which this Act comes into force, every person then employed by the Government of the Province pursuant to The Public Service Act for any of the purposes of any of the said Acts, shall cease to be an employee of the Government of the Province and shall become an employee of The Workmen's Compensation Board and shall continue to be so employed subject to the pleasure of the Board. 4. Every person who becomes an employee of The Work men's Compensation Board pursuant to

section 3 of this Act, shall have the same rights under The Superannuation Act as if, during the time he continues to be employed by The Workmen's Compensation Board, he had continued to be employed under The Public Service Act as a member of the Civil Service. 5. The Provincial Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay over to the Board such sums as were appropriated by the Legislature on account of the expense of administration of the Act mentioned in the

Schedule hereto for the fiscal year ending the thirty-first day of March, 1938, and thereafter such sums as may be appropriated by the Legislature on ac count of the administration of the said Acts; but all sums receivable pursuant to any of the said Acts shall be receiv able by the Board and shall form part of the General Rev enue Fund of the Province. 6. The Acts set out in

Part II of the

Schedule to this Act are hereby amended as set out therein.

2 7. This Act shall come into force upon a date to be fixed by Proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. THE SCHEDULE.

PART I. The Boilers Act, 1929, being

Chapter 31 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1929; The Factories Act, being

Chapter 52 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1926; The Coal-mines Regulation Act, being

Chapter 24 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1930.

PART II. 1. The Boilers Act, 1929, is amended, (

a) as to

section 2 thereof,- (

i) by striking out paragraph (

e) and by sub~ stituting therefore the following: "(e) 'Board' means The Workmen's Com~ pensation Board;" and (ii) by striking out paragraph (j) ; (

b) as to

section 6 thereof by striking out the words "the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint" where the same occur in subsection (1) thereof and by substituting therefor the words "The Workmen's Compensation Board shall appoint"; and (

c) by striking out the word "Minister" wherever the same occurs therein and by substituting therefor the word "Board". 2. The Factories Act, 1926, is amended,- (

a) by inserting therein, immediately after

section 2 thereof the following new section: "2a. The Workmen's Compensation Board shall appoint such officers, inspectors and employees as may be required for the purpose of the administra tion of this Act and fix their remuneration and pre~ scribe their duties, and every such appointment shall continue subject to the pleasure of the Board"; (

b) as to

section 2 thereof,- (

i) by striking out paragraph (

c) and by sub~ stituting therefore the following: "(c) 'Commissioner' means the Chairman of The Workmen's Compensation Board and any person appointed by the Board as the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act"; and

3 (ii) by striking out paragraph (

g) and by sub stituting therefor the following: "(g) 'Inspector' means any inspector ap pointed by The Workmen's Compensa tion Board;"; (

c) by striking out the word "Minister" wherever the same occurs therein and by substituting therefor the words "The Workmen's Compensation Board". 3. The Coal-mines Regulation Act, 1930, is amended, (

a) by striking out subsection (

l) of

section 2 thereof and substituting therefor the following: "(l) 'Board' means The Workmen's Compensa tion Board;"; (

b) by striking out the words "the Lieutenant Governor in Council" wherever the same appear in the said Act and substituting therefor the words "the Board"; and (

c) by striking out the word "Minister" wherever the same appears in the said Act and substituting there for the words "the Board".

SIXTH SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE 1 GEORGE VI 1938 BILL

An Act to Transfer to The Workmen's Compensation Board the Adminis tration of Certain Statutes. Received and read the First time ........................................ . Second time .................................... .. Third time ...................................... .. HON. MR. FALLOW. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's PrInter 1938 Title: 1938 (8th, 6th) Bill 109,

An Act to Transfer to the Workmen's Compensation Board the Administration of Certain Statutes

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
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