Bill 38 — A Bill To Amend the /Fire Prevention Act (Legislature 14, Session 4)

L14 S4 1870

Alberta — Bills

-II No. 38 4th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 10 Elizabeth II BILL 38 A Bill to amend The /Fire Prevention Act HON. MR. PATRICK PrInted by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's ~l"st Excellent ~Iajesty. Edmonton, Alberta, 1962

Explanatory Note 2. Authority to prevent persons entering fire damaged bUildings. 3. Under

section 25, insurance companies are required to report fires d suspicious origin to the fire commissioner. This new sub

section will extend the requirements to adjusters and other persons.

Section 41 presently gives the Lieutenant Governor in Council authority to make regulations. This amendment extends that au thori ty to the adoption of existing model codes.

BILL No. 38 of 1962

An Act to amend The Fire Prevention Act (Assented to , 1962) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Fire Prevention Act, being

chapter 115 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended. 2. The following new

section is added immediately after

section 11: lla.

(1) The fire commissioner, an inspector or the local assistant, may prohibit any person from entering or remaining in a building damaged by fire until such time as the investigating of the fire is completed. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a police officer acting in the course of his duties.

Section 25 is amended by adding the following new subsection:

(8) Any insurance adjuster and any other person who has any knowledge that indicates the origin of a fire is open to suspicion shall forthwith make a report to the fire commissioner or his local assistant giving (

a) the location of the premises where the fire oc curred, (

b) the date of the fire, and (

c) such fa.cts and circumstances as have come to his attention and tend to establish the cause or origin of the fire.

Section 41 is amended by renumbering the

section as subsection (1) and by adding immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) the following:

(2) If a code of fire safety rules has been promulgated by any association or body of persons and is available in printed form, the Lietltenant Governor in Council may, upon the recommendation of the Minister, declare such code to be in force either in whole or in part or with such variations as may be specified in the order.

2 5. Commencement of Act.

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(3) Upon publication in the Gazette of any such order, the rules thereby declared to be in force, subject to such variations as may be specified in the order, take effect from the date on which the order is published or from such later date as may be designated for that purpose, and have the same effect as if they were rules and regulations made under this Act. 5. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 38 FOURTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 10 ELIZABETH II 1962 BILL

An Act to amend The Fire Prevention Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ..... HON. MR. PATRICK Title: 1962 (14th, 4th) Bill 38,

An Act to amend The Fire Prevention Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L14 S4 1870
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L14 S4 1870
Language	en
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