Bill 39 (Legislature 14, Session 5)

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No. 39 5th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 11 Elizabeth II BILL 39 A Bill to amend The iFrozen Food Locker Act HON. MR. STROM Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1963

Explanatory Note 2. The name of the Act is changed.

Section 2 is amended to provide for different kinds of frozen food plants. Claus'e (

e) of

section 2 presently reads: "(e) "frozen food locker p,lant" means an establi'Shment in whkh space is made availabile to persons for storage o,f fro~en food;". 4. Clause (

a) of

section 3 IS amended to prohibit the carrying on of the business of the frozen food plants referred to in clause 3 of this Bill. CJause (

a) of

section 3 presently reads: "3. From and after the twenty-second day of June, 1944 (

a) no pevson shall in Alberta carryon a frozen food locker p.lant business unless the person is the holder of a subsisting licence issued pursuant to this Act, authorizing that person to carry on such business, and".

BILL No. 39 of 1963

An Act to amend The Frozen Food Locker Act (Assented to , 1963) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alherta, enacts as follows: 1. The Frozen Food Locker Act, being

chapter 122 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 1 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Frozen Food Act".

Section 2 is amended (a) !by adding the following new clause immediately after clause (a) : (a1) "animal food storage plant" means a business that provides facilities to store frozen food for animal consumption; (ib) by striking out clause (

e) and by substituting the following: (e) "frozen food locker plant" means a business that provides individual lockers to store frozen food for human consumption; (

c) Iby adding the following new clause immedi'ately after clause <I) ; (/1) "plant" means an animal food storage plant, a frozen food locker plant, and a specialized pro cessing plant; (

d) by adding the following new clause immediately after clause (h): (h1) "spe'Cialized processing plant" means a busi ness that slaughters or ()1btains slaughtered animals and processes the c'arcasses for the use of Dwners of home freezers;

Section 3, clause (

a) is amended by striking out the words "on a frozen food locker plant business" and by suibstituting the words "the business of an animal food stor age pilant, a frozen l' Dod locker plant or a specialized pro cessing plant".

2 5. The matters contained in sections 4, 4a, 6, 7, 10 and 13, will be dealt with by regulations. See clause 7 of this Bill. Sections 4, 4a, 6, 7, 10 and 13 presently read: "4. An application for a licence shalll be in writing, and be accom panied by such varticUilars as the Minister may require, together with the fee payable in respect O'f the licence. 4a.

(1) Before a licence is issued or renewed, an applicarut shall cause to be filed with the Minister a policy of insurance, in a form satisfacto·ry to the Minister and insuring the contents of all rented lockers.

(2) The Qriginal policy of insurance shaiU be med with the Minister by the insurer that has insured the contents Qf the rented lockers.

(3) Where an insurer has filed with the Minister a policy Qf insurance under s·ubsection (1), the insurance may be cancelled at any time at the request of the insured and with the consent of the Ministef[', or by the insurer by giving to the insured named in the policy and the Minis1J& fifteen days' registered notice O'f cance'lilation. 6. No licence is transferable except with the approval of the Minister. 7. A licence ex:pires on the thirty-first day of December fQllowing the date of issue. 10 •.

No person shall for the purpose O'f carrying on a. fxO'z'en food locker plant business in Alberta, ereCit a building or establish a plant in any building alreELdy erected, unless the site for the buiLding and the plans and specifications for the buiJ1ding O'r the plant have first been approved by the Minister. 13. Every person cal1rying on a frO'zen food looker plant business shall furnish to the Minister sucb information concerning the frQzen food locker plant and its operation in such form and at such times, as the Minister may require.".

Section 9 is revised to make the validity of a business licence !for a frozen food plant conditional upon the licensee obtaining a licence.

Section 9 presently reads: "9. No licence shalll be issued by a city, town, village, county or municipal distriot fQr rorrying Qn a frozen food locke,r pilant business, unless the ELpplicant is the holder of a subsisting licence issued pUMuant to' this Act in respect of that plant.". .

Section 12 is revised to allow the passing of regulations in respect of the matters presently contained in sections 4, 4a, 6, 7, 10 and 13. See clause 5, of this Bill.

Section 12 presently reads: "12. The Minister may, with the ELpproval O'f the Lieutenant Go·vernor in Council, make regulations with respect to the following matters: (

a) the locality O'f a plant; (

b) minimum buNding dimensions and construction; (

c) the type, amO'unt and standard of equipment; (

d) methods Qf preparation, wxapping, marking, stamping, tagging and shELrp freezing of foods or parceils intended fQr storage; (

e) the classification of plants; (

f) the kinds O'f food products that may be kept in stO'rage and the period of storagle; (

g) the sanitary standards of frQzen food locker plants and of any ,slaughter hO'uses us'ed in connectiO'n therewith; (

h) the inspection Qf frozen food locke'r plant,s and any slaughter houses used in cQnnection therewi'th; (

i) standard refrigeration temperatures for chill rooms, sharp freeze rooms and locker roO'ms; (

j) standards O'f qualificaUon for operrutoI"s and manage'rs of frozen food locker plants; (k.) the condLtions subject to which any licence is issued and the fees payable on the issue thereof; (1) generally, aU suoh matters as the Minister considers necessary fQr the proper regulation and control of frozen food locker plants,".

2 5. Sections 4, 4a, 6, 7, 10 and 13 are repealed.

Section 9 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 9. No licence issued by a city, town, village, new town, county or municipal district to carry on the business of an animal food storage plant, a frozen food locker plant or a specialized processing plant is valid unless the licensee has a licence for the plant under this Act.

Section 12 is struck out and the following

section is sUbstituted: 12. T:he Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting (

a) applications for licences, (

b) licence fees and the issuing of licences, (

c) the qualifications of the employees of licensees, (

d) the inspection of ,plants and any slaughterhouses 'Used in connection with plants, (

e) the location, the dimensions and the specifications of plants, (

I) the sanitary standards of plants and any slaughter houses used in connection with plants, (

g) refrigeration temperatures for chill rooms, sharp freeze rooms and low temperature storage rooms, (

h) refrigeration equipment to be used in plants, (

i) the kind of food that may be stored in plants, (

j) the periods of time that food may be stored in plants, (

k) the -preparation, wrapping, marking, stamping, tagging and sharp freezing of food for storage in home freezers, (

l) mutters generally necessary for the proper regulation and control of plants within the scope and purposes of this Act.

Section 17 is amended to allow a co-operative association to borrow in respect of specialized processing plants with the guar antee of the P'rovince. The cash share that a co-operative associa tion must pay towards whatever a loan is required for is raised from 15% to 50%. Clause (

a) of subsection (1) and clause (

a) of subsection (2) presently read: "17.

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Supervisor, may from time to time authorize the Provinciall Trea:surer (

a) to guarantee on be.haM of the Province the due rep·ayment with interest of any sum borrowed by a co-operative association having a subsisting licence under this Act, for the pur.pose of a.cqu~f\ing lands, buildings, machinery or equipment for use in carrying on a frozen food locker plant business, and (2)SUlbsection (1) onJy applies if (

a) the association has fi·rst paid at least fif·teen per cent of the cost of acquiring the land, buildiings, machinery and equipment,". 9. Commencement of Act.

Section 17 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1), clause (

a) by striking out the word "business," and by substituting the words "business or specialized processing plant," (

b) as to subseC'tion (2), clause (

a) by striking out the world '~fiftJeen" and hy! sUJbs:mtuting the world "fifty". 9. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

l'1U • .:>~ FIFTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 11 ELIZABETH II 1963 BILL

An Act to amend The Frozen Food Locker Act Received and read the First time ...................... . Second time ..................................... . Third Time ..................... . HON. MR. STROM Title: 1963 (14th, 5th) Bill 39,

An Act to amend The Frozen Food Locker Act

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