Alberta Regulation 181/95

Mines and Minerals Act

PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS (PETROLEUM ROYALTY)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 1, 1995

Made by the Deputy Minister of Energy (M.O. 29/95) pursuant to

section 1.1

of the Petroleum Royalty Regulation (Alta. Reg. 248/90).

1 The Prescribed Amounts (Petroleum Royalty) Regulation (Alta. Reg.

47/93) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 33:

34 The following are prescribed for the month of August, 1995:

(

a) the old non-heavy oil par price is $131.00 per

cubic metre;

(

b) the old heavy oil par price is $116.00 per cubic

metre;

(

c) the new non-heavy oil par price is $131.00 per

cubic metre;

(

d) the new heavy oil par price is $116.00 per cubic

metre;

(

e) the new oil par price is $128.92 per cubic metre;

(

f) the third tier non-heavy oil par price is $131.00

per cubic metre;

(

g) the third tier heavy oil par price is $116.00 per

cubic metre;

(

h) the old non-heavy oil royalty factor is 3.067875;

(

i) the old heavy oil royalty factor is 3.068517;

(

j) the new non-heavy oil royalty factor is 3.090258;

(

k) the new heavy oil royalty factor is 2.221739;

(

l) the third tier non-heavy oil royalty factor is

3.195918;

(

m) the third tier heavy oil royalty factor is 3.0;

(

n) the old non-heavy oil select price is $25.54 per

cubic metre;

(

o) the old heavy oil select price is $25.54 per cubic

metre;

(

p) the new non-heavy oil select price is $81.40 per

cubic metre;

(

q) the new heavy oil select price is $54.91 per cubic

metre;

(

r) the third tier non-heavy oil select price is

$116.83 per cubic metre;

(

s) the third tier heavy oil select price is $116.83

per cubic metre;

(

t) the adjustment factor for old non-heavy oil is

1.003402.

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Alberta Regulation 182/95

Forests Act

TIMBER MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 1, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 529/95) pursuant to

sections 4 and 30 of the Forests Act.

1 The Timber Management Regulation (Alta. Reg. 60/73) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 2 is amended

(

a) by repealing clause 1.03 and substituting the following:

1.03 "base rate" means $0.53 per cubic metre of

roundwood;

(

b) by adding the following after clause 14:

14.1 "payment period" means one of the following

periods:

(

a) May 1 to June 30;

(

b) July 1 to September 30;

(

c) October 1 to December 31;

(

d) January 1 to March 31;

(

e) April 1 to April 30;

(

c) in clause 17 by striking out "pulpwood, fuelwood" and

substituting "pulp, oriented strand board, veneer, firewood,".

Section 39 is repealed and the following is substituted:

39(1) This

section governs the bidding for commercial timber permits

sold by tender or by auction.

(2) Before accepting any bids for a commercial timber permit, the

Minister shall determine if the primary species group of timber on the land

covered by the permit is coniferous or deciduous.

(3) The bidding for the primary species group must start at the base

rate or the base rate plus increments of 10› per cubic metre of roundwood

and increases in the bids must be in increments of 10› per cubic metre of

roundwood.

4 Sections 53 and 56 are repealed.

Section 67 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) in the words preceding clause (

a) by striking out

"under subsection (2)" and substituting "under

Part 4,";

(ii) by repealing clauses (

c) to (

f) and substituting

the following:

(c) 5 cubic metres of roundwood from green

coniferous timber;

(d) 5 cubic metres of firewood.

(

b) by repealing subsection (2).

Part 4 is repealed and the following is substituted:

PART 4

CROWN CHARGES

75 In this Part, "utilization standard" means, in respect of a log,

the utilization standard for the log established in the timber disposition

under which the log is harvested or, if the disposition does not establish

a utilization standard, the utilization standard for the log established in

accordance with the Scaling Regulation (Alta. Reg. 403/92).

Division 1

General

76 For the purposes of the calculation of timber dues, the

Minister's determination of the following matters is final:

(

a) whether timber is used or will be used to make a

particular primary timber product;

(

b) whether timber is used or will be used for a

particular purpose;

(

c) when timber or a primary timber product is sold;

(

d) when timber is scaled or delivered to a mill.

77 The Minister may reduce the timber dues payable or not require

the payment of timber dues in respect of

(

a) timber that is located in a research area,

(

b) timber that is endangered by acts of nature or by

development that is not authorized under the Act, or

(

c) timber that will be exceptionally expensive to cut

or manufacture.

Division 2

General Rates of Timber Dues

78(1) This Division establishes the general rates of timber dues for

timber harvested under the authority of

(

a) a forest management agreement,

(

b) a timber licence, or

(

c) a commercial timber permit sold by direct sale.

(2) This Division is subject to any provision respecting timber dues

contained in a forest management agreement.

79 If more than one exception to the general rates of timber dues

applies to timber, only the lowest rate of timber dues is payable.

80 The general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is

used to make lumber is calculated in accordance with

Schedule 3.

81(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber

dues for coniferous timber used to make lumber.

(2) The timber dues are $0.70 per cubic metre of roundwood for

(

a) balsam fir, white bark pine, alpine fir and larch,

and

(

b) jack pine, hybrids of jack pine and hybrids of

lodgepole pine in forest management units A03 to A13, L01 to L09, L51 and

S07.

(3) If the Minister is satisfied that the whole or a portion of a

log is marginally suitable for making lumber because of small log

dimensions, the timber dues for the portion of the log from the diameter at

which the log becomes marginally suitable for making lumber to the top

diameter of the utilization standard for the log are the base rate.

(4) The timber dues for the portion of a log that is above the top

diameter of the utilization standard for the log are $0.27 per cubic metre

of roundwood.

(5) The exceptions to the general rates of timber dues set out in

subsections (2) to (4) apply only if the timber is scaled or measured to

the satisfaction of the Minister and is recorded and identified separately

to the satisfaction of the Minister.

(6) If the Minister is satisfied that a percentage of the timber in

an area has suffered significant damage due to fire, wind, insects or

disease, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from the

area are $0.70 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(7) If the Minister is satisfied that in an area of 4 hectares or

more, 15% or more of the coniferous timber is dead or is damaged by

interior rot or other defects, the timber dues for that percentage of

timber harvested from the area are $0.70 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(8) If the Minster is satisfied that pine or spruce has been cut

from overstocked pine or spruce stands for the purpose of improving the

stand's yield at final harvest, the timber dues for the pine or spruce that

has been cut are $0.70 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(9) If the Minister is satisfied that timber has been cut to

perpetuate an unevenly aged stand of coniferous timber and reforestation is

required to return the stand to a fully stocked state at rotation age, the

timber dues for the timber cut are $1.40 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(10) If the Minister is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an

area is endangered by acts of nature or by development that is not

authorized under the Act, the timber dues for that percentage of timber

harvested from the area are the base rate.

82(1) The general rate of timber dues for deciduous timber used to

make lumber is the base rate.

(2) The timber dues for lumber made from the portion of a deciduous

log that is above the top diameter of the utilization standard for the log

are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(3) The exception to the general rates of timber dues set out in

subsection (2) applies only if the timber is scaled or measured to the

satisfaction of the Minister and is recorded and identified separately to

the satisfaction of the Minister.

83(1) The general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber used for

posts, rails or building logs is

(a) $0.25 per cubic metre of roundwood for lengths not

over 2.30 metres, with a peeled top diameter not over 7.0 centimetres, and

(b) $0.50 per cubic metre of roundwood for

(

i) lengths over 2.30 metres but less than

6.11 metres, with a peeled top diameter not over 7.0 centimetres;

(ii) lengths not over 4.90 metres, with a

peeled top diameter over 7.0 centimetres but not over 9.0 centimetres;

(iii) lengths not over 3.70 metres, with a

peeled top diameter over 9.0 centimetres but not over 11.0 centimetres;

(iv) lengths not over 2.50 metres, with a

peeled top diameter over 11.0 centimetres but not over 13.0 centimetres.

(2) If coniferous timber with dimensions greater than those

described in subsection (1)(

b) is used for posts, rails or building logs,

the general rate of timber dues set out in

section 80 applies and

section

81 does not apply.

84 The general rate of timber dues for timber that is or will be

used to make oriented strand board shall be calculated in accordance with

Schedule 4.

85(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber

dues for timber that is or will be used to make oriented strand board.

(2) The timber dues for balsam poplar are the base rate.

(3) The timber dues for timber harvested north of township 96 or

south of township 38 are the base rate.

(4) If the Minister is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an

area is dead, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from

the area are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(5) The exceptions to the general rate of timber dues set out in

subsection (2) apply only if the timber is recorded and identified

separately to the satisfaction of the Minister.

86 The general rate of timber dues for timber that is used or will

be used to make pulp shall be calculated in accordance with

Schedule 5.

87(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber

dues for timber that is or will be used to make pulp.

(2) The timber dues for balsam poplar are the base rate.

(3) The timber dues for a portion of a log that is above the top

diameter of the utilization standard for the log are $0.27 per cubic metre

of roundwood.

(4) The exceptions to the general rate of timber dues set out in

subsections (2) and (3) apply only if the timber is scaled or measured to

the satisfaction of the Minister and is recorded and identified separately

to the satisfaction of the Minister.

(5) The timber dues for timber harvested north of township 96 or

south of township 38 are the base rate.

(6) If the Minister is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an

area is dead, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from

the area are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

88 The general rate of timber dues for timber that is used to make

veneer shall be calculated in accordance with

Schedule 6.

89(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber

dues for timber that is used to make veneer.

(2) The timber dues are the base rate for

(

a) balsam poplar, aspen, balsam fir, whitebark pine,

alpine fir and larch, and

(

b) jack pine and hybrids of jack pine and hybrids of

lodgepole pine in forest management units A03 to A13, L01 to L09, L51 and

S07.

(3) The exception to the general rates of timber dues set out in

subsection (2) applies only if the timber is recorded and identified

separately to the satisfaction of the Minister.

(4) The timber dues for timber harvested north of township 96 or

south of township 38 are the base rate.

90 The general rate of timber dues for firewood is the base rate.

91(1) The holder of a forest management agreement is liable to pay

timber dues in respect of timber for which the holder is, under the terms

of the forest management agreement, entitled to compensation from persons

other than the Crown.

(2) The timber dues under this

section are $1.40 per cubic metre of

coniferous roundwood and the base rate for deciduous roundwood.

(3) The holder of the forest management agreement shall maintain

accurate records of the timber referred to in this section.

92 The rate of timber dues for a primary timber product that is not

specified in this Division is an amount equal to 10% of the net selling

price of the timber product.

Division 3

Other Timber Dues and Crown Charges

93(1) This

section sets out the timber dues payable for timber

harvested under a commercial timber permit sold by tender or by auction.

(2) The timber dues for the primary species group are the amount

calculated in accordance with the bid on which the permit was sold.

(3) The timber dues for timber other than the primary species group

are the base rate.

94(1) This

section sets out the timber dues payable for timber

harvested under a local timber permit, a forest products permit in TM 66

tag form or a Christmas tree permit in TM 245 tag form.

(2) The timber dues for seedling, transplant and Christmas trees are

$2.50 for each tree.

(3) The timber dues for coniferous timber suitable for lumber

manufacture are $1.40 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(4) The calculation of timber dues under subsection (3) is based on

the Minister's determination of

(

a) the amount of roundwood in a permit area, and

(

b) the amount of coniferous timber in the permit area

that is suitable for lumber manufacture.

(5) The timber dues for all other timber are the base rate.

95(1) The timber dues for timber cut, damaged or destroyed under

authority granted by the Crown in right of Alberta, other than a timber

disposition, are

(a) $1.40 per cubic metre of coniferous roundwood, and

(

b) the base rate for deciduous roundwood.

(2) In addition to the timber dues, the person who is granted

authority referred to in subsection (1) shall pay an amount assessed by the

Minister based on the costs of reforestation and replacement.

(3) The Minister may waive payment of the amount under subsection

(2) if the timber cut, damaged or destroyed was done by a non-profit

organization.

(4) On payment of the timber dues and the amount assessed, if any,

under subsection (2), the timber becomes the property of the person who was

authorized to cut, damage or destroy the timber.

(5) This

section does not apply to timber that is cut, damaged or

destroyed by a person who is required to pay compensation in respect of

that timber to the holder of a forest management agreement.

Division 4

Payment of Crown Charges

96(1) Subject to subsection (2), timber dues in respect of timber

harvested under a timber licence or commercial timber permit become due and

owing to the Minister on the last day of the month during which the timber

is sold, unless the Minister has otherwise agreed in writing.

(2) Timber dues in respect of timber that is used or will be used to

make oriented strand board or pulp and that is harvested under a

disposition referred to in subsection (1) become due and owing to the

Minister on the last day of the payment period during which the timber is

scaled or delivered to the mill, whichever occurs first, unless the

Minister has otherwise agreed in writing.

97 The Minister may, on the request of a person who holds a timber

disposition, adjust the dates in the payment periods for the purpose of

calculating timber dues and reforestation charges in respect of timber

harvested under that disposition.

97.1 Timber dues referred to in

section 95 are due and owing

(

a) when the authority to cut, damage or destroy the

timber is granted, or

(

b) in the case of exploration under the Exploration

Regulation (Alta. Reg. 32/90) or the Metallic and Industrial Minerals

Exploration Regulation (Alta. Reg. 95/91), when the final plan in respect

of the exploration is filed with the Minister.

97.2 Unless the Minister allows or requests otherwise, timber dues

referred to in

section 96 shall be paid to the Minister within 30 days

following the day that the timber dues become due and owing.

97.3 Any reforestation charges that are payable in respect of

timber are due and owing when the timber dues in respect of that timber are

due and owing.

97.4 The Minister may, in writing, allow a person holding a timber

licence or commercial timber permit to pay timber dues by deferred monthly

payments on a fixed graduated scale over the term of the disposition.

97.5(1) If any amount in excess of $100 assessed under authority of

the Forests Act and regulations remains unpaid for a period of more than 30

days after the due date, interest at the rate of 1% per month compounded

monthly on the total amount owing shall be charged from the date on which

the amount became due.

(2) Interest that is payable pursuant to subsection (1) shall be

computed within the first 2 weeks of each month and added to the unpaid

balance.

(3) When a timber account is payable on a monthly instalment plan,

interest, pursuant to subsection (1), shall be added only in respect of an

overdue instalment.

97.6 Holding and protection charges that are

(

a) assessed on the basis of the total area described

within the boundaries of a commercial timber permit are

(i) $0.10 per hectare or fraction of

hectare for a permit authorizing the removal of dead, damaged, diseased or

endangered timber,

(ii) $0.25 per hectare or fraction of

hectare for a permit authorizing the removal of green coniferous timber,

and

(iii) $0.10 per hectare or fraction of

hectare for a permit authorizing the removal of green deciduous timber,

and

(

b) assessed on the basis of the authorized annual cut

are

(i) $0.02 per cubic metre for a deciduous

timber allocation, and

(ii) $0.15 per cubic metre for coniferous

quotas,

and are payable annually in advance on or before May 1 of each year.

Section 143.9 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by adding ", manufactured or sold, as allowed

or directed by the Minister," after "measured";

(

b) in subsection (4)

(

i) by striking out clause (

a) and substituting the

following:

(a) $6.00 per cubic metre of coniferous

timber measured, manufactured or sold, as allowed or directed by the

Minister, on or before April 30, 1996 and $7.70 per cubic metre of

coniferous timber measured, manufactured or sold, as allowed or directed by

the Minister, after that date;

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "cut" and

substituting "measured, manufactured or sold, as allowed or directed by the

Minister".

Section 171 is amended by striking out "Table II" and substituting

"Schedule 1".

Section 172 is amended by striking out "Table III" and substituting

"Schedule 2".

10 The following is added after

section 173:

173.1 The penalties under Schedules 1 and 2 are payable in addition

to the reforestation levies, where applicable, payable under

Part 6.

11 The heading "Schedule" and the words between the heading and Table 2

are struck out.

12 The heading "Table 2" is struck out and the heading "Schedule 1" is

substituted.

13 The heading "Table 3" is struck out and the heading "Schedule 2" is

substituted.

14 Table 4 is amended

(

a) by striking out the heading "Table 4 General Rate of Dues for

Coniferous Timber Suitable for Lumber Manufacture" and substituting the

following:

Schedule 3

General Rate of Timber Dues

Coniferous Timber Used to Make Lumber

(

b) in the headings under Part A and Part B by striking out "Lumber

Equivalent" and substituting "Log Equivalent";

(

c) in the words that follow Part B and precede clause (

a) by

striking out "green coniferous timber that is suitable for lumber

manufacture" and substituting "coniferous timber that is used to make

lumber".

15 The following is added after

Schedule 3:

SCHEDULE 4

General Rate of Timber Dues

Timber Used to Make Oriented Strand Board

1 The timber dues for timber scaled or delivered to a mill,

whichever occurs first, in a payment period are the rate set out in column

2 of the following table that is opposite the price range in column 1,

which is the average weekly price during the same payment period for 1000

square feet of 7/16" oriented strand board (referred to as OSB) as

calculated under item 2 of this Schedule.

Table

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2

OSB Price Range Timber Dues

$ per 1000 sq. ft. 7/16" $ per cubic

metre of

roundwood

0.00 - 259.99 0.53

260.00 - 284.99 1.13

285.00 - 309.99 2.02

310.00 - 334.99 3.81

335.00 - 359.99 7.38

360.00 - 384.99 10.96

385.00 - 409.99 14.53

410.00 - 434.99 18.11

435.00 - 459.99 21.68

460.00 - 484.99 25.26

485.00 - 509.99 28.83

510.00 - 534.99 34.79

535.00 - 559.99 40.75

560.00 - 584.99 46.70

585.00 - 609.99 52.66

610.00 - 634.99 58.62

635.00 - 659.99 64.58

660.00 - 684.99 70.54

685.00 - 709.99 76.50

2 The average weekly price for 1000 square feet of 7/16" OSB in a

payment period is calculated by

(

a) determining for each full week ending on a Friday

of the payment period the net F.O.B. mill price for 1000 square feet of

7/16" OSB for north central U.S. mills as shown in the publication titled

Random Lengths, published by Random Lengths Publications Inc.,

(

b) converting each weekly price into Canadian dollars

using the exchange rate prescribed by the Minister for each week, and

(

c) calculating the average of those converted prices.

3 If the Minister is satisfied that the distance by road using a

reasonable route from the location where the timber is harvested to the

mill in which the timber is made into OSB is 150 kilometres or greater, the

timber dues for that timber are 50% of the rate calculated under item 1 of

this Schedule.

SCHEDULE 5

General Rate of Timber Dues

Timber Used to Make Pulp

1 The timber dues for timber scaled or delivered to a mill,

whichever occurs first, in a payment period are calculated using the

formula:

where

"TD" is the timber dues payable per cubic metre of roundwood;

"X" is the greater of $700 or the average weekly price of a ton of

pulp in the previous payment period calculated under item 2 of this

Schedule.

2 The average weekly price for a ton of pulp in a payment period is

calculated by

(

a) taking, for each full week ending on a Friday of

the payment period, the price as prescribed by the Minister in US dollars

of a metric air dried ton of Canadian bleached kraft softwood pulp

delivered in the US market,

(

b) converting each weekly price into Canadian dollars

using the exchange rate prescribed by the Minister for each week, and

(

c) calculating the average of those converted prices.

3 If the Minister is satisfied that the distance by road using a

reasonable route from the location where the timber is harvested to the

mill in which the timber is made into pulp is 150 kilometres or greater,

the timber dues for that timber are 50% of the rate calculated under item 1

of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE 6

General Rate of Timber Dues

Timber Used to Make Veneer

1 The timber dues for timber made into veneer that is sold in a

month are the rate set out in column 2 of the following table that is

opposite the price range in column 1, which is the average price during the

previous month for 1000 square feet of 3/8" plywood as calculated under

item 2 of this Schedule.

Table

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2

Plywood Price Range Timber Dues

$ per 1000 sq. ft. 3/8" $ per cubic

metre of

roundwood

0.00 - 279.99 0.53

280.00 - 306.49 1.13

306.50 - 332.99 2.02

333.00 - 359.49 3.81

359.50 - 385.99 7.39

386.00 - 412.49 10.96

412.50 - 438.99 14.54

439.00 - 465.49 18.12

465.50 - 491.99 21.70

492.00 - 518.49 25.27

518.50 - 544.99 28.85

545.00 - 571.49 34.81

571.50 - 597.99 40.78

598.00 - 624.49 46.74

624.50 - 650.99 52.70

651.00 - 677.49 58.66

677.50 - 703.99 64.63

704.00 - 730.49 70.59

730.50 - 756.99 76.55

757.00 - 783.49 82.51

2 The average price for 1000 square feet of 3/8" plywood for the

month preceding the month in which the veneer is sold is calculated by

(

a) determining for each full week ending on a Friday

of the month preceding the month in which the veneer is sold the adjusted

price for each week as calculated under item 3 of this Schedule,

(

b) converting each weekly adjusted price into Canadian

dollars using the exchange rate prescribed by the Minister for each week,

and

(

c) calculating the average of those converted prices.

3 The adjusted price for a week is calculated by the formula:

where

"AP" is the adjusted price;

"RLP" is the weekly net F.O.B. mill price of Western Plywood, CD

exterior, inland mills «" 4-5 ply as shown in the publication titled Random

Lengths, published by Random Lengths Publications Inc.;

"Y" is the duty payable on the timber expressed as a percentage

that is prescribed by the Minister.

4 If the Minister is satisfied that the distance by road using a

reasonable route from the location where the timber is harvested to the

mill in which the timber is made into veneer is 150 kilometres or greater,

the timber dues for that timber are 50% of the rate calculated under item 1

of this Schedule.

16 Notwithstanding

section 3 of this Regulation,

section 39 of the Timber

Management Regulation as it read immediately before the coming into force

of this

section applies to

(

a) commercial timber permits sold by tender or auction before this

section comes into force, and

(

b) commercial timber permits to be sold by tender or auction that

have been advertised before this

section comes into force.

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Alberta Regulation 183/95

Student and Temporary Employment Act

STUDENT AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 535/95) pursuant to

section 3 of the Student and Temporary Employment Act.

1 The Student and Temporary Employment Regulation (Alta. Reg. 105/94) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 2 is amended

(

a) by repealing clauses (f), (i), (j), (

l) and (m);

(

b) by adding the following after clause (s):

(

t) a regional health authority, community health

council and provincial health board under the Regional Health Authorities

Act;

(

u) the Alberta Cancer Board under the Cancer Programs

Act;

(

v) an existing non-district health authority as

defined in

section 1(d)(

i) or (iii) of the Regional Health Authorities Act.

Section 4(

a) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(

a) Alberta Job Corps;

Alberta Regulation 184/95

Government Organization Act

AUTHORIZED ACCREDITED AGENCIES REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 536/95) pursuant to

Schedule 10,

section 2 of the Government Organization Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Delegation of powers, duties and functions 2

Conditions 3

Limiting legal liability 4

Appeals 5

Records 6

Reporting 7

Schedule

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Safety Codes Act;

(b) "agency-permit" means a permit issued pursuant to

Part 2 of the

Permit Regulation under the Act;

(c) "authorization agreement" means an signed agreement made

between the Minister and an Authorized Accredited Agency entitled

"authorization agreement";

(d) "Authorized Accredited Agency" means a corporation listed in

the

Schedule that has entered into an authorization agreement with the

Minister and is accredited under

section 26(1) of the Act pursuant to a

direction of the Council pursuant to

section 14(2)(

b) of the Act;

(e) "Contract Administrator" means the person assigned by the

Minister to administer an authorization agreement;

(f) "Council" means the Safety Codes Council;

(g) "Deputy Minister" means the Deputy Minister of the Minister;

(h) "Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Safety Codes

Act.

Delegation of powers, duties and functions

2(1) The powers, duties and functions of a safety codes officer under

Part

2 of the Permit Regulation under the Act and under sections 30, 31, 33, 34,

39, 40, 42 and 45 of the Act with respect to

Part 2 of the Permit

Regulation under the Act are delegated to Authorized Accredited Agencies.

(2) An Authorized Accredited Agency is authorized

(

a) to impose, with the approval of the Minister, assessments, fees

and charges, and

(

b) to collect money from the levy of the assessments, fees and

charges,

with respect to the powers, duties and functions delegated to it under this

Regulation on persons who apply for or are provided services, materials or

programs, including but not restricted to providing information from,

issuing an agency-permit or other thing from or to notifying, filing with

or registering any thing with, the Authorized Accredited Agency.

Conditions

3 The delegation under

section 2 is subject to the following conditions:

(

a) the Authorized Accredited Agency must exercise its powers and

authorizations and perform its duties and functions delegated to it by this

Regulation in accordance with its Authorization Agreement and this

Regulation;

(

b) neither an Authorized Accredited Agency nor any director,

officer, employee or agent of an Authorized Accredited Agency may lay an

information with respect to an offence under the Act without the consent of

the Deputy Minister;

(

c) subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy

Act, no personal information or trade secret, as defined in the Freedom of

Information and Protection of Privacy Act, acquired by an Authorized

Accredited Agency or its directors, officers, employees and agents may be

disclosed or made known to any other person except

(

i) on request, to the Minister, Deputy Minister,

Council or Contract Administrator,

(ii) with the consent of the person to whom the personal

information relates, or

(iii) with the consent of the person who provided the

trade secret to the Authorized Accredited Agency or its directors,

officers, employees or agents;

(

d) if any request for information is made to an Authorized

Accredited Agency under the Freedom of Information and Protection of

Privacy Act, the request must be directed to the Freedom of Information

Co-ordinator and the Authorized Accredited Agency must respond as

instructed by the Co-ordinator;

(

e) all money received by an Authorized Accredited Agency pursuant

to this Regulation must be recorded and accounted for in accordance with

generally accepted accounting principles, and receipts for the money

received must be provided on the request of the person paying the money.

Limiting legal liability

4(1) No action lies against an Authorized Accredited Agency or against all

or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents for anything done or

not done by any of them in good faith while carrying out their powers,

duties and functions under this Regulation.

(2) When carrying out its powers, duties or functions under this

Regulation, the Authorized Accredited Agency and its directors, officers,

employees and agents are not liable for any damage caused by a decision

related to the system of inspections, examinations, evaluations, and

investigations, including but not limited to a decision relating to their

frequency and the manner in which they are carried out if the frequency or

manner do not contravene the authorization agreement.

Appeals

5(1) An order issued by an Authorized Accredited Agency or its employee in

accordance with

section 45 of the Act may be appealed in accordance with

section 46 of the Act.

(2) A person on whom an order is served under subsection (1) may request

that an Administrator review the order in accordance with

section 45(5) of

the Act.

(3) If an Authorized Accredited Agency or its employee refuses to issue a

permit to a person, the person may appeal the refusal to the Council in

accordance with

section 40(5) of the Act.

Records

6 All records in the custody or under the control of an Authorized

Accredited Agency that are required for carrying out the delegated powers,

duties and functions under this Regulation must be managed and maintained

in accordance with the following conditions:

(

a) subject to

section 3(c), all confidential information must be

kept confidential;

(

b) an Authorized Accredited Agency must establish appropriate

rules, satisfactory to the Contract Administrator, to ensure that

confidential information is kept confidential;

(

c) all records created or maintained in the course of carrying out

the functions delegated to an Authorized Accredited Agency become and

remain the property of the Crown in right of Alberta and must be given to

the Contract Administrator as required by the authorization agreement;

(

d) all requests for information received by an Authorized

Accredited Agency pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of

Privacy Act must be referred to the Contract Administrator;

(

e) an Authorized Accredited Agency must provide to the Contract

Administrator all records required under the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Privacy Act, within 2 days of a request being received by the

Authorized Accredited Agency pursuant to the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Privacy Act.

Reporting

7 The Authorized Accredited Agency shall report on its activities to the

Minister at least once a year, at a time and in a manner specified by the

Minister as set out in the authorization agreement, and in accordance with

section 10 of

Schedule 10 of the Government Organization Act.

SCHEDULE

Agency

Address

Discipline

1 545035 Alberta Ltd. (Inspection Inc.)

P.O. Box 2113

Stettler, Alberta

T0C 2L0

Building

Gas

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

2 A.B.C. Inspection & Consulting Services

2516 - 116 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T6J 3S2

Building

3 Alberta Inspection Services

Box 284

Penhold, Alberta

T0M 1R0

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

Gas

4 Bridge Electro-Mech Services Ltd.

2010 - 16 Street N.

Lethbridge, Alberta

T1H 4W6

Electrical

Building

Gas

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

5 Broere Electric Ltd.

4024 - 49 Street

Wetaskiwin, Alberta

T9A 2K1

Electrical

6 Certified Building Inspections

#41, 54023 SH. 779

Spruce Grove, Alberta

T7X 2T4

Building

7 Consulting, Testing and Inspection Inc.

7606 - 110 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T6G 1G1

Gas

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

8 Davis Electrical Inspection Services Ltd.

5916 Tipton Rd. N.W.

Calgary, Alberta

T2K 3L2

Electrical

9 Dransfield Inspection Services Ltd.

87 Piper Drive

Red Deer, Alberta

T4P 1L5

Building

10 Ed Agoto Consulting & Inspection Services

14851 - 21 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T5Y 1S2

Building

11 Electrical Inspection Services Ltd.

#1, 6325 - 12 Street S.E.

Calgary, Alberta

T2H 2K1

Electrical

12 Elspect Electrical Ltd.

586 West Chestermere Drive

Chestermere, Alberta

T1X 1B4

Electrical

13 Fine Points Inspection Services

R.R. 2

Millet, Alberta

T0C 1Z0

Building

Fire

Electrical

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

Gas

14 Friendly Fire

33, 3528 Charles-wood Dr. N.W.

Calgary, Alberta

T2L 2C3

Fire

15 Gen-Dahl Management Corp. Ltd.

Box 3542

Airdrie, Alberta

T4B 2B7

Electrical

16 Hillside Home Inspection Services Inc.

12029 - 79 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T5B 2L4

Building

17 Home Check Inc.

118 Akins Drive

St. Albert, Alberta

T8N 2X5

Building

18 Inspex Engineering

210,

10310 - 124 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T5N 1R2

Building

19 J and D Inspection Services

12213 - 39 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T5W 2K2

Building

20 Johnson & Johnson Inspection Services

53062 Range Road 223

Ardrossan, Alberta

T0B 0E0

Building

21 Kautz Inspection Services/Plumbing/

Gas

Box 58

Hanna, Alberta

T0J 1P0

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

Gas

22 L/R Monsen Agency

7016 - 12 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta

T6K 3P8

Building

23 Magna IV Engineering Ltd.

200, 4103 - 97 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T6E 6E9

Electrical

24 MB-Building Inspection Services Agency

7926 - 100 Street

Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 4G5

Building

25 Mulvey Agency

5720 - 44 Street

Lloydminster, Alberta T9V 0B6

Building

26 Petroleum Tank Management Assoc. of Alberta

1560, 10303 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton,

Alberta T5J 3N6

Fire

27 Phoenix Development and Consulting Inc.

452 - 18 Avenue N.E. Calgary,

Alberta T2E 1N4

Building

28 Provincial Codes Safety Inspection Services Ltd.

C/O Frey & Assoc. Eng. Ltd.

Box 7866

Drayton Valley, Alberta

T7A 1S9

Building

Electrical

Gas

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

29 Rosebud Building Inspection Services

Box 712

Rosebud, Alberta

T0J 2T0

Building

30 RS Inspection Services

103-5037 50 Street

Olds, Alberta

T4H 1R8

Building

31 Salus Building and Fire Safety Consultants Inc.

50 Ivy Crescent

Sherwood Park,

Alberta

T8A 1W4

Building

32 2nd Look Inspection Services

122 Meadowlark Blvd. North

Lethbridge, Alberta

T1H 4J4

Building

33 S.L.E. Inspection Services

Box 628

Gibbons, Alberta

T0A 1N0

Building

34 TECL Inspection Service

4747 - 78A Street Close

Red Deer, Alberta

T4B 2G9

Electrical

Building

Gas

Plumbing and private sewage disposal

35 Thiessen Inspection Agency

Box 245

Wembley, Alberta

T0H 3S0

Building

36 W.J. Hawkes Agency

421 - 2nd Avenue

Airdrie, Alberta

T4B 1R6

Building

37 Alberta Municipal Safety Codes Service Commission

201, 10211 - 100 Avenue, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta T8L 1Y7

Building, fire, electrical, gas, plumbing and private sewage disposal

38 P&G Inspection Services

Box 135, Lacombe, Alberta T0C 1S0

Gas, plumbing and private sewage disposal

39 B.E. Inspection Services

1, 4646 - Riverside Drive, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 2G9

Electrical

40 Titan Electrical & Controls Ltd.

4747 - 78A Street Close, Red Deer, Alberta T4P 2G9

Electrical

41 Alberta Construction Standards Inc.

209, 10180 - 105 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1E1

Building

42 Comet Inspection Services

5809 - 51 Avenue, Beaumont, Alberta T4X 1B7

Building

43 Allen and Associates

Box 7815, Edson, Alberta T7E 1V9

Building

44 Yellowhead Executive Services

Box 6852, Edson, Alberta T7E 1V2

Building

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Alberta Regulation 185/95

Safety Codes Act

ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 537/95) pursuant to

section 61 of the Safety Codes Act.

1 The Administration and Information Systems Regulation (Alta. Reg.

55/95) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended by striking out "this Regulation" and substituting

"this Part".

Section 6 is repealed and the following is substituted:

PART 2

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ADMINISTRATION IN

THE FIRE DISCIPLINE

Definitions

6 In this Part,

(a) "Alberta Fire Code" means the Alberta Fire Code

1992 declared in force by the Alberta Fire Code Regulation, 1992 (Alta.

Reg. 204/92);

(b) "storage tank system" means a storage tank system,

as defined in the Alberta Fire Code, and includes storage tanks and

underground storage tank systems as defined in the Alberta Fire Code.

System

7 An Administrator shall, if requested by the Minister, maintain an

information system with respect to storage tank systems that includes the

following:

(

a) receiving of applications for registration;

(

b) registering storage tanks;

(

c) issuing registration certificates and registration

tags;

(

d) cancelling storage tank registrations;

(

e) issuing replacement registration certificates and

registration tags.

PART 3

AGENCY-PERMITS

System

8 An Administrator shall, if requested by the Minister, maintain an

information system with respect to Authorized Accredited Agencies, as

defined in the Authorized Accredited Agencies Regulation under the

Government Organization Act, and agency-permits, as defined in the Permit

Regulation.

PART 4

AUTHORIZED CONTRACTORS

Definition

9 In this Part and in

Part 3, "Permit Regulation" means the Permit

Regulation under the Safety Codes Act.

Contractors, work

10 An Administrator shall, if requested by the Minister, maintain

an information system with respect to authorized contractors and work, as

defined in the Permit Regulation, registered by authorized contractors

pursuant to the Permit Regulation.

Alberta Regulation 186/95

Safety Codes Act

PERMIT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 538/95) pursuant to

section 61 of the Safety Codes Act.

Table of Contents

Interpretation 1

Part 1

Required Permits

Electrical permit 2

Building permit 3

Plumbing, sewage permit 4

Gas permit 5

Part 2

Agency-Permits

Definition 6

Agency-permits 7

Application requirements 8

Building agency-permit eligibility 9

Plumbing agency-permit eligibility 10

Gas agency-permit eligibility 11

Electrical agency-permit eligibility 12

Transfer of agency-permits 13

Emergency work 14

Responsibility for work 15

Term of an agency-permit 16

Issuance of an agency-permit 17

Refusal to issue, suspension or cancellation 18

Building documents 19

Deviation from design 20

Determination of fees 21

Refunds 22

Part 3

Authorized Contractor Permits

Definitions 23

Contractor permit 24

Applicant's qualifications 25

Permit to issue 26

Records 27

Term of permit 28

Transferability of permit 29

Reinstatement of permit 30

Registration form 31

Work confirmation 32

Interpretation

1(1) In this Regulation,

(a) "Administrator" means an Administrator appointed under

section

14 of the Act with respect to the applicable discipline;

(b) "Alberta Building Code" means the Alberta Building Code 1990

declared in force pursuant to the Alberta Building Regulation, 1991 (Alta.

Reg. 109/91);

(c) "authorized contractor" means a person who holds a contractor

permit under

Part 3;

(d) "Electrical Code" means the Canadian Electrical Code, 16th

edition, CSA Standard C22.1-1990, as amended by Alberta Regulation 108/91;

(e) "electrical work" means the installation, repair and

maintenance of an electrical system designed to provide heat, light or

power in or on buildings and premises;

(f) "farm" means land of 20 acres or more used for farming

operations by a person who derives from the farming operation on that land

an income sufficient to provide a livelihood;

(g) "rural wireman" means a person who holds a Rural Wireman

certificate issued under the Regulations Governing the Certification of a

Rural Wireman (Alta. Reg. 59/70);

(h) "special permission" means a written permission issued by an

Administrator or a safety codes officer;

(i) "work" means the construction, control or operation of a thing

or the supervision, operation or undertaking of a process or activity.

(2) Definitions in a code or standard or body of rules declared in force

under the Act apply to the words used in this Regulation.

PART 1

REQUIRED PERMITS

Electrical permit

2 A permit is required to carry out work to which the Electrical Code

applies, except in the case of

(

a) electric railways and motor car wiring, car houses and

passenger and freight stations used in the operation of electric railways

that are supplied with electric current from a railway power circuit,

(

b) aircraft,

(

c) the facilities used and directly associated with the operation

of coal mines and metalliferous and industrial mines and quarries, to which

the Coal Mines Safety Act or the Quarries Regulation Act apply,

(

d) self-propelled marine vessels except where those vessels are

stationary for periods exceeding 5 months and are connected continuously or

from time to time to a supply of electricity from shore,

(

e) recreational vehicles or mobile homes that are manufactured on

a repetitive assembly line basis and that are approved by an acceptable

certification agency,

(

f) electrical installations related to an elevating device,

(

g) extra low voltage, Class 2 electrical circuits unless they are

safety control circuits or circuits installed in areas classified as

hazardous in the Electrical Code,

jurisdiction for the enforcement of electrical safety requirements, or

(

i) electrical work performed in replacing fuses, receptacles,

switches and utilization equipment with proper units of a similar type

where the replacement can be made without other modifications to the

electrical installation being required.

Building permit

3 A permit is required for

(

a) the construction of a building, including the alteration,

renovation or addition to a building,

(

b) the relocation of a building,

(

c) the demolition of a building, or

(

d) a change in occupancy of a building,

if the Alberta Building Code applies to that work, but a permit is not

required with respect to

(

e) an activity, structure, building or occupancy that is excluded

in Subsection 1.2.3. of the Alberta Building Code,

(

f) a detached garage on a farm or acreage, used to house livestock

or to store or maintain equipment, materials or produce associated with the

operation of the farm,

(

g) a building to be constructed within a plant by a manufacturer

who has a quality assurance program acceptable to an Administrator,

(

h) construction that does not exceed $5000 in prevailing market

value and where matters affecting health or safety or the use of solid fuel

burning appliances is not involved,

(

i) painting or decorating, or

(

j) occupying a building.

Plumbing, sewage permit

4 A permit is required to install, renew, remove or change any plumbing

equipment or a plumbing system, except

(

a) to disconnect a plumbing system from a private sewage disposal

system and connect it to a municipal sewer,

(

b) to connect a plumbing system in a building, mobile home or

factory assembled building to a municipal water service or a municipal

sewer service, or

(

c) for the repair or maintenance of a plumbing system or private

sewage disposal system or for the renewal or change of any fixture, water

heater, faucet, trap or valve, if there is no change to the piping system.

Gas permit

5 A permit is required to install, alter or make an addition to any gas

installation unless the gas installation is

(

a) designed to provide alternate or principal carburation on a

motor vehicle,

(

b) designed to provide conditioned air in a cargo transport unit,

(

c) a gas appliance in or on a recreational vehicle,

(

d) a replacement of a gas dryer or gas range if there is no design

change made to the gas piping or venting system,

(

e) within a mobile home that is being manufactured on a production

line basis and is subject to a quality assurance program acceptable to an

Administrator but the mobile home shall not be connected to a gas supply

unless a permit is issued in respect of that connection,

(

f) a connection to replace a residential water heater or a

residential heating appliance, or

(

g) a relocation, by a gas utility company, of a natural gas meter

from the interior to the exterior of a building.

PART 2

AGENCY-PERMITS

Definition

6 In this Part, "agency-permit" means a permit issued pursuant to this

Part.

Agency- permits

7 An agency-permit may be issued to a person with respect to work for

which a permit is required under

Part 1 in the electrical, plumbing,

private sewage disposal, gas or building discipline if the applicant meets

the requirements of this Part unless

(

a) an accredited corporation or accredited municipality is

authorized to administer the Act with respect to the appropriate discipline

in the relevant location, or

(

b) the work may be carried out by an authorized contractor or the

contractor's employee, pursuant to a contractor permit under

Part 3.

Application requirements

8 A person making application for an agency-permit shall do so in a form

satisfactory to the safety codes officer and the application when completed

must

(

a) clearly set forth the address and location of the premises at

or in which the work involving the construction of, relocation of,

demolition of, installation of, alteration of or addition to or change in

occupancy of, any thing or process for which an agency-permit is required;

(

b) state the name and address of the owner and occupant and the

use or proposed use of the premises;

(

c) provide the name, address and area of expertise of any person

responsible for the design of the work;

(

d) set out the prevailing market value of the work if required by

the safety codes officer, for calculating the cost of the agency-permit;

(

e) contain information, satisfactory to the safety codes officer,

regarding the technical nature and extent of the work to be performed and

the anticipated completion date;

(

f) bear the name, complete address and certificate number, if any,

of the applicant, contractor, or both required to hold a certificate of

competency under this Act, as well as the signature of the applicant;

(

g) be accompanied by the applicable fee.

Building agency-permit eligibility

9(1) An applicant for an agency-permit in the building discipline must

file 2 sets of the designs, with a safety codes officer, that show the

proposed work.

(2) Designs filed by the applicant must

(

a) be drawn to scale on substantial paper,

(

b) be of sufficient clarity to indicate the nature and extent of

the work proposed,

(

c) show enough detail to enable a safety codes officer to

determine whether they conform to the Act and regulations and to the codes,

standards and body of rules declared to be in force under the Act,

(

d) state the building address, the name and address of the owner

of the building, the name and address of the person who prepared the

designs and, when an agent represents the owner, the name and address of

the agent, and

(

e) include a site plan showing the actual dimensions of the

property and the location of the proposed work in relation to the property

lines and other buildings on the same property.

(3) If requested by a safety codes officer, the applicant must submit an

up-to-date plan of survey or real property report prepared by a registered

Alberta land surveyor showing the information required by subsection

(2)(e).

Plumbing agency-permit eligibility

10(1) An agency-permit in the plumbing discipline may be issued to a

person who has a valid and subsisting renewable certificate of proficiency

issued under the Authorization to Apply for a Permit Regulation (Alta. Reg.

293/92).

(2) An agency-permit may be issued to a person to personally carry out the

installation of, alteration of or addition to any plumbing or private

sewage system within residential premises owned and occupied by that person

if the carrying out of that installation, alteration or addition does not

in any manner interfere with any installation under the control of a

supplier or purveyor of water or for which the supplier or purveyor is

responsible.

(3) An agency-permit may be issued to a farmer to personally carry out the

installation of, alteration of or addition to any plumbing system that is

located on his farm and that is not intended for public use.

(4) A safety codes officer, prior to issuing an agency-permit for work to

be performed in the plumbing discipline, may request the submission of

designs for any proposed work.

Gas agency-permit eligibility

11(1) An agency-permit for a gas installation may be issued to a gas

fitter who is the holder of a valid and subsisting renewable certificate of

proficiency issued under the Gasfitter's Certification Regulation (Alta.

Reg. 149/79).

(2) An agency-permit may be issued to a person to personally carry out the

installation of, alteration of or addition to any gas installation on or

within residential premises owned and occupied by that person if the

carrying out of that installation, alteration or addition does not, in any

manner, interfere with any gas installation under the control of a supplier

or for which a supplier is responsible.

(3) An agency-permit may be issued to a farmer to personally carry out the

installation of, alteration of or addition to any gas installation that is

located on his farm and that is not intended for public use, if the

carrying out of that installation, alteration or addition does not, in any

manner, interfere with any gas installation under the control of a supplier

or for which a supplier is responsible.

(4) A safety codes officer, prior to issuing an agency-permit for work to

be performed in the gas discipline, may request the submission of designs

for any proposed work.

(5) A supplier of gas shall not connect or supply gas to any new gas

installation until the agency-permit issued in respect to that gas

installation is presented to the supplier by the person applying for the

service.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), a safety codes officer may authorize a

supplier to connect up a new gas installation and supply gas to it even

though that agency-permit issued in respect to that gas installation has

not been presented to the supplier.

(7) The issuance of an agency-permit under this Part does not obligate a

supplier of gas to connect a gas installation to a gas supply system if, in

the opinion of the supplier or his agent, the connection would create a

hazard to life or property.

(8) Any agency-permits presented by the applicant for service to a

supplier of gas must be retained by the supplier.

Electrical agency-permit eligibility

12 An agency-permit with respect to an electrical system may be issued to

the following:

(

a) to a master electrician;

(

b) to a restricted master electrician;

(

c) to a rural wireman;

(

d) to a homeowner for construction of an electrical system on his

residential premises

(

i) if the ampacity of the service or equivalent does

not exceed 100 amperes, and the system voltage does not exceed 300 volts,

(ii) if only that person and immediate family members

permanently reside or, in the case of a residence under construction, will

permanently reside in that premises,

(iii) if the construction will not in any way interfere

with electrical system or property belonging to another person, and

(iv) if any assistance is required, it will be provided

by family members only working without remuneration;

(

e) to a farmer or rancher for construction of an electrical system

for his own use within any building or structure located on his farm or

ranch

(

i) if the ampacity of the service or equivalent does

not exceed 100 amperes, and the system voltage does not exceed 300 volts,

(ii) if the construction will not in any way interfere

with the electrical system or property belonging to another person, and

(iii) if any assistance is required, it will be provided

by family members only working without remuneration;

(

f) by special permission to an owner or operator of an

establishment that employs at least one full-time electrician who holds a

certificate under the Safety Codes Act that authorizes the electrician to

perform minor repairs for the establishment, whether or not the

establishment is located on single or multiple premises;

(

g) by special permission to the owner of a mobile home or

recreational vehicle to allow a power connection to be made to the mobile

home or recreational vehicle located on private premises, other than mobile

home or recreational vehicle parks, if a letter of authorization is

received from the owner of the premises;

(

h) to an owner, operator or designate of a power line construction

company or an electrical utility that employs certified power electricians

or power linemen for construction of an electrical utility system governed

by the Electrical and Communication Utility Systems Regulation (Alta. Reg.

44/76);

(

i) by special permission to the owner of a home located or to be

located on leased land for construction of an electrical system on his

residential premises if a letter of authorization is received from the

lessor of the land;

(

j) by special permission to a certified electrician for

construction of an electrical system for a community hall or church if the

electrician is a member of the church and the construction is being

performed without remuneration.

Transfer of agency-permits

13 An agency-permit is not transferable to any other person unless the

transfer is authorized by a special permission.

Emergency work

14 Notwithstanding

Part 1, a safety codes officer may, on request by the

owner or the contractor, allow work that requires an agency-permit to

proceed before an agency-permit is obtained if, in the opinion of the

safety codes officer who is authorized to issue agency-permits in that

jurisdiction, the work is required to be done on an emergency basis.

Responsibility for work

15 The holder of an agency-permit is responsible for the completion of

the work to be carried out under the agency-permit.

Term of an agency-permit

16(1) An agency-permit expires if the work to which it applies

(

a) is not commenced within 90 days from the date of issue of the

agency-permit,

(

b) is suspended or abandoned for a period of 120 days, or

(

c) is in respect of a seasonal use residence and the work is

suspended or abandoned for a period of 240 days after the project or work

is commenced.

(2) An agency-permit in the building discipline may state the period of

time a building intended for temporary use is permitted to exist in a

particular location.

(3) On receipt of a written application, a safety codes officer may in

writing extend a period of time under this

section only once for up to an

additional 90 days, if the agency-permit has not expired when application

for extension is made.

Issuance of an agency-permit

17(1) Pursuant to

section 40 of the Act, a safety codes officer may issue

an agency-permit.

(2) A safety codes officer shall not issue an agency-permit until the

applicant completes and submits the application in a form satisfactory to

the safety codes officer and pays the appropriate fees.

Refusal to issue, suspension or cancellation

18 A safety codes officer may refuse to issue an agency-permit or may

cancel an agency-permit that has been issued if

(

a) in the case of an addition, the existing work does not conform

with the Act or regulations or a code, standards or body of rules declared

to be in force pursuant to the Act,

(

b) incorrect information is submitted with respect to the

agency-permit or the work under the agency-permit,

(

c) information submitted, including designs, is inadequate to

determine compliance with the Act and the regulations,

(

d) in the opinion of the safety codes officer, work for which the

agency-permit would be or has been issued would or does contravene another

enactment, or

(

e) the agency-permit fee has not been paid.

Building documents

19(1) The applicant shall ensure that one copy of the agency-permit and

all designs required to apply for the agency-permit with respect to the

building discipline are available at the construction, demolition or

relocation site at all reasonable times for inspection by a safety codes

officer.

(2) An agency-permit holder shall ensure that an agency-permit in the

building discipline is posted at the construction, demolition or relocation

site.

Deviation from design

20 No person shall deviate or authorize a deviation from any design

submitted with respect to an agency-permit, without first obtaining the

written permission of a safety codes officer.

Determination of fees

21 A safety codes officer may request an applicant for an agency-permit

to provide a written estimate, documentation or verification of labour and

material costs and other relevant information relating to the construction,

demolition or relocation for the purpose of determining prevailing market

value and calculating the agency-permit fee in accordance with those costs

and values.

Refunds

22(1) The holder of an agency-permit may apply in writing, before the

expiry date of the agency-permit, to the safety codes officer who issued

the agency-permit or his delegate for the refundable portion of the fees

with respect to a cancelled or unused agency-permit.

(2) A refund is not required to be made if

(

a) the agency-permit has expired,

(

b) the construction, demolition or relocation has commenced,

(

c) an extension of the agency-permit has been granted,

(

d) the agency-permit is not returned to the safety codes officer

who issued it or his delegate, or

(

e) a receipt for the amount of money refunded is not provided.

PART 3

AUTHORIZED CONTRACTOR PERMITS

Definitions

23 In this Part,

(a) "authorized contractor" means a person who operates a business

and meets the requirements of this Part and holds a contractor permit;

(b) "contractor permit" means a permit issued under this Part to

undertake any work in the gas, plumbing or private sewage disposal

discipline;

(c) "registration form" means a form or other means of maintaining

records of work conducted, as prescribed by an Administrator.

Contractor permit

24(1) A person may undertake work pursuant to a contractor permit if the

person meets the requirements of this Part and the person

(

a) holds a contractor permit, or

(

b) is employed by a person who holds a contractor permit.

(2) A person described in subsection (1) is not required to hold a permit

under

Part 1 to undertake work authorized by the contractor permit.

(3) A person shall not operate as an authorized contractor unless the

person holds a contractor permit.

Applicant's qualifications

25(1) A person may apply for a contractor permit

(

a) if the applicant

(

i) holds or employs a person who holds a valid

certificate as a safety codes officer in the gas discipline or the plumbing

discipline with respect to which the applicant is applying for a contractor

permit,

(ii) has at least 3 years' experience operating a

business in the discipline for which the person is applying for a

contractor permit, and

(iii) submits a letter from a safety codes officer to the

best of the safety codes officer's knowledge,

(

A) attesting to the amount and type of

work conducted by the applicant in the last 2 years within the discipline

for which the contractor permit is being applied,

(

B) confirming that there are not

outstanding corrections listed in inspection reports issued by the safety

codes officer, exceeding 60 days in duration within the last 12 months that

are the responsibility of the applicant,

(

C) confirming that no orders have been

issued pursuant to the Safety Codes Act against the applicant within the

last 2 years, and

(

D) confirming that no work conducted by

the applicant within the last 2 years has been left in an unsafe condition

resulting in a danger to life or property,

(

b) if the applicant

(

i) has at least 3 years' experience in operating a

business in the discipline with respect to which the applicant is applying

for a contractor permit,

(ii) has, or employs a person who has, at least 2 years'

experience as a journeyman so that the combination of years of business

experience in the relevant discipline plus years of journeyman experience

is not less than 7,

(iii) has successfully completed, or employs a person who

has successfully completed, the

Interpretation and Application of the

Safety Codes Act Training Course or the challenge examination for that

course,

(iv) holds, or employs a person who holds,

(

A) a valid trade certificate of

proficiency as a first or second class gasfitter as issued under the

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act or equivalent certificate if the

contractor permit is for the gas discipline and holds a valid renewable

certificate of proficiency issued pursuant to the Gasfitter's Certification

Regulation (Alta. Reg. 149/79),

(

B) a valid trade certificate of

proficiency as a plumber as issued under the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act or an equivalent certificate, if the contractor permit is for

the plumbing discipline and holds a valid application certificate issued

pursuant to the Authorization to Apply for a Permit Regulation (Alta. Reg.

293/92), or

(

C) a valid application certificate with

the letters "PS" issued pursuant to the Authorization to Apply for a Permit

Regulation, (Alta. Reg. 293/92) if the contractor permit is for the private

sewage disposal discipline,

and

(

v) submits a letter from a safety codes officer to the

best of the safety codes officer's knowledge,

(

A) attesting to the amount and type of

work conducted by the applicant in the last 2 years within the gas

discipline, for which the contractor permit is being applied,

(

B) confirming that there are no

outstanding corrections listed in inspection reports issued by the safety

codes officer, exceeding 60 days in duration within the last 12 months that

are the responsibility of the applicant,

(

C) confirming that no orders have been

issued pursuant to the Safety Codes Act against the applicant within the

last 2 years, and

(

D) confirming that no work conducted by

the applicant within the last 2 years has been left in an unsafe condition

resulting in a danger to life or property.

out the work or class of work that the authorized contractor is permitted

or prohibited from undertaking.

Permit to issue

26 On the review and approval of an Administrator, a safety codes officer

may issue a contractor permit or a renewal of a contractor permit to an

applicant who

(

a) meets the requirements of

section 25(1),

(

b) submits a completed application in a form provided by an

Administrator,

(

c) pays the fee as set out in the ministerial fees order under

section 60 of the Act,

(

d) submits a quality management system described in

section 35 of

the Act,

(

e) satisfies an Administrator that work performed pursuant to a

contractor permit will be carried out in accordance with the regulations

and the codes and standards and body of rules declared in force under the

Act,

(

f) provides evidence of being in the business to which the

contractor permit relates for at least 3 years, and

(

g) provides an exemplary work record of safety and compliance with

the codes, standards and regulations under the Safety Codes Act confirmed

by a safety codes officer employed by the Government or an accredited

municipality.

Records

27 An authorized contractor shall keep an accurate record of the

qualifications of persons, described in

section 26, employed under the

contractor permit, and shall produce that record to a safety codes officer

in accordance with

section 31 of the Act.

Term of permit

28 The term of a contractor permit is one year from the date the

contractor permit is issued or renewed.

Transferability of permit

29 A contractor permit may not be transferred.

Reinstatement of permit

30 If a safety codes officer who has suspended or cancelled a contractor

permit is satisfied that the basis for which a contractor permit was

suspended or cancelled has been corrected, the safety codes officer with

the approval of an Administrator may reinstate the contractor permit.

Registration form

31(1) The holder of a contractor permit shall maintain records of all work

conducted and provide that information as required by an Administrator by

means of a registration form satisfactory to an Administrator.

(2) The fee for each registration form is the amount set out in the

Ministerial fees order under

section 60 of the Act.

Work confirmation

32 If required by an Administrator, an authorized contractor shall

provide a letter confirming that the work carried out by the authorized

contractor complies with the Act and the regulations.

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Alberta Regulation 187/95

Insurance Act

FEES, FORMS AND CERTIFICATES EXPIRY AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 541/95) pursuant to

section 22 of the Insurance Act.

1 The Fees, Forms and Certificates Expiry Regulation (Alta. Reg. 478/81)

is amended by this Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 9.1:

9.2 The fee payable by agents to write the qualifying examination

for a Level 2 life insurance certificate, if conducted by an insurance

council, is $100.

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Alberta Regulation 188/95

Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves and Natural Areas Act

KOOTENAY PLAINS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 1995

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 546/95) pursuant to

section 3.1 of the Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves and Natural Areas

Act.

1 The Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve Regulation (Alta. Reg. 277/87)

is amended by this Regulation.

2 The

Schedule of Lands is repealed and the

Schedule of Lands attached to

this Regulation is substituted.

SCHEDULE OF LANDS

KOOTENAY PLAINS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

FIRSTLY:

All those parcels or tracts of land, situate, lying and being in what would

be if surveyed the thirty-fifth (35) township, in the seventeenth

(17) range, west of the fifth (5) meridian, in the Province of Alberta, Canada,

and being composed of:

(

A) Legal subdivisions twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of

section

eighteen (18), legal subdivision seven (7) and the north east quarter of

section nineteen (19), the north half of

section twenty (20), the south

half and the north east quarter of

section twenty-nine (29); all those

portions of the north east quarter of

section eight (8), the east half of

section seventeen (17) and the south half of the said

section twenty (20)

lying generally to the east of a cut-line right-of-way, as shown upon a map

or plan of record in the Department of Environmental Protection at Edmonton

as No. 525-P0336 General; all that portion of the west half of

section nine

(9) lying generally to the east of the said cut-line right-of-way as shown

upon the said map or plan No. 525-P0336 General and to the west of the

westerly boundary of Siffleur Wilderness Area; all those portions of the

west half and north east quarter of

section sixteen (16) lying generally to

the west of the westerly boundary of the said Siffleur Wilderness Area and

to the west of the left bank of the Siffleur River; all those portions of

the west half of the said

section nineteen (19), the north west quarter of

the said

section twenty-nine (29),

section thirty (30) and the south west

quarter of

section thirty-two (32) lying on both sides of the North

Saskatchewan River; all those portions of

section twenty-one (21) and the

west half of

section twenty-eight (28) lying to the west of the left bank

of the said Siffleur River; all that portion of the south half of legal

subdivision twelve (12) of

section thirty-one (31) which lies generally to

the south of the southerly boundary of the Indian Land Allotment as shown

upon a plan of survey of record in the Land Titles Office at Edmonton for

the North Alberta Land Registration District as No. 772 2842; all that

portion of the south west quarter of the said

section thirty-one (31) which

lies generally to the south and west of the southwesterly boundary of the

Indian Land Allotment as shown upon the said plan No. 772 2842; all that

portion of the south east quarter of the said

section thirty-one (31) which

lies to the south of the production easterly in a straight line of the

southern boundary of the said Indian Land Allotment from monument KP 18

through monument KP 19 as shown upon the said plan No. 772 2842 and to the

west of the westerly limit of a surveyed roadway, as shown upon a plan of

survey of record in the said Land Titles Office as No. 3619 P.X.; all that

portion of the east half of the said

section thirty-one (31) lying on both

sides of the said North Saskatchewan River and generally to the east of the

easterly limit of the said surveyed roadway as shown upon the said plan No.

3619 P.X.; all those portions of the north half of

section thirty-two (32)

lying to the east of the right bank of the said North Saskatchewan River,

on both sides of the said Siffleur River and to the west of the westerly

limit of a trail, which trail is shown upon the said map or plan No.

525-P0336 General; all those portions of the south east quarter of the said

section thirty-two (32) lying on both sides of the said Siffleur River and

all that portion of the north west quarter of

section thirty-three (33)

which lies to the north of the northerly limit of the said trail as shown

upon the said map or plan No. 525-P0336 General, containing one thousand

six hundred twenty-four and five hundred thirty thousandths (1,624.530)

hectares, (4,014.16 acres), more or less.

Saving and excepting

Forty-four (44.00) hectares (108.73 acres), more or less, required

for a surveyed roadway, as shown upon the said plan No. 3619 P.X.

(

B) All those portions of the north east quarter of the said

section

sixteen (16), lying generally to the north of the northerly boundary of the

said Siffleur Wilderness Area, the north half and south east quarter of the

said

section twenty-one (21), the south half and north west quarter of the

said

section twenty-eight (28) and the south west quarter of the said

section thirty-three (33) required for a two hundred (200.00) metre wide

strip of land equidistant and parallel to the sinuosities of the right bank

of the said Siffleur River, containing eighty and one hundred thirty-one

thousandths (80.131) hectares (198.00 acres), more or less.

SECONDLY:

All those parcels or tracts of land, situate, lying and being in what would

be if surveyed the thirty-fifth (35) township, the eighteenth (18) range,

west of the fifth (5) meridian, in the Province of Alberta, Canada, and

being composed of:

Legal subdivisions six (6) and seven (7) of

section thirteen (13),

the north half of

section fourteen (14), the south half of the south half

of

section twenty-three (23), the north half of

section twenty-four (24),

the south half of

section twenty-five (25); all those portions of the north

east quarter of the said

section twenty-five (25) and the south east

quarter of

section thirty-six (36) which lie generally to the east of the

easterly boundary of the Indian Land Allotment as shown upon the said plan

No. 772 2842; all those portions of legal subdivision five (5) and the

north half of the said

section thirteen (13), the south west quarter of the

said

section fourteen (14) and the south half of the said

section

twenty-four (24) lying on both sides of the said North Saskatchewan River;

all that portion of

section eleven (11) lying generally to the north and

west of the northwesterly limit of the said trail as shown upon the said

map or plan No. 525-P0336 General and all those portions of the south east

quarter of the said

section fourteen (14) lying on both sides of the said

North Saskatchewan River and to the north and west of the northwesterly

limit of the said trail as shown upon the said map or plan No. 525-P0336

General, containing nine hundred thirty-three and nine hundred eighty-three

thousandths (933.983) hectares (2,307.84 acres), more or less.

Saving and excepting

Forty-seven and nine hundred forty-five thousandths (47.945) hectares

(118.47 acres), more or less, required for a surveyed roadway, as shown

upon the said plan No. 3619 P.X.

THIRDLY:

All those parcels or tracts of land, situate, lying and being in what would

be if surveyed the thirty-sixth (36) township, the seventeenth (17) range,

west of the fifth (5) meridian, in the Province of Alberta, Canada, and

being composed of:

The north east quarter and legal subdivisions one (1), eight (8), the

north east quarter of legal subdivision two (2), the north half and the

south east quarter of legal subdivision seven (7), the north east quarter

of legal subdivision eleven (11) and the east half of legal subdivision

fourteen (14) of

section eight (8), legal subdivisions three (3), five

(5) and six (6) and the north half and the south east quarter of

section

seventeen (17), legal subdivisions three (3), six (6) and eleven (11), the

east half of legal subdivision fourteen (14) and the south east quarter of

section twenty (20), legal subdivisions six (6), eleven (11) and fourteen

(14) and the east halves of legal subdivisions three (3) and thirteen (13)

of

section twenty-nine (29), the south west quarter of

section thirty-two

(32); all those portions of

section four (4) and the south west quarter of

section nine (9) lying generally to the west of the westerly limit of the

said trail as shown upon the said map or plan No. 525-P0336 General and all

that portion of

section five (5) lying generally to the north and west of

the northwesterly limit of the said trail as shown upon the said map or

plan No. 525-P0336 General and to the east of the right bank of the said

North Saskatchewan River, containing eight hundred ninety-one and nine

hundred fifty-nine thousandths (891.959) hectares (2,204.00 acres), more or

less.

The lands herein described contain three thousand four hundred thirty-eight

and six hundred fifty-five thousandths (3,438.655) hectares (8,496.80

acres), more or less.

Alberta Regulation 189/95

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

EGG PRODUCTION AND MARKETING AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 9, 1995

Made by the Alberta Egg Producers Board pursuant to

section 27 of the

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act.

1 The Egg Production and Marketing Regulation (Alta. Reg. 28/93) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 33(1) is amended by striking out "16 cents" and substituting

"17 cents".

3 This Regulation comes into force on August 13, 1995.

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Alberta Regulation 190/95

Highway Traffic Act

MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 10, 1995

Made by the Minister of Transportation and Utilities pursuant to sections 5

and 14 of the Highway Traffic Act.

1 The Maximum Speed Limits Regulation (Alta. Reg. 218/83) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 1(2) and (3) are repealed.

Schedule 1 is amended in sections 1, 3, 19, 21 and 46 by striking out:

Daytime maximum - 110 kilometres per hour,

Nighttime maximum - 100 kilometres per hour.

wherever it occurs and substituting:

Maximum - 110 kilometres per hour.

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Alberta Regulation 191/95

Municipal Government Act

TRANSITIONAL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 11, 1995

Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs (M.O. L:367/95) pursuant to

section 617 of the Municipal Government Act.

1 The Transitional Regulation (Alta. Reg. 372/94) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 20.1:

Auditor

20.15(1) Despite

section 280(3) of the new Act, a council may

appoint an employee of the municipality to be its auditor for the purposes

of preparing the auditor's report for the municipality's financial

information return in respect of the 1994 financial year.

(2) The employee referred to in subsection (1) may not be appointed

unless the employee reports directly to council and is a chartered

accountant, certified management accountant or certified general

accountant.