Alberta Regulation 165/2007

Municipal Government Act

HIGHWAY 12/21 REGIONAL WATER SERVICES COMMISSION

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 2007

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 335/2007)

on August 1, 2007 pursuant to

section 602.02 of the Municipal Government Act.

1 The Highway 12/21 Regional Water Services

Commission Regulation (AR 195/2006) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 2 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Members

2 The following municipalities are members of the Commission:

(

a) Camrose County;

(

b) Town of Bashaw;

(

c) Village of Alix;

(

d) Village of Clive;

(

e) Village of Edberg;

(

f) Village of Ferintosh;

(

g) Village of New Norway.

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Alberta Regulation 166/2007

Income and Employment Supports Act

INCOME SUPPORTS, HEALTH AND TRAINING BENEFITS

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 2007

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 336/2007)

on August 1, 2007 pursuant to

section 18 of the Income and Employment Supports

Act.

1 The Income Supports, Health and Training Benefits

Regulation (AR 60/2004) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1(1) is amended by repealing clauses (r), (

s) and

(u).

Section 6 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsections (1) and (1.1) and

substituting the following:

Financial resource availability

6(1) In this section,

(a) "cash gift of a non-recurring nature" includes payments

made by a First Nation, in equal amounts, to each

person on the Band List of the First Nation but does not

include payments described in subsection (4)(a)(xxii);

(b) "income" means

(

i) gross self-employment income less employment

deductions and

(

A) the reasonable cost of materials, supplies,

goods and services that are essential to a

business operation, or

(

B) in the case of a child care services income

from a home-based business, the cost of food

and safety items required for the children in

care and any other costs incurred as a

requirement of a contract with a family day

home agency,

(ii) gross employment income less

(

A) employment deductions,

(

B) any deductions required by an employer as a

condition of employment, and

(

C) where the person's wages are garnished, for

only the first month after the garnishment is

in effect, the amount of the first payment that

is paid pursuant to the summons,

and

(iii) all other sources of income.

(

b) in subsection (4)

(

i) in clause (

a) by adding the following after

subclause (xxii):

(xxiii) employment income of a full-time learner member

of a household unit;

(ii) in clause (b)

(

A) by striking out "income from the following

sources" and substituting "the following

income";

(

B) by repealing subclause (iii) and

substituting the following:

(iii) employment income,

(

A) with respect to income earned by a

member of a household unit designated

in the full-time learner category, if the

member is designated as expected to

work or not expected to work, the first

$230 plus 25% of the remainder per

month of the projected average monthly

income during the training period;

(

B) with respect to income earned by an

adult member of a household unit

designated in the expected to work or

not expected to work categories,

(

I) if the household unit has one adult

member and a member who is a

dependant child, the first $230 plus

25% of the remainder per month,

and

(II) if the household unit is not

described in paragraph (A), the

first $115 plus 25% of the

remainder per month;

(iii.1) self-employment income from a home-based

business earned by a not expected to work

member of a household unit as follows:

(

A) with respect to a household unit

designated in the full-time learner

category, the first $230 plus 25% of the

remainder per month of the projected

average monthly income during the

training period;

(

B) with respect to a household unit

designated in the expected to work or

not expected to work categories,

(

I) if the household unit has one adult

member and a member who is a

dependant child, the first $230 plus

25% of the remainder per month,

and

(II) if the household unit is not

described in subparagraph (I), the

first $115 plus 25% of the

remainder per month;

(iii.2) child care services income from a

home-based business,

(

A) with respect to income earned by a

member of a household unit designated

in the full-time learner category, the first

$230 plus 25% of the remainder per

month of the projected average monthly

income during the training period, and

(

B) with respect to income earned by a

member of a household unit designated

in the expected to work or not expected

to work categories,

(

I) if the household unit has one adult

member and a member who is a

dependant child, the first $230 plus

25% of the remainder per month,

and

(II) if the household unit is not

described in subparagraph (I), the

first $115 plus 25% of the

remainder per month;

(iii.3) employment or, if from a home-based

business, self-employment income earned by

a dependent child of a household unit who is

not attending school, the first $350 plus 25%

of the remainder per month.

(

c) by adding the following after subsection (4):

(5) Subsection (4)(

b) does not apply for the purpose of

determining initial eligibility under

section

Section 34 is amended

(

a) in subsection (3) by repealing clause (

c) and

substituting the following:

(

c) the household unit has liquid assets that exceed $5000.

(

b) in subsection (5)(

a) by striking out "$1200 per

academic term, for a maximum of 3 terms per academic year,

and" and substituting "$5000 per academic year, and";

(

c) in subsection (6) by striking out "$1200 per academic

term, for a maximum of 3 terms per academic year" and

substituting "$5000 per academic year".

5 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2007.

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Alberta Regulation 167/2007

Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act

ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ACT

REMUNERATION REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 2007

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 355/2007)

on August 1, 2007 pursuant to

section 4 of the Alberta Investment Management

Corporation Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

2 Annual retainers

3 Board meetings

4 Committee meetings

5 Coming into force

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "audit committee" means the audit committee established

under

section 10 of the Act;

(b) "bylaws" means the bylaws made by the board of directors

under

section 9 of the Act;

(c) "director" means a member of the board of directors

appointed under

section 4(1)(

a) of the Act.

Annual retainers

2(1) A director shall be paid a retainer in the amount of $20 000 per

year during the director's term of appointment as a director.

(2) A director who is designated as chair of the board under

section

4(2) of the Act shall be paid, in addition to the retainer referred to in

subsection (1), a retainer in the amount of $50 000 per year during that

director's designation as chair.

(3) A director who is appointed as vice-chair of the board in

accordance with the bylaws shall be paid, in addition to the retainer

referred to in subsection (1), a retainer in the amount of $10 000 per

year during that director's appointment as vice-chair.

(4) A director who is appointed in accordance with the bylaws as chair

of the audit committee shall be paid, in addition to the retainer referred

to in subsection (1), a retainer in the amount of $10 000 per year

during that director's appointment as chair.

(5) A director who is appointed in accordance with the bylaws as chair

of a committee established by the board shall be paid, in addition to the

retainer referred to in subsection (1), a retainer in the amount of $7500

per year during that director's appointment as chair.

Board meetings

3 A director shall be paid $1000 for each day during which the

director participates in meetings of the board of directors.

Committee meetings

4 A director shall be paid $1000 for each day during which the

director participates in meetings of a committee established by the

board.

Coming into force

5 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of the

Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act.

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Alberta Regulation 168/2007

Water Act

SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN BASIN WATER ALLOCATION

REPEAL REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 2007

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 356/2007)

on August 1, 2007 pursuant to

section 172 of the Water Act.

1 The South Saskatchewan Basin Water Allocation

Regulation (AR 307/91) is repealed.

2 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into

force of the Bow, Oldman and South Saskatchewan River

Basin Water Allocation Order.

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Alberta Regulation 169/2007

Family Law Act

ALBERTA CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 2007

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 357/2007)

on August 1, 2007 pursuant to

section 107 of the Family Law Act.

1 The Alberta Child Support Guidelines (AR 147/2005) are

amended by this Regulation.

Section 2(1) is amended by adding the following after

clause (g):

(h) "universal child care benefit" means a benefit provided under

section 4 of the Universal Child Care Benefit Act (Canada).

Section 7(3) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(3) Subject to subsection (4), in determining the amount of an

expense referred to in subsection (1), the court must take into

account any subsidies, benefits or income tax deductions or credits

relating to the expense, and any eligibility to claim a subsidy, benefit

or income tax deduction or credit relating to the expense.

(4) In determining the amount of an expense referred to in

subsection (1), the court shall not take into account any universal

child care benefit or any eligibility to claim that benefit.

Schedule 3 is amended

(

a) by repealing

section 3 and substituting the

following:

Spousal or adult interdependent partner support

3 To calculate income for the purpose of determining an

amount under an applicable table, deduct

(

a) the spousal or adult interdependent partner support

received from the other parent, and

(

b) any universal child care benefit that is included to

determine the other parent's total income in the T1

General form issued by the Canada Revenue Agency.

(

b) by repealing

section 4 and substituting the

following:

Special or extraordinary expenses

4 To calculate income for the purpose of determining an

amount under

section 7 of these Guidelines, deduct the spousal

or adult interdependent partner support paid to the other parent

and, as applicable, make the following adjustment in respect of

universal child care benefits

(

a) deduct benefits that are included to determine the

parent's total income in the T1 General form issued by

the Canada Revenue Agency and that are for a child for

whom special or extraordinary expenses are not being

requested, or

(

b) include benefits that are not included to determine the

parent's total income in the T1 General form issued by

the Canada Revenue Agency and that are received by

the parent for a child for whom special or extraordinary

expenses are being requested.

5 The following provisions are amended by striking out

"Canada Customs and Revenue Agency" and by substituting

"Canada Revenue Agency":

section 16(a);

section 1(

b) of

Schedule 2;

section 2 of

Schedule 3.

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Alberta Regulation 170/2007

Provincial Court Act

Court of Queen's Bench Act

PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES AND MASTERS IN CHAMBERS

COMPENSATION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 2007

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 359/2007)

on August 1, 2007 pursuant to

section 9.52(1) of the Provincial Court Act and

sections 8 and 16 of the Court of Queen's Bench Act.

1 The Provincial Court Judges and Masters in Chambers

Compensation Regulation (AR 176/98) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) in subsection (4) by adding "unless subsection

(4.1) applies" after "full-time judge";

(

b) by adding the following after subsection (4):

(4.1) The salary to be paid to a part-time judge for a term of

appointment that commences on the 183rd day after the judge's

birthday is 25% of the amount payable to a full-time judge.

(

c) by adding the following after subsection (5):

(5.1) Where

(

a) the part-time judge's initial term of appointment

commences on the 183rd day after the judge's birthday,

and

(

b) the aggregate of the part-time judge's salary and

pension benefits payable during the initial term exceeds

50% of the annual salary of a full-time judge for that

period,

the salary payable to the part-time judge for the initial term shall

be reduced by the amount exceeded.

(

d) in subsection (6) by striking out "subsection (5)" and

substituting "subsections (5) and (5.1)".

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) in

section 3(1) by striking out "during the two 3-month

periods they are required to serve" and substituting

"except where a part-time judge's initial term of appointment

commences on the 183rd day after the judge's birthday, in

which case the judge is entitled to vacation of only 7.5

working days for that term of appointment";

(

b) in

section 4 by striking out "two 3-month".

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Alberta Regulation 171/2007

Water Act

BOW, OLDMAN AND SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER BASIN

WATER ALLOCATION ORDER

Filed: August 3, 2007

For information only: Made by the Minister of Environment (M.O. 7/2007) on

August 1, 2007 pursuant to

section 35 of the Water Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

2 Reservation

3 Allocation

4 Bow River Basin

5 Priority number

6 Oldman River Basin

7 Priority number

8 South Saskatchewan River Basin

9 Priority number

10 AR 319/2003 not affected

Definitions

1 In this Order,

(a) "Act" means the Water Act;

(b) "Bow River Basin" means the Bow River and its tributaries

and the water below the ground naturally flowing to and from

the Bow River and its tributaries, within Alberta;

(c) "First Nation" means the Siksika Nation, Tsuu T'ina Nation,

Piikani Nation, Kainai Nation or the Stoney (Bearspaw,

Chiniki, Wesley) Nation, each of which is a band within the

meaning of the Indian Act (Canada);

(d) "First Nation Reserve" means a reserve within the meaning

of the Indian Act (Canada) that is located within the Bow

River Basin, the Oldman River Basin or the South

Saskatchewan River Basin and that has been set apart for the

use and benefit of a First Nation;

(e) "Oldman River Basin" means the Oldman River and its

tributaries and the water below the ground naturally flowing

to and from the Oldman River and its tributaries, within

Alberta;

(f) "South Saskatchewan River Basin" means the South

Saskatchewan River and its tributaries, from the confluence

of the Bow River and the Oldman River to the border

between Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the water below the

ground naturally flowing to and from that part of the South

Saskatchewan River and its tributaries, within Alberta.

Reservation

2 All the water in the Bow River Basin, Oldman River Basin and

South Saskatchewan River Basin that is not, on the date this Order is

filed under the Regulations Act, allocated under a licence or

registration or specified in a preliminary certificate is reserved.

Allocation

3 Water reserved under

section 2 may be allocated by the Director.

Bow River Basin

4(1) The Director may issue licences with respect to the Bow River

Basin in accordance with the following:

(

a) for use by a First Nation

(

i) on a First Nation Reserve, or

(ii) for a project that is partially or wholly owned and

operated by the First Nation on land that

(

A) is wholly owned in fee simple by a corporation or

limited partnership wholly owned and controlled

by the First Nation, and

(

B) is capable of being served by the Bow River Basin;

(

b) for a water conservation objective;

(

c) for storage, if it is for the protection of the aquatic

environment and for improving the availability of water to

existing licence holders and registrants;

(

d) for any purpose, if, on or before the date this Order is filed

under the Regulations Act, an application for the licence that

is complete and complies with the Act has been filed with the

Director.

(2) The Director may effect a registration with respect to the Bow

River Basin if, on or before the date this Order is filed under the

Regulations Act, an application for the registration that is complete and

complies with the Act has been filed with the Director.

Priority number

5(1) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section

4(1)(

a) is the date that this Order is filed under the Regulations Act.

(2) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section 4(1)(

b) is one day after the date that this Order is filed under the Regulations

Act.

(3) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section 4(1)(

c) or (

d) must be determined in accordance with

section 29 of the Act.

(4) The priority number of a registration effected pursuant to

section

4(2) must be determined in accordance with

section 28 of the Act.

Oldman River Basin

6(1) The Director may issue licences with respect to the Oldman

River Basin in accordance with the following:

(

a) for use by a First Nation

(

i) on a First Nation Reserve, or

(ii) for a project that is partially or wholly owned and

operated by the First Nation on land that

(

A) is wholly owned in fee simple by a corporation or

limited partnership wholly owned and controlled

by the First Nation, and

(

B) is capable of being served by the Oldman River

Basin;

(

b) for a water conservation objective;

(

c) for storage, if it is for the protection of the aquatic

environment and for improving the availability of water to

existing licence holders and registrants;

(

d) for any purpose, if, on or before the date this Order is filed

under the Regulations Act, an application for the licence that

is complete and complies with the Act has been filed with the

Director;

(

e) if an application for a licence is made that relates to the Little

Bow Project/Highwood Diversion Plan within the provisions

for the project as set out by the Natural Resources

Conservation Board/Canadian Environmental Assessment

Agency Joint Review Panel regarding NRCB

Application 9601, May 1998;

(

f) if an application for a licence is made that relates to the Pine

Coulee Water Management Project within the provisions for

the project as set out by the Natural Resources Conservation

Board/Environmental Assessment Review Process Joint

Review Panel regarding NRCB Application 9401, February

(2) The Director may effect a registration with respect to the Oldman

River Basin if, on or before the date this Order is filed under the

Regulations Act, an application for the registration that is complete and

complies with the Act has been filed with the Director.

Priority number

7(1) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section

6(1)(

a) is the date that this Order is filed under the Regulations Act.

(2) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section 6(1)(

b) is one day after the date that this Order is filed under the Regulations

Act.

(3) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section 6(1)(c),

(d), (

e) or (

f) must be determined in accordance with

section 29 of the

Act.

(4) The priority number of a registration effected pursuant to

section

6(2) must be determined in accordance with

section 28 of the Act.

South Saskatchewan River Basin

8(1) The Director may issue licences with respect to the South

Saskatchewan River Basin in accordance with the following:

(

a) for use by a First Nation

(

i) on a First Nation Reserve, or

(ii) for a project that is partially or wholly owned and

operated by the First Nation on land that

(

A) is wholly owned in fee simple by a corporation or

limited partnership wholly owned and controlled

by the First Nation, and

(

B) is capable of being served by the South

Saskatchewan River Basin;

(

b) for a water conservation objective;

(

c) for storage, if it is for the protection of the aquatic

environment and for improving the availability of water to

existing licence holders and registrants;

(

d) for any purpose, if, on or before the date this Order is filed

under the Regulations Act, an application for the licence that

is complete and complies with the Act has been filed with the

Director.

(2) The Director may effect a registration with respect to the South

Saskatchewan River Basin if, on or before the date this Order is filed

under the Regulations Act, an application for the registration that is

complete and complies with the Act has been filed with the Director.

Priority number

9(1) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section

8(1)(

a) is the date that this Order is filed under the Regulations Act.

(2) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section 8(1)(

b) is one day after the date that this Order is filed under the Regulations

Act.

(3) The priority number of a licence issued pursuant to

section 8(1)(

c) or (

d) must be determined in accordance with

section 29 of the Act.

(4) The priority number of a registration effected pursuant to

section

8(2) must be determined in accordance with

section 28 of the Act.

AR 319/2003 not affected

10 Nothing in this Order affects the Oldman River Basin Water

Allocation Order (AR 319/2003).

THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, MONTH DAY, 2006

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THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, AUGUST 31, 2007

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THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, AUGUST 31, 2007

AR 166/2007 INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS

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THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, AUGUST 31, 2007

AR 167/2007 ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

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THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, AUGUST 31, 2007

AR 169/2007 FAMILY LAW

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THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, AUGUST 31, 2007

AR 170/2007 PROVINCIAL COURT; COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH

THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, AUGUST 31, 2007

AR 171/2007 WATER