No. 65 5th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 11 Elizabeth II BILL 6S A Bill to amend The Fuel Oil Tax Act HON MR HOLOW ACH Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1963

Explanatory Note 2. Subclause (

i) of clause (

i) of

section 2 is amended to enlarge the meaning of the term "purchaser". The subclause presently reads: "(1) '\purchaser" means (

i) a persO'n pUl'chlVsing .or receiving delivery 01: fuel oil in Albe'rta foOl' his O'wn use, and". 3. Clause (,

b) of

section 29 is amended to revise the contents of a certificate that establishes prima facie proof of its contents in a prosecution. Olause (

b) of

section 219 presently reads: "29. In a pI"OlSecut[lon under thlis Act (

b) a ce'rtifdcate (:

i) od' the chief chemist of the gasoNne and O'il laboro;tory of the Rese3!reh CiO'unc.il O'f AlbeI1ta esltabilJisihed under 'Dhe Researcll Oounc:ill: Act, or (ii) IOf the ProVlinCiia;l Analyst, 8JS to wherther 0'1' not any sUbstance re1'erred to therein is fuel oil witMn the meani'l1g of this Ac.t O'r The FueJ Od,1 IlicenSiing Act, is admJisslihle in evidence, w,itlhioult any 1)110101: 1:JhJrut the cerufdca"te was sdgned by the peirson purpoI"ting to sdgn i1t or of the offieiai p!OIslLtion 01' the p'e,I1son signing it, a,s prim'a fuoie proof of the mrutte,r,s set O'ut thereIn.". 4. Commencement of Act.

BILL No. 65 of 19,63

An Act to amend The Fuel Oil Tax Act (Assented to , 1963) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Fuel Oil Tax Act, being

chapter 125 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 2, clause (

i) is amended by striking out sub­ clause (

i) and by substituting the following: (

i) a person who purchases or otherwise <Ybtains fuel oil in Alberta for his own use, and 3. Sel0tion 2:9 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 29. In a prosecution under this Act (

a) a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Deputy Minister of the Department administering The Fuel Oil Licensing Act, or a person lawfully acting on his behalf, stating whether or not the defendant is licensed pursuant to The Fuel Oil Licensing Act, or was so licensed at a time or during a period of time specified therein, and (

b) a certificate (

i) of the chief chemist of the gasoline and oil laboratory of the Research Council of Alberta established under The Research Council Act, or (ii) of the Provincial Analyst, certifying that a substance referred to in the cer­ tificate is fuel oil within the meaning of this Act or The Fuel Oil Licensing Act, or that the substance contains a chemical dye or agent of the kind sup­ plied or approved pursuant to the regulations to colour fuel oil, is admissible in evidence, without any proof that the cer­ tificate was signed by the person purporting to sign it or of the official position of the person signing it, as prima facie proof of the matters set out therein. 4.

This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 65 FIFTH SESSION FOURTEEN'TH LEGISLATURE 11 ELIZABETH II 1963 BILL

An Act to amend The Fuel Oil T'ax Act Received and read the First time ............... . Second time Third time HON. MR. HOLOWACH Title: 1963 (14th, 5th) Bill 65,

An Act to amend The Fuel Oil Tax Act