Bill 16 (Legislature 18, Session 1)

L18 S1 5468

Alberta — Bills

1975 Bill 16 (Second Session) First Session, 18th Legislature, '24 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 16 THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION, PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT THE MINISTER OF RECREATION, PARKS AND WILDLIFE First Reading ..................... . Second Reading ........ . Third Reading ..................... . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 16 BILL 16 1975 (Second Session) THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION, PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT (Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. In this Act, (a) "Department" means the Department of Recrea tion, Parks and Wildlife; (b) "Minister" means the Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife. 2.

There shall be a department of the public service of the Province called the Department of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife over which shall preside the member of the Executive Council appointed by the Lieutenant Governor under the Great Seal of the Province as Minister of Recrea tion, Parks and Wildlife. 3. In accordance with The Public Service Act there may be appointed a Deputy Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife and such other employees as are required to con duct the business of the Department. 4.

(1) The Minister may from time to time engage the services of experts or persons having special technical or other knowledge to advise him or to inquire into and report to him on matters under the Minister's administration.

(2) The person whose services are engaged under this

section may be paid such remuneration and expenses as the Minister may prescribe. 5.

(1) The Minister may establish such boards, com mittees or councils as he considers necessary or desirable to act in an advisory or administrative capacity in connec tion with any of the policies, programs, services or other matters under his administration.

Explanatory Notes General. This Bill witl create the new Department of Recreation, P.arks and Wildlife arising out a.f the recent reorganization of the Government. I.

Definitions. 2. Department of Recreation, Parks and Wildlilfe established. 3. Personnel. 4. Services of experts, etc. 5. Boards, committees and councils.

(2) The ]\1inister may, with respect to any board, com mittee or council established under this section, (

a) appoint or provide for the manner of the appoint ment of its members, (

b) prescribe the term of office of any member, (

c) designate a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, and (

d) authorize, fix and provide for the payment of re muneration and expenses to its members.

(3) A board, committee or council established pursuant to this

section may make rules of procedure, subject to the approval thereof by the ]VIinister, governing the calling of its meetings and the conduct of business at its meetings.

(4) A board, committee or council established pursuant to this

section may exercise such powers and shall perform such duties and functions as the Minister may approve, confer or impose upon it. 6.

(1) The Minister may make grants if (

a) he is authorized to do so by regulations under this section, and (

b) moneys are appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose or the grant is authorized to be paid pursuant to a special warrant.

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations (

a) authorizing the Minister to make grants; (

b) prescribing the purposes for which grants may be made; (

c) governing applications for grants; (

d) prescribing the persons or organizations or classes of persons or organizations eligible for grants; (

e) specifying the conditions required to be met by any applicant for a grant to render that person eligible for the grant; (

f) prescribing the conditions upon which a grant is made and requiring the repayment thereof to the Government if the conditions are not met; (

g) providing for the payment of any grant in a lump sum or by instalments and prescribing the time or times at which the grant or the instalments may be paid; (

h) limiting the amount of any grant or class of grant that may be made; 2

6. Grants. 2

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i) authorizing the Minister to delegate in writing to any employee of the Government any duty, power or function respecting the payment of any grant; (

j) requiring any person receiving a grant to account for the way in which the grant is spent in whole or in part; (

k) authorizing the Minister to enter into an agreement with respect to any matter relating to the payment of a grant.

(3) Any regulation made under subsection (2) may be specific or general in its application. 7.

(1) The Minister may (

a) acquire by purchase or lease any supplies, material, equipment or any other things, and (

b) pay honoraria, fees, commissions, wages, rent or expenses required for any activity, program, operation or matter for which the Minister is responsible.

(2) The Provincial Treasurer shall advance from time to time from the General Revenue Fund such sums of money as the Minister may require for the purposes of subsection (1), but the aggregate amount of money advanced at any one time shall not exceed $250,000.

(3) The Minister may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of anything acquired pursuant to subsection (1) at such price and upon such terms and conditions, if any, as he deter mines is appropriate.

(4) The money received from (

a) any sale, lease or other disposition pursuant to sub section (3), or (

b) any activity conducted pursuant to

section 3, in- cluding registration and other fees, shall be paid to the Provincial Treasurer and credited in reduction of the amount of the advances made pursuant to subsection (2). 8. The member of the Executive Council who immedi ately prior to the commencement of this Act holds office as, and is designated by the Lieutenant Governor as, the Min ister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife becomes the Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife under this Act without the necessity of a further designation by the Lieutenant Guvernor, the issue of a new commission or the swearing of another oath of office. 3

7. Advances. 8. Transitional provision. 3

Any reference to the Minister of Lands and Forests, or the Minister of Culture, Y O'uth and Recreation, or to the Deputy Minister of Lands and Forests or to the Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Recreation, or to the De partment of Lands and Forests or the Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation in any order, regulation, rule, by-law, agreement or other instrument made by or under the authority of any Act administered by the Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife, the Deputy Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife or the Department of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife, as the case may be. 10.

The words "Minister of Lands and Forests" are struck out wherever they appear in the following enact ments and the words "Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife" are substitut,ed therefor: The Financial Administration Act, Schedule,

section 4; The Fish Marketing Act,

section 2, clause (b) ; The Land Surface Conservation and Reclamation Act, sec tion 15, subsection (2), clause (c); The Metis Betterment Act,

section 22, subsections (1) and (2) ; The Municipal Government Act,

section 152, subsection (2) ; The Provincial Parks Act, 1974,

section 1, clause (b); The Wilderness Areas Act,

section 1, clause (c); The Wildlife Act,

section 2, clause 20. 11. The words "Deputy Minister of Lands and Forests" are st,ruck out wherever they appear in the following enact ments and the words "Deputy Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife" are substituted therefor: The Department of the Environment Act,

section 10, sub section (1), clause (f); The Energy Resources Conservation Act,

section 19, sub

section ( 1 ), clause (d). 12. The words "Department of Lands and Forests" are struck out wherever they appear in the following enact ments and the words "Department of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife" are substituted therefor: The Department of the Environment Act,

section 11, sub section (2), clause (g); 4

9. Reference to the Minis,ter, Deputy Minister or Department under their former names in .any subordinate legislation will be deemed to be references to them by their new names. 10. Consequential amendments. I I. Consequential amendments. 12. Consequential amendments. 4

The Land Surface Conservation and Reclamation Act, sec tion 15, subsection (2), clause (b); The Provincial Parks Act, 1974,

section 8, clause (

a) and

section 16; The Wilderness Areas Act, Schedule; The Wildlife Act,

section 2, clause 7. 13. The Surveys Act is amended as to

section 89, sub section (2), by str'iking out the words "the Department of Lands and Forests,". 14. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 5

13. Consequential amendment. 5 Title: 1975 (18th, 1st) Bill 16, The Department of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Act

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Citation	L18 S1 5468
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