1976 Bill 20'9 Second Session, 18th Legislature, 25 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL THE SMOKE DETECTOR ACT· MR. LITTLE First Reading .................. ; .... " ....... . Second Reading ••••••••••••••••••••••• ,0 ••• ,. Third Reading ••••• " ••. ':.' ••••••• ' •• ' •••••• r.,; ••• Printed by tilt Queen's Printer for the Provlnc. of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Little BILL THE SMOIKE D'ETECTOR ACT (Assented to , 1976) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legisliative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

In this Act, (a) "bedroom" means a separate room in any building in which 'any person or persons customarily or occas­ ionally sleep, but does not include a room in any building which is occupied solely by the family of the owner thereof or any person who is permitted by the owner to sleep in such building without any payment of rent or like charge; (b) "building" means lany building or structure what­ soever whether permanent or temporary, fixed or mobile and whether existing at the commencement of this Act or not; ( c ) "Minister" means the Minister of Housing and Public Works; (d) "smoke detector" means any device capable of detecting land giving an alarm in the joint and separate events of the occurence of smoke and the occurrence of excessive heat in such a way as :to give warning of the ons,et of fire, and which is approved by the Minister pursuant to regulations issued hereunder. 2.

With effect from July 1, 1977 every bedroom shall be equipped with a smoke detector. 3.

With effect from July 1, 1977, every person who permits a person to occupy a bed~oom which is not equipped with a smoke detector for the express or implied pur'pose of sleeping therein and every owner and occupier of any build­ ing in which a bedroom which is not equipped with a smoke detector is occupied for the expr'ess or implied purpose of sleeping therein is guilty of an offence and liable on sum­ mary conviction to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1000 for each day of such occupancy or in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for a period not exceed­ ing six months. 4.

The Minister, shall :issue regulations providing for the approval of devices submitted to be approved as smoke detectors. 5. This Act comes into force the day upon which it ils assented to. Title: 1976 (18th, 2nd) Bill 209, The Smoke Detector Act