No. 107 1st Session, 15th Legislature, Allberta 12 Elizabeth II BILL 107 A Bill to amend The Margarine Act HON. MR. STROM Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer t'o the Queen's Most ExceJ:lent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1964

Explanatory Note I. This Bill amends The Margarine Act, which is

chapter 190 of the Revised Statutes.

Section 3 presently reads: "s. No person shaH offer for sale, sell or have in his posse.ssdon for sale within the Province any margar.ine tha.t is not wra.pped or packaged and .tihe wrapper Oil" container of which does nOlt (

a) have ol~l'Ily stamped on the main panel the word "margarine", (

b) bear the name and address of the manufacturer, and (

c) show the net weight of the produest contained the,reln.".

Section 5 presently reads: "5. No pel'Son shall within the ProV'ince, se11, offer for sale, 'have In his possession for sa:1e or sene in a pUibUc eating p'lace margarine coloured rtoe natural colooUr of butter or a shade of yellow that might cause that ma~rine to be mistaken for butter.".

Section 7 is revised and a new

section 7a is added to auth­ orize the taking of samples.

BILL No. 107 of 1964

An Act to amend The Margarine Act (Assented to , 1964) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province- of Alherta, enacts as follows: 1. The Marga1-ine Act is hereby amended.

Section 3 is amended by striking out the word "and" at the end of clause (

b) and by adding the following clauses after clause ( c) : (

d) show each kind of refined oil forming an ingredient in the margari.ne and the percentage that each kind is of the total refined oil, and (

e) have the approval of the Minister of Agriculture.

Section 5 is amended by renumbering the

section as subsection (1) and by adding after the renumbered sub­ section (1) the following:

(2) For the purpose of this section, margarine that has a tint or shade containing more than one and six-tenths degrees and less than ten and one-half degrees of yellow or of yellow and red collectively, measured in terms of the Lovibond tintometer scale, read under conditions sub­ stantially similar to those established by the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue, or the equivalent of such measurement, shall be deemed to be coloured the natural colour of butter or a shade of yellow that might cause that margarine to be mistaken for butter.

Section 7 is struck out and the following are sub-­ stituted: 7. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make such regulations as he considers necess'ary or expedient for the carrying out of this Act according to its intent, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regula­ tions defining (

a) grade descriptions and grade standards of mar­ garine, (

b) the procedure to be followed by a person acting under the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, taking a sample of margarine.

5. Commencement of Act. 2

7 a.

(1) A person acting under the authority of the Minister of Agriculture shall be permitted, at all reasonable hours and without a warrant, to enter upon and have free access to any public eating place, shop, storage place or manufacturing or processing plant for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.

(2) A person acting under the authority of the Minister of Agriculture shall be permitted, at all reasonable hours and without a warrant, to examine, weigh and take samples (

a) of margarine, or (

b) of 'a product that he believes to be margarine, for the pUl'ipose of grading, testing or analyzing it. 5. This Act comes into force on the first day of June, 1964.

FIRST SESSION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 12 ELIZABETH II 19'64 BILL

An Act to amend The Margarine Act Received and read the First time ." .. " .. " .......... . Second time ................... . 'Dhird time ................... . HON •. MR. STROM Title: 1964 (15th, 1st) Bill 107,

An Act to amend The Margarine Act