Bill 100 (Legislature 6, Session 1)

L6 S1 9269

Alberta — Bills

BILL No .. lQO of 1927.

An Act to· amend The. Workmen's Compenflation Act (Accident, Fiund). (Assented to , 1927.) HIS MAJESTY,. by. and with the. advice and ,consent· of the. Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows.: 1. This Act may ce cited as "The Workm.en's Compensa tion Act (Accidrmt Fund.) Anpmdme,nt Ack1927." ! , ' • . ~' , , .' ' 2. The Workmen's CO'fnlJCnsation Act (Acc'icic'nt Fund), being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended by striking out

section thereof, and substitut ing therefor the following: "25.-

(1) Where default is made in the payment of any assessment or any special assessment or any part thereof, the board may issue its certificate stating that the assess ment was made, the amount remaining unpaid on account of it, and the person by whom it was payable, and direding the payment of such amount by such person, and such certi ficate or a copy of it, certified by the secretary under the seal of the board to be a true copY,may be flIed with the clerk of the Supreme Court or the clerk of the District Court of any district, and when so filed shall become an order of the Court. and shall be enforced as a judgment of the Court.

"(~) The board shall han the like power and be entitled to the like remedies of enforcing payment of any sum (other than an asse3sment) which any employer is required to pay to the board under any of the provisions of this Act, as it possesses or is entitled to in respect of assessments." 3.

Section of the said Act is amended by adding as subsection (lc~) immediately after subsection (1) thereof, the following: " (la) Where in the opinion of the board, the furnishing of further or better education to a child approaching the . age of sixteen years appears advisable, the board in its dis aetion may extend the period during which compensation shall be paid in respect of such child for such additional period as is spent by such child in the furthering or better ing of his education, but in no case, beyond the age of eighteen years." 4.

Section of the said Act is amended by striking out subsection (3) thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following: 2 "

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board may in case a workman is or has been at.any time since the last day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, seriously and permanently disfigured about the face or head, or otherwise permanently injured, recognize an impairment of earning capacity, and may as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, allow lump sums or periodical payments or both, as compen sation," 5.

Section of the said Act is amended as to subsection (5) thereof, by striking out the words "eleven hundred and forty dollars per annum" and substituting therefor th8 words "twelve hundred and fifty dollars per annum." 6. This Act shall come into force on ................. . No. 100. FIRST SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Workmen's Compensation Act (Accident Fund) . Received and read the First time ................... . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . HON. MR. BROWNLEE. EDMONTON: \V. D. McLEAN, ACTING KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1927 Title: 1927 (6th, 1st) Bill 100,

An Act to amend The Workmen's Compensation Act (Accident Fund)

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S1 9269
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L6 S1 9269
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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