Alberta Regulation 220/2000

Regulations Act

MISCELLANEOUS CORRECTION AND REPEAL REGULATION

Filed: November 1, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 412/2000) on November 1,

2000 pursuant to

section 10 of the Regulations Act.

1 The Capital Region Sewage Commission Regulation (AR 129/85) is amended

by repealing the title and substituting "Alberta Capital Region Wastewater

Commission Regulation".

2 The Regulations Act Regulation (AR 288/99) is amended in

section 2(2)

by striking out "members" and substituting "numbers".

3 The Roles, Relationships and Responsibilities Regulation (AR 86/2000)

is amended in

section 6(2)(

b) by striking out "12(4)" and substituting

"12(5)".

4 The Stock Yard Regulation (AR 197/98) is amended in

section 11(2)(

c) by

striking out "Livestock Market Regulation (AR 344/79) and the Livestock

Assembling Station Regulation (AR 269/79)" and substituting "Livestock

Market and Livestock Assembling Station Regulation (AR 70/2000)".

5 The following Regulations are repealed:

(

a) Motion Picture Agreement Regulation (AR 292/88);

(

b) Loan and Guarantee Regulation (AR 432/82);

(

c) Petroleum Incentives Program Regulation (AR 220/82);

(

d) The Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority Regulations (AR

95/75);

(

e) Utility Companies Income Tax Rebates Regulation (AR 144/78);

(

f) The Fees Regulation (AR 288/90).

Alberta Regulation 221/2000

Universities Act

ANIMAL WELFARE REGULATION

Filed: November 1, 2000

Made by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (M.O. 29,

2000) on October 17, 2000 and approved by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council (O.C. 416/2000) on November 1, 2000 pursuant to

section 52 of the

Universities Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Animal care 2

Committee 3

Use approval 4

Enforcement responsibilities 5

Dogs

Acquisition 6

Dog premises 7

Records 8

Dogs made available 9

Claiming dogs 10

Identification 11

Repeal and Expiry

Repeal 12

Expiry 13

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "animal" means any living non-human vertebrate and any living

invertebrate of the class cephalopoda, including free-living and

reproducing larval forms, raised for or used in research, teaching,

breeding or testing purposes at a university;

(b) "Guide" means the Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental

Animals, volume 1, 2nd edition, 1993 and volume 2, 1984, guidelines and

policies, as amended or replaced from time to time, published by the

Canadian Council on Animal Care;

(c) "Terms of Reference document" means the Terms of Reference for

Animal Care Committees, 2000, as amended or revised from time to time,

published by the Canadian Council on Animal Care.

Animal care

2 Animals at a university must be cared for and maintained in accordance

with the Guide.

Committee

3(1) The president of a university or the president's designate who is a

senior officer of the university must establish an Animal Care Committee

composed of members who meet the requirements of the Terms of Reference

document.

(2) An Animal Care Committee must act

(

a) in accordance with the Terms of Reference document, and

(

b) as a liaison between the Department of Agriculture, Food and

Rural Development and the university.

Use approval

4 Research, teaching or testing involving animals at a university may be

undertaken only if the Animal Care Committee has reviewed and approved the

use of animals in the proposed research, teaching or testing.

Enforcement responsibilities

5 A university, on the request of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and

Rural Development, must take whatever action is necessary to ensure

compliance with this Regulation.

Dogs

Acquisition

6 A university, on acquisition of an unclaimed dog, must at its own

expense cause the dog to be transported to the university.

Dog premises

7 A university must ensure that all places where dogs are kept or housed

meet the standards of animal care set out in the Guide.

Records

8(1) Records of all dogs acquired or used by a university must be

maintained and must include

(

a) a description or other identification of each dog,

(

b) the date and source from which the dog was acquired,

(

c) the date on which, and the purpose for which, the dog was used,

and

(

d) the method of humane destruction of each dog or other humane

disposition of it.

(2) The university's records maintained under subsection (1) must be

available, on request, during regular business hours to the Minister of

Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, the Minister's delegate and an

official of the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

for one year after the disposal of the animal.

(3) A university must submit on request of the Minister of Agriculture,

Food and Rural Development copies of its records under subsection (1) to

the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

Dogs made available

9 A faculty or school at a university may make its unused dogs available

to other faculties or schools at a university.

Claiming dogs

10(1) Any person making a reasonable application to the official in charge

of the dog-holding facility at a university must be allowed access to the

facility where pre-use animals are kept.

(2) Any person claiming a dog from the pre-use

section of the dog-holding

facility at a university may recover the dog after completing a declaration

of ownership and on payment of the costs of caring for the animal, not

exceeding $150.00.

Identification

11 If a dog during the pre-use holding period is found to be carrying a

Canadian Kennel Club Record tattoo or other form of identification, the

official in charge of the dog-holding facility must cause a reasonable

attempt to be made to notify the owner before any experimental use of the

dog is undertaken.

Repeal and Expiry

Repeal

12 The Regulations for Housing, Care and Treatment of Animals Used for

Biological or Medical Purposes (AR 333/72) are repealed.

Expiry

13 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on January 1, 2005.

Alberta Regulation 222/2000

Local Authorities Election Act

CALGARY ELECTION REGULATION

Filed: November 1, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 421/2000) on November 1,

2000 pursuant to

section 161 of the Local Authorities Election Act.

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Local Authorities Election Act;

(b) "Form 8" means Form 8 of

Schedule 1 under the Local Authorities

Election Forms Regulation.

Modification of election procedure

2(1) The system for the conduct and procedure of an election or a vote

under the Act is modified for use by the City of Calgary to the extent

provided as follows:

(

a) a card having only the same contents as Form 8 is to be created

for every elector enumerated in an enumeration conducted pursuant to bylaw

no. 8M86 of the City of Calgary or any successor to that bylaw;

(

b) on election day the cards for each voting station must be kept

by a deputy for that station;

(

c) on election day an elector attending at a voting station must

obtain his or her card and then present the card to the deputy issuing

ballots;

(

d) corrections to information on a card must be initialled by the

elector;

(

e) if no card had been created for an elector or the card cannot

be located, the deputy must create a card for that elector that has the

same information as contained in Form 8;

(

f) the deputy may only issue a ballot if the elector makes the

statement referred to in

section 52(1)(

b) of the Act and the elector signs

the card;

(

g) immediately after issuing the ballot the deputy must complete

the card.

(2) The cards marked in accordance with subsection (1) constitute the

voting register.

Expiry

3 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on October 31, 2003.

Repeal

4 The City of Calgary Election Regulation (AR 274/83) is repealed.

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Alberta Regulation 223/2000

Municipal Government Act

PLANNING EXEMPTION REGULATION

Filed: November 1, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 423/2000) on November 1,

2000 pursuant to

section 618 of the Municipal Government Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Application re subdivision 2

Application re development or subdivision 3

Application re development 4

Repeal 5

Expiry 6

Schedule

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Municipal Government Act;

(b) "regulations" means the regulations made under

Part 17 of the

Act, other than this Regulation.

Application re subdivision

2(1)

Part 17 of the Act and the regulations do not apply to a subdivision

(

a) the purpose of the subdivision is to permit the Minister of

Environment to acquire an estate or interest in the land to be used for a

purpose described in subsection (2), or

(

b) the subdivision is effected by way of a lease of an area or

areas of common property made pursuant to sections 40 and 41 of the

Condominium Property Act, and the area or areas contained in the lease do

not exceed 140 square metres in the aggregate.

(2) The purposes referred to in subsection (1)(

a) are as follows:

(

a) providing for the construction, operation and maintenance of

works undertaken by the Minister of Environment pursuant to the provisions

of the Water Act for

(

i) lake stabilization and protection,

(ii) river or stream bank stabilization and protection,

(iii) the storage, control of flow or diversion of water;

(

b) providing for land assembly in a Restricted Development Area or

Water Conservation Area established under

section 4 of

Schedule 5 of the

Government Organization Act;

(

c) establishing provincial parks and recreation areas under the

Provincial Parks Act;

(

d) providing for the management, conservation or preservation of

fish and wildlife, wildlife sanctuaries, seasonal sanctuaries, habitat

conservation areas, wildlife control areas and bird sanctuaries under the

Wildlife Act;

(

e) establishing wilderness areas, ecological reserves and natural

areas under the Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves and Natural Areas

Act.

Application re development or subdivision

Part 17 of the Act and the regulations do not apply to a development or

subdivision if the development or subdivision is effected solely for the

purpose of

(

a) a transmission line or electric distribution system, as those

expressions are defined in the Hydro and Electric Energy Act;

(

b) the construction, replacement, extension, alteration,

modification, dismantling, abandonment, operation or maintenance of

irrigation works if the corporation effecting the development or

subdivision is an irrigation district as defined in the Irrigation

Districts Act;

(

c) providing for recreation services under the Recreation

Development Act;

(

d) establishing historic sites or archeological resources under

the Historical Resources Act.

Application re development

Part 17 of the Act and the regulations do not apply to a development of

lands and buildings, including the bridges giving access to those lands and

buildings, within the area described in the

Schedule if the development is

effected solely for the purposes of a multi-use coliseum and ancillary

uses.

Repeal

5 The Planning Act Exemption Regulation (AR 130/78) is repealed.

Expiry

6 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on June 30, 2005.

SCHEDULE

All lands contained within the heavy black line shown in the map below

which may be legally described as follows:

1 Plan C Block 110 Lots 13 to 20 inclusive and Lots 35 to 40

inclusive excepting the North 66 Foot throughout of Lots 35 to 40.

2 Plan 3819 N Block 110 Lots 1 to 11 inclusive.

3 Plan 4813 N All of Block 111.

4 Certificates of Titles 781047013, 771042861, 771022823,

781047013A, 770142861A, 771022823A.

5 Those portions of 4A Street and 5th Street S.E. lying south of

the South limit of 14th Avenue S.E.

6 Plan 5074 F.R. That portion of the North 145.8 Metres, more or

less, of Block A which lies to the east of the southerly production of the

west boundary of 4th Street S.E. excepting the following described land:

that land covered by a part of the Agricultural Building

structure.

Calgary

NOTE: In the event of any conflict or omission between the written legal

description and the map, the map prevails.

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Alberta Regulation 224/2000

Public Sector Pension Plans Act

PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION PLANS (LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 1, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 424/2000) on November 1,

2000 pursuant to Schedules 1 to 5,

section 12 of the Public Sector Pension

Plans Act.

1 The Public Sector Pension Plans (Legislative Provisions) Regulation (AR

365/93) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 8 is amended by striking out "Travel, Subsistence" and

substituting "Public Service Subsistence, Travel".

Schedule 5 is amended

(

a) by adding the following after

section 3:

Remuneration

3.1(1) Remuneration is to be paid to or on behalf of all members and

the chair of the Board.

(2) The rates of the remuneration payable are to be the same as

those payable under Part A of

Schedule 1 to the Committee Remuneration

Order in Council that is in force from time to time (O.C. 108/2000 at the

time of the enactment of this subsection).

(3) Unless the Provincial Treasurer otherwise directs the Board in

writing, where remuneration is payable under this

section to or on behalf

of an employee of the Crown, it belongs to the Crown and is to be paid to

the Provincial Treasurer.

(

b) by adding the following after

section 4.1:

Indemnificia-tion of Investment Committee members

4.2(1) In addition to indemnifications under

section 8.1 in the

portion of this Regulation preceding

Schedule 1, the Plan indemnifies an

individual

(

a) who, in the opinion of the Board, possesses specialized

skills, and

(

b) who is appointed a member of the Investment Committee of

the Board by the Board,

for any damages or legal and other expenses incurred in defending an

administrative or civil claim against that individual.

(2) Subject to subsection (1), an indemnification under that

subsection covers

(

a) anything done by the individual in good faith, or

(

b) any omission on his part to act provided that he has

acted in good faith generally,

in the performance of his duties as a member of the Investment

Committee.

(3) The costs of an indemnification under this

section are to be

paid from the plan fund.

Alberta Regulation 225/2000

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

REGULATION TO REPEAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE

SALE AND PURCHASE OF HOGS UNDER AN AGREEMENT OF

FORWARD DELIVERY FOR EXPORT CONDITIONS OF SALE

Filed: November 3, 2000

Made by the Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation on September 28,

2000 pursuant to

section 27 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act.

1 The Regulations Relating to the Sale and Purchase of Hogs Under an

Agreement of Forward Delivery for Export Conditions of Sale (AR 317/75) are

repealed.

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Alberta Regulation 226/2000

Oil Sands Conservation Act

OIL SANDS CONSERVATION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 9, 2000

Made by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board on November 8, 2000 pursuant

section 21 of the Oil Sands Conservation Act.

1 The Oil Sands Conservation Regulation (AR 76/88) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1);

(

b) in subsection (2) by repealing clauses (

e) to (h), (j), (m),

(n), (

q) to (u), (aa) and (bb).

Section 4(5), (6) and (7) are amended by striking out "area" and

substituting "site".

Section 7(1)(

b) is amended by striking out "Department of the

Environment" and substituting "Department of Environment".

Section 12 is repealed.

Section 19(

c) is amended by striking out "Minister of Energy" and

substituting "Minister of Resource Development".

Section 21(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) When the temperature conditions differ from 15øC, conversion of

the volume from the temperature under which the measurement is made to 15øC

must be made in accordance with the API/ASTM Manual of Petroleum

Measurement Standards,

Chapter 11.1-Volume Correction Factors, Volume VII,

Table 54A.

Section 23 is repealed.

Section 25 is repealed.

Section 27(

b) is amended by striking out "area" and substituting "mine

site".

Section 32 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "An" and substituting "When

requested, an";

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "in the mine wall" and

substituting "within the mine site".

Section 39(3) is repealed.

13 The following is added after

section 41:

Records and reports

41.1 The licensee of a well or the representative of the licensee

of a well shall keep and file with the Board records and reports relating

to the operations of the well in accordance with

section 12.010 of the Oil

and Gas Conservation Regulations (AR 151/71).

Section 44(2) is amended by striking out "on Form TOS-1".

Section 46 is repealed.

Section 50 is repealed.

17 Sections 52 and 53 are repealed.

Section 59 is repealed.

19 The following is added after

section 61:

PART 7

EXPIRY

Expiry

62 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on December 31, 2003.

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Alberta Regulation 227/2000

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND CERTIFICATION

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 10, 2000

Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board on August

18, 2000 pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act.

1 The Apprenticeship Program and Certification Regulation (AR 1/92) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 32.2 is amended by renumbering it as

section 32.2(1) and by

adding the following after subsection (1):

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), in the case of persons engaged

in the operation, testing or servicing of wellhead boom trucks as provided

for under the Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator Trade Regulation (AR

160/2000), the amount of time spent working in the wellhead boom truck

craft of the boom truck branch of the trade that must be completed by a

person for the purposes of

section 32.4 is the same amount of time as the

total amount of time required to complete the term of apprenticeship

prescribed under that Regulation for the wellhead boom truck craft.

Alberta Regulation 228/2000

Electric Utilities Act

LIABILITY PROTECTION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 15, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 425/2000) on November 15,

2000 pursuant to

section 72 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 The Liability Protection Regulation (AR 42/2000) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 3 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) in clause (

c) by striking out "and" after subclause

(iii), adding "and" after subclause (iv) and adding the following after

subclause (iv):

(

v) a person that pursuant to a contract

with the Transmission Administrator provides system support services to the

Transmission Administrator;

(ii) by repealing clause (

d) and substituting the

following:

(d) "transmission person act "means

(

i) any act or omission carried

out or purportedly carried out by a transmission person referred to in

clause (c)(

i) to (iv) in exercising duties and functions of the

Transmission Administrator under the Act, or

(ii) any act or omission carried

out or purportedly carried out by a transmission person referred to in

clause (c)(

v) in providing system support services to the Transmission

Administrator pursuant to a contract.

(

b) by adding the following after subsection (5):

(5.1) Subsection (5) does not apply where the transmission person is

a person described in subsection (1)(c)(v).

Alberta Regulation 229/2000

Livestock Diseases Act

DESTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL OF DEAD ANIMALS REGULATION

Filed: November 15, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 435/2000) on November 15,

2000 pursuant to

section 10 of the Livestock Diseases Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Methods of disposal 2

Rendering plant 3

Diagnosis of animal diseases 4

Dead animal as food 5

Advisory committee 6

Repeal 7

Expiry 8

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "composting", in respect of a dead animal, means decomposing

the dead animal or a part of it through a controlled bio-oxidation process

that results in a stable humus-like material;

(b) "dead animal" means

(

i) a domestic mammal or bird, or part of a domestic

mammal or bird, that has died from a cause other than having been

slaughtered for human consumption, and

(ii) inedible offal or condemned material from animals

slaughtered for human consumption;

(c) "licensed", in respect of a rendering plant, means licensed

under the Health of Animals Act (Canada);

(d) "natural disposal", in respect of a dead animal, means

disposing of the dead animal in order to allow scavenging;

(e) "owner", in respect of a dead animal, means the owner of the

dead animal or a person who is in possession or control of it;

(f) "rendering plant" means a rendering plant as defined in the

Health of Animals Act (Canada);

(g) "reportable disease" means

(

i) a disease designated as a reportable disease under

the Health of Animals Act (Canada), or

(ii) a communicable disease referred to in

section 1 of

the Designated Communicable Diseases Regulation (AR 8/98).

Methods of disposal

2(1) The owner of a dead animal shall dispose of the animal within 48

hours of its death in accordance with this section.

(2) When an animal is known or suspected to have died from an infectious

disease that can be spread by scavengers or insects or from a reportable

disease, the owner of the animal shall dispose of it in accordance with the

directions of an inspector appointed under the Health of Animals Act

(Canada) or a veterinary inspector appointed under the Livestock Diseases

Act, but in no case may the animal be disposed of by natural disposal.

(3) The owner of a dead animal that has been euthanised with drugs or

other chemical substances shall immediately take steps to prevent

scavengers from gaining access to the dead animal between the time the

animal is euthanised and the final disposal of the animal.

(4) Subject to subsection (2), the owner of a dead animal shall dispose of

it by

(

a) burying it in a farm burial pit, if

(

i) the weight of dead animals in the pit does not

exceed 2500 kg,

(ii) the pit is

(

A) at least 100 metres from wells or other

domestic water intakes, streams, creeks, ponds, springs and high water

marks of lakes and at least 25 metres from the edge of a coulee, major cut

or embankment,

(

B) at least 100 metres from any

residences,

(

C) at least 100 metres from any livestock

facilities, including pastures, situated on land owned or leased by another

person,

(

D) at least 300 metres from a primary

highway,

(

E) at least 100 metres from a secondary

highway, and

(

F) at least 50 metres from any other road

allowance,

(iii) the pit is covered with

(

A) a minimum of one metre of loose soil or

0.6 metres of compacted soil, or

(

B) a wooden or metal lid that is designed

to exclude scavengers, if quicklime is applied to the dead animal in

sufficient quantities to control flies and odour,

and

(iv) the bottom of the pit is at least one metre above

the seasonal highwater table,

(

b) burying it in a Class I or Class II landfill as defined in the

Waste Control Regulation (AR 192/96), if the site has a full-time operator

who agrees to immediately bury the dead animal,

(

c) burning it in accordance with

(

i) the Substance Release Regulation (AR 124/93), or

(ii) the Code of Practice for Small Incinerators,

published by the Department of Environment,

(

d) composting

(

i) in a Class I compost facility as defined in the

Waste Control Regulation (AR 192/96) that is designed, constructed and

operated in accordance with sections 6 and 7 of the Code of Practice for

Compost Facilities, published by the Department of Environment, or

(ii) subject to subsection (5), in a farm open compost

pile that is

(

A) located at least 100 metres from wells

or other domestic water intakes, streams, creeks, ponds, springs and

highwater marks of lakes and at least 25 metres from the edge of a coulee,

major cut or embankment,

(

B) located at least 100 metres from any

residences,

(

C) designed in a manner that will exclude

scavengers, and

(

D) at least 100 metres from any livestock

facilities, including pastures, situated on land owned or leased by another

person,

(

e) transporting it to a licensed rendering plant for disposal, or

(

f) subject to subsection (6), natural disposal.

(5) Where under subsection (4)(d)(ii) animals are to be composted in a

farm open compost pile,

(

a) each animal or part of it must not exceed 100 kilograms,

(

b) the maximum volume of the animals or parts of them must not

exceed 25% of the total compost pile, and

(

c) the animals or parts of them must be covered by at least 15 cm

of composting material.

(6) Subject to subsection (2), a dead animal, other than inedible offal or

condemned material, may be disposed of by natural disposal if

(

a) the animal is disposed of on property owned or leased by the

owner of the animal,

(

b) the animal was not euthanised with drugs or other chemical

substances,

(

c) the total weight of the animals being disposed of at any one

site does not exceed 1000 kg,

(

d) there is a distance of at least 500 metres between disposal

sites,

(

e) the disposal site is

(

i) at least 500 metres from wells or other domestic

water intakes, streams, creeks, ponds, water wells, springs and high water

marks of lakes and at least 25 metres from the edge of a coulee, major cut

or embankment,

(ii) at least 400 metres from any livestock facilities,

including pastures, situated on land owned or leased by another person,

(iii) at least 400 metres from any residences,

(iv) at least 400 metres from any road allowance, and

(

v) at least 400 metres from any provincial park,

recreation area, natural area, ecological reserve, wilderness area or

forest recreation area,

and

(

f) disposing by natural disposal does not create a nuisance.

(7) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the owner of a dead animal may store

the dead animal for more than 48 hours after its death if it is stored

(

a) for not more than one week in an enclosed structure with

impervious walls and floors that have been constructed for the storage of

dead animals,

(

b) outside during winter months when the ambient temperature is

low enough to keep the dead animal completely frozen, or

(

c) in a freezer unit.

Rendering plant

3(1) The owner or operator of a rendering plant shall ensure that

(

a) a dead animal rendered at the plant is subjected to such

temperature and pressure as is necessary to render every portion of the

carcass free from all viable pathogenic organisms, and

(

b) microbiological quality assurance processes are in place to

prevent the occurrence of viable pathogenic organisms.

(2) The owner or operator of a rendering plant when shipping material from

a dead animal to another rendering plant shall ensure that

(

a) the material is shipped in such a manner so as to prevent

(

i) any dissemination of pathogenic organisms into the

environment from the leakage of blood or other body fluids, and

(ii) the contamination of any animal or human food,

(

b) the other rendering plant will render the material free of all

viable pathogenic organisms, and

(

c) a complete record is kept of the shipment, including the date

of shipment, method of transport and the name and address of the rendering

plant to which it was shipped.

Diagnosis of animal diseases

4 Nothing in this Regulation prohibits the collection and transport of a

dead animal as may be required by a veterinarian or the owner of the dead

animal for the diagnosis of animal diseases.

Dead animal as food

5 No person shall feed a dead animal to other food producing animals

unless

(

a) the material from the dead animal has been properly rendered at

a licensed rendering plant and the prohibition to feed prohibited material

to ruminants under the Health of Animals Regulation (Canada) is complied

with, or

(

b) the feeding of the material is a recognized means of

stimulating natural immunity for specific disease conditions and the

prohibition to feed prohibited material to ruminants under the Health of

Animals Regulation (Canada) is complied with.

Advisory committee

6 The Minister may appoint an advisory committee under

section 7 of the

Government Organization Act consisting of both government and industry

representatives to oversee the implementation of this Regulation.

Repeal

7 The Regulations Regarding the Destruction and Disposal of Dead Animals

(AR 128/66) are repealed.

Expiry

8 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on November 30, 2005.

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Alberta Regulation 230/2000

Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

ALBERTA HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 15, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 437/2000) on November 15,

2000 pursuant to

section 6 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act.

1 The Alberta Health Care Insurance Regulation (AR 216/81) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 1(2), (3) and (4) are repealed and the following is

substituted:

(2) For the purposes of

section 5(3) of the Act, a person is

"temporarily absent from Alberta" if the person

(

a) stays in another province for a period that will

not exceed 12 consecutive months, or

(

b) stays outside Canada for a period that will not

exceed 6 consecutive months,

and the person intends to return to and maintain permanent residence

in Alberta on the conclusion of the stay outside Alberta.

(3) The Minister may extend any period referred to in subsection

(2) for a further period of time that the Minister considers proper,

(

a) if the person provides evidence satisfactory to the

Minister that the person intends to return to and maintain permanent

residence in Alberta after the extended period of time, or

(

b) if, in the opinion of the Minister, there are

unforeseen and extenuating circumstances.

Section 14 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a resident leaves Alberta

for the purpose of establishing permanent residence outside Alberta and the

spouse of the resident

(

a) maintains a home in Alberta,

(

b) is not living apart from the resident pursuant to a

court order or separation agreement or otherwise, and

(

c) intends to join the resident,

the resident is entitled to continue coverage under the Plan for a

period not exceeding 12 months beginning the day the resident ceases to be

resident in Alberta.

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Alberta Regulation 231/2000

Business Corporations Act

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 15, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 440/2000) on November 15,

2000 pursuant to

section 254 of the Business Corporations Act.

1 The Business Corporations Regulation (AR 118/2000) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 25:

Financial assistance disclosure

25.1(1) A disclosure under

section 42(3) of the Act must include the

following information:

(

a) the identity of the recipient of the financial

assistance and the recipient's relationship to the corporation;

(

b) a description of the financial assistance, which

must include

(

i) the nature and extent of the financial

assistance given,

(ii) the amount of the financial assistance,

(iii) the terms on which the financial

assistance was given, and

(iv) the purpose of the financial

assistance.

(2) A corporation must make the disclosure required by

section 42(3)

of the Act by sending the information to be disclosed to the shareholders

within 90 days after giving the financial assistance.

(3) A corporation must disclose to the shareholders any increase in

the amount of the financial assistance and any changes to the terms on

which the financial assistance was given within 90 days of the change.

(4) Where a disclosure required by

section 42(3) of the Act has

previously been made and the obligation of the recipient or the corporation

in respect of the financial assistance is still outstanding, the

corporation must place before the shareholders at each annual meeting a

document disclosing

(

a) the outstanding balance, as of the end of the most

recent fiscal year of the corporation,

(

i) on any loan made to the recipient by

the corporation, or

(ii) on any loan of the recipient guaranteed

by the corporation,

and

(

b) the nature and extent of any breach by the

recipient of the recipient's obligation to repay the loan made by the

corporation or whether any liability under a guarantee has been invoked in

respect of a loan of the recipient guaranteed by the corporation.

3 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of the

Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2000.

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Alberta Regulation 232/2000

Municipal Government Act

REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTRE ALLOCATION

OF ASSESSMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 15, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 443/2000) on November 15,

2000 pursuant to

section 603 of the Municipal Government Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Purpose 2

Application of regulation 3

Application for allocation of assessment 4

Calculation of allocation of assessment 5

Effect of allocation of assessment 6

Provision of information 7

Charges 8

Recalculation 9

Review 10

Repeal 11

Expiry 12

Coming into force 13

Definitions

1(1) In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Municipal Government Act;

(b) "allocation of assessment" means the allocation of the total

assessment of a regional shopping centre among the components of the

regional shopping centre;

(c) "anchor tenant" means a tenant in a regional shopping centre

that is prescribed as an anchor tenant in a Ministerial Order referred to

in subsection (2);

(d) "assessed person" means the assessed person of the regional

shopping centre;

(e) "commercial retail unit" or "CRU" means a retail or service

premises in a regional shopping centre, other than the following:

(

i) anchor tenant premises;

(ii) free-standing premises;

(iii) office premises;

(iv) hotel premises;

(

v) the exterior common area and interior common area;

(f) "component" of a regional shopping centre means the following:

(

i) each anchor tenant premises;

(ii) the aggregate of the CRU premises;

(iii) each free-standing premises;

(iv) the aggregate interior common area;

(

v) the aggregate exterior common area;

(vi) each premises that is not included in any of

subclauses (

i) to (v), including office premises and hotel premises;

(g) "exterior common area" includes that part of a regional

shopping centre that consists of pavement, parking structures and land;

(h) "interior common area" means that part of the gross building

area of a regional shopping centre that is not gross leasable area;

(i) "office premises" means any area within a regional shopping

centre that consists of more than 6 offices and is specifically designated

to be used for office purposes;

(j) "regional shopping centre" means, subject to

section 3(3), a

shopping centre that is prescribed as a regional shopping centre in a

Ministerial Order referred to in subsection (2);

(k) "total assessment" means the assessment shown for the regional

shopping centre on the municipality's assessment roll, but where

section

3(3) applies, excludes that part of the total assessment that is

attributable to the addition referred to in that subsection.

(2) The Minister may by Ministerial Order prescribe

(

a) the regional shopping centres to which this Regulation applies,

and

(

b) the tenants of each regional shopping centre that are the

anchor tenants for the purposes of this Regulation.

Purpose

2 The purpose of this Regulation is to provide an allocation of

assessment for use by regional shopping centres for the purpose of internal

allocation of property taxes among the components of regional shopping

centres.

Application of regulation

3(1) This Regulation applies only in respect of the taxation years 1999 to

2008 inclusive.

(2) This Regulation applies in respect of a regional shopping centre in

respect of a taxation year only where

(

a) at least one lease agreement between an anchor tenant and the

assessed person provides for the allocation of the property tax payable in

respect of the regional shopping centre based on either separate

assessments or on the methodology used by the municipality to derive the

assessment for the regional shopping centre,

(

b) the assessment for the regional shopping centre as determined

by the municipality for the taxation year is based chiefly on the income

approach to value, and

(

c) the assessed person applies in writing to the municipality not

later than December 31 preceding the taxation year for an allocation of

assessment under this Regulation.

(3) Where the building footprint or envelope of a regional shopping centre

changes by reason of an addition to the shopping centre that is completed

after December 31, 1997, the addition shall not be considered to be part of

the regional shopping centre for the purposes of this Regulation.

Application for allocation of assessment

4 An application referred to in

section 3(2)(

c) must be in a form

acceptable to and contain the information prescribed by the municipality.

Calculation of allocation of assessment

5(1) If the conditions in

section 3(2) are met with respect to a regional

shopping centre, the municipality shall do the following:

(

a) determine the value of each component by using the assessment

method that was used by the municipality in the year preceding the first

year in which an assessment using the income approach to value is prepared;

(

b) prepare an allocation to each component of the total value of

all components determined under clause (

a) by

(

i) dividing the value for each component determined

under clause (

a) by the total value of all components so determined to

determine the percentage that the value of each component is of the total

value, and

(ii) multiplying the percentage determined under

subclause (

i) for each component by the total assessment prepared using the

income approach to value;

(

c) annually prepare an allocation of the total assessment to each

component by using the same income approach to value that was used in

preparing the assessment;

(

d) prepare an annual allocation of assessment for each component

(

i) determining the difference in valuation for the

component as calculated under clauses (

b) and (c), and

(ii) increasing or decreasing the allocation of value

for the component calculated under clause (

b) for each taxation year set

out in the Table at the end of this

section by a yearly increment equal to

the corresponding percentage of the difference or valuation that is

specified for that year in column 2 of that Table.

(2) Where the assessed person first makes application under

section

3(2)(

c) in respect of a year after 1999, the percentage increments for the

purposes of subsection (1)(d)(ii) are set out in Column 3 of the Table at

the end of this section.

(3) Subject to

section 9(1), the percentages determined under subsection

(1)(b)(

i) shall remain constant for all taxation years to which this

Regulation applies.

Table

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Taxation Year

Percentage Increment (section 5(1)(d)(ii))

Percentage Increment (section 5(2))

10.00%

N/A

20.00%

11.1111%

30.00%

12.5000%

40.00%

14.2857%

50.00%

16.6666%

60.00%

20.0000%

70.00%

25.0000%

80.00%

33.3333%

90.00%

50.0000%

100.00%

100.0000%

Effect of allocation of assessment

6(1) An allocation of assessment for a component that is prepared in

accordance with

section 5(1)(

d) is deemed to be a separate assessment of

the component for the purposes of an agreement referred to in

section

3(2)(a).

(2) Nothing in this Regulation affects an assessed person's liability to

pay taxes under the Act.

Provision of information

7 In each taxation year in which this Regulation applies in respect of a

regional shopping centre, the municipality shall, not later than the date

on which it sends the tax notice in respect of the regional shopping centre

to the assessed person, provide to the assessed person

(

a) a

schedule setting out the allocations of assessment in respect

of the components of the regional shopping centre for the taxation year,

together with the details of how the allocations of assessment were

calculated, and

(

b) sufficient information to disclose the details as to how the

total assessment and other valuations used for the purposes of this

Regulation were calculated.

Charges

8(1) A municipality may impose a reasonable charge on the assessed person

for

(

a) the preparation and provision of the material referred to in

section 7, and

(

b) making a recalculation under

section 9

and the charge may, without limitation, include a charge for the time spent

by the municipality's employees or agents in the preparation and provision

of the material or the making of the recalculation.

(2) A municipality may add the reasonable charge authorized under

subsection (1) to the tax roll of the regional shopping centre.

Recalculation

9(1) Where property forming part of a regional shopping centre is

destroyed or is the subject of a subdivision, or where a change in the

component breakdown of the regional shopping centre occurs, the

municipality shall recalculate the allocations of assessment for the

remaining applicable taxation years referred to in

section 3(1).

(2) Where the assessment for a regional shopping centre for a taxation

year changes as a result of the operation of

Part 11 or 12 of the Act, the

municipality shall recalculate the allocations of assessment for that

taxation year.

(3) On making a recalculation under subsection (1) or (2), the

municipality shall forthwith comply with

section 7.

Review

10(1) The assessed person may, not later than August 31, apply to the

Minister for a review of any or all of the following with respect to the

taxation year:

(

a) any amount determined under

section 5(1), other than the amount

of the assessment for the regional shopping centre that is shown on the

municipality's assessment roll and uses the income approach to value;

(

b) a recalculation of allocations of assessment under

section 9;

(

c) the charge imposed on the assessed person under

section 8.

(2) An application must contain the information required by and be in a

form acceptable to the Minister.

(3) In a review, the Minister may make any changes in the allocations of

assessment, recalculation or charges that the Minister considers

appropriate.

(4) The Minister's decision on a review is final.

Repeal

11 The Regional Shopping Centre Allocation of Assessment Regulation (AR

244/98) is repealed.

Expiry

12 This Regulation is made under

section 603(1) of the Act and is subject

to repeal under

section 603(2) of the Act.

Coming into force

13 This Regulation comes into force on November 24, 2000.

Alberta Regulation 233/2000

Alberta Corporate Tax Act

ALBERTA CORPORATE TAX AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: November 15, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 445/2000) on November 15,

2000 pursuant to

section 56 of the Alberta Corporate Tax Act.

1 The Alberta Corporate Tax Regulation (AR 105/81) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 12 is repealed and the following is substituted:

12(1) The percentage of the taxable capital of a bank that is deemed

to be used in a jurisdiction other than Alberta in a taxation year is

determined by the following formula:

where

A is the aggregate of the salaries and wages paid in

the year by the bank to its employees of its permanent establishments in

jurisdictions other than Alberta,

B is the aggregate of the salaries and wages paid in

the year by the bank to its employees employed in all jurisdictions,

C is the aggregate amount of the loans and deposits

of the permanent establishments of the bank in jurisdictions other than

Alberta for the year, and

D is the aggregate amount of loans and deposits of

the bank in all jurisdictions for the year.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the amount of loans for a

taxation year is 1/12 of the aggregate of the amounts outstanding on the

loans made by the bank at the close of business on the last day of each

month in the year.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the amount of deposits for a

taxation year is 1/12 of the aggregate of the amounts on deposit with the

bank at the close of business on the last day of each month in the year.

(4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), loans and deposits

do not include bonds, stocks, debentures, items in transit and deposits in

favour of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

3 This Regulation applies in respect of taxation years commencing on or

after November 1, 1999.