Bill 233 — Second Session, 19Th Legislature, 29 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 233 An Act To Amend the Child Welfare Act (No. 2) (Legislature 19, Session 2)

L19 S2 4165

Alberta — Bills

1980 BILL Second Session, 19th Legislature, 29 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE ACT (No. 2) MR. R. SPEAKER First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta. EDMONTON Title: 1980 (19th, 2nd) Bill 233,

An Act to Amend the Child Welfare Act (No. 2) Bill Mr. R. Speaker BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE ACT (No. 2) (Assented to , 1980) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Leg islative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Child Welfare Act is amended by this Act. 2.

Section is amended (

a) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) For the purposes of subsection (1), “person” in cludes the Director and any employee of the department. (

b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting:

(3) Any person who fails to comply with this section, in addition to any civil liability, is guilty of an offence and liable upon

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $1000 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both fine and imprisonment. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes 1. This Bill will amend

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1970. 2.

Section presently reads as follows: 41(1) Any person who has reasonable and probable ground to believe and believes that a child has been abandoned, deserted, physically ill-treated or is in need of protection shall forthwith report the ground of such belief to the Director or to any child welfare worker of the Department. (2) Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding that the ground for belief is information that is confidential or privileged, and no action lies against the person so reporting unless the provision of the report is done maliciously or without reasonable and probable ground for belief. Title: 1980 (19th, 2nd) Bill 233,

An Act to Amend the Child Welfare Act (No. 2)

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