Alberta Regulation 302/2003

Government Organization Act

MOTOR VEHICLE PROPANE CONVERSIONS

ADMINISTRATION REPEAL REGULATION

Filed: October 21, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 463/2003) on October 21,

2003 pursuant to

Schedule 10,

section 2 of the Government Organization Act.

1 The Motor Vehicle Propane Conversions Administration Regulation (AR

209/2001) is repealed.

2 This Regulation comes into force on November 1, 2003.

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Alberta Regulation 303/2003

Municipal Government Act

OLDMAN RIVER REGIONAL SERVICES COMMISSION REGULATION

Filed: October 21, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 464/2003) on October 21,

2003 pursuant to

section 602.02 of the Municipal Government Act.

Table of Contents

Establishment 1

Members 2

Services 3

Operating deficits 4

Sale of property 5

Profit and surpluses 6

Approval 7

Establishment

1 A regional services commission known as the Oldman River Regional

Services Commission is established.

Members

2 The following municipalities are members of the Commission:

(

a) Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9;

(

b) Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66;

(

c) Municipal District of Taber;

(

d) Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26;

(

e) Cardston County;

(

f) County of Lethbridge;

(

g) Vulcan County;

(

h) County of Warner No. 5;

(

i) Town of Cardston;

(

j) Town of Claresholm;

(

k) Town of Coaldale;

(

l) Town of Coalhurst;

(

m) Municipality of Crowsnest Pass;

(

n) Town of Fort Macleod;

(

o) Town of Granum;

(

p) Town of Magrath;

(

q) Town of Milk River;

(

r) Town of Nanton;

(

s) Town of Picture Butte;

(

t) Town of Pincher Creek;

(

u) Town of Stavely;

(

v) Town of Vauxhall;

(

w) Town of Vulcan;

(

x) Village of Arrowwood;

(

y) Village of Barnwell;

(

z) Village of Barons;

(aa) Village of Carmangay;

(bb) Village of Champion;

(cc) Village of Coutts;

(dd) Village of Cowley;

(ee) Village of Lomond;

(ff) Village of Milo;

(gg) Village of Nobleford;

(hh) Village of Warner.

Services

3 The Commission is authorized to provide services related to municipal

planning.

Operating deficits

4 The Commission may not assume operating deficits that are shown on the

books of any of the member municipalities.

Sale of property

5(1) The Commission may not, without the approval of the Minister, sell

any of its land, buildings, equipment or inventory whose purchase has been

funded wholly or partly by grants from the Government of Alberta.

(2) The Minister may not approve a sale under subsection (1) unless the

Minister is satisfied

(

a) as to the repayment of the grants from the Government of

Alberta and outstanding debt associated with that portion of the land,

buildings, equipment or inventory to be sold,

(

b) that the sale would not have a significant adverse effect on

the services the Commission provides, and

(

c) that the sale will be properly reflected in the rates

subsequently charged to the customers of the Commission.

Profit and surpluses

6 Unless otherwise approved by the Minister, the Commission may not

(

a) operate for the purposes of making a profit, or

(

b) distribute any of its surpluses to its member municipalities.

Approval

7 The Minister may make an approval under

section 5 or 6 subject to any

terms or conditions the Minister considers appropriate.

Alberta Regulation 304/2003

Government Organization Act

DESIGNATION AND TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 21, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 472/2003) on October 21,

2003 pursuant to sections 16 and 18 of the Government Organization Act.

1 The Designation and Transfer of Responsibility Regulation (AR 44/2001)

is amended by this Regulation.

Section 3 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.1):

(1.2) The responsibility for the following enactments is transferred

to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development:

(

a) Gas Distribution Act;

(

b) Natural Gas Rebates Act;

(

c) Rural Electrification Loan Act;

(

d) Rural Electrification Long Term Financing Act;

(

e) Rural Utilities Act.

(1.3) The responsibility for the administration of $5 968 000

million contained within element 2.3.1 of Program 2, Resource Development

and Management of the operating expense and equipment/inventory purchases

supply vote of the 2003-04 Government appropriation for the Department of

Energy is transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural

Development.

Section 7(1)(g), (p), (w), (

x) and (

y) are repealed.

Alberta Regulation 305/2003

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

ALBERTA WINTER WHEAT PRODUCERS MARKETING

PLAN AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 21, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 476/2003) on October 21,

2003 pursuant to

section 23 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act.

1 The Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Marketing Plan Regulation (AR

112/99) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 27(2)(

c) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(

c) to represent regions 2 and 6 are to be held in the year

following the year referred to in clause (b).

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Alberta Regulation 306/2003

Employment Pension Plans Act

EMPLOYMENT PENSION PLANS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 21, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 477/2003) on October 21,

2003 pursuant to

section 87 of the Employment Pension Plans Act.

1 The Employment Pension Plans Regulation (AR 35/2000) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 68(7) is amended by striking out "30 and 31(6)" and

substituting "38 and 39(6)".

Alberta Regulation 307/2003

Natural Gas Price Protection Act

NATURAL GAS PRICE PROTECTION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 21, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 480/2003) on October 21,

2003 pursuant to

section 7 of the Natural Gas Price Protection Act.

1 The Natural Gas Price Protection Regulation (AR 157/2001) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) by adding the following after clause (a):

(a.1) "agricultural consumer" means an

eligible consumer who operates

(

i) a commercial greenhouse,

(ii) a grain dryer,

(iii) a forage dehydrator, or

(iv) an irrigation system for

agricultural purposes;

(ii) in clause (

d) by striking out "the Schedule" and

substituting "Schedule 1";

(iii) in clause (

e) by repealing subclauses (i), (ii) and

(iii);

(iv) in clause (

g) by striking out "the Schedule" and

substituting "Schedule 1";

(

v) by adding the following after clause (h):

(h.1) "rebate period" means

(

i) in the case of an eligible

consumer other than an agricultural consumer, the periods of

(

A) November 1,

2003 to March 31, 2004,

(

B) November 1,

2004 to March 31, 2005, and

(

C) November 1,

2005 to March 31, 2006;

(ii) in the case of an

agricultural consumer, a total period of 5 calendar months elected by the

consumer that occurs within each of the 12-month periods running from April

1, 2003 to March 31, 2004, from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005 and from

April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006, and is either

(

A) a single period

of 5 consecutive calendar months within the 12-month period, or

(

B) a total period

of months within the 12-month period consisting of any one of the

following:

(

I) April and December of the first calendar year in the 12-month period and

January, February and March of the 2nd calendar year;

(II) April and May of the first calendar year in the 12-month period and

January, February and March of the 2nd calendar year;

(III) April, May and June of the first calendar year in the 12-month period and

February and March of the 2nd calendar year;

(IV) April, May, June and July of the first calendar year in the 12-month period

and March of the 2nd calendar year;

(

b) by adding the following after subsection (2):

(3) An agricultural consumer must make the election referred to in

subsection (1)(h.1)(ii) by notice in writing to the Minister, given not

later than

(

a) December 31, 2003 in the case of the 12-month

period running from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004,

(

b) March 31, 2004 in the case of the 12-month period

running from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005, and

(

c) March 31, 2005 in the case of the 12-month period

running from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006.

3 The following is added after

section 1:

Eligibility for rebate

1.1 Subject to this Regulation, eligible consumers are eligible for

rebates under this Regulation in respect of

(

a) marketable gas consumed or used, and

(

b) other substances purchased and received

in calendar months during the applicable rebate periods.

Section 2 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Determination of Alberta Price

2(1) The Alberta Price in respect of a particular calendar month is

the second highest gas cost recovery rate for marketable gas approved by

the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board for that month for the following gas

distributors or their default supply providers:

(

a) ATCO Gas North and ATCO Pipelines North, operating

divisions of ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd.;

(

b) ATCO Gas South and ATCO Pipelines South, operating

divisions of ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd.;

(

c) AltaGas Utilities Inc.

(2) Where 2 or more of the gas cost recovery rates referred to in

subsection (1) are the same, that rate is the Alberta Price for the

calendar month.

Section 3 is amended by striking out "in this Regulation".

Section 4 is repealed.

Section 5 is amended by striking out "Part" and substituting

"Regulation".

Section 6(a)(iii) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(iii) in the exploration for or the production, processing,

re-processing, refining, upgrading, storage or transport of natural gas,

petroleum or oil sands, or for feedstock purposes,

Section 7 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Amount of rebate

7(1) The amount of a rebate payable under this

Part is the amount

determined in accordance with

Schedule 2.

(2) In no case may the amount of the rebate for a calendar month

exceed the cost of marketable gas consumed or used by the eligible consumer

for that calendar month.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the cost of marketable gas

(

a) the gas cost recovery rate charged to the eligible

consumer, or

(

b) where the vendor's charges are not based on the gas

cost recovery rate, the cost charged to the eligible consumer, exclusive of

(

i) distribution charges relating to the

gas,

(ii) franchise fees relating to the gas,

(iii) taxes relating to the gas, and

(iv) other charges specified by the

Minister.

(4) Where there is more than one cost of marketable gas with respect

to an eligible consumer's meter in a calendar month, the cost of marketable

gas for the purposes of subsection (2) is the weighted average of those

costs of marketable gas.

Section 8(3) is repealed.

Section 9 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding "calendar" before "month";

(

b) in subsection (2) by repealing clause (b), by adding "or" at

the end of clause (

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

(

d) where the eligible consumer is an agricultural

consumer.

(

c) in subsections (4) and (5) by adding "calendar" before "month";

(

d) by adding the following after subsection (6):

(6.1) An application under subsection (2) or (4) must be made not

later than June 30 following the applicable rebate period.

(6.2) Documentation satisfactory to the Minister establishing

entitlement to the rebate applied for under subsection (2) or (4) must be

provided to the Minister not later than August 31 following the applicable

rebate period.

(

e) by repealing subsection (7) and substituting the following:

(7) In this section, "direct seller" means a person who sells

marketable gas to an eligible consumer, but does not include

(

a) a person selling in the capacity of

(

i) a gas distributor or default supply

provider as defined in

Part 2.1 of the Gas Utilities Act,

(ii) a distributor as defined in the Gas

Distribution Act, or

(iii) a distributor as defined in

section 31

of the Municipal Government Act,

(

b) any other person prescribed by the Minister.

Section 10(

a) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(

a) display on the bill the total amount of the rebate and the name

of the rebate in a form acceptable to the Minister, and

Section 11 is amended

(

a) by renumbering it as

section 11(1);

(

b) by repealing subsection (1)(

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) provide to the Minister, not later than 12 months

after the end of each rebate period, written confirmation from its auditor

in a form acceptable to the Minister that the benefit has been passed on in

accordance with this Regulation, and

(

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

(2) On and from the date when the Minister receives and approves a

written confirmation under subsection (1)(

c) in respect of a rebate period

(

a) the obligation of a vendor to pass on the benefit

of a rebate in respect of marketable gas consumed or used during that

rebate period terminates, and

(

b) no vendor is entitled to any further reimbursement

for having passed on the benefit of a rebate in respect of that rebate

period.

14 The following is added after

section 11:

Reimburse-ment of vendor's administrative costs

11.1 The Minister may, on application by a vendor in a form

acceptable to and supported by information required by the Minister,

reimburse the vendor for its reasonable costs of administering the rebate

program, as determined by the Minister.

Section 12 is amended by striking out "Part" and substituting

"Regulation".

Section 13(

a) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(

a) in respect of propane, heating oil or kerosene, if the person

(

i) consumes or uses the propane, heating oil or

kerosene

(

A) outside Alberta,

(

B) as a motive fuel, or

(

C) in the exploration for or the

production, processing, re-processing, refining, upgrading, storage or

transport of natural gas, petroleum or oil sands, or for feedstock

purposes,

(ii) resells the propane, heating oil or kerosene,

Section 15 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

Amount of rebate

15(1) The amount of a rebate payable under this

Part is the amount

determined in accordance with

Schedule 2.

(1.1) In no case may the amount of the rebate for a calendar month

exceed the cost of the other substance charged to the eligible consumer for

that calendar month.

(

b) in subsection (2)(

c) by striking out "148 000" and substituting

"133 000";

(

c) in subsection (2)(

d) by striking out "650" and substituting

"600";

(

d) in subsection (2)(a), (b), (

c) and (

d) by adding "calendar"

before "month".

Section 16 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Application

16(1) An eligible consumer must apply for a rebate for an other

substance not later than June 30 immediately following the applicable

rebate period.

(2) Where an eligible consumer applies for a rebate under subsection

(1), receipts evidencing the purchase of the other substance by the

eligible consumer must be provided to the Minister not later than August 31

following the applicable rebate period.

Section 20 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) Where a vendor's bill for marketable gas or an other substance

covers a period other than a calendar month, the Minister may determine the

manner in which the amount of marketable gas consumed or used, or the

amount of the other substance purchased, in a calendar month is calculated

for the purposes of this Regulation.

(1.2) If the meter reading on which a vendor's bill is based

includes a period of not more than 5 days before or after a calendar month,

the Minister may, for the purpose of paying rebates under this Regulation,

include that period in the calendar month.

Part 5 is repealed.

21 The

Schedule is renumbered as

Schedule 1 and is amended under the

heading "Manufacturing, Processing and Packaging"

(

a) by striking out

Drapes/Linens - Mfg./Repair/Installation

and substituting

Drapes/Linens - Mfg/Repair/Inst.

(

b) by repealing

Wearing Apparel - Mfg./Repair

and substituting

Wearing Apparel - Mfg/Repair

(

c) by adding

Finishing Carpentry

after

Wood Products - Mfg.

(

d) by striking out

Phone Equipment - Mfg./Installation

and substituting

Phone Equipment - Mfg/Instal

(

e) by striking out

Light Fixtures - Mfg./Assembly

and substituting

Light Fixtures - Mfg/Asmb

(

f) by striking out

Steel Service Centre - No Salvage

and substituting

Steel Svce Centre - No Salvage

(

g) by striking out

Metal/Porcelain Products - Coating

and substituting

Metal/Porcelain Prod - Coating

(

h) by striking out

Industrial Belting - Install/Service

and substituting

Industrial Belting - Install/Svce

22 The following is added after

Schedule 1:

Schedule 2

Rebates for Marketable Gas and Other Substances

Column 1

Alberta Price $/GJ

Column 2

Marketable gas

$/GJ

Column 3

Propane

cents/litre

Column 4

Kerosene

cents/litre

Column 5

Heating oil

cents/litre

Column 6

Electricity

cents/Kwh

Row 1

0.000-5.500

No rebate

No rebate

No rebate

No rebate

No rebate

Row 2

5.501-7.500

1.50

3.83

5.65

5.80

0.54

Row 3

7.501-9.000

2.50

6.38

9.42

9.67

0.90

Row 4

9.001-12.000

3.25

8.30

12.25

12.57

1.17

over 12.000

see Note 2

see Note 2

see Note 2

see Note 2

see Note 2

Notes:

1. When the Alberta Price for marketable gas for a calendar month in a

rebate period is in one of the ranges set out in a Row in Column 1, the

rebate payable for marketable gas consumed or used or an other substance

purchased during that month is the amount calculated based on the amount

shown in the corresponding Column in Columns 2 to 6.

2. Where the Alberta Price is over $12.000/GJ, the rebate for the

marketable gas or other substance is the total of the amount calculated

under Note 1 and

(

a) in the case of marketable gas, an additional amount per GJ that

is equal to the amount by which the Alberta Price exceeds $12.000/GJ, and

(

b) in the case of an other substance, an additional amount per

litre or Kwh, as the case may be, calculated on a heat equivalent basis as

determined by the Minister and based on the amount by which the Alberta

price exceeds $12.000/GJ.

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Alberta Regulation 308/2003

Gaming and Liquor Act

GAMING AND LIQUOR AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 21, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 481/2003) on October 21,

2003 pursuant to

section 129 of the Gaming and Liquor Act.

1 The Gaming and Liquor Regulation (AR 143/96) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 47 is amended by adding the following after subsection (f):

(

g) commercial caterers licence: authorizes the licensee

(

i) to purchase liquor from the Commission or as

otherwise directed by the board,

(ii) to possess and store liquor in premises approved by

the Commission, and

(iii) subject to any conditions established by the board,

to provide, serve and sell liquor for consumption at catered functions.

3 The following is added after

section 67:

Wine brought by patron

67.1(1) The board may, on application by a licensee, authorize the

licensee, subject to conditions established by the board, to serve for

consumption in licensed premises wine taken into the licensed premises by a

patron.

(2) A patron may, subject to conditions established by the board,

bring wine into a licensed premises authorized under subsection (1).

(3) A patron who takes wine into licensed premises authorized under

subsection (1) may remove from the premises any of the wine that is not

consumed.

Section 68(2), (3) and (4) are repealed and the following substituted:

(2) A liquor licensee may

(

a) sell or provide for consumption in licensed

premises liquor dispensed only from the original container used to hold the

liquor purchased under the licence, and

(

b) if authorized under

section 67.1, serve for

consumption in licensed premises wine dispensed only from the original

container used to hold the wine taken into the licensed premises by a

patron.

(3) If a liquor licensee serves liquor for consumption in licensed

premises in the original container used to hold the liquor purchased under

the licence or used to hold the wine taken into the licensed premises by a

patron, the container must be open when the liquor or wine is served.

(4) If a liquor licensee serves liquor for consumption in licensed

premises in a container that is not the original container used to hold the

liquor purchased under the licence or used to hold the wine taken into the

licensed premises by a patron, the container must be satisfactory to the

Board.

Section 91.1(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) No liquor licensee or employee or agent of a liquor licensee may

allow a person to remove liquor from the licensed premises except a

partially consumed bottle of wine sold or provided to that person by the

licensee.

Schedule 1,

section 7 is amended by adding the following after clause

(e):

(

f) Commercial caterers licence $200