1975 Bill 213 (Second Session) First Session, 18th Legislature, 24 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AMEN'D'MENT ACT, 1975 (NO'. 2) MR. TAYLOR First Reading .............. . Second Reading ............... . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Taylor BILL 213 1975 (Second Session) THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AMEND,MENT ACT, 1975 (NO'. 2) (Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: ~ .. The Highway Traffic Act is hereby amended. 2. The following is added after

section 204: 204.1

(1) Where the operator's licence of any person has been suspended by a judge as a result of a conviction under this Act or under the Criminal Code, then the judge in his discretion may order that the period of suspension shall commence at a date not more than twelve months after the date of conviction.

(2) Where the operator's licence of any person has been suspended by a judge as a result of a conviction under this Act, then the judge in his discretion may order that the period of suspension be served in a number of dis,continuous periods provided that the total period of suspension shall have been completed within a time not longer than four times the original period of suspension ordered.

(3) Where the operator's licence of any person has been suspended by the Minister under this Act, such person may apply to the Minister for an Order that such suspension shall commence at a date not more than twelve months after the date of the suspension and the Minister shall have discretion to make such an Order. .

(4) Where the operator's licence of any person has been suspended by the Minister under this Act, such person may apply to the Minister for an Order that such suspension be served in a number 'of discontinuous periods provided that the total period of suspension shall have been completed within a time not longer than four times the original period of suspension 'Ordered, and the Minister shall have discretion to make such an Order.

(5) No Order shall be made by a judge or by the Minister pursuant to subsecti,ons (1), (2), (3) or (4) where the per­ son whose licence has been suspended has had an operator's licence in the Province suspended on a previous occasion. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Title: 1975 (18th, 1st) Bill 213, The Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 1975 (No. 2)