Bill 227 — Third Session, 20Th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 227 An Act To Amend the Administrative Procedures Act (Legislature 20, Session 3)

L20 S3 3441

Alberta — Bills

1985 BILL 227 Third Session, 20th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 227

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT MR. MARTIN First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent .wa^kBJJu jr; irk.ii £• i.

Bill 227 Mr. Martin BILL 227 1985

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT (Assented to , 1985) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Administrative Procedures Act is ameruied by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 6: 6.1(1) Any party who (

a) knowingly makes or causes to be made, directly or indirectly, a false statement in writing with intent that it should be relied upon by an authority, or (

b) knowing that a false statement in writing has been made to an authority, procures upon the faith of that statement, whether for his benefit or for the benefit of any other person, a benefit from that authority which is within that authority's statutory power to confer, grant, declare, renew, approve, authorize or order, is guilty of an offence and is liable upon

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $50 000.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the withdrawal or withholding of an object or condition to, or the avoidance of a delay in granting or the acquiescence of in a continuation of a benefit shall be deemed to be a benefit.

(3) Nothing in this

section precludes any action or remedy under any other Act providing for an authority's exercise or statutory power.

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter A-2 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 New

section creates offence of misleading an authority to obtain a benefit and gives wide definition of benefit.

In accordance with

section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent. Title: 1985 (20th, 3rd) Bill 227,

An Act to Amend the Administrative Procedures Act

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