Bill 18 — The Department of Telephones and Utilities Amendment Act, 1975 (Legislature 18, Session 1)

L18 S1 5470

Alberta — Bills

1975 Bill 1-8 (Second Session) First Session, 18th Legislature, 24 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSE~I.[BLY OF ALBERTA BILL 18 THE DEPARTMENT OF TELEPHONES AND UTILITIES AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 THE MINISTER OF UTILITIES AND TELEPHONES First Reading ............................. . Second Reading ............... . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 18 BILL 18 1975 (Second Session) THE DEPARTMENT OF TELEPHONES AND UTILITIES AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 (Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:

PART 1 1. The Department of Telephones and Utilities Act is amended by this Part. 2. The title of the Act is struck out and the following title is substituted therefor: THE DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES AND TELEPHONES ACT

Section 1 is amended (

a) by striking out clause (

a) and by substituting therefor the following clause: (a) "Department" means the Department of Utilities and Telephones; and (

b) by striking out clause (

c) and by substituting therefor the following clause: (c) "Minister" means the Minister of Utilities and Telephones;

Section 2 is struck out and the following

section is substituted therefor: 2. There shall be a department of the public service of the Province called the Department of Utilities and Telephones over which shall preside the member of the Executive Council appointed by the Lieutenant Governor under the Great Seal of the Province as Minister of Utilities and Telephones.

Section 3 is amended by striking out the words "Tele phones and Utilities" and by substituting therefor the words "Utilities and Telephones".

Explanatory Notes General. This Bill will implement changes in the name of the Department of Telephones and Utilities resulting from the recent re-organization of the Government. I. This Part will amend

chapter 68 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1973. 2. This amendment will change the name of the Act in accord ance with the change in name of the Department. 3. The definition

section will be changed to reflect the change in the name of the Minister and the Department. 4. This amendment will make the change in the department name and reflect the change in ministerial title.

Section 3 presently reads: 3. In accordance with The Public Service Act there may he appointed a Deputy Minister of Telephones and Utilities and such other employees as arc re::tuired to conduct the business of t:1e Department

Section 8 is struck out, and the following

section is substituted therefor: 8.

(1) The Minister may make grants if (

a) he is authorized to do so by regulations under this section, and (

b) moneys are appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose or the grant is authorized to be paid pursuant to a special warrant.

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regula tions (

a) authorizing the Minister to make grants; (

b) prescribing the purposes for which grants may be made; (

c) governing applications for grants; (

d) prescribing the persons or organizations or classes of persons or organizations eligible for grants; (

e) specifying the conditions required to be met by any applicant for a grant to render that person eligible for the grant; (

f) prescribing the conditions upon which a grant is made and requiring the repayment thereof to the Government if the conditions are not met; (

g) providing for the payment of any grant in a lump sum or by instalments and prescribing the time or times at which the grant or the instalments may be paid; (

h) limiting the amount of any grant or class of grant that may be made; (

i) authorizing the Minister to delegate in writing to any employee of the Government any duty, power or function respecting the payment of any grant; (

j) requiring any person receiving a grant to account for the way in which the grant is spent in whole or in part; (

k) authorizing the Minister to enter into an agree ment with respect to any matter relating to the payment of a grant.

(3) Any regulation made under subsection (2) may be specific or general in its application. 2

8. The grant

section will be replaced by a new uniform grants section. 2

PART 2 7. The words "Minister of Telephones and Utilities" are struck out wherever they appear in the following enact,.. ?nents and the words "Minister of Utilities and Telephones" are substituted therefor: The Alberta Government Telephones Act,

section 2, clause (

b) and

section 3; The Companies Act,

section 186, subsection (1); The Co-operative Associations Act,

section 41, subsection (5) ; The Gas Protection Act,

section 5.1; The Municipal Government Act,

section 170, subsection (3), and

section 273.1, subsection (1); The Municipal Telephone Act,

section 3, subsections (2), (3) and (4) ; The Natural Gas Rebates Act.,

section 1, clause (h); The Pipe Line Act,

section 9.1, subsections (1) and (2) and

section 14.1; The Rural Gas Act,

section 1, clause (m) ; The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act,

section 2, clause (a); The Rural Telephones Revolving Fund Act,

section 2, clause (

c) and

section 3, subsection (2). 8. The words "Department of Telephones and Utilities" are struck out where'ver they occur in the following enact rnents and the words "Department of Utilities and Tele phones" are substituted therefor: The Co-operative Associations Act,

section 4, subsection (2), clauses (

a) and (b); The Municipal Telephones Act,

section 3, subsection (2); The Rural Gas Act,

section 1, clause (d). 9. A reference to the Minister of Telephones or the Minis ter of Telephones and Utilities or to the Department of Telephones and Utilities in any statutory provision not amended by this Act or in any order, regulation, rule, by law, certificat.e of title, agreement or other instrument shall be deemed to be a reference to the Minister of Utilities and Telephones or to the Department of Utilities and Tele phones, as the case may be. 3

'7. Conseq\lential amendments. 8. Consequential amendments. 9. References to Ithe Minister or Department under a former name will be deemed to refer to the Minister or Department by the new name. 3

10. The member of the Executive Council who immedi ately prior to the commencement of this Act holds office as, and is designated by the Lieutenant Governor as, the Minist,er of Utilities and Telephones becomes the Minister of Utilities and Telephones without the necessity of a fur ther designation by the Lieutenant Governor, the issue of a new commission or the swearing of another oath of office. 11. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 4

10. Transitional provision. 4 Title: 1975 (18th, 1st) Bill 18, The Department of Telephones and Utilities Amendment Act, 1975

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