Bill 205 — Elevator Braille Act (Legislature 20, Session 2)

L20 S2 3571

Alberta — Bills

1984 BILL Second Session, 20th Legislature, 33 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL ELEVATOR BRAILLE ACT MR. LEE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent BiU Mr. Lee BILL ELEVATOR BRAILLE ACT (Assented to , 1984) Braille in eleva tors Design, size, location Notwithstanding c.

U-4 Offences and penalties Regulations Coming into force HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 Subject to the regulations, every elevator in a building shall have symbols in braille to assist blind persons to operate it. 2 The symbols in braille shall be of a design and size and in a location specified in the regulations. 3 This Act and the regulations operate notwithstanding the Uniform Building Standards Act and the regulations passed pursuant to it. 4 The owner and the operator of any building that does not comply with this Act is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5000. 5 The Minister of Labour may make regulations: (

a) prescribing the design, size and location of braille symbols in elevators; (

b) establishing a date by which new buildings must comply with this Act; (

c) establishing a date or dates by which existing buildings must comply with this Act; (

d) exempting from this Act buildings or classes of buildings to which the public has no access, by right or by licence; (

e) defining "new buildings", "existing buildings", "owner" and "operator". 6 This Act comes into force on Proclamation. Title: 1984 (20th, 2nd) Bill 205, Elevator Braille Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L20 S2 3571
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L20 S2 3571
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	a9b7ba71f1a71529817adca1a312d5ed93aa4c23

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