Bill BILL 48 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AMENDMENT ACT, 2005 ( A s s e n t e d t o , 2 0 0 5 ) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA cJ-4 The Justice of the Peace Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 7(4) and (5) are amended by adding “as of that date” after “qualified”. 3

Section 15(1) is amended by adding the following after clause (c): (c.1) governing and restricting the jurisdiction and powers of justices of the peace; 4 The Constitutional Notice Regulation (AR 102/99) is, as of the date it came into force, validated and deemed to have been made under

section of the Justice of the Peace Act and

section of the Provincial Court Act. 5 Sections and are deemed to have come into force on February 1, 1999. Explanatory Notes Amends

chapter J-4 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2

Section presently reads in part:

(4) A person who is a sitting justice of the peace on January 31, 1999 and who the Judicial Council determines to be qualified as a sitting justice of the peace shall, subject to

section 4(5), be appointed under

section 4(1) and shall be designated under

section 4(2) as a sitting justice of the peace.

(5) A person who is a justice of the peace, other than a sitting justice of the peace, on January 31, 1999 and who the Judicial Council determines to be qualified as a presiding justice of the peace shall, subject to

section 4(5), be appointed under

section 4(1) and shall be designated under

section 4(2) as a presiding justice of the peace. 3 Regulation-making authority added. 4 Validation of regulation. 5 Coming into force. Title: 2005 (26th, 1st) Bill 48, Justice of the Peace Amendment Act, 2005