1979 BILL First Session, 19th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT, 1979 THE MINISTER OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 70, The Department of Social Services and Community Health Amendment Act, 1979 Bill BILL 70 THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT, 1979 (Assented to , 1979) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Department of Social Services and Community Health Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section is amended by adding the following after subsection (5):

(6) The Minister may from time to time authorize the payment to a board, committee or council established pur­ suant to this

section of sums of money to obtain supplies and services that in his opinion are required by it to exercise any powers and to perform any duties and functions that he confers or imposes on it. 3 Section 12(2)(

b) is amended by striking out “Minister of Social Development” and substituting “Minister of Social Serv­ ices and Community Health”. 4 This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 1 Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1971. 2 The new subsection will authorize the Minister to provide funds to a board, committee or council established by him under section 5(1) so that it can obtain supplies and services that it needs to exercise its powers and to perform its duties and functions.

Section presently reads in part: 5(1) The Minister may establish such boards, committees or councils as he considers necessary or desirable to act in an advisory or administrative capacity in connection with any of the programs or other matters under his administration. 3 Section 12(2) (

b) presently reads:

(2) Where a local authority or composite board is empowered under this

section or sections to 17, or a plan, to approve any document, action or proposed action, the approval shall be given by way of (

b) an order, in the case of the Minister of Municipal Affairs or the Minister of Health and Social Development, or Corrects an error. 1 Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 70, The Department of Social Services and Community Health Amendment Act, 1979