Alberta Gazette — 31 March 2025 (Part II)
31 March 2025
Alberta — Gazette
Alberta Regulation 24/2025
Judicature Act
JUDICIAL 2025 COMPENSATION
COMMISSION REGULATION
Filed: March 5, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 42/2025)
on March 5, 2025 pursuant to
section 42 of the Judicature Act.
Table of Contents
Definitions
2 Establishment of 2025 Commission
3 Composition, etc., of Commission
4 Role of Commission
5 Expenses
6 Costs of making submissions
7 Inquiry procedure
8 Criteria for recommendations
9 Presentation of report to Minister and Association
10 Amendment of report
11 Confidentiality of report
12 Effect of recommendations on Crown
13 Lieutenant Governor in Council's
decision on recommendations
14 Judicial review
15 Expiry
16 Coming into force
Definitions
1 In this Regulation,
(a) "applications judge" means, except in
section 8(2)(g), an
applications judge as defined in
Part 6 of the Judicature Act;
(b) "Association" means, except in
section 7(6)(c), the Alberta
Provincial Justices' Association;
(c) "Commission" means the 2025 Alberta Judicial
Compensation Commission established by
section 2;
(d) "commissioner" means a member of the Commission;
(e) "compensation" means remuneration and benefits;
(f) "inquiry" means the inquiry respecting compensation for
judges and applications judges referred to in
section 4(1);
(g) "judge" means, except in
section 8(2)(g), a judge as defined
Part 6 of the Judicature Act;
(h) "reasons" means written explanations that meet the
justification standard under the Constitution of Canada used
to evaluate decisions of a government to depart from a
recommendation of an independent body regarding judicial
compensation;
(i) "recommendations" means the recommendations respecting
compensation for judges and applications judges referred to
section 4(2);
(j) "report" means the report of the Commission presented or to
be presented under
section 9 except that, if an amended
report is or is to be presented under
section 10(2), it means
that amended report.
Establishment of 2025 Commission
2 The 2025 Alberta Judicial Compensation Commission is
established.
Composition, etc., of Commission
3(1) The Commission is to consist of
(
a) one commissioner appointed by the Minister,
(
b) one commissioner appointed by the Minister on the
nomination of the Association, and
(
c) one commissioner appointed by the Minister on the
nomination of the commissioners appointed under clauses (
a) and (b).
(2) The commissioner appointed under subsection (1)(
c) is to be the
chair of the Commission.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the following may not be
commissioners:
(
a) active judges;
(
b) active applications judges;
(
c) active justices of the peace;
(
d) Members of the Legislative Assembly;
(
e) members of boards, commissions and other bodies appointed
by the Lieutenant Governor in Council or by a Minister of
the Crown;
(
f) other persons who hold office by way of an appointment by
the Lieutenant Governor in Council or by a Minister of the
Crown;
(
g) employees as defined in the Public Service Act.
(4) A person referred to in subsection (3)(e), (
f) or (
g) may be the
commissioner referred to in
(a) subsection (1)(
b) or (c), or
(b) subsection (1)(
a) if the Association approves the appointment
in writing.
Role of Commission
4(1) The Commission shall conduct an inquiry respecting the
appropriate level of compensation for judges and applications judges
with a view to preparing the report.
(2) The Commission shall, in the report, make recommendations
respecting compensation for judges and applications judges for the
period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029, the effective date of the
recommendations, unless otherwise stated, being April 1, 2025.
(3) The Commission shall carry out its mandate, established in
subsections (1) and (2), in accordance with the following principles:
(
a) the need for an independent, objective and effective process
for determining judicial compensation;
(
b) the need to present an objective and fair set of
recommendations dictated by the public interest;
(
c) the constitutional guarantee of judicial independence.
Expenses
5(1) The Crown shall reimburse the Commission for all reasonable
expenses incurred by the Commission in conducting the inquiry and
preparing the report.
(2) A commissioner is entitled to remuneration, and reimbursement
for reasonable travel, accommodation and meal expenses, as
determined by the Minister.
(3) An individual judge, individual applications judge or member of
the public whose attendance at the inquiry proceedings is required
under
section 7(9) is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel,
accommodation and meal expenses as determined by the Minister.
(4) The expenses referred to in subsections (2) and (3) must be
reimbursed in accordance with any directive issued by the Treasury
Board respecting travel, meal and hospitality expenses, as though the
commissioner, individual judge, individual applications judge or
member of the public, as the case may be, were an employee as
defined in the Public Service Act.
Costs of making submissions
6(1) The Crown shall pay 50% of the reasonable costs incurred by the
Association in making its submissions to the Commission to a
maximum amount of $100 000.
(2) On the application of the Minister, the reasonableness of the costs
referred to in subsection (1), including lawyers' charges and other
costs of the proceedings before the Commission, may be reviewed by a
review officer, in which case Rule 10.46 of the Alberta Rules of Court
(AR 124/2010), including the right of appeal under Rule 10.46(4),
applies.
(3) The Commission shall not award costs for the making of any
submission.
(4) For greater certainty, the Commission's mandate under
section
4(2) to make recommendations respecting compensation for judges
and applications judges does not include a mandate to make
recommendations respecting costs incurred in making submissions to
the Commission.
Inquiry procedure
7(1) Subject to this section, the Commission may determine its own
inquiry procedure.
(2) Section 17(2)(
a) and (
c) of the
Interpretation Act do not apply.
(3) The full membership of 3 commissioners provided for in
section
3(1) constitutes the quorum at a meeting of the Commission.
(4) The Commission may record any inquiry proceedings and direct
that a transcript be prepared.
(5) The Commission may accept such evidence as is relevant to the
determination of the issues and is not required to adhere to the rules of
evidence applicable to courts of civil or criminal jurisdiction.
(6) Subject to subsection (8)(b), the following may make oral or
written submissions to the Commission without leave of the
Commission:
(
a) the Minister;
(
b) the Association;
(
c) the Association of Applications Judges;
(
d) an individual judge;
(
e) an individual applications judge.
(7) Any member of the public is entitled to attend the inquiry
proceedings and, without leave of the Commission, to make written
submissions to the Commission.
(8) The Commission may
(
a) grant leave to any member of the public to make oral
submissions, or
(
b) limit to written submissions any submission from an
individual judge or applications judge,
after hearing submissions made by the Minister and the Association on
whether or not to do so.
(9) The Commission may require the attendance of any individual
judge, individual applications judge or member of the public who has
made written submissions and may require that person to respond to
any questions from either the Minister or the Association, or both, as
well as from the Commission, and if the person fails to appear or to
respond to any of those questions, the Commission may ignore those
written submissions.
(10) The Commission may, on application by the Minister or the
Association, or both, direct the Minister or the Association, or both, to
produce any document, record or other information that
(
a) the Minister or the Association possesses or controls,
(
b) the Commission considers relevant to the inquiry, and
(
c) is not subject to privilege.
(11) The testimony of witnesses must be under oath or affirmation.
(12) The recommendations must be based solely on the evidence
accepted by the Commission.
(13) If the Commission makes any recommendation by a simple
majority on any matter, the commissioner in the minority may make a
minority recommendation on that matter.
Criteria for recommendations
8(1) In this section, "generally accepted current and expected
economic conditions" in respect of a jurisdiction includes, without
limitation,
(
a) real gross domestic product,
(
b) real gross domestic product per capita,
(
c) the employment rate,
(
d) the unemployment rate,
(
e) the labour force participation rate, and
(
f) the consumer price index.
(2) The Commission, in making the recommendations, shall consider
the following criteria:
(
a) the constitutional law of Canada and the need to maintain the
independence of judges and applications judges;
(
b) the generally accepted current and expected economic
conditions in Alberta, and the resulting impact on the price of
labour in Alberta;
(
c) the change in the cost of living in Alberta;
(
d) the current and expected financial position of the
Government over the fiscal years that are the subject of the
recommendations;
(
e) the level of increases or decreases, or both, provided to other
programs and persons funded by the Government;
(
f) the roles, duties and jurisdiction of judges and applications
judges;
(
g) compensation provided to judges and applications judges in
other Canadian jurisdictions, having regard to the differences
between those jurisdictions and Alberta, especially as they
relate to differences in the matters referred to in clauses (b),
(
c) and (
d) in respect of those other jurisdictions;
(
h) the need to attract highly qualified applicants as judges and
applications judges.
(3) The report of the Commission must explain how each criterion
relates to its recommendations.
(4) The Commission may consider additional criteria, but if it does so,
the report of the Commission must explain the relevance of the
additional criteria.
Presentation of report to Minister and Association
9(1) The Commission shall present the report containing its
recommendations to the Minister and the Association on the date set
by the Minister.
(2) The Association may distribute the report to
(
a) the office of the Chief Justice of the Court of Justice,
(
b) the office of the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench,
and
(
c) any judges or applications judges affected by the report.
(3) The Minister may distribute the report to the Lieutenant Governor
in Council and Government officials as required for the purpose of
obtaining the order under
section 13(1).
Amendment of report
10(1) The Commission may amend the report presented under
section
9 after reviewing any submissions made by the Minister or the
Association if
(
a) the Commission is satisfied that the report
(
i) fails to deal with an issue raised during the inquiry, or
(ii) contains an obvious error,
and
(
b) the Minister or the Association, within 30 days after the date
set by the Minister under
section 9, requests that the
Commission amend the report.
(2) If the Commission decides under subsection (1) to amend the
report, the Commission shall present the amended report to the
Minister and the Association within 30 days after receiving a request
under subsection (1)(b).
(3) An amended report may differ from the report presented under
section 9 only so far as is necessary to deal with the matters referred to
in subsection (1)(a).
(4) Nothing requires the Minister or the Association to make a request
under subsection (1)(b).
Confidentiality of report
11 Subject to
section 9, no person having access to the report or any
proposed recommendations in it shall disclose it or them to any other
person, unless by order of a court, until the order referred to in
section
13(1) has been made or the recommendations are deemed to have been
accepted under
section 13(2).
Effect of recommendations on Crown
12(1) Subject to subsection (2), a recommendation made by the
Commission is binding on the Crown.
(2) A recommendation made by the Commission is not binding on the
Crown if or to the extent that it is not accepted, with reasons given, by
the Lieutenant Governor in Council in accordance with
section 13(1).
Lieutenant Governor in Council's
decision on recommendations
13(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall make an order
containing the decisions on the recommendations made by the
Commission and, if any of those recommendations are not accepted,
providing reasons for the non-acceptance.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if the Lieutenant Governor in
Council does not make an order under subsection (1) within 120 days
after the date set by the Minister under
section 9, or within 120 days
after the date an amended report is presented to the Minister and the
Association under
section 10, whichever is later, the recommendations
of the Commission in the report or amended report, as the case may be,
are deemed to have been accepted.
Judicial review
14(1) If
(
a) the Lieutenant Governor in Council decides, with reasons,
not to accept any of the recommendations in whole or in part,
(
b) the Association or any judge or applications judge brings an
application for judicial review of that decision, and
(
c) that application is successful,
the Court may not make the recommendations binding on the Crown
but may refer the recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in
Council or to the Commission for a reconsideration.
(2) If the Court makes the reference under subsection (1), the
Lieutenant Governor in Council or the Commission, as the case may
be, has 120 days from the day that the application was granted to
reconsider the recommendations in accordance with the directions, if
any, of the Court.
Expiry
15 This Regulation expires on March 31, 2031.
Coming into force
16 This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 25/2025
Judicature Act
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE 2025 COMPENSATION
COMMISSION REGULATION
Filed: March 5, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 43/2025)
on March 5, 2025 pursuant to
section 42 of the Judicature Act.
Table of Contents
Definitions
2 Establishment of 2025 Commission
3 Composition, etc., of Commission
4 Role of Commission
5 Expenses
6 Costs of making submissions
7 Inquiry procedure
8 Criteria for recommendations
9 Presentation of report to Minister and Society
10 Amendment of report
11 Confidentiality of report
12 Effect of recommendations on Crown
13 Lieutenant Governor in Council's decision
on recommendations
14 Judicial review
15 Expiry
16 Coming into force
Definitions
1 In this Regulation,
(a) "Commission" means the 2025 Alberta Justices of the Peace
Compensation Commission established by
section 2;
(b) "commissioner" means a member of the Commission;
(c) "compensation" means remuneration and benefits;
(d) "inquiry" means the inquiry respecting compensation for
justices of the peace referred to in
section 4(1);
(e) "justice of the peace" means, except in
section 8(2)(g), a
justice of the peace as defined in
Part 6 of the Judicature Act;
(f) "reasons" means written explanations that meet the
justification standard under the Constitution of Canada used
to evaluate decisions of a government to depart from a
recommendation of an independent body regarding judicial
compensation;
(g) "recommendations" means the recommendations respecting
compensation for justices of the peace referred to in
section
4(2);
(h) "report" means the report of the Commission presented or to
be presented under
section 9 except that, if an amended
report is or is to be presented under
section 10(2), it means
that amended report;
(i) "Society" means the Society of the Justices of the Peace in
Alberta.
Establishment of 2025 Commission
2 The 2025 Alberta Justices of the Peace Compensation Commission
is established.
Composition, etc., of Commission
3(1) The Commission is to consist of
(
a) one commissioner appointed by the Minister,
(
b) one commissioner appointed by the Minister on the
nomination of the Society, and
(
c) one commissioner appointed by the Minister on the
nomination of the commissioners appointed under clauses (
a) and (b).
(2) The commissioner appointed under subsection (1)(
c) is to be the
chair of the Commission.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the following may not be
commissioners:
(
a) active judges;
(
b) active applications judges;
(
c) active justices of the peace;
(
d) Members of the Legislative Assembly;
(
e) members of boards, commissions and other bodies appointed
by the Lieutenant Governor in Council or by a Minister of
the Crown;
(
f) other persons who hold office by way of an appointment by
the Lieutenant Governor in Council or by a Minister of the
Crown;
(
g) employees as defined in the Public Service Act.
(4) A person referred to in subsection (3)(e), (
f) or (
g) may be the
commissioner referred to in
(a) subsection (1)(
b) or (c), or
(b) subsection (1)(
a) if the Society approves the appointment in
writing.
Role of Commission
4(1) The Commission shall conduct an inquiry respecting the
appropriate level of compensation for justices of the peace with a view
to preparing the report.
(2) The Commission shall, in the report, make recommendations
respecting compensation for justices of the peace for the period April
1, 2025 to March 31, 2029, the effective date of the recommendations,
unless otherwise stated, being April 1, 2025.
(3) The Commission shall carry out its mandate, established in
subsections (1) and (2), in accordance with the following principles:
(
a) the need for an independent, objective and effective process
for determining judicial compensation;
(
b) the need to present an objective and fair set of
recommendations dictated by the public interest;
(
c) the constitutional guarantee of judicial independence.
Expenses
5(1) The Crown shall reimburse the Commission for all reasonable
expenses incurred by the Commission in conducting the inquiry and
preparing the report.
(2) A commissioner is entitled to remuneration, and reimbursement
for reasonable travel, accommodation and meal expenses, as
determined by the Minister.
(3) An individual justice of the peace or member of the public whose
attendance at the inquiry proceedings is required under
section 7(9) is
entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel, accommodation and
meal expenses as determined by the Minister.
(4) The expenses referred to in subsections (2) and (3) must be
reimbursed in accordance with any directive issued by the Treasury
Board respecting travel, meal and hospitality expenses, as though the
commissioner, individual justice of the peace or member of the public,
as the case may be, were an employee as defined in the Public Service
Act.
Costs of making submissions
6(1) The Crown shall pay 50% of the reasonable costs incurred by the
Society in making its submissions to the Commission to a maximum
amount of $60 000.
(2) On the application of the Minister, the reasonableness of the costs
referred to in subsection (1), including lawyers' charges and other
costs of the proceedings before the Commission, may be reviewed by a
review officer, in which case Rule 10.46 of the Alberta Rules of Court
(AR 124/2010), including the right of appeal under Rule 10.46(4),
applies.
(3) The Commission shall not award costs for the making of any
submission.
(4) For greater certainty, the Commission's mandate under
section
4(2) to make recommendations respecting compensation for justices of
the peace does not include a mandate to make recommendations
respecting costs incurred in making submissions to the Commission.
Inquiry procedure
7(1) Subject to this section, the Commission may determine its own
inquiry procedure.
(2) Section 17(2)(
a) and (
c) of the
Interpretation Act do not apply.
(3) The full membership of 3 commissioners provided for in
section
3(1) constitutes the quorum at a meeting of the Commission.
(4) The Commission may record any inquiry proceedings and direct
that a transcript be prepared.
(5) The Commission may accept such evidence as is relevant to the
determination of the issues and is not required to adhere to the rules of
evidence applicable to courts of civil or criminal jurisdiction.
(6) Subject to subsection (8)(b), the following may make oral or
written submissions to the Commission without leave of the
Commission:
(
a) the Minister;
(
b) the Society;
(
c) an individual justice of the peace.
(7) Any member of the public is entitled to attend the inquiry
proceedings and, without leave of the Commission, to make written
submissions to the Commission.
(8) The Commission may
(
a) grant leave to any member of the public to make oral
submissions, or
(
b) limit to written submissions any submission from an
individual justice of the peace,
after hearing submissions made by the Minister and the Society on
whether or not to do so.
(9) The Commission may require the attendance of any individual
justice of the peace or member of the public who has made written
submissions and may require that person to respond to any questions
from either the Minister or the Society, or both, as well as from the
Commission, and if the person fails to appear or to respond to any of
those questions, the Commission may ignore those written
submissions.
(10) The Commission may, on application by the Minister or the
Society, or both, direct the Minister or the Society, or both, to produce
any document, record or information that
(
a) the Minister or the Society possesses or controls,
(
b) the Commission considers relevant to the inquiry, and
(
c) is not subject to privilege.
(11) The testimony of witnesses must be under oath or affirmation.
(12) The recommendations must be based solely on the evidence
accepted by the Commission.
(13) If the Commission makes any recommendation by a simple
majority on any matter, the commissioner in the minority may make a
minority recommendation on that matter.
Criteria for recommendations
8(1) In this section, "generally accepted current and expected
economic conditions" in respect of a jurisdiction includes, without
limitation,
(
a) real gross domestic product,
(
b) real gross domestic product per capita,
(
c) the employment rate,
(
d) the unemployment rate,
(
e) the labour force participation rate, and
(
f) the consumer price index.
(2) The Commission, in making the recommendations, shall consider
the following criteria:
(
a) the constitutional law of Canada and the need to maintain the
independence of justices of the peace;
(
b) the generally accepted current and expected economic
conditions in Alberta, and the resulting impact on the price of
labour in Alberta;
(
c) the change in the cost of living in Alberta;
(
d) the current and expected financial position of the
Government over the fiscal years that are the subject of the
recommendations;
(
e) the level of increases or decreases, or both, provided to other
programs and persons funded by the Government;
(
f) the roles, duties and jurisdiction of justices of the peace;
(
g) compensation provided to justices of the peace in other
Canadian jurisdictions, having regard to the differences
between those jurisdictions and Alberta, especially as they
relate to differences in the matters referred to in clauses (b),
(
c) and (
d) in respect of those other jurisdictions;
(
h) the need to attract qualified applicants as justices of the
peace.
(3) The report of the Commission must explain how each criterion
relates to its recommendations.
(4) The Commission may consider additional criteria, but if it does so,
the report of the Commission must explain the relevance of the
additional criteria.
Presentation of report to Minister and Society
9(1) The Commission shall present the report containing its
recommendations to the Minister and the Society on the date set by the
Minister.
(2) The Society may distribute the report to
(
a) the office of the Chief Justice of the Court of Justice, and
(
b) any justices of the peace affected by the report.
(3) The Minister may distribute the report to the Lieutenant Governor
in Council and Government officials as required for the purpose of
obtaining the order under
section 13(1).
Amendment of report
10(1) The Commission may amend the report presented under
section
9 after reviewing any submissions made by the Minister or the Society
(
a) the Commission is satisfied that the report
(
i) fails to deal with an issue raised during the inquiry, or
(ii) contains an obvious error,
and
(
b) the Minister or the Society, within 30 days after the date set
by the Minister under
section 9, requests that the
Commission amend the report.
(2) If the Commission decides under subsection (1) to amend the
report, the Commission shall present the amended report to the
Minister and the Society within 30 days after receiving a request under
subsection (1)(b).
(3) An amended report may differ from the report presented under
section 9 only so far as is necessary to deal with the matters referred to
in subsection (1)(a).
(4) Nothing requires the Minister or the Society to make a request
under subsection (1)(b).
Confidentiality of report
11 Subject to
section 9, no person having access to the report or any
proposed recommendations in it shall disclose it or them to any other
person, unless by order of a court, until the order referred to in
section
13(1) has been made or the recommendations are deemed to have been
accepted under
section 13(2).
Effect of recommendations on Crown
12(1) Subject to subsection (2), a recommendation made by the
Commission is binding on the Crown.
(2) A recommendation made by the Commission is not binding on the
Crown if or to the extent that it is not accepted, with reasons given, by
the Lieutenant Governor in Council in accordance with
section 13(1).
Lieutenant Governor in Council's decision
on recommendations
13(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall make an order
containing the decisions on the recommendations made by the
Commission and, if any of those recommendations are not accepted,
providing reasons for the non-acceptance.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if the Lieutenant Governor in
Council does not make an order under subsection (1) within 120 days
after the date set by the Minister under
section 9, or within 120 days
after the date an amended report is presented to the Minister and the
Society under
section 10, whichever is later, the recommendations of
the Commission in the report or amended report, as the case may be,
are deemed to have been accepted.
Judicial review
14(1) If
(
a) the Lieutenant Governor in Council decides, with reasons,
not to accept any of the recommendations in whole or in part,
(
b) the Society or any justice of the peace brings an application
for judicial review of that decision, and
(
c) that application is successful,
the Court may not make the recommendations binding on the Crown
but may refer the recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in
Council or to the Commission for a reconsideration.
(2) If the Court makes the reference under subsection (1), the
Lieutenant Governor in Council or the Commission, as the case may
be, has 120 days from the day that the application was granted to
reconsider the recommendations in accordance with the directions, if
any, of the Court.
Expiry
15 This Regulation expires on March 31, 2031.
Coming into force
16 This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 26/2025
Justice of the Peace Act
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: March 5, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 44/2025)
on March 5, 2025 pursuant to
section 15(2) of the Justice of the Peace Act.
1 The Justice of the Peace Regulation (AR 6/99) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 6(1) is repealed and the following is substituted:
Remuneration - full-time justices of the peace
6(1) The annual salary for a full-time justice of the peace is,
(
a) for the period beginning on April 1, 2021 and ending on
March 31, 2022, $153 331,
(
b) for the period beginning on April 1, 2022 and ending on
March 31, 2023, $156 398,
(
c) for the period beginning on April 1, 2023 and ending on
March 31, 2024, $170 474, and
(
d) for the period beginning on April 1, 2024 and ending on
March 31, 2025, $175 588.
Section 8(1) is repealed and the following is substituted:
Remuneration - part-time and ad hoc justices of the peace
8(1) The remuneration for a part-time or an ad hoc justice of the
peace working an 8-hour shift is,
(
a) for the period beginning on April 1, 2021 and ending on
March 31, 2022, $971,
(
b) for the period beginning on April 1, 2022 and ending on
March 31, 2023, $990,
(
c) for the period beginning on April 1, 2023 and ending on
March 31, 2024, $1077, and
(
d) for the period beginning on April 1, 2024 and ending on
March 31, 2025, $1109.
Section 8.1(2) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
(2) Over and above the remuneration payable under
section 6 or 8,
as the case may be, a justice of the peace working an 8-hour shift is
entitled to the following payment for work during the following
times:
(
a) for the period beginning on April 1, 2021 and ending on
March 31, 2022,
(
i) for a weekday evening shift, $55.34,
(ii) for a weekday night shift, $137.38,
(iii) for a weekend day shift, $55.32,
(iv) for a weekend evening shift, $84.10,
(
v) for a weekend night shift, $192.72,
(vi) for a holiday day shift, $84.10,
(vii) for a holiday evening shift, $110.66, and
(viii) for a holiday night shift, $248.05;
(
b) for the period beginning on April 1, 2022 and ending on
March 31, 2023,
(
i) for a weekday evening shift, $56.44,
(ii) for a weekday night shift, $140.13,
(iii) for a weekend day shift, $56.43,
(iv) for a weekend evening shift, $85.78,
(
v) for a weekend night shift, $196.57,
(vi) for a holiday day shift, $85.78,
(vii) for a holiday evening shift, $112.87, and
(viii) for a holiday night shift, $253.01;
(
c) for the period beginning on April 1, 2023 and ending on
March 31, 2024,
(
i) for a weekday evening shift, $58.13,
(ii) for a weekday night shift, $144.33,
(iii) for a weekend day shift, $58.12,
(iv) for a weekend evening shift, $88.35,
(
v) for a weekend night shift, $202.47,
(vi) for a holiday day shift, $88.35,
(vii) for a holiday evening shift, $116.26, and
(viii) for a holiday night shift, $260.61;
(
d) for the period beginning on April 1, 2024 and ending on
March 31, 2025,
(
i) for a weekday evening shift, $59.88,
(ii) for a weekday night shift, $148.67,
(iii) for a weekend day shift, $59.87,
(iv) for a weekend evening shift, $91.01,
(
v) for a weekend night shift, $208.54,
(vi) for a holiday day shift, $91.01,
(vii) for a holiday evening shift, $119.75, and
(viii) for a holiday night shift, $268.42.
5 This Regulation has effect on April 1, 2021.
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Alberta Regulation 27/2025
Mines and Minerals Act
Petroleum Marketing Act
ALBERTA OIL SANDS RESOURCE
CREDIT REGULATION
Filed: March 5, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 45/2025)
on March 5, 2025 pursuant to sections 5 and 36(2) of the Mines and Minerals Act and
section 19.1 of the Petroleum Marketing Act.
Table of Contents
Definitions
2 Authority for royalty credits
3 Royalty credit contracts
4 Reassignment of credits to operator
5 Estimated royalty compensation
6 Application of royalty credits
7 Offset of royalty compensation owing
8 Reconciliation of royalty credits by Commission
9 Expiry of credits
10 Transfer prohibited
11 Indemnity
12 Recalculation
Definitions
1(1) In this Regulation,
(a) "eligible supplier" means a person who has an ownership
interest in a Project and who, at the point immediately
downstream from the royalty calculation point for the
Project, is an owner of a portion of the lessee's share of an oil
sands product for which royalty compensation is payable
under the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009
(AR 223/2008);
(b) "royalty credit" means a credit established under
section 2;
(c) "royalty credit contract" means a contract described in
section 3;
(d) "supplier" means an eligible supplier or a person the
Commission has been directed to deal with under
section
3(4).
(2) In this Regulation, "lessee", "oil sands product", "operator",
"Project", "royalty calculation point" and "royalty compensation" have
the same meaning as in the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009
(AR 223/2008).
Authority for royalty credits
2(1) The Minister may establish royalty credits in respect of royalty
compensation.
(2) The Commission may assign royalty credits established under
subsection (1) in accordance with this Regulation.
Royalty credit contracts
3(1) For the purposes of subsection (4), "person" has the same
meaning as in the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009 (AR 223/2008).
(2) The Commission may assign royalty credits under contracts that
conform with this section.
(3) A contract referred to in subsection (2) shall, as consideration for
the supply and delivery of an oil sands product, allow the Commission
to assign royalty credits to an eligible supplier as some or all of the
consideration payable.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), if an eligible supplier has made
arrangements with another person that include the transfer of the
eligible supplier's ownership interest in an oil sands product to that
person,
(
a) the eligible supplier may direct the Commission to deal with
that other person on behalf of the supplier,
(
b) the Commission shall deal with the other person on behalf of
the supplier, and
(
c) a contract referred to in subsection (2) may, as consideration
for the supply and delivery of an oil sands product, allow the
Commission to assign royalty credits to that other person as
some or all of the consideration payable, on the condition
that the person reassign those royalty credits to the eligible
supplier.
(5) A royalty credit assigned under a royalty credit contract must be
used to offset the royalty compensation owing in respect of the eligible
supplier's share of an oil sands product received from one or more
Projects that the eligible supplier has an interest in and that are
specified in the contract.
(6) A contract under this
section must
(
a) include provisions respecting the volume of an oil sands
product to be supplied under the agreement,
(
b) include provisions respecting the pricing of the oil sands
product to be supplied,
(
c) require the supplier to provide the Commission with an
estimate of the royalty compensation, determined in
accordance with
section 5, that will be owing in respect of
the eligible supplier's share of an oil sands product received
from one or more Projects specified in the royalty credit
contract, and specify the time within which the supplier must
provide the estimate to the Commission, and
(
d) authorize the Commission to determine the number of royalty
credits to be assigned each month based on the estimate
provided under clause (
c) and any other information available
to the Commission.
(7) A contract under subsection (2) may,
(
a) in determining the consideration to be paid, account for both
oil sands products supplied and delivered and related costs
and expenses,
(
b) allocate royalty credits among cost and price components
established in the contract, and
(
c) include any other terms, not incompatible with this
Regulation, that the Commission considers necessary.
(8) The Commission shall provide the Minister with notice of every
royalty credit contract made and the assignment of royalty credits
under those contracts, in a form satisfactory to the Minister.
Reassignment of credits to operator
4(1) If a royalty credit contract is entered into with a supplier who is
not an operator of a Project specified in the royalty credit contract, the
eligible supplier may reassign royalty credits assigned under the
royalty credit contract to one or more operators of Projects specified in
the royalty credit contract by providing notice in writing to the affected
operator.
(2) The royalty credits reassigned to an operator under subsection
(1) must not exceed the amount of the royalty compensation estimated, in
accordance with
section 3(6)(c), to be owing by the operator in respect
of the eligible supplier's share of the oil sands product produced from
that Project in the month for which the credits are applied.
(3) An eligible supplier must reassign royalty credits to an operator
under subsection (1) within 6 months of the date that they are assigned
by the Commission to the supplier.
Estimated royalty compensation
5 For the purposes of
section 3(6)(c), the estimate of royalty
compensation must be based on a calendar month and be determined in
respect of the royalty compensation owing on the eligible supplier's
share of an oil sands product produced from the Projects specified in
the royalty credit contract.
Application of royalty credits
6(1) An operator to whom royalty credits are assigned or reassigned
under this Regulation must apply the royalty credits at a value of $1
per credit in accordance with this section.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if royalty credits are reassigned
to an operator by a supplier, the royalty credits must be applied, in the
month in which the credits are reassigned to the operator, against the
royalty compensation owing in respect of the eligible supplier's share
of oil sands product produced from a Project specified in the royalty
credit contract under which the credits are assigned.
(3) Royalty credits applied under this
section offset the payment of
royalty compensation owing to the Crown in right of Alberta under the
Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009 (AR 223/2008).
(4) For greater clarity, an operator must not apply credits that exceed
the number required to fulfil the operator's obligation, in respect of the
eligible supplier's share of oil sands product produced, to pay royalty
compensation under the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009
(AR 223/2008).
(5) On submission of a report under
section 38 of the Oil Sands
Royalty Regulation, 2009 (AR 223/2008), an operator to whom royalty
credits are assigned or reassigned in accordance with this Regulation
must
(
a) specify any credits the operator intends to apply to offset the
royalty compensation owing in respect of the applicable
month, and
(
b) notify the Commission and the eligible supplier, if the
eligible supplier is not the operator, of
(
i) the royalty compensation payable in respect of the
eligible supplier's share of the oil sands product
delivered for the applicable month,
(ii) any credits applied by the operator to offset the royalty
compensation owing in respect of the eligible supplier's
share of oil sands product delivered in the applicable
month, and
(iii) any credits that exceeded the royalty compensation
owing in respect of the eligible supplier's share of the
oil sands product delivered for the applicable month.
Offset of royalty compensation owing
7 The Minister shall, on receipt of the information required under
section 6(5), offset the royalty credits specified against the royalty
compensation owing by the operator.
Reconciliation of royalty credits by Commission
8(1) On receipt of a notification under
section 6(5)(b)(iii) indicating
that royalty credits were not applied by the operator, the Commission
shall
(
a) pay the eligible supplier an amount equal to the value of the
unapplied credits under the royalty credit contract, and
(
b) notify the Minister, in a form satisfactory to the Minister, of
the number of credits affected.
(2) If the Commission pays an eligible supplier compensation under
subsection (1)(a), the credits in respect of which the compensation is
paid are cancelled and not eligible for offset of royalty compensation
owing by any person.
Expiry of credits
9 A royalty credit is invalid if not applied by an operator under
section 6 within 6 months of the date it is assigned by the Commission
to the supplier.
Transfer prohibited
10 No person shall transfer a royalty credit except with the written
approval of the Commission.
Indemnity
11 If a supplier has been assigned or has reassigned a credit under
this Regulation, the supplier to whom the royalty credits have been
assigned, or any further assignee or transferee of the credits, must
indemnify and hold harmless the Government of Alberta and the
Commission against all third party claims, demands, actions or costs,
including legal costs on a solicitor-client basis, related to, occasioned
by or attributable to the supplier or the assignee, as the case may be,
arising from any matter in relation to this Regulation, including the use
and application of royalty credits.
Recalculation
12 For greater certainty, nothing in this Regulation restricts the
ability of the Minister to make any calculation authorized under
section 38 of the Mines and Minerals Act, and any recalculation on a
matter for which royalty credits were applied will not result
(
a) in a change to the credits assigned or applied, or
(
b) in any additional compensation being paid to or by the
Commission.
Alberta Regulation 28/2025
Traffic Safety Act
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DIMENSION AND WEIGHT
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: March 12, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Transportation and Economic
Corridors (M.O. 12/2025) on March 7, 2025 pursuant to sections 64, 116 and 151 of
the Traffic Safety Act.
1 The Commercial Vehicle Dimension and Weight
Regulation (AR 315/2002) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 19 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1)
(
i) in clause (
a) by striking out "$15" and
substituting "$18.75";
(ii) in clause (
b) by striking out "$60" and
substituting "$75";
(iii) in clause (
c) by striking out "$300" and
substituting "$375";
(iv) in clause (d)
(
A) in subclause (i)
(
I) by striking out "$1" and substituting
"$1.25";
(II) by striking out "$0.20" and substituting
"$0.25";
(
B) in subclause (ii) by striking out "$6.80" and
substituting "$8.50";
(
v) in clause (e)(
i) by striking out "$0.024" and
substituting "$0.03";
(vi) in clause (f)(
i) by striking out "$60" and
substituting "$75";
(vii) in clause (
g) by striking out "$15" and
substituting "$18.75";
(
b) in subsection (2)
(
i) in clause (
a) by striking out "$200" and
substituting "$250";
(ii) in clause (
b) by striking out "$20" and
substituting "$25";
(
c) in subsection (7) by striking out "$15" wherever it
occurs and substituting "$18.75";
(
d) in subsection (9) by striking out "$5" and
substituting "$6.25".
3 Schedules 8 to 12 are repealed and the following is
substituted:
Schedule 8
Single Trip Steering Axle Fee
Permitted Weight Above Legal
Weight
Fee Per Km ($)
0 tonne to 1 tonne
0.063
Greater than 1 tonne to 2 tonnes
0.15
Greater than 2 tonnes to 3 tonnes
0.23
Greater than 3 tonnes to 4 tonnes
0.35
Greater than 4 tonnes to 5 tonnes
0.50
Greater than 5 tonnes to 6 tonnes
0.68
Greater than 6 tonnes to 7 tonnes
0.88
Greater than 7 tonnes to 8 tonnes
1.08
Greater than 8 tonnes
1.40
Schedule 9
Single Trip Axle Group Weight Fee
Fee Per Km
(A)
(B)
(C)
(
D) Permitted Weight
Range
per Axle Group
Over
*Base Weight
Single,
Tandem,
Tridem
Axle and
Tridem
Drive Axle
Groups ($)
16 Wheel
Tandem
($)
Wide 16
Wheel
Tandem
($)
24 Wheel
Tandem
and 24
Wheel
Tridem
($)
0t to 1t
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
Greater than 1t to 2t
0.09
0.08
0.08
0.08
Greater than 2t to 3t
0.15
0.14
0.13
0.13
Greater than 3t to 4t
0.23
0.21
0.18
0.18
Greater than 4t to 5t
0.33
0.28
0.24
0.23
Greater than 5t to 6t
0.45
0.36
0.31
0.30
Greater than 6t to 7t
0.58
0.46
0.40
0.36
Greater than 7t to 8t
0.73
0.58
0.48
0.43
Greater than 8t to 9t
0.68
0.58
0.51
Greater than 9t to 10t
0.80
0.68
0.59
Greater than 10t to 11t
0.94
0.76
0.68
Greater than 11t to 12t
1.08
0.88
0.78
Greater than 12t to 13t
0.88
Greater than 13t to 14t
1.13
0.90
Greater than 14t to 15t
1.25
1.08
Greater than 15t to 16t
1.39
1.20
Greater than 16t to 17t
1.53
1.31
Greater than 17t to 18t
1.43
Greater than 18t to 19t
1.58
Greater than 19t to 20t
1.70
Greater than 20t to 21t
1.84
Greater than 21t
1.98
t = tonne
*Base Weights:
1. for Single Steer Axle Group: 7300 kg
2. for Twin Steer Axle Group: 13 600 kg
3. for Single Axle Group: 9100 kg
4. for 8 Wheel Tandem Axle Group: 17 000 kg
5. for 12 Wheel Tridem Axle Group: 24 000 kg
6. for Tridem Drive Axle Group: 23 000 kg
7. for 16 Wheel Tandem Axle Group: 25 000 kg
8. for Wide 16 Wheel Tandem Axle Group: 32 000 kg
9. for 24 Wheel Tandem Axle Group: 39 000 kg
10. for 24 Wheel Tridem Axle Group: 34 000 kg
11. for any other axle group: legal weight as per
section 9(1)
Schedule 10
Multi-Trip Steering Axle Fee Table
Permitted Weight Above Legal (Tonnes)
Fee Per Month ($)
0 tonne to 1 tonne
2.50
Greater than 1 tonne to 2 tonnes
12.50
Greater than 2 tonnes to 3 tonnes
21.25
Greater than 3 tonnes to 4 tonnes
37.50
Greater than 4 tonnes to 5 tonnes
56.25
Greater than 5 tonnes to 6 tonnes
75.00
Greater than 6 tonnes to 7 tonnes
106.25
Greater than 7 tonnes to 8 tonnes
131.25
Greater than 8 tonnes
175.00
Schedule 11
Multi-Trip Axle Group Weight Fee Table
Permitted Weight Range per Single, Tandem,
Tridem Axle and Tridem Drive Axle Group
Above Legal (Tonnes)
Fee Per Month ($)
0 tonne to 1 tonne
2.19
Greater than 1 tonne to 2 tonnes
8.75
Greater than 2 tonnes to 3 tonnes
15.00
Greater than 3 tonnes to 4 tonnes
26.25
Greater than 4 tonnes to 5 tonnes
40.00
Greater than 5 tonnes to 6 tonnes
55.00
Greater than 6 tonnes to 7 tonnes
75.00
Greater than 7 tonnes
93.75
Schedule 12
High Load Corridor Routes
(
a) Highway 1 from the junction of Highway 797 to the junction
of Highway 36;
(
b) Highway 2
(
i) from the junction of Highway 43 to the junction of
Highway 49 (at Rycroft), and
(ii) from the junction of Highway 49 (near Donnelly) to the
junction of Highway 688;
(
c) Highway 9 from the junction of Highway 1 to the junction of
Highway 567;
(
d) Highway 11 from the junction of Highway 761 to the
junction of Highway 22;
(
e) Highway 14 from the junction of Highway 36 to the junction
of Highway 17;
(
f) Highway 16 from the junction of Highway 753 to the
junction of Highway 32;
(
g) Highway 17 from the junction of Highway 14 to 22
kilometres north of the junction of Highway 14;
(
h) Highway 19 from the junction of Highway 60 to the junction
of Highway 2;
(
i) Highway 21 from the junction of Highway 625 to the
junction of Highway 14;
(
j) Highway 22
(
i) from the junction of Highway 1A to the junction of
Highway 54, and
(ii) from the junction of Highway 11 to the junction of
Highway 621;
(
k) Highway 28 from the west junction of Highway 41 to the
east junction of Highway 41;
(
l) Highway 32 from the junction of Highway 16 to the junction
of Highway 43;
(
m) Highway 35 from the junction of Highway 986 to the
Notikewin River Bridge (at Manning);
(
n) Highway 36 from the junction of Highway 1 to the junction
of Highway 14;
(
o) Highway 39 from the junction of Highway 60 to the junction
of Highway 22;
(
p) Highway 41 from the junction of Highway 45 to the junction
of Highway 55;
(
q) Highway 43 from the east junction of Highway 32 to British
Columbia;
(
r) Highway 45 from the junction of Highway 36 to the junction
of Highway 41;
(
s) Highway 49
(
i) from the junction of Highway 43 to the junction of
Highway 2 (1.6 kilometres west of Donnelly), and
(ii) from the junction of Highway 2 (at Rycroft) to British
Columbia;
(
t) Highway 54 from the junction of Highway 22 to the junction
of Highway 761;
(
u) Highway 55
(
i) from the junction of Highway 63 to the junction of
Highway 36 and Highway 881 (at Lac La Biche), and
(ii) from the junction of Highway 41 to the junction of
Highway 892;
(
v) Highway 60 from the junction of Highway 19 to the junction
of Township Road 531A;
(
w) Highway 560 from the City of Calgary to the junction of
Highway 797;
(
x) Highway 566 from the junction of Highway 9 to the junction
of Highway 772;
(
y) Highway 567
(
i) from the junction of Highway 772 to the junction of
Highway 22, and
(ii) from the City of Airdrie to the junction of Highway 9;
(
z) Highway 621 from the junction of Highway 22 to the
junction of Highway 753;
(aa) Highway 625 from the junction of Highway 2 (at Nisku) to
the junction of Highway 21;
(bb) Highway 688 from the junction of Highway 2 to the junction
of Highway 986;
(cc) Highway 753 from the junction of Highway 621 to the
junction of Highway 16;
(dd) Highway 761 from the junction of Highway 54 to the
junction of Highway 11;
(ee) Highway 772 from the junction of Highway 566 to the
junction of Highway 567;
(ff) Highway 797 from the junction of Highway 560 to the
junction of Highway 1;
(gg) Highway 881 from the junction of Highway 36 (south of Lac
La Biche) to the junction of Northland Drive (at Conklin);
(hh) Highway 986 from the junction of Highway 688 to the
junction of Highway 35.
4 This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 29/2025
Traffic Safety Act
OPERATOR LICENSING AND VEHICLE CONTROL
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: March 12, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Transportation and Economic
Corridors (M.O. 13/2025) on March 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 64 of the Traffic
Safety Act.
1 The Operator Licensing and Vehicle Control Regulation
(AR 320/2002) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 128 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by striking out "$2.50" and
substituting "$3.13";
(
b) in subsection (4) by striking out "$15" and
substituting "$18.75".
Section 129 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by striking out "$25" and
substituting "$31.25";
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out "$50" and
substituting "$62.50".
Section 130(1) is amended by striking out "$15" and
substituting "$18.75".
Section 132(1) is amended by striking out "$20" and
substituting "$25".
Section 133 is amended by striking out "$25" and
substituting "$31.25".
Section 137 is amended by striking out "$25" and
substituting "$31.25".
8 This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 30/2025
Employment Standards Code
RESERVIST LEAVE REGULATION
Filed: March 12, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade (M.O.
5/2025) on March 10, 2025 pursuant to
section 53.2(7) of the Employment Standards
Code.
Entitlement to reservist leave
1(1) A reservist is entitled to reservist leave without pay under
section
53.2(1)(
d) of the Employment Standards Code to take
part in Canadian
Forces operations and activities in respect of the 2025 G7 Leaders'
Summit.
(2) Operations and activities referred to subsection (1) include
pre-deployment and post-deployment operations and activities.
Expiry
2 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for
ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be
repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this
Regulation expires on August 31, 2025.
Coming into force
3 This Regulation comes into force on March 31, 2025.
Alberta Regulation 31/2025
Notaries and Commissioners Act
COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: March 12, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Justice (M.O. 3/2025) on March 10,
2025 pursuant to
section 24(d)(
i) of the Notaries and Commissioners Act.
1 The Commissioners for Oaths Regulation (AR 219/2014)
is amended by this Regulation.
Section 5(1) is amended by striking out "$50" and
substituting "$100".
3 This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 32/2025
Notaries and Commissioners Act
NOTARIES PUBLIC AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: March 12, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Justice (M.O. 4/2025) on March 10,
2025 pursuant to
section 13(e)(
i) of the Notaries and Commissioners Act.
1 The Notaries Public Regulation (AR 220/2014) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 5(1) is amended by striking out "$75" and
substituting "$100".
3 This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2025.
Alberta Regulation 33/2025
Cooperatives Act
COOPERATIVES (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: March 14, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape
Reduction (M.O. 5/2025) on March 10, 2025 pursuant to sections 9, 49, 352, 382.3
and 430 of the Cooperatives Act.
1 The Cooperatives Regulation (AR 55/2002) is amended
by this Regulation.
Section 78 is amended by striking out "March 31, 2025"
and substituting "March 31, 2028".