THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, MARCH 14, 1998

Alberta Regulation 36/98

Insurance Act

REGULATION TO AMEND THE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

INSURANCE BENEFITS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: February 25, 1998

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 56/98) pursuant to

section

313 of the Insurance Act.

1 The Automobile Accident Insurance Benefits Amendment Regulation (AR

4/98) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 2(2) is amended by striking out "April 1, 1998" and

substituting "June 1, 1998".

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Alberta Regulation 37/98

Public Health Act

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: February 25, 1998

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 62/98) pursuant to

section

75 of the Public Health Act.

1 The Communicable Diseases Regulation (AR 238/85) is amended by this

Regulation.

Schedule 1 is amended by adding "Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Infections" after "Hepatitis A, B, Non-A, Non-B".

3 This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 1998.

Alberta Regulation 38/98

Government Organization Act

RADIATION HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: February 25, 1998

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 71/98) pursuant to

Schedule 10,

section 2 of the Government Organization Act.

1 The Radiation Health Administration Regulation (AR 49/96) is amended by

this Regulation.

Schedule 2 is repealed and the following is substituted:

SCHEDULE 2

AGENCIES

ROW

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

X-Radiation Q.C. Services

Box 2001,

Lethbridge, AB

T1K 3V9

Diagnostic x-ray equipment;

Class 3b and 4 lasers

Installed or operated within dental, medical, chiropractic and veterinary

facilities

L. Murray Pack

Box 1533

Cardston, AB

T0K 0K0

Diagnostic or therapeutic x-ray equipment

Installed or operated within dental, medical, chiropractic and veterinary

facilities

Radman

11139 Southdale Rd. SW

Calgary, AB

T2W 0X5

Diagnostic or therapeutic x-ray equipment

Installed or operated within dental, medical, chiropractic and veterinary

facilities

Fred Anderson and Associates

19 Donald Place

St. Albert, AB

T8N 6H3

Diagnostic or therapeutic x-ray equipment;

Particle accelerators;

Baggage inspection x-ray equipment;

Security x-ray equipment;

Cabinet x-ray equipment;

Diffraction and analysis x-ray equipment;

Industrial radiographic and fluoroscopic x-ray equipment;

Irradiation x-ray equipment;

Class 3b and 4 lasers

Installed or operated within dental, medical, chiropractic, veterinary,

industrial, commercial, educational and entertainment facilities

University of Calgary

2500 University Dr. NW

Calgary, AB

T2N 1N4

Particle accelerators;

Cabinet x-ray equipment;

Diffraction and analysis x-ray equipment;

Industrial radiographic and fluoroscopic x-ray equipment;

Irradiation x-ray equipment;

Class 3b and 4 lasers

Installed or operated within educational, research and veterinary

facilities

Calgary Regional Health Authority

Diagnostic Imaging

1820 Richmond Rd. SW

Calgary, AB

T2T 5C7

Diagnostic or therapeutic x-ray equipment;

Cabinet x-ray equipment

Installed or operated within medical and dental facilities

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Alberta Regulation 39/98

Occupational Health and Safety Act

EXPLOSIVES SAFETY AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: February 25, 1998

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 73/98) pursuant to

section

31 of the Occupation Health and Safety Act.

1 The Explosives Safety Regulations (AR 272/76) are amended by this

Regulation.

Section 1 is amended by repealing clause 3 and substituting the

following:

3. "blaster" means a worker who holds a valid permit issued under

section 12;

3 The following is added after

section 1.1:

1.11 For the purposes of the Act, a blasting area is a hazardous

work site.

Section 2(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) The employer shall ensure that a blasting area is under the

direction and control of a blaster who has a valid permit issued under

section 12 before blasting operations are allowed to commence or continue.

Section 6(

b) is amended by adding ", if any, and the issuer" after

"number".

Section 8 is amended by striking out "who is named on a permit issued

to the employer".

Section 10 is amended by striking out "10" and substituting "9".

Section 11(

a) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(

a) the worker is authorized to do so by name in a permit issued

under

section 12, or

9 Sections 12, 13 and 14 are repealed and the following are substituted:

12(1) A worker who handles, prepares or fires an explosive must hold

a valid permit issued by either

(

a) the Director of Inspection, or

(

b) an organization acceptable to the Director of

Inspection.

(2) The Director of Inspection may issue a permit to handle, prepare

and fire an explosive in the Province of Alberta to a worker who has

submitted an application if

(

a) the application has been completed in duplicate on

an approved form,

(

b) the application is accompanied by a fee of $50 or,

if the processing of the application is requested to be completed within

one work day, a fee of $75,

(

c) the worker

(

i) is at least 18 years of age, and

(ii) has the ability to communicate,

and

(

d) the application is accompanied by written proof

that the worker

(

i) has, within the previous 36 months, at

least 6 months' experience in the handling, preparing and firing of

explosives or as an assistant to a blaster, and is, in the opinion of the

employer, competent to carry out the duties and responsibilities of a

blaster,

(ii) has successfully completed a course and

examination acceptable to the Director of Inspection, or

(iii) has such other qualifications

acceptable to the Director of Inspection.

13(1) A permit to handle, prepare and fire explosives issued by the

Director of Inspection expires 5 years from its date of issue.

(2) The Director of Inspection may suspend or cancel a permit issued

under

section 12 if the holder of the permit has contravened these

regulations.

(3) The Director of Inspection may suspend or cancel a permit issued

under

section 12(1)(a), if the holder of the permit has contravened the

laws of another jurisdiction relating to the handling, preparing and firing

of explosives.

(4) If the Director of Inspection suspends or cancels a permit

issued under

section 12(1)(b), the suspension or cancellation applies only

to the handling, preparing and firing of explosives in Alberta.

(5) If the Director of Inspection suspends or cancels a permit

issued under

section 12(1)(b), the Director must notify the organization

that issued the permit of the suspension or cancellation.

(6) On the suspension or cancellation of a permit, the holder of the

permit must surrender it to the Director of Inspection.

(7) An unexpired permit issued in the name of a worker to the

employer by the Director of Inspection before this

section comes into force

continues as a valid permit issued under this

section until it expires.

14 When the Director of Inspection suspends or cancels any permit

issued under

section 12 at a work site where explosives are used, all other

permits issued under

section 12 at the work site are suspended until the

employer submits proof in writing to the Director of Inspection that action

has been taken to correct the conditions that made the suspension or

cancellation necessary.

Section 15 is amended by adding "the issuer of the permit," after

"name,".

Section 16(

e) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(

e) the name and permit number, if any, of the blaster and the

issuer of the permit; and

Section 17 is repealed and the following is substituted:

17 When a blasting operation is in progress the blaster shall have

in his possession evidence that he holds a permit issued under

section

Section 105 that follows

section 102 is renumbered as

section 103.

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Alberta Regulation 40/98

Electric Utilities Act

POWER POOL COUNCIL DEFICIENCY CORRECTION REGULATION

Filed: February 25, 1998

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 74/98) pursuant to

section

72(1) of the Electric Utilities Act.

Definition

1 In this Regulation, "Act" means the Electric Utilities Act.

Additional members of Power Pool Council

2 In addition to the members of the Power Pool Council that may be

appointed under

section 7(2) of the Act, the Minister may appoint such

corporations, municipalities, organizations or individuals as may, in the

opinion of the Minister, enhance the performance of the Power Pool Council

in carrying out its duties and functions under the Act.

Liability protection

3(1) In this section,

(a) "affiliate" has the meaning given to it in the Business

Corporations Act;

(b) "direct loss or damage" does not include loss of profits, loss

of revenue, loss of production, loss of earnings, loss of contract or any

other indirect, special or consequential loss or damage whatsoever arising

out of or in any way connected with a power pool act;

(c) "power pool act" means any act or omission done or purportedly

done by a power pool person in carrying out

(

i) duties and functions under the Act, or

(ii) any other duties and functions relating to the

power pool;

(d) "power pool person" means

(

i) the Power Pool Council,

(ii) each member of the Power Pool Council and each

individual who serves as a representative of a member of the Power Pool

Council,

(iii) each officer and employee of the Power Pool

Council,

(iv) each person that acts at the direction of, or is an

agent or contractor of, the Power Pool Council,

(

v) each affiliate of a person referred to in subclause

(iv),

(vi) each person appointed under

section 9(1)(

b) and (

c) of the Act,

(vii) each officer and employee of the persons appointed

under

section 9(1)(

b) and (

c) of the Act,

(viii) each person that acts at the direction of, or

is an agent or contractor of, each of the persons appointed under

section

9(1)(

b) and (

c) of the Act, and

(ix) each affiliate of a person referred to in subclause

(viii).

(2) No action lies against a power pool person

(

a) for a power pool act carried out in good faith by that power

pool person, or

(

b) for a power pool act by any other power pool person whether or

not carried out in good faith.

(3) Despite subsection (2), a power pool person who is liable for a power

pool act carried out in good faith is liable only for direct loss or

damage.

(4) Where

(

a) a legal action has been commenced against a power pool person

for a power pool act, and

(

b) the power pool person is not liable, as a result of the

operation of subsection (2) or otherwise,

the Power Pool Council shall indemnify that power pool person for, and pay

to that power pool person, all of that power pool person's costs of

defending the legal action, including all reasonable legal expenses and

legal fees on a solicitor and client basis, and the amounts so paid to or

on behalf of that power pool person shall be recovered by the Power Pool

Council through charges fixed in accordance with

section 11(

c) of the Act

and payable by eligible persons exchanging electric energy through the

power pool.

(5) The protection from liability given to a power pool person under this

section is in addition to, and not in substitution for, the protection from

liability a power pool person may have under

section 7(5) of the Act or

otherwise.

Repeal

4 This Regulation is made under

section 72(1) of the Act and is repealed

in accordance with

section 72(2) of the Act.