General Regulation (Alta. Reg. 71/2020)

Alta. Reg. 71/2020

Alberta — Regulations

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(no amdt) ALBERTA REGULATION 71/2020 Lobbyists Act LOBBYISTS ACT GENERAL REGULATION Table of Contents 1 Definition 2 Fees 3 Time for filing certain co nsultant lobbyist returns 4 Transitional 5 Repeal 6 Coming into force Definition 1 In this Regulation, “Act” means the Lobbyists Act. Fees 2(1) Subject to subsection (2), the fee payable for filing a return pursuant to

section 4 or 5 of the Act is $150.

(2) No fee is payable if the return is filed electronically.

(3) On application by a designated filer, the Registrar may reduce or waive the payment of the filing fee payable by the designated filer under this

section where the Registrar is of the opinion that to require payment of the filing fee would cause undue financial hardship. Time for filing certain consultant lobbyist returns 3(1) The designated filer in respect of a consultant lobbyist who becomes a consultant lobbyist as the result of (

a) an order referred to in

section 3.1(3) of the Act, or (

b) a body becoming a public agency within the meaning of

Part 4.3 of the Conflicts of Interest Act, shall file with the Registrar a return in the prescribed form and containing the information required in

Schedule 1 of the Act with respect to the undertaking not later than 30 days after the

Section 4 AR 71/2020 LOBBYISTS ACT GENERAL REGULATION 2 publication of the order or the date on which the body becomes a public agency, as the case may be.

(2) A designated filer is required to file only one return under subsection (1) even though a consultant lobbyist named in the return may, in connection with that undertaking, communicate with one or more public office holders on one or more occasions or arrange one or more meetings between a public office holder and any other individual. Transitional 4 Nothing in this Regulation affects (

a) a duty to file a return, to provide information or to publ ish information that existed before this Regulation comes into force, or (

b) a time period that commen ced in respect of a person or proceeding before this Regulation comes into force. Repeal 5 The Lobbyists Act General Regulation (AR 247/2009) is repealed. Coming into force 6 This Regulation comes into force on July 1, 2020.

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Collection	Alberta — Regulations
Citation	Alta. Reg. 71/2020
Type	regulation
Volume / chapter	2020 071
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	bcd0f8c8c9334a9cbc786e43bbcf7f355715ee29

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