Alberta Regulation 50/2018

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

ALBERTA WHEAT COMMISSION PLAN

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 23, 2018

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 099/2018)

on April 23, 2018 pursuant to

section 23 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products

Act.

1 The Alberta Wheat Commission Plan Regulation

(AR 134/2012) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) by repealing clause (

d) and substituting the

following:

(d) "auditor" means a professional accounting firm

registered under the Chartered Professional

Accountants Act and authorized to perform an audit

engagement;

(

b) in clause (q)

(

i) by adding "and TRITICUM DURUM" after

"TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. em THELL";

(ii) by striking out "the following wheat classes" and

substituting "the wheat classes";

(iii) by repealing subclauses (

i) to (ix).

Section 10 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)(

b) by adding ", and approved by the

Council" after "special Commission meeting";

(

b) by repealing subsection (2).

Section 11 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)(b)(ii)

(

i) in paragraph (

E) by striking out ", mailing address,

telephone number and if available, e-mail address";

(ii) by repealing paragraph (G);

(

b) in subsection (3) by striking out "90 days" and

substituting "120 days".

Section 12(

c) is amended by striking out "55 days" and

substituting "30 days".

Section 16 is amended by adding the following after

clause (f):

(

g) producers may make voluntary payments and the service

charge will be based on production for those producers who

do not sell the regulated product produced by the producer if

there is evidence of production of the regulated product.

Section 20(1) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

Annual Commission meeting

20(1) At the annual Commission meeting, the eligible producers

(

a) are to receive and to be provided with an opportunity to

consider and discuss the annual reports of the Commission

and the operation of the Commission since the last annual

Commission meeting,

(

b) are to receive and to be provided with an opportunity to

consider and discuss information relating to the operation of

any committees appointed by the Commission,

(

c) are to receive and to be provided with an opportunity to

consider and discuss the auditor's report on the

Commission's annual financial statements,

(

d) are to appoint an auditor for the Commission for the coming

year, and

(

e) are to be provided with an opportunity to provide suggestions

and recommendations to the board.

Section 21(

b) is amended by striking out "25 eligible

producers" and substituting "40 eligible producers".

Section 23 is amended by striking out "25" and

substituting "40".

Section 25 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by striking out "at the conclusion of

the annual region meeting at which they were declared

elected" and substituting "at the conclusion of the next

annual Commission meeting after which they were declared

elected";

(

b) in subsection (3) by striking out "the annual region

meeting at which they were declared elected" and

substituting "the next annual Commission meeting that is

held after they were declared elected".

Section 26 is amended

(

a) in subsection (4) by striking out "director" and

substituting "directors";

(

b) in subsection (8) by striking out "10" and

substituting "8".

Section 28 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (2);

(

b) by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the

following:

(4) The election of a director-at-large is to be carried out by

means of a vote conducted at each annual region meeting by a

vote of the eligible producers in attendance at that meeting who

are eligible to vote in that election.

(5) The candidate receiving the largest total number of votes

from all the regions is to be declared elected as the

director-at-large at the next annual Commission meeting that is

held after all the annual region meetings are completed.

(6) The quorum requirement in

section 26(8) does not apply for

the purposes of a vote under subsections (4) and (5).

Section 33 is amended by adding the following after

subsection (3):

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b), a director may, with the

approval of the Council, be elected to serve one additional

consecutive term as director to enable the Board of Directors to fulfil

its commitments to a national group, an industry group or to an

association of which the Commission is a member.

Section 35(3) is amended by adding "up to" after "for".

Section 36(3)(

b) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

b) signed by at least 3 eligible producers who carry on

production in the region in which the election is to be held,

and

16 Sections 42 and 43 are repealed.

Section 44 is amended by striking out "April 30, 2018"

and substituting "April 30, 2023".

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Alberta Regulation 51/2018

Occupational Health and Safety Act

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 23, 2018

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 101/2018)

on April 23, 2018 pursuant to

section 85 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

1 The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation

(AR 62/2003) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1(a), (g), (i), (k), (

m) and (

n) are repealed.

3 Sections 2 and 3 are repealed.

Section 4 is amended by striking out "section 1(m)" and

substituting "section 1(t)".

Section 5 is amended by striking out "section 1(n)" and

substituting "section 1(u)".

Section 6 is amended by striking out "section 22" and

substituting "section 47".

7 Sections 8 to 11.1 are repealed.

Section 12(2) is amended by adding "and supervisor" after

"employer".

Section 13(3.1) is repealed.

Section 14(2.1) is repealed.

Section 17(3) is amended by striking out "form approved"

and substituting "manner authorized".

Section 26(2) is amended by striking out "form approved"

and substituting "manner authorized".

Section 27(2) is amended by striking out "form approved"

and substituting "manner authorized".

Section 30(1) is amended by striking out "form approved"

and substituting "manner authorized".

Section 31(1) is amended by striking out "form approved"

and substituting "manner authorized".

Section 32(1) is amended by striking out "form approved"

and substituting "manner authorized".

17 The heading to

Part 4 is repealed and the following is

substituted:

Records and Fees

Section 40 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Part 5

Programs, Approvals and Designated

Organizations

Research and education programs

41 The Minister may, by order, establish research and education

programs for the purposes of preventing work site illnesses and

injuries.

Surveillance programs

42 The Minister may, by order, establish occupational health and

safety surveillance programs

(

a) for the purposes set out in

section 49 of the Act, and

(

b) for the purposes of conducting research relating to the

epidemiology of occupational injuries, diseases, exposures,

incidents and fatalities.

Approvals

43(1) To be considered for an approval under

section 16(4) or 17(1)

of the Act, an employer must apply for an approval in accordance

with

section 56 of the Act.

(2) An employer must provide the following information for each

work site affected in an application for an approval:

(

a) the name and contact information for any existing worker co-

chair of a joint work site health and safety committee, any

existing health and safety representative, and any unions

representing workers at the work site;

(

b) the address of the work site;

(

c) the number of workers at the work site;

(

d) the type and nature of the work at the work site;

(

e) the number and nature of the injuries or incidents reported

and investigated under

section 40 of the Act during the

previous year;

(

f) the proposed procedure for workers to communicate work

site specific health and safety issues to the joint work site

health and safety committee and any health and safety

representative;

(

g) the proposed composition of the joint work site health and

safety committee;

(

h) the proposed alternative to a health and safety representative;

(

i) the proposed

schedule for work site inspections;

(

j) documentation showing support for the application by

workers or worker representatives;

(

k) any other information requested by the Director.

(3) In considering whether to issue an approval under

section 16(4)

or 17(1) of the Act, the Director may consider

(

a) any of the information provided under subsection (2),

(

b) any effect an approval could have on the health or safety of a

worker or other person,

(

c) the relevant history of compliance or non-compliance with

the Act, regulations or the Occupational Health and Safety

Code, and

(

d) any other criteria the Director considers appropriate.

(4) If an approval is issued under

section 16(4) or 17(1) of the Act

and there are any subsequent changes to any of the information

provided to the Director under subsection (2), the employer must

notify the Director in writing of the changes as soon as reasonably

practicable.

Designated organizations

44 The Minister may establish criteria to designate organizations

under

section 83 of the Act.

Training

45(1) The Minister shall establish criteria that must be included in a

curriculum for training co-chairs of a joint work site health and

safety committee and to health and safety representatives under

section 29(1) and (2) of the Act.

(2) The criteria to be included in the curriculum referred to under

subsection (1) must include the following:

(

a) the roles and responsibilities of co-chairs on joint work site

health and safety committees and health and safety

representatives;

(

b) the obligations of work site parties;

(

c) the rights of workers;

(

d) the manner in which the organizations will address the

responsibilities of both workers and employers in the

delivery of the training;

(

e) any other criteria established by the Minister.

19 This Regulation comes into force on June 1, 2018.

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Alberta Regulation 52/2018

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

ALBERTA WHEAT COMMISSION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 27, 2018

For information only: Made by the Alberta Wheat Commission on October 22, 2017

and approved by the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council on October 31,

2017 pursuant to

section 26 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act.

1 The Alberta Wheat Commission Regulation

(AR 137/2012) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 3(2) is amended by adding ", and approved by the

Council" after "special Commission meeting".

Section 5(4) is amended

(

a) by striking out "will not be" and substituting "is not";

(

b) by adding "except in cases where the Commission

considers that extenuating circumstances exist" after "in

question".

Section 7(2)(

c) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

c) where a person is required to hold a Canadian Grain

Commission licence to operate as a dealer, information about

that licence, and

Section 9 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1)(

c) and substituting the

following:

(

c) where the applicant is required to hold a licence issued

by the Canadian Grain Commission to operate as a

dealer and does not hold that licence, or

(

b) in subsection (2)(

b) by adding "to operate as a dealer"

after "Commission".

Section 14 is amended by striking out "April 30, 2018" and

substituting "April 30, 2023".