Bill 15 (Legislature 10, Session 1)

L10 S1 7538

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 15 of 1945. A BILL TO AMEND THE LICENSING OF TRADES AND BUSINESSES .A:CT. NOTE.

Section 1 of this Bill amends

section 4 'Of the Act by inserting a new paragraph (

g) to replace the former para graph (

g) and it now authorizes the Minister to make regulations setting out what an applicant for a license must do and the standards as t'O premises, etc., which must exist preliminary to the granting of a license.

Section 2 of the Bill strikes 'Out

section 5 of the Act and ena,cts a new

section 5. The present

section 5 limits the authority of the Minister to refusing an application for a license; the new

section extends his authority to applicati'Ons for renewal and also empowers him to cancel or suspend an exi'sting license when he is satisfied that it is in the public interest S'O to do. W. S. GRAY, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.)

BILL No. 15 of 1945.

An Act to amend The Licensing of Trades and Businesses Act. (Assented to , 1945.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Licensing of Trades and Businesses Act, being

chapter 313 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby am-ended as t'O

section 4 by striking Gut paragraph (

g) thereof, and by substituting therefor the following: " (

g) make such regulations not inconsistent with this Act as to the Minister seem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, he may make regu lati'Ons- "(

i) prescribing the information which shall accompany an application for a license or for a renewal 'Of a license; "(ii) prescribing standards as to the nature and condition of the premises to be occupied by the applicant for a license in carrying on his business; " (iii) prescribing as to certain specified businesses the equipment and facilities f'Or the proper accommodation of the public required to be provided by an applicant for a license or for a renewal of a license; " (iv) prescribing as to certain specified businesses, the proof as to the character or physical con dition of the applicant for a license or for a renewal of a license which must accompany same; " (

v) declaring that compliance with the require ments provided f'Or in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall be conditions precedent to the granting or renewal of a license." 2. The said Act is further amended as to

section 5 by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following: "5. In any case in which it appears to the Minister that it is questionable whether it is in the public interest that any application for the issuance or renewal of any license in

2 respect of any busines's in any locality should be granted or that an existing license should remain in force, the Minister may- "(

a) if he is satisfied that it is in the public interest so to do, refuse the application or cancel or suspend an existing license, as the case may be; or " (

b) refer any Isuch question to any board constituted pursuant to any Act of the Province flOr investiga tion, and upon any such reference being made to any such board that board shall proceed to investi gate and report to the Minister upon the question; and upon the receipt of any such report the Minister may, if he is satisfied by the report or otherwise that it is in the public interest so to do, either grant or refuse to grant the application for the license or renewal, or may ,cancel or suspend an existing license, as the case may be." 3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 15. FIRST SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE 9 GEORGE VI 1945 BILL

An Act to amend The Licensing of Trades and BusinelSses Act. Recei ved and read the First time ........................................ . Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. GERHART. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer 1945 Title: 1945 (10th, 1st) Bill 15,

An Act to amend The Licensing of Trades and Businesses Act

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