Alberta Regulation 112/2024

Teachers' Pension Plans Act

TEACHERS' AND PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS'

PENSION PLAN AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: June 12, 2024

For information only: Made by the Teachers' Pension Plans Board of Trustees on

April 25, 2024 pursuant to sections 14(4) and 16(2) of the Teachers' Pension Plans

Act and

section 12(4) of the Teachers' Pension Plans (Legislative Provisions)

Regulation.

1 The Teachers' and Private School Teachers' Pension

Plans (AR 203/95) are amended by this Regulation.

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) in

section 10(2)

(

i) in clause (

a) by striking out "8.34%" and

substituting "8.24%";

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "12.20%" and

substituting "11.76%";

(

b) in

section 11 by striking out "0.66%" and

substituting "0.00%";

(

c) in

section 13

(

i) in clause (

a) by striking out "9.27%" and

substituting "8.92%";

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "0.62%" and

substituting "0.00%".

Schedule 2 is amended

(

a) in

section 10

(

i) in clause (

a) by striking out "8.50%, not 8.34%"

and substituting "8.25%, not 8.24%";

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "12.15%, not 12.20%"

and substituting "11.79%, not 11.76%";

(

b) in

section 13(

a) by striking out "9.51%" and

substituting "9.01%".

4 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2024.

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Alberta Regulation 113/2024

Forest Reserves Act

FOREST RESERVES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: June 14, 2024

For information only: Made by the Minister of Forestry and Parks (M.O. 36/2024)

on June 13, 2024 pursuant to

section 7 of the Forest Reserves Act.

1 The Forest Reserves Regulation (AR 42/2005) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 5(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) A cow weighing 1000 pounds with or without an unweaned calf

up to 6 months of age shall be considered as one animal unit.

3 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into

force of

section 11 of the Red Tape Reduction Statutes

Amendment Act, 2024.

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Alberta Regulation 114/2024

Traffic Safety Act

PILOT PROJECT (GOLF CARTS) REGULATION

Filed: June 14, 2024

For information only: Made by the Minister of Transportation and Economic

Corridors (M.O. 20/24) on June 14, 2024 pursuant to

section 18.1 of the Traffic

Safety Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

2 Application

3 Golf cart pilot project established

4 Municipal bylaw

5 Use on low-speed highways only

6 Registrar bylaw requirements

7 Changes to Registrar bylaw requirements

8 Submission to and approval of Registrar

9 Exemptions

10 Amendment or repeal of bylaw

11 Amendment due to change in

Registrar requirements

12 Suspension or cancellation of

Registrar's approval

13 Sign requirement

14 Prohibitions and obligations

15 Turning or changing course or direction

16 Maintenance and modifications

17 Producing permits for peace officer

18 Collision reports

19 Collection of information

20 Repeal

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Traffic Safety Act;

(b) "designated highway" means a highway that has been

designated by a participating municipality in accordance with

this Regulation as a highway on which a person may operate

a golf cart and includes a crossing location;

(c) "golf cart" means a motor vehicle designed by a

manufacturer primarily to transport golfers and golf

equipment on golf courses;

(d) "golf cart bylaw" means a bylaw made by a participating

municipality under this Regulation respecting golf cart use on

designated highways within that municipality;

(e) "golf cart permit" means a written authorization in any form

that

(

i) is issued by a participating municipality, and

(ii) authorizes the operation of a golf cart on designated

highways in the participating municipality;

(f) "manufacturer" means a person engaged in the business of

(

i) designing golf carts, and

(ii) building golf carts or producing kits to build golf carts;

(g) "nighttime" means the period commencing one hour after

sunset and ending one hour before the following sunrise;

(h) "participating municipality" means a municipality with a golf

cart bylaw in effect;

(i) "subsisting" when used in relation to a golf cart permit or an

approval of the Registrar means that, at the relevant time, the

golf cart permit or the approval of the Registrar is current and

has not expired nor been suspended or cancelled.

Application

2 This Regulation does not apply with respect to a golf cart that is a

commercial vehicle unless the commercial vehicle is owned by a

participating municipality and is operated by an employee of the

participating municipality in the course of the employee's

employment.

Golf cart pilot project established

3 A project is established to evaluate the use of golf carts on

highways.

Municipal bylaw

4(1) In accordance with this section, if a municipality determines that

it is advisable to participate in the project established in

section 3, a

municipality may make a bylaw respecting golf cart use on highways

within the municipality.

(2) Notwithstanding

section 16 of the Act, a golf cart bylaw must

(

a) designate highways on which a person may operate a golf

cart,

(

b) include the provisions required under

section 6, and

(

c) provide for a system of permits for golf carts that operate on

designated highways.

(3) Notwithstanding

section 16 of the Act, a golf cart bylaw may

(

a) designate or provide for the designation of highways on

which a person may park a golf cart,

(

b) include duties, obligations, prohibitions and requirements

respecting golf carts that are equal to or greater than the

duties, obligations, prohibitions and requirements in this

Regulation,

(

c) impose a fee for a golf cart permit,

(

d) specify that a contravention of or a failure to comply with the

golf cart bylaw is an offence, and

(

e) prescribe or otherwise provide for penalties with respect to

the contravention of the golf cart bylaw.

(4) Notwithstanding the limit related to the direction, control and

management of highways in

section 13 of the Act, a municipality may

make a golf cart bylaw respecting golf carts on

(

a) a highway under the municipality's direction, control and

management, and

(

b) a provincial highway as defined in the Highways

Development and Protection Act that is in the municipality.

(5) A municipality making a golf cart bylaw shall ensure that signs are

erected in accordance with

section 13 before the municipality's golf

cart bylaw comes into force.

(6) A golf cart bylaw must come into force on a date that is on or after

the date of the approval of the Registrar under

section 8.

(7) A golf cart bylaw has no effect unless there is a subsisting

approval by the Registrar under

section 8.

(8) A golf cart bylaw must comply with this Regulation.

Use on low-speed highways only

5(1) Subject to subsection (2), when, in a golf cart bylaw, a

municipality designates a highway on which a person may operate a

golf cart, the municipality shall not designate a highway with a

maximum speed limit higher than 50 km/h.

(2) In a golf cart bylaw, a municipality may designate a location

where a golf cart operator may drive the golf cart across a highway that

has a maximum speed limit higher than 50 km/h.

Registrar bylaw requirements

6(1) The Registrar may specify provisions that are required to be

included in a golf cart bylaw.

(2) The Registrar shall publish the required provisions, if any, on the

website of the Minister's Department.

Changes to Registrar bylaw requirements

7(1) The Registrar may add, remove and modify provisions that a

municipality is required to include in a golf cart bylaw under

section 6.

(2) If the Registrar has approved a golf cart bylaw, the Registrar shall

notify the participating municipality in writing of the additions,

removals or modifications under subsection (1).

Submission to and approval of Registrar

8(1) A municipality shall submit a golf cart bylaw made by the

municipality to the Registrar for approval.

(2) With the golf cart bylaw, the municipality shall submit to the

Registrar

(

a) a document that, in relation to highways designated for golf

cart operation,

(

i) explains why the highways were selected for

designation in the golf cart bylaw, and

(ii) demonstrates consideration of

(

A) collision statistics for the designated highways,

(

B) traffic volume for the designated highways, and

(

C) whether the designated highways are primarily

used for local or recreational traffic,

and

(

b) any additional information or documents requested by the

Registrar.

(3) The Registrar may approve the golf cart bylaw if

(

a) the Registrar is satisfied with the golf cart bylaw and with the

information and documents provided under subsection (2),

(

b) the bylaw complies with this Regulation, and

(

c) in the opinion of the Registrar, it is in the public interest to

approve the golf cart bylaw.

(4) The Registrar shall provide written notice to the municipality of

the Registrar's decision to approve or not to approve the bylaw.

Exemptions

9(1) Subject to subsection (3), if a golf cart has a subsisting golf cart

permit issued under a golf cart bylaw that has a subsisting approval of

the Registrar, a person operating the golf cart is exempt from

(

a) section 51 of the Act and all requirements related to

operator's licences in the Act or the regulations under the

Act,

(

b) section 52 of the Act and all requirements related to

registration in the Act or the regulations under the Act,

(

c) section 53 of the Act and all requirements related to licence

plates in the Act or the regulations under the Act,

(

d) section 54 of the Act and all requirements related to

insurance in the Act or the regulations under the Act,

(

e) the Operator Licensing and Vehicle Control Regulation

(AR 320/2002), except

Part 5 of that Regulation,

(

f) the Vehicle Equipment Regulation (AR 122/2009), and

(

g) Division 13 of

Part 1 of the Use of Highway and Rules of the

Road Regulation (AR 304/2002).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if a golf cart

(

a) has a subsisting golf cart permit issued under a golf cart

bylaw that has a subsisting approval of the Registrar, and

(

b) does not have signalling devices, head lamps, stop lamps and

hazard warning lamps that comply with the Vehicle

Equipment Regulation (AR 122/2009),

a person operating the golf cart is exempt from all signalling,

headlamp, stop lamp and hazard warning lamp requirements of the Use

of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulation (AR 304/2002),

including sections 9, 10, 11, 15(2), 24, 35, 49 and 88(2).

(3) The exemptions in subsections (1) and (2) only apply if the golf

cart is being operated

(

a) on a designated highway within the participating

municipality that issued the golf cart permit for the golf cart,

(

b) in compliance with this Regulation, and

(

c) in compliance with the golf cart bylaw of the participating

municipality that issued the golf cart permit.

Amendment or repeal of bylaw

10(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if a participating

municipality amends a golf cart bylaw approved under

section 8, the

participating municipality shall submit the amendment to the Registrar

for approval in accordance with

section 8.

(2) If an amendment to a golf cart bylaw by a participating

municipality only removes the designation of a highway for golf cart

operation or parking,

(

a) the participating municipality shall notify the Registrar of the

amendment within 30 days of the amendment coming into

force, and

(

b) the approval of the Registrar is not required for the

amendment.

(3) If a participating municipality repeals the golf cart bylaw and does

not replace it with a new golf cart bylaw,

(

a) the participating municipality shall notify the Registrar of the

repeal within 30 days of the repeal, and

(

b) the approval of the Registrar is not required for the repeal.

(4) If an approval of the Registrar is required for an amendment to a

golf cart bylaw, the amendment to the golf cart bylaw has no effect

unless approved by the Registrar in accordance with

section 8.

Amendment due to change

in Registrar requirements

11(1) Subject to subsection (2), if

(

a) a participating municipality has a golf cart bylaw approved

under

section 8, and

(

b) under

section 7, the Registrar adds or modifies the provisions

that a municipality is required to include in a golf cart bylaw,

the participating municipality shall amend its golf cart bylaw to

comply with the additional or modified requirements and submit the

golf cart bylaw amendment to the Registrar for approval in accordance

with

section 8.

(2) If the change in the requirements of the Registrar only removes a

provision that a participating municipality is required to include in its

golf cart bylaw under

section 7, subsection (1) does not apply.

(3) If an amendment to a golf cart bylaw is required under subsection

(1), the amendment to the golf cart bylaw has no effect unless

approved by the Registrar in accordance with

section 8.

(4) If a participating municipality does not submit an amendment to its

golf cart bylaw to the Registrar for approval within 60 days of a notice

under

section 7(2) of a change in provision requirements, the Registrar

may suspend or cancel the Registrar's approval of the golf cart bylaw.

(5) Section 12(2) to (4) apply to a suspension and a cancellation under

subsection (4).

Suspension or cancellation of

Registrar's approval

12(1) The Registrar may suspend or cancel the approval of a golf cart

bylaw under

section 8.

(2) The Registrar shall give notice in writing of the suspension or

cancellation to the municipality.

(3) If the Registrar has suspended the approval of a golf cart bylaw,

the Registrar may, on notice in writing to the participating

municipality,

(

a) cancel the Registrar's approval of the bylaw, or

(

b) end the suspension.

(4) If the approval of the Registrar is suspended or cancelled, the golf

cart bylaw has no effect and the municipality shall notify a person with

a golf cart permit that the golf cart bylaw has no effect.

Sign requirement

13 A participating municipality shall erect signs at locations

determined by the participating municipality indicating that there may

be golf carts on highways in the participating municipality.

Prohibitions and obligations

14(1) A person shall not operate a golf cart on a highway except on a

designated highway.

(2) A person shall not park a golf cart on a designated highway unless

authorized by a golf cart bylaw.

(3) A person shall not operate a golf cart on a designated highway

except in accordance with

(

a) this Regulation, and

(

b) a golf cart bylaw that has a subsisting approval of the

Registrar under

section 8.

(4) A person shall not operate a golf cart on a designated highway in a

participating municipality unless there is a subsisting golf cart permit

issued by the participating municipality in respect of the golf cart.

(5) A person who is less than 14 years old shall not operate a golf cart

on a designated highway.

(6) A person shall not operate a golf cart on a designated highway

during nighttime.

(7) A person shall not operate a golf cart on a designated highway if

the number of passengers in the golf cart exceeds the number of

passenger seats available.

(8) A person shall not use a golf cart to tow vehicles or equipment on

a designated highway.

Turning or changing course or direction

15 A person shall not start, turn or change the course or direction of a

golf cart or stop a golf cart on a designated highway, unless the person

has determined that there is sufficient space to safely make the

movement.

Maintenance and modifications

16(1) A person shall not operate a golf cart on a designated highway

unless the person ensures that the golf cart is maintained in good

working order and to the manufacturer's specifications.

(2) A person shall not operate a modified golf cart on a designated

highway unless the modification is in accordance with the

manufacturer's operator and service manuals.

Producing permits for peace officer

17(1) On the request of a peace officer, a person operating a golf cart

shall produce to the peace officer for inspection the subsisting golf cart

permit in respect of the golf cart.

(2) A peace officer shall not make a request under subsection

(1) unless the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the golf

cart was operated on a designated highway.

Collision reports

18(1) Subject to subsection (2), if

(

a) a golf cart is involved in a collision on a highway, and

(

b) the golf cart has a subsisting golf cart permit from a

participating municipality,

the golf cart operator shall provide a report of the collision forthwith to

the participating municipality in the form and manner specified by the

participating municipality.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if

(

a) no one is injured or dies as a result of the collision, and

(

b) there is no property damage caused by the collision.

(3) If the operator is incapable of making the report required by

subsection (1) and there is a passenger of the golf cart capable of

making the report, the passenger shall make the report forthwith.

(4) If a report has not been made under subsection (1) or (3) and the

operator or passenger is not the owner of the golf cart, the owner shall

make the report forthwith after learning of the collision.

Collection of information

19(1) The Registrar may specify information that a participating

municipality is required to collect respecting golf cart use on

highways.

(2) The participating municipality shall collect the information and

provide the information to the Registrar at the times and in the form

and manner specified by the Registrar.

(3) If a municipality ceases to be a participating municipality, the

obligation to provide information in subsection (2) continues in respect

of information collected when the municipality was a participating

municipality.

Repeal

20 This Regulation is made under

section 18.1 of the Act and is

subject to repeal under

section 18.1(3) of the Act.

Alberta Regulation 115/2024

Wildlife Act

WILDLIFE (GRIZZLY BEAR - MINISTERIAL)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: June 17, 2024

For information only: Made by the Minister of Forestry and Parks (M.O. 43/2024)

on June 17, 2024 pursuant to

section 103 of the Wildlife Act.

1 The Wildlife Regulation (AR 143/97) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The heading "Eligibility and Entitlements - Guides'

Designations" preceding

section 52 is repealed and the

heading "Eligibility and Entitlements - Authorizations" is

substituted.

Section 52(1) is amended

(

a) by striking out the portion preceding clause (

a) and

substituting the following:

Designated guide authorizations - eligibility

52(1) The following designated guide authorizations are

authorizations prescribed for the purposes of

section 22.1(1) of

the Act:

(

b) in clause (

a) by striking out ", and" and substituting

";".

4 The following is added after

section 53:

Grizzly bear management authorizations

53.1(1) In this section,

(a) "human-bear conflict situation" means an incident involving

a grizzly bear where

(

i) the bear has been determined by a wildlife officer to be

habituated or food-conditioned such that it poses an

imminent public safety risk, or

(ii) the bear has killed livestock, damaged private property

or made contact with a human resulting in injury or

death;

(b) "livestock" means horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, poultry,

bees, fur-bearing animals, alpacas, llamas, ratites, elk, deer

and bison raised in captivity.

(2) The Minister may issue a grizzly bear management authorization

for the purpose of hunting a grizzly bear if

(

a) the grizzly bear is not accompanied by a cub, and

(

b) a wildlife officer has determined that the grizzly bear

(

i) is involved in a human-bear conflict situation, or

(ii) is in an area of concern.

(3) A person is eligible to obtain and hold a grizzly bear

management authorization if and only if that person

(

a) is an individual who is an adult resident, and

(

b) is otherwise eligible to obtain or hold a recreational licence in

accordance with

section 29(1).

(4) The Minister may establish a pool of eligible persons from

which the name of an eligible person may be selected to be given the

opportunity to obtain a grizzly bear management authorization under

this section.

(5) A person may apply to be added to the pool of eligible persons

by submitting an application to the Minister in the form and manner

specified by the Minister.

(6) An application under subsection (5) must include

(

a) the person's name, address and contact information,

(

b) confirmation of the person's eligibility to hold a recreational

licence in Alberta, and

(

c) any other information required by the Minister.

(7) The Minister may issue a grizzly bear management authorization

under subsection (2) if

(

a) on assessment by a wildlife officer, the wildlife officer

determines that the issuance of a grizzly bear management

authorization is an appropriate course of action,

(

b) the wildlife officer contacts a person whose name is drawn

from the pool of eligible persons to provide an opportunity

for the person to obtain a grizzly bear management

authorization, and

(

c) the person contacted under clause (

b) agrees to be onsite

within 24 hours of being notified of the opportunity.

(8) A grizzly bear management authorization issued under

subsection (2) must include

(

a) the geographic area where grizzly bear hunting is permitted,

(

b) the period of time during which hunting is allowed,

(

c) the method and equipment allowed or prohibited, and

that the Minister considers appropriate.

(9) A grizzly bear management authorization under this

section is an

authorization prescribed for the purposes of

section 22.1(1) of the

Act.

bear management authorization must comply with the provisions

applicable to licences under

section 22.1(2) of the Act.

Schedule 6 is amended

(

a) in

Part 1 in Sub-Part 2 by striking out

Ursus arctos Brown (Grizzly) Bear

and substituting

Ursus arctos0.1 Brown (Grizzly) Bear

(

b) by adding the following footnote after "Footnotes to

the

Schedule (animals and fish only)" at the end of

Schedule 6:

0.1Despite its status as a threatened animal, the hunting of Ursus arctos

(Brown (Grizzly) Bear) is permitted under

section 53.1.