Alberta Regulation 126/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN TRADE

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act.

1 The Agricultural Equipment Technician Trade Regulation

(AR 259/2000) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 3(f)(i)(

B) and (iii) are amended by striking out

"electrically" and substituting "electronically".

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Alberta Regulation 127/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

APPRENTICESHIP AND INDUSTRY TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Minister of Advanced Education on June 28,

2005 pursuant to

section 33(1) of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act.

1 The Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Administration Regulation (AR 257/2000) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 33 is amended by striking out "October 31, 2005"

and substituting "October 31, 2008".

Alberta Regulation 128/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act.

1 The Apprenticeship Program Regulation (AR 258/2000) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 21 is amended by striking out "October 31, 2005"

and substituting "October 31, 2008".

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Alberta Regulation 129/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

CRANE AND HOISTING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to sections 22.1(1) and 33(2) of the Apprenticeship

and Industry Training Act.

1 The Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator Trade

Regulation (AR 272/2000) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended by repealing clauses (

f) and (h).

Section 2(2)(

c) is amended

(

a) by striking out "3 crafts" and substituting "2 crafts";

(

b) in subclause (

i) by striking out "heavy", by adding

"and" at the end of the subclause and by repealing

subclause (ii).

Section 9(3) is amended

(

a) in clause (b)

(

i) by striking out "heavy" wherever it occurs;

(ii) by striking out ", the medium boom truck craft";

(

b) by repealing clause (c).

Section 18 is amended

(

a) in clause (a)(iii)

(

i) in paragraphs (A), (

B) and (

C) by striking out

"(4.5 tonnes)" and substituting "(4.5 tonnes) and less

than 45 tons (40.8 tonnes)";

(ii) in paragraph (

D) by striking out "(7.3 tonnes)"

and substituting "(7.3 tonnes) and less than 45 tons

(40.8 tonnes)";

(

b) by repealing clauses (

b) and (c).

Section 19(2) is amended

(

a) by repealing clause (

a) and substituting the

following:

(

a) of boom trucks, wellhead boom trucks and tower cranes

are the undertakings that constitute the boom truck

craft;

(

b) by repealing clause (b).

7 The following is added after

section 20:

Medium boom truck craft

20.1(1) In this section, "medium boom truck craft" means the

medium boom truck craft of the boom truck branch of the trade as

it existed under this Regulation immediately before July 15, 2005.

(2) Even though a person is not otherwise permitted under the

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act to work in the boom

truck craft of the boom truck branch of the trade, a person may

carry out the tasks, activities and functions in the undertakings that

constitute the boom truck craft under the following conditions:

(

a) the person holds a trade certificate in the medium boom

truck craft of the boom truck branch of the trade;

(

b) the boom truck used to carry out the tasks, activities and

functions has a lifting capacity of less than 20 tons (18.0

tonnes).

Section 21 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) by repealing clause (a);

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "medium";

(

b) by repealing subsection (2);

(

c) in subsection (3)

(

i) by striking out "medium";

(ii) by striking out "1000 hours" and substituting

"1200 hours".

Section 22 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "heavy";

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "heavy";

(

c) in subsection (3)

(

i) by striking out "heavy" wherever it occurs;

(ii) in clause (

a) by striking out "craft, the medium

boom truck";

(iii) by repealing clause (b).

Section 23 is repealed.

Section 24(3)(

b) is amended by striking out "heavy boom

truck craft or the medium".

Section 25 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "heavy boom truck

branch and medium" and substituting "boom truck craft

of the";

(

b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the

following:

(2) Subject to the Employment Standards Code, a person

employing an apprentice referred to in subsection (1) must pay

wages to the apprentice during the period that constitutes the

apprenticeship program that are at least equal to 70% of the

wages paid to employees who are certified journeymen in the

boom truck craft of the boom truck branch of the trade.

Section 26 is repealed.

Section 27 is amended by striking out "Subject to

section

26, a" and substituting "A".

15 Sections 28 to 30 are repealed.

16 This Regulation comes into force on July 15, 2005.

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Alberta Regulation 130/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act.

1 The Electronic Technician Trade Regulation

(AR 275/2000) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 9 is amended by striking out "August 31, 2005"

and substituting "August 31, 2007".

Alberta Regulation 131/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

GLAZIER TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act.

1 The Glazier Trade Regulation (AR 280/2000) is amended

by this Regulation.

Section 7(1)(

l) and (

m) are repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

l) preparation, fabrication, installation and maintenance of

aluminum and glass doors, windows and associated

hardware;

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Alberta Regulation 132/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

MEDIUM BOOM TRUCK OPERATOR EXCEPTION

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to

section 22.1(1) of the Apprenticeship and

Industry Training Act.

1 The Medium Boom Truck Operator Exception Regulation

(AR 87/2002) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The title of the Regulation is amended by striking out

"MEDIUM".

Section 1 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) by repealing clause (

b) and substituting the

following:

(b) "boom truck craft" means the boom truck craft of

the boom truck branch of the trade;

(ii) by adding the following after clause (c):

(c.1) "heavy boom truck craft" means the heavy boom

truck craft of the boom truck branch of the trade as

it existed under the Crane and Hoisting Equipment

Operator Trade Regulation (AR 272/2000)

immediately before July 15, 2005;

(iii) by repealing clause (

f) and substituting the

following:

(f) "medium boom truck" means a truck that is

equipped with a hydraulically driven structure or

device that

(

i) is mounted on a turret that is affixed to the

truck,

(ii) is supported to provide mobility, and

(iii) is equipped with

(

A) a boom that is capable of swinging,

hoisting and booming up and down and

that has a lifting capacity greater than 5

tons (4.5 tonnes) and less than 20 tons

(18.0 tonnes),

(

B) a telescoping boom that has a lifting

capacity greater than 5 tons (4.5 tonnes)

and less than 20 tons (18.0 tonnes),

(

C) an articulating boom possessing live

lines that has a lifting capacity greater

than 5 tons (4.5 tonnes) and less than 20

tons (18.0 tonnes), or

(

D) an articulating boom without live lines

that has a lifting capacity greater than 8

tons (7.3 tonnes) and less than 20 tons

(18.0 tonnes);

(iv) in clause (

g) by adding "as it existed under the

Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator Trade

Regulation (AR 272/2000) immediately before July 15,

2005" after "the trade";

(

b) in subsection (2)

(

i) in clause (

a) by striking out "medium" wherever

it occurs;

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "medium boom truck

craft" and substituting "boom truck craft as they

relate to the operation, testing and servicing of medium

boom trucks".

Section 2 is amended by striking out "medium" wherever

it occurs.

Section 4(

b) is amended by striking out "mobile crane

branch or" and substituting "mobile crane branch, the boom truck

craft,".

Section 6(1) is amended

(

a) by striking out "medium";

(

b) by striking out "the craft" and substituting "the

operation, testing and servicing of medium boom trucks".

7 This Regulation comes into force on July 15, 2005.

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Alberta Regulation 133/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

IRONWORKER TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act.

1 The Ironworker Trade Regulation (AR 285/2000) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 10(2) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(2) A person who is a certified journeyman in the ironworker branch

of the trade or employs a certified journeyman in the ironworker

branch of the trade may employ one apprentice in the branch of the

trade and one additional apprentice in that branch for each additional

certified journeyman in that branch that is employed by that person.

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Alberta Regulation 134/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

STEAMFITTER - PIPEFITTER TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 11, 2005

For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Board on June 20, 2005 pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry

Training Act.

1 The Steamfitter - Pipefitter Trade Regulation

(AR 305/2000) is amended by this Regulation.

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

(2) A person who is a certified journeyman in the trade or employs a

certified journeyman in the trade may employ one apprentice and

one additional apprentice for each additional certified journeyman in

the trade that is employed by that person.

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Alberta Regulation 135/2005

Land Agents Licensing Act

LAND AGENTS LICENSING AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 14, 2005

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 337/2005)

on July 13, 2005 pursuant to

section 25 of the Land Agents Licensing Act.

1 The Land Agents Licensing Regulation (AR 227/2001) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 12 is amended by striking out "2005" and

substituting "2006".

Alberta Regulation 136/2005

Seniors Benefit Act

GENERAL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 14, 2005

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 346/2005)

on July 13, 2005 pursuant to

section 6 of the Seniors Benefit Act.

1 The General Regulation (AR 213/94) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 1(1) is amended

(

a) in clause (

f) by striking out "as defined in the Income

Tax Act (Canada)";

(

b) by adding the following after clause (j.1):

(j.2) "total income", in respect of a person, means

(

i) the total income shown on line 150 of the Notice

of Assessment in respect of the income tax return

filed by the person under the Income Tax Act

(Canada), or

(ii) if a Notice of Assessment is not available, the

amount that is determined by the Minister using

the same income information that would have been

used by the person to report total income on line

150 of an income tax return.

Section 8.1(1) is amended by striking out "and" at the end

of clause (b), repealing clause (

c) and substituting the

following:

(

c) whose total income is less than $21 350, where the applicant

is a single senior, and

(

d) whose total income, when combined with the total income of

the senior's spouse or adult interdependent partner, is less

than $33 900, where the applicant is part of a senior couple,

4 The

Schedule is amended

(

a) in

section 3 by adding the following after

subsection (3):

(4) A senior who is not eligible for Old Age Security may

receive the supplementary accommodation benefit under

section 4.

(

b) by repealing the Table and the Note at the end of

the Table and substituting the following:

TABLE

CALCULATION OF THE CASH BENEFIT

Part 1

Accommodation and

Relationship Category

Percentage

Maximum

Annual Cash

Benefit

Homeowner

Single senior

Senior couple

18.27%

19.01%

$2880

$4320

Renter

Single senior

Senior couple

18.27%

19.01%

$2880

$4320

Lodge Resident

Single senior

Senior couple

18.27%

19.01%

$2880

$4320

Long-term Care

Centre

Single senior

Senior couple

18.27%

19.01%

$2880

$4320

All other

Accommodation

Single senior

Senior couple

11.80%

16.37%

$1860

$3720

Part 2

Accommodation

Assistance Only

(Seniors not eligible

for OAS)

Percentage of Benefit

(as calculated above)

Single senior

Senior couple

Homeowner

Renter

Lodge resident

Long-term care centre

resident

51.39%

51.39%

51.39%

51.39%

34.26%

34.26%

34.26%

34.26%

Part 3

Accommodation and

Relationship Category

Percentage

Maximum

Annual

Supplementary

Accommodation

Benefit

Long-term Care Centre

28.27%

$4455

(Note: The benefit calculations in this table apply with respect

to July 2005 and following months.)

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Alberta Regulation 137/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN TRADE RESCISSION OF

DESIGNATION REGULATION

Filed: July 14, 2005

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 347/2005)

on July 13, 2005 pursuant to

section 30 of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Act.

Rescission of designation

1 The designation of the trade of electronic technician as a

compulsory certification trade pursuant to the Apprenticeship and

Industry Training Act is hereby rescinded.

Coming into force

2 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2007.

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Alberta Regulation 138/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN TRANSITION REGULATION

Filed: July 14, 2005

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 348/2005)

on July 13, 2005 pursuant to

section 31 of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

2 Exception

3 Apprenticeship program continues

4 No new registrations

5 Supervision

6 Repeal

7 Coming into force

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act;

(b) "apprenticeship program" means a program of training in a

designated trade

(

i) that is approved by the Board and under which an

apprentice receives formal instruction and on the job

training, and

(ii) that is governed by a contract of apprenticeship that is

registered under the Act;

(c) "Executive Director" means the Executive Director

appointed under

section 14 of the Act;

(d) "trade" means the occupation of electronic technician

designated as a compulsory certification trade pursuant to the

Act.

Exception

2 Even though a person is not otherwise permitted under the Act to

work in the trade, for the period commencing on September 1, 2005

and ending on August 31, 2007, a person is, subject to this Regulation,

permitted to work or to perform one or more tasks, activities and

functions in the trade.

Apprenticeship program continues

3 A person who immediately before September 1, 2005 was an

apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Electronic

Technician Trade Regulation (AR 275/2000) continues as an

apprentice in that apprenticeship program until the contract of

apprenticeship ends under the Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Administration Regulation (AR 257/2000) or this Regulation is

repealed, whichever occurs first.

No new registrations

4 On and after September 1, 2005, the Executive Director shall not

register contracts of apprenticeship in the trade.

Supervision

5(1) Even though an employer is not otherwise permitted under the

Act to employ an apprentice in the trade unless the employer provides

the level and type of supervision required for an apprentice under the

Apprenticeship Program Regulation (AR 258/2000), for the period

commencing on September 1, 2005 and ending on August 31, 2007, an

employer is, subject to subsection (2)(a), permitted to employ an

apprentice to work in the trade.

(2) During the period commencing on September 1, 2005 and ending

on August 31, 2007, an employer must ensure that

(

a) appropriate supervision and training is provided to every

apprentice in the trade, and

(

b) appropriate supervision is provided to every person who has

a subsisting application under the Act for a trade certificate in

the trade.

Repeal

6 This Regulation is repealed on August 31, 2007.

Coming into force

7 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2005.

Alberta Regulation 139/2005

Mines and Minerals Act

NATURAL GAS ROYALTY REGULATION, 2002

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 14, 2005

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 353/2005)

on July 13, 2005 pursuant to

section 36 of the Mines and Minerals Act.

1 The Natural Gas Royalty Regulation, 2002 (AR 220/2002)

is amended by this Regulation.

Section 6 is amended

(

a) in subsection (12)(

b) by striking out "and from which

no production was recovered during the month";

(

b) in subsection (13) by adding "or terminate the

designation of" after "designate".

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) by repealing

section 3.1(1) and substituting the

following:

Calculation of C%

3.1(1) Subject to subsection (2), C% for a production month

for each well event completed in the same pool is the

percentage specified in column 2 of the Table following this

section that corresponds to the number of months set out in

the Table that have expired from and after the earliest

production month during which

(

a) production from any of those well events is shut in

pursuant to an order or other decision of the Board

requiring production from the well event to be shut in,

(

b) any of those well events that never commenced

production due to an order or other decision of the

Board precluding the recovery of the production from

the well event are completed in the interval referred to

section 6(12)(

a) of this Regulation

to and including the month immediately preceding the first

production month in a period of at least 2 consecutive

production months for which the Minister does not prescribe

a quantity of conservation gas pursuant to

section 6(12)(

b) for a well event that was completed in that pool, where the

Minister has prescribed a quantity of conservation gas for

such a well event for one or more production months

preceding that first production month.

(

b) in

section 7(5) by striking out "$.4293" and

substituting "$.3791".

5 This Regulation apples in respect of production months

commencing on or after October 1, 2004.

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Alberta Regulation 140/2005

Health Care Protection Act

HEALTH CARE PROTECTION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 14, 2005

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 343/2005)

on July 13, 2005 pursuant to

section 25 of the Health Care Protection Act.

1 The Health Care Protection Regulation (AR 208/2000) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 6(1)(

h) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

h) the charge for each enhanced medical good or service

showing how the charge was calculated, including the

amount of the standard version of the enhanced medical good

or service being offered, the amount of the enhanced medical

good or service and the amount of any administrative

allowance;

Section 10 is repealed.

Section 22 is amended by striking out ", 10(3) or (4)".

Schedule 2 is repealed.

6 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2005.

Alberta Regulation 141/2005

Hospitals Act

HOSPITALIZATION BENEFITS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 14, 2005

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 344/2005)

on July 13, 2005 pursuant to

section 43 of the Hospitals Act.

1 The Hospitalization Benefits Regulation (AR 244/90) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 4(1)(

a) is amended by adding ", unless they are

enhanced goods and services referred to in

section 5.2"

(

a) in subclause (iii) after "hospital";

(

b) in subclause (iv) after "Minister";

(

c) in subclause (vi) after "subclauses (

i) to (v)".

Section 5(7) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(7) Subject to subsection (8), in an approved general hospital the

authorized charges for preferred accommodation shall be determined

by the board of the regional health authority of the health region in

which the approved general hospital is situated.

Section 5.2 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Charges for enhanced goods and services

5.2(1) In this section,

(a) "good or service" does not include accommodation;

(b) "hospital" means an approved hospital located in the

region of the regional health authority.

(2) A regional health authority may determine

(

a) whether or not hospitals may charge a person who

requests and receives an enhanced good or service the

cost of the enhanced good or service, and

(

b) the amount that hospitals may charge for an enhanced

good or service, but in no case may the charge exceed

the actual cost of the good or service plus a reasonable

administrative allowance.

(3) If, due to a medical necessity as determined by the patient's

attending physician, a patient requires an enhanced good or

service, the patient is not responsible for the cost of that enhanced

good or service.

5 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2005.

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Alberta Regulation 142/2005

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

APPEAL RULES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: July 15, 2005

For information only: Made by the Minister of Advanced Education on July 14,

2005 pursuant to

section 49 of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act.

1 The Appeal Rules Regulation (AR 58/99) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 2 is amended by renumbering it as

section 2(1)

and by adding the following after subsection (1):

(2) Notwithstanding

section 43(

c) of the Act and this Regulation, a

refusal by the Executive Director on or after September 1, 2005

under

section 4 of the Electronic Technician Transition Regulation

to register a contract of apprenticeship is not subject to appeal.

THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, JULY 30, 2005