Alberta Regulation 234/2025

Corrections Act

CORRECTIONS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 22, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 315/2025)

on October 22, 2025 pursuant to

section 33 of the Corrections Act.

1 The Corrections Regulation (AR 205/2001) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 31.4 is amended by striking out the portion

preceding clause (

a) and substituting the following:

Retention of records

31.4 A record of an inmate communication that is made by

telephone or other electronic means that includes an audio

transmission must not be retained for longer than 90 days unless

there are reasonable grounds to believe that the inmate is

Section 57 is amended by repealing clause (e).

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Alberta Regulation 235/2025

Provincial Health Agencies Act

HEALTH SHARED SERVICES PROVINCIAL

HEALTH CORPORATION REGULATION

Filed: October 22, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 317/2025)

on October 22, 2025 pursuant to sections 1.971 and 1.975 of the Provincial Health

Agencies Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

Health Shared Services Provincial Health Corporation

2 Health Shared Services Provincial Health Corporation

3 Appointment of members

4 Officers of corporation

5 Participants

6 Eligibility and disqualification of members and participants

7 Bylaws

8 Meeting minutes

9 Organizational meeting

10 Directives

11 Reports and returns to provincial health agency

12 Collection, use and disclosure of information

Financial Records and Reporting

13 Fiscal year

14 Annual budget

15 Annual report

16 Disclosure of remuneration and benefits

17 First fiscal year and report

18 Financial records

19 Auditor eligibility

20 Appointment of Auditor General

Financial Matters

21 Resolution re borrowing and capital leasing

22 Borrowing powers and restrictions

23 Investment of funds

24 Investment management services

25 Indemnities and guarantees

26 Capitalized assets and equipment

27 Capital development projects

28 Transfer of assets or equipment

29 Demolition of facilities or structures

30 Agreements

31 Lease agreements

32 Joint venture agreements

33 Ancillary operations

34 Surplus and deficit

35 Charitable annuities

Expiry

36 Expiry

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "directive" means a directive referred to in

section 8(2) of the

Act;

(b) "health foundation" means

(

i) a health foundation established in accordance with

section 1.951(1) of the Act, or

(ii) a foundation continued as a health foundation in

accordance with

section 1.951(2) of the Act;

(c) "HSS Provincial Health Corporation" means the Health

Shared Services Provincial Health Corporation established by

section 2(1);

(d) "joint venture agreement" means an agreement for a specific

business purpose where the parties to the agreement jointly

control and contribute to the accomplishment of the business

purpose;

(e) "member" means a member of the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation;

(f) "participant" means an individual designated as a participant

under

section 5.

Health Shared Services Provincial Health Corporation

Health Shared Services Provincial

Health Corporation

2(1) The Health Shared Services Provincial Health Corporation is

established.

(2) The oversight Minister is designated as the responsible Minister

for the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation is established for the

purposes of

(

a) delivering and coordinating the delivery of corporate and

support services related to the administration and operation

of the health care system to provincial health agencies, other

provincial health corporations, health services delivery

organizations, other health services providers and health

foundations, and

(

b) establishing health foundations and overseeing the

governance, management and operation of health foundations

in accordance with the regulations made under

section

23(1)(

s) of the Act.

Appointment of members

3 For the purposes of

section 1.973(1) of the Act, the responsible

Minister shall

(

a) consult each sector Minister before appointing a member of

the HSS Provincial Heath Corporation, and

(

b) take into account the advice of each sector Minister when

appointing a member of the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation.

Officers of corporation

4(1) If the responsible Minister has not designated a vice-chair under

section 1.973(3) of the Act, the members may designate a vice-chair

from among themselves, but the designation ceases to be effective

when a designation made by the responsible Minister under

section

1.973(3) of the Act takes effect.

(2) The members may designate offices other than chair and

vice-chair, appoint from among themselves persons to those offices

and prescribe the duties of those offices.

(3) For the purposes of

section 18 of the Alberta Public Agencies

Governance Act, the same person may serve as the chair and chief

executive officer of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

Participants

5(1) The responsible Minister may designate one or more persons as

participants for the purposes of

(

a) observing and participating in meetings of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation, or

(

b) if the HSS Provincial Health Corporation consists of one

member, participating in discussions with the member before

the member makes decisions for the purposes of overseeing

the business and affairs of the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation.

(2) The responsible Minister shall

(

a) consult each sector Minister before designating a participant,

and

(

b) take into account the advice of each sector Minister when

designating a participant.

(3) A participant does not have the right to vote at meetings of the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

Eligibility and disqualification of

members and participants

6(1) A person is eligible to be appointed as a member or designated as

a participant if the person is, on the date of the appointment or

designation,

(a) 18 years of age or older,

(

b) a Canadian citizen, and

(

c) not otherwise ineligible or disqualified.

(2) A person is not eligible to be appointed as a member or designated

as a participant if the person has been convicted of

(

a) an offence under

section 123, 124 or 125 of the Criminal

Code (Canada), or

(

b) an offence punishable by imprisonment for 5 or more years

and no absolute discharge or pardon has been granted in respect of the

offence.

(3) A member or participant is disqualified from being a member or

participant if the member or participant ceases to meet any of the

eligibility requirements in subsection (1) or (2).

Bylaws

7(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may make bylaws

respecting its general conduct, operation and management, including

bylaws respecting

(

a) the calling of meetings and the conduct of business at

meetings,

(

b) the powers, duties and functions of the officers of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation,

(

c) the appointment, removal, powers, duties, functions,

remuneration and benefits of employees of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation, and

(

d) the establishment, membership, duties and functions of

special, standing and other committees of the members.

(2) Bylaws have no effect until they are approved in writing by the

responsible Minister.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), when bylaws are submitted to the

responsible Minister for approval, the responsible Minister may,

(

a) approve the bylaws as submitted, or

(

b) refer the bylaws back to the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation with directions to make changes.

(4) The responsible Minister shall

(

a) consult each sector Minister before approving bylaws or

referring bylaws back under subsection (3), and

(

b) take into account the advice of each sector Minister before

approving bylaws or referring bylaws back under subsection

(3).

(5) Bylaws referred back to the HSS Provincial Health Corporation

under subsection (3)(

b) must be resubmitted as directed by the

responsible Minister.

(6) Subsections (3) and (4) apply to bylaws that are resubmitted to the

responsible Minister.

(7) The responsible Minister may issue a directive requiring the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation to amend or repeal its bylaws in

accordance with that directive.

(8) If there is a conflict between the bylaws and the Act, a regulation

under the Act or an enactment made applicable by a regulation under

the Act, then the Act, regulation or enactment prevails.

(9) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with its

bylaws.

(10) The responsible Minister shall determine the time within which

the HSS Provincial Health Corporation is required to submit its bylaws

to the responsible Minister after it has been established.

Meeting minutes

8(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall provide to the

responsible Minister a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation within 7 days after the meeting at which

the minutes were adopted.

(2) This

section does not apply if the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation consists of one member.

Organizational meeting

9(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall hold an

organizational meeting where

(

a) the first members are appointed after the HSS Provincial

Health Corporation is established, or

(

b) more than half of its members are replaced at the same time

or substantially the same time.

(2) The organizational meeting must be held not later than 15 days

after the last of the new appointments referred to in subsection (1)(

a) or the replacement appointments referred to in subsection (1)(

b) are

made.

(3) This

section does not apply if the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation consists of one member.

Directives

10 For the purposes of

section 8(2) of the Act, the responsible

Minister may issue directives that must be followed by

(

a) the HSS Provincial Health Corporation or its members, or

(

b) a subsidiary health corporation of the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation or its members.

Reports and returns to provincial health agency

11(1) A provincial health agency, by notice in writing, may require

the HSS Provincial Health Corporation to provide the provincial health

agency with a report or return relating to the financial matters or

operations of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation with respect to

the corporate and support services it provides in the health services

sector for which the provincial health agency was established.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) must specify the information

requested and the time by which and the manner in which the report or

return must be provided.

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with any

notice it receives under subsection (1).

Collection, use and disclosure of information

12(1) In this section,

(a) "individually identifiable health information" means

individually identifiable health information within the

meaning of the Health Information Act;

(b) "personal information" means personal information as

defined in the Protection of Privacy Act.

(2) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may collect and use

individually identifying health information and personal information

for the purposes for which the HSS Provincial Health Corporation was

established as set out in

section 2(3)(a).

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may disclose individually

identifying health information and personal information to provincial

health agencies, other provincial health corporations, health services

delivery organizations, other health services providers and health

foundations for the purposes for which the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation was established as set out in

section 2(3)(a).

(4) On the request of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation,

provincial health agencies, other provincial health corporations, health

services delivery organizations, other health services providers and

health foundations shall provide to the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation the individually identifying health information and

personal information requested by the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation.

Financial Records and Reporting

Fiscal year

13 The fiscal year of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation is from

April 1 to March 31.

Annual budget

14(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall, as directed under

subsection (2), submit its annual budget to the responsible Minister for

approval.

(2) The responsible Minister may give directions respecting the form

and content of the budget, the time by which the budget must be

submitted and any other information that must be submitted.

Annual report

15(1) For the purposes of

section 14(2.1)(

c) of the Act, the annual

report must contain any information required by the responsible

Minister by notice in writing to the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the HSS Provincial Health Corporation

shall provide to the responsible Minister its annual report for the

previous fiscal year not later than the July 31 following the end of that

fiscal year.

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall provide to the

responsible Minister its audited financial statements and the

information referred to in

section 16 for the previous fiscal year not

later than the June 30 following the end of that fiscal year.

(4) The responsible Minister, by notice in writing, may require the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation to provide the information required

under this

section and

section 14(2), (2.1) and (2.2) of the Act in the

form and with the content specified by the responsible Minister.

Disclosure of remuneration and benefits

16(1) In this section, "management personnel" includes medical

officers who exercise management functions.

(2) For the purposes of

section 14(2.2)(

b) of the Act, information on

remuneration and benefits paid to members, officers and employees of

the HSS Provincial Health Corporation must be disclosed in

accordance with this section.

(3) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed for the following

individuals:

(

a) the members;

(

b) the chief executive officer of the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation;

(

c) management personnel who report directly to one or more

members;

(

d) management personnel who report directly to the chief

executive officer of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation;

(

e) management personnel who report to the management

personnel referred to in clause (d);

(

f) individuals engaged on a fee for service basis in a

management capacity referred to in any of clauses (

b) to (e).

(4) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed

(

a) on an individual basis by name in the case of the individuals

referred to in subsection (3)(a),

(

b) on an individual basis by reference to position titles in the

case of the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(b), (

c) and (

d) and the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(

f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection

(3)(b), (

c) or (d), and

(

c) on a group basis in the case of the individuals referred to in

subsection (3)(

e) and the individuals referred to in subsection

(3)(

f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection

(3)(e).

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4)(

a) and (b), where an individual is a

member and the chief executive officer of the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation, the remuneration and benefits paid to that individual must

be disclosed by name and position title.

(6) The information required to be reported under this

section must be

reported as a note or

schedule to the financial statements referred to in

section 14(2.2)(

a) of the Act.

(7) On the request of the responsible Minister by notice in writing, the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall include in the disclosure

required under this

section the value of any severance package that is

provided on termination of employment, disclosed on the same basis as

other remuneration and benefits.

First fiscal year and report

17(1) Notwithstanding

section 13, the first fiscal year of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation begins on the date on which the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation is established and ends on the following

March 31.

(2) Notwithstanding

section 15(2) and (3), the responsible Minister

shall determine when the HSS Provincial Health Corporation is

required to provide the documents and information referred to in

section 15(2) and (3) with respect to the first fiscal year of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation.

Financial records

18(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall, with respect to

the keeping and preparation of its financial records, apply the

Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting in the Public Sector,

as applicable, and the Public Sector Accounting Standards as set out in

the CPA Canada Public Sector Accounting Handbook published by the

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, as amended from time

to time.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the responsible Minister, by notice

in writing, may prescribe policies or rules that are to apply with respect

to the keeping and preparation of the financial records, and the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation shall apply those policies or rules

accordingly.

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall keep a financial

record for the longer of

(a) 3 years after it was created, and

(

b) any period required under an enactment of Alberta or

Canada.

Auditor eligibility

19 No person is eligible to be appointed by the HSS Provincial

Health Corporation as its auditor or to remain as its auditor unless that

person is a professional accounting firm registered under the Chartered

Professional Accountants Act and authorized to perform an audit

engagement.

Appointment of Auditor General

20(1) Where the responsible Minister intends to appoint the Auditor

General as the auditor for the HSS Provincial Health Corporation, the

responsible Minister shall give at least 90 days' written notice of the

appointment to the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the responsible Minister

intends to appoint the Auditor General as the first auditor of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation, the responsible Minister shall give

written notice of the appointment to the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation before the date on which the appointment takes effect.

(3) Where the responsible Minister appoints the Auditor General as

the auditor for the HSS Provincial Health Corporation, the

appointment of an auditor appointed by the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation ceases on the earlier of

(

a) the expiry of the auditor's term,

(

b) the effective date of the cancellation of the auditor's

appointment by the HSS Provincial Health Corporation, and

(

c) the effective date of the appointment of the Auditor General

as auditor.

(4) Where the responsible Minister has appointed the Auditor General

as the auditor of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation and that

appointment is subsisting, the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall

not appoint an auditor under

section 13(3.1) of the Act.

(5) The responsible Minister may cancel the appointment of the

Auditor General as auditor of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation

on 90 days' written notice to the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

(6) Where the responsible Minister cancels an appointment under

subsection (5), the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall appoint an

auditor before the end of the fiscal year.

Financial Matters

Resolution re borrowing and capital leasing

21(1) Except for borrowing transactions made on a line of credit, each

transaction of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation relating to debt,

guarantees, indemnities or capital leasing must be approved by the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation in advance of the transaction.

(2) The transaction must

(

a) be approved by resolution and recorded in the minutes of the

meeting at which the resolution was approved, or

(

b) if the HSS Provincial Health Corporation consists of one

member, be approved and recorded in a decision of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation.

(3) The minutes must contain the following:

(

a) in the case of a debt obligation, the maximum amount of

money to be borrowed and the purposes for which the money

is to be borrowed;

(

b) in the case of an indemnity or guarantee,

(

i) the maximum amount of the potential liability of the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation under the indemnity

or guarantee,

(ii) the purpose for which the indemnity or guarantee is

given, and

(

c) in the case of a capital leasing transaction, the purpose for

entering into the capital leasing transaction and the value of

the assets that will be leased;

or the payment under the capital leasing obligation;

(

e) the source of the money from which the debt obligation or

the payments under the capital leasing obligation will be

paid;

(

f) the source of the money from which potential liability on

indemnities and guarantees will be paid;

(

g) the nature of the involvement in the transaction of any person

or entity in respect of which the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation is not dealing at arm's length.

Borrowing powers and restrictions

22(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not borrow for the

purpose of financing the purchase of securities within the meaning of

the Securities Act.

(2) Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation borrows for the

purposes of acquiring or constructing a capital asset, the repayment

term of the loan must not exceed the estimated useful life of the capital

asset.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the acquisition of land without

improvements.

(4) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not borrow for the

purpose of financing an ancillary operation as defined in

section

33(1)(

a) unless the following conditions are met:

(

a) the estimated net revenue to be generated by the ancillary

operation must be at least equal to the amount to be repaid

under the borrowing;

(

b) no property other than property wholly used or to be used in

the ancillary operation may be given as security for the

repayment of the loan.

(5) Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation borrows, it shall

determine the risks of interest rate and foreign exchange rate

fluctuations in respect of that borrowing and may enter into a

transaction in respect of

(

a) a swap or forward contract, or

(

b) the purchase of financial futures or options, only if the

purpose of the transaction is to offset or reduce the risk of

interest rate or foreign exchange rate fluctuations associated

with liabilities in respect of the borrowing.

(6) A transaction referred to in subsection (5) must

(

a) be approved in advance of the transaction by resolution of the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation and recorded in the

minutes of the meeting at which the resolution was approved,

(

b) if the HSS Provincial Health Corporation consists of one

member, be approved by the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation in advance of the transaction and recorded in a

decision of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

(7) Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation enters into a

transaction referred to in subsection (5), it shall establish policies and

procedures to measure and monitor the risks of such transactions.

(8) Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation enters into a

transaction referred to in

section 21(1) or establishes or amends a line

of credit, it shall disclose to all parties to the transaction that the Crown

is not obligated to pay any debt obligations of the HSS Provincial

Health Corporation except where the Crown has specifically assumed

such an obligation.

Investment of funds

23(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall adhere to prudent

investment standards in making investment decisions.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), prudent investment standards

are those that, in the overall context of an investment portfolio, a

reasonably prudent person would apply to investments made on behalf

of another person with whom there exists a fiduciary relationship to

make those investments, without undue risk of loss or impairment and

with a reasonable expectation of fair return or appreciation.

Investment management services

24(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation is a designated entity

under

section 6(1) of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation

Act in respect of its funds.

(2) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation shall, through an investment management agreement,

(

a) engage Alberta Investment Management Corporation as the

exclusive provider to the HSS Provincial Health Corporation

of investment management services in respect of its funds,

and

(

b) ensure that all investments of its funds are managed by

Alberta Investment Management Corporation.

(3) The investment management agreement of the HSS Provincial

Health Corporation must take effect no later than 6 months after the

date on which the HSS Provincial Health Corporation is established or

such later date as set by order of the President of Treasury Board and

Minister of Finance.

(4) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may exclude investments

of its funds from an investment management agreement under

subsection (2) if the funds invested are reasonably required to meet the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation's expected current liabilities and

operating expenses.

(5) The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance may by

order authorize the HSS Provincial Health Corporation to exclude from

an investment management agreement under subsection (2), for a fixed or

an indefinite period of time, specific investments or classes of

investments of its funds, but such investments must not make up more

than 10% of the total value of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation's

investments at the time the order is made, excluding investments made

under subsection (4).

Indemnities and guarantees

25(1) Subject to this section, the HSS Provincial Health Corporation

shall not give an indemnity or guarantee with respect to the obligations

of another person.

(2) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may give an indemnity or

guarantee with respect to the obligations of a subsidiary health

corporation of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall ensure that its

potential liability under an indemnity or guarantee under subsection

(2) does not exceed the lesser of

(

a) the value of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation's equity

investment in the subsidiary health corporation, and

(

b) an amount determined by multiplying the HSS Provincial

Health Corporation's percentage ownership of the subsidiary

health corporation times the total debt obligations of the

subsidiary health corporation.

(4) Section 124 of the Business Corporations Act applies in respect of

the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

(5) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may indemnify its

members and employees and former members and employees, and for

that purpose

section 124 of the Business Corporations Act applies and

shall be interpreted as if references to directors and officers of the

corporation were references to members and employees of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation.

Capitalized assets and equipment

26 Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation acquires or

disposes of

(

a) a capitalized asset, other than an interest in land, or

(

b) equipment,

it shall do so in accordance with written policies and rules issued by

the responsible Minister.

Capital development projects

27(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not, without the

written approval of the responsible Minister, enter into a capital

development project that has a value in excess of the amount specified

by the responsible Minister in a directive.

(2) If the HSS Provincial Health Corporation enters into a capital

development project referred to in subsection (1), it shall comply with

written policies and rules issued by the responsible Minister.

Transfer of assets or equipment

28(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation shall not confer a benefit on or transfer assets or

equipment to any person unless the HSS Provincial Health Corporation

receives fair market value in exchange for the benefit or transfer.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the conferral of a benefit or the

transfer of assets or equipment by a transitional order.

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation, if it takes all reasonable

steps to ensure compliance with any existing trust conditions, may

transfer assets or equipment received by means of a bequest, donation

or other gift to a health foundation.

Demolition of facilities or structures

29 The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not, without the

written approval of the responsible Minister, demolish a facility or

structure used for the delivery of health services or for related purposes

if the facility or structure has a value in excess of the amount specified

by the responsible Minister in a directive.

Agreements

30(1) The responsible Minister may establish a process for the

approval of agreements proposed to be entered into by the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation.

(2) Where the responsible Minister has established a process under

subsection (1), the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not enter

into an agreement unless the agreement has been approved in

accordance with the process, if required.

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with the

terms of any agreement it enters into with a provincial health agency,

another provincial health corporation or any other person.

(4) This

section does not apply with respect to an agreement for the

lease of an interest in land.

Lease agreements

31 The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not, without the

written approval of the responsible Minister, enter into an agreement

for the lease of an interest in land.

Joint venture agreements

32 Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation enters into a joint

venture agreement, it shall ensure that its financial commitment in the

agreement is clearly specified in the agreement or can be determined

Ancillary operations

33(1) In this section,

(a) "ancillary operation" means the sale of goods and services

that are unrelated to the direct performance of activities by

the HSS Provincial Health Corporation for the purposes set

out in

section 2(3);

(b) "health system participants" means

(

i) persons in direct receipt of corporate and support

services related to the administration and operation of

the health care system that are delivered by the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation,

(ii) subsidiary health corporations and persons or entities

with whom the HSS Provincial Health Corporation has

a joint venture agreement, and

(iii) other persons or entities as determined by the

responsible Minister.

(2) The responsible Minister shall notify the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation in writing of any persons or entities the responsible

Minister determines to be health system participants under subsection

(1)(b)(iii).

(3) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may engage in an

ancillary operation itself or through a subsidiary health corporation of

the HSS Provincial Health Corporation or joint venture agreement, and

a reference in this

section to an ancillary operation includes an

ancillary operation engaged in by any of those means.

(4) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not engage in an

ancillary operation without the prior written approval of the

responsible Minister.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply in respect of an ancillary operation

that was being engaged in by a regional health authority that is

transferred to the HSS Provincial Health Corporation by a transitional

order.

(6) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may market ancillary

operations to provincial health agencies, other provincial health

corporations, health services delivery organizations and other health

services providers.

(7) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall ensure that the

majority of the business activity related to an ancillary operation is

marketed to health system participants.

(8) Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation charges fees in

connection with an ancillary operation, it shall do so in accordance

with any directives issued by the responsible Minister.

(9) Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation engages in an

ancillary operation and markets the ancillary operation to non-health

system participants, the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall

ensure that the fees charged in connection with the ancillary operation

include a margin that estimates equivalent market rates for

amortization of capital assets, taxes, costs of capital and other direct or

indirect costs related to the ancillary operation.

(10) Subsections (7) and (9) do not apply in respect of ancillary

operations that are marketed to provincial health agencies or other

provincial health corporations.

(11) On the request of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation, the

responsible Minister may exempt the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation from the requirements of subsection (7).

(12) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not use

(

a) general grants provided by the Crown, or

(

b) corporate and support service fees or charges that the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation is authorized to collect

to subsidize an ancillary operation unless the money comes from

accumulated surplus as defined in

section 34(1)(

b) or the responsible

Minister approves the use of the money for that purpose.

(13) All costs incurred by the HSS Provincial Health Corporation in

engaging in an ancillary operation must be charged to the ancillary

operation.

(14) The responsible Minister may issue a directive requiring the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation to

(

a) cease engaging in an ancillary operation, or

directive in respect of an ancillary operation in which the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation is engaged.

Surplus and deficit

34(1) In this section,

(a) "accumulated deficit" means a negative amount when

summing the following amounts in the statement of financial

position, excluding asset retirement obligations, as shown in

the audited financial statements:

(

i) the accumulated deficit;

(ii) the internally restricted or authority designated net

assets;

(b) "accumulated surplus" means the sum of the following

amounts in the statement of financial position, excluding

asset retirement obligations, as shown in the audited financial

statements:

(

i) the unrestricted or available net assets;

(ii) the internally restricted or authority designated net

assets;

(c) "annual operating deficit" means the negative amount

calculated by subtracting

(

i) the total expenses for a fiscal year, excluding expenses

recognized for asset retirement obligations, as

determined in accordance with generally accepted

accounting principles and financial directives issued by

the responsible Minister,

from

(ii) the total revenue for a fiscal year, excluding revenue

recognized for asset retirement obligations, as

determined in accordance with generally accepted

accounting principles and financial directives issued by

the responsible Minister;

(d) "asset retirement obligations" means asset retirement

obligations within the meaning of

Section PS 3280, Asset

Retirement Obligations, of the Public Sector Accounting

Standards issued by the Public Sector Accounting Board

(August 2018) and included in the CPA Canada Public

Sector Accounting Handbook published by the Chartered

Professional Accountants of Canada, as amended from time

to time.

(2) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not incur an annual

operating deficit.

(3) If, despite subsection (2), the HSS Provincial Health Corporation

incurs an annual operating deficit, it shall

(

a) use the accumulated surplus to offset the deficit, or

(

b) if there is no accumulated surplus or the accumulated surplus

is insufficient, provide the responsible Minister with a plan,

in writing, that is satisfactory to the responsible Minister, to

eliminate the accumulated deficit within 3 years of it being

incurred.

(4) A plan referred to in subsection (3)(

b) must be submitted to the

responsible Minister within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year.

(5) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may use any portion of

the accumulated surplus that is not needed to offset an annual

operating deficit for any purpose related to

(

a) the delivery or coordination of the delivery of corporate and

support services related to the administration and operation

of the health care system by the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation, or

(

b) an ancillary operation.

(6) The funding of an accumulated deficit is the responsibility of the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

Charitable annuities

35(1) Where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation receives a

donation of money that is subject to a condition requiring the payment

of interest on the money or an annuity to any person, the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with the following:

(

a) the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall establish a trust

fund and hold the money in the trust fund;

(

b) where the condition requires the payment of an annuity, the

HSS Provincial Health Corporation may

(

i) purchase an annuity for the annuitant, or

(ii) make the annuity payments out of the trust fund;

(

c) where the condition requires the payment of interest, the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation shall make those payments out

of the trust fund;

(

d) where the HSS Provincial Health Corporation acts under

clause (b)(ii) or (c),

(

i) the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall not use any

of the money for its own purposes until its obligation to

make those payments has ended, and

(ii) the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall invest the

principal amount in one or more of the following:

(

A) an interest-bearing account managed by a

deposit-taking institution in Canada;

(

B) securities that are issued or guaranteed by the

by a deposit-taking institution in Canada, for a

term of one year or less;

(

C) money market mutual fund units where the

investment policy of the fund ensures that at least

90% of the assets of the fund consist of the

securities described in paragraph (B);

(

D) an account or other arrangement made available by

the Crown for the management and pooled

investment of cash.

(2) Only the donation and the income earned on the donation may be

used to make the payments under subsection (1).

Expiry

Expiry

36 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on April 30, 2035.

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Alberta Regulation 236/2025

Provincial Health Agencies Act

PROVINCIAL HEALTH CORPORATION

FINANCIAL MATTERS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 22, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 318/2025)

on October 22, 2025 pursuant to

section 1.975 of the Provincial Health Agencies Act.

1 The Provincial Health Corporation Financial Matters

Regulation (AR 196/2025) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1(

b) is amended by adding "Alberta Children's

Hospital Foundation," after "Alberta Cancer Foundation,".

Alberta Regulation 237/2025

Provincial Health Agencies Act

PROVINCIAL HEALTH AGENCIES

AMENDMENT REGULATION, 2025 (NO. 3)

Filed: October 22, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 319/2025)

on October 22, 2025 pursuant to

section 23 of the Provincial Health Agencies Act.

1 The Provincial Health Agencies Regulation (AR 15/95) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 1(a.1)(ii) is amended by adding "Alberta Children's

Hospital Foundation," after "Alberta Cancer Foundation,".

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Alberta Regulation 238/2025

Meat Inspection Act

MEAT INSPECTION (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 22, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 324/2025)

on October 22, 2025 pursuant to

section 11 of the Meat Inspection Act.

1 The Meat Inspection Regulation (AR 42/2003) is amended

by this Regulation.

Section 80 is amended by striking out "January 31, 2026"

and substituting "January 31, 2031".

Alberta Regulation 239/2025

Soil Conservation Act

SOIL CONSERVATION NOTICE (EXPIRY DATE

EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 22, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 325/2025)

on October 22, 2025 pursuant to

section 25 of the Soil Conservation Act.

1 The Soil Conservation Notice Regulation (AR 272/98) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 5 is amended by striking out "November 30, 2025"

and substituting "November 30, 2030".

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Alberta Regulation 240/2025

Drainage Districts Act

DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (EXPIRY DATE

EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 27, 2025

For information only: Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation (M.O.

21/2025) on October 23, 2025 pursuant to sections 9, 17 and 54 of the Drainage

Districts Act.

1 The Drainage Districts Regulation (AR 5/2001) is

amended by this Regulation.

Section 10 is amended by striking out "December 1, 2025"

and substituting "December 1, 2030".

Alberta Regulation 241/2025

Drainage Districts Act

COMPENSATION (EXPIRY DATE

EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 27, 2025

For information only: Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation (M.O.

22/2025) on October 23, 2025 pursuant to

section 34 of the Drainage Districts Act.

1 The Compensation Regulation (AR 29/2002) is amended

by this Regulation.

Section 13 is amended by striking out "December 1, 2025"

and substituting "December 1, 2030".

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Alberta Regulation 242/2025

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

REVIEW AND APPEAL REGULATION

Filed: October 28, 2025

For information only: Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation (M.O.

18/2025) on October 23, 2025 pursuant to

section 43.1 of the Marketing of

Agricultural Products Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

Part 1

Reviews

2 Application for review

3 Conducting the review

4 Timing of the review

5 Refusal to conduct review

6 Review adjournments

7 Right of applicant to participate in oral hearing

8 Evidence - review

9 Failure to appear - review oral hearing

10 Review decisions

Part 2

Appeals

11 Application for appeal

12 Conducting the appeal

13 Timing of the appeal

14 Refusal to refer to panel

15 Appeal adjournments

16 Extending or abridging time

17 Chair may act

18 Right of parties to participate in oral hearing

19 Evidence - appeal

20 Witnesses

21 Failure to appear - appeal oral hearing

22 Rules of Court

23 Refusal to conduct appeal

24 Appeal decisions

25 Appeal record

26 Cost recovery

Part 3

Appeal Tribunal

27 Appeal tribunal establishment and appointments

28 Remuneration of appeal tribunal members

29 Appointment to panel to conduct appeal

Part 4

Transitional,

Repeal and Expiry

30 Transitional

31 Repeal

32 Expiry

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "appeal" means an appeal of a decision of a board or

commission served under

section 10(2), as authorized under

section 36(2) of the Act;

(b) "appeal tribunal" means the appeal tribunal established under

section 27;

(c) "applicant" means,

(

i) in the case of a review, the person applying for the

review, and

(ii) in the case of an appeal, the person applying for the

appeal;

(d) "contact information" means information used for the

purpose of communicating with a person, such as the

person's name, mailing address, telephone number or email

address;

(e) "decision maker" means the board, commission or the

Council whose decision is subject to an application for

review;

(f) "hearing" means the stage of a review or appeal during which

the matter is decided, whether conducted by oral hearing or

solely based on written submissions;

(g) "party" means

(

i) the applicant in an appeal, and

(ii) the board or commission whose review decision is

being appealed;

(h) "review" means a review of a decision of a board,

commission or the Council, as authorized under

section 36(1)

of the Act;

(i) "review decision" means a decision made under

section 10(1)

and served under

section 10(2) following the completion of a

review.

Part 1

Reviews

Application for review

2(1) In accordance with

section 36(1) of the Act, an applicant must

serve the decision maker with an application for review within 60 days

from the day the applicant is notified of or served with the decision

that is to be reviewed, whichever is sooner.

(2) An application for review must

(

a) be in writing,

(

b) identify the decision to be reviewed,

(

c) state why the decision should be rescinded or varied,

(

d) state the requested outcome,

(

e) state whether the applicant

(

i) requests that the review be conducted by oral hearing,

(ii) consents to conduct the review solely based on written

submissions,

(

f) provide the applicant's contact information,

(

g) provide the contact information of the agent acting on the

applicant's behalf in respect of the review, if the applicant

has such an agent,

(

h) provide a mailing address and, if available, an email address

for the service of notices and other documents in respect of

the review, and

(

i) be signed by the applicant or the applicant's agent.

Conducting the review

3 Subject to

section 5,

(

a) a decision maker who receives an application for review

must conduct a review,

(

b) a review may be conducted solely based on written

submissions only if the applicant consented in the application

for review to conduct the review solely based on written

submissions, and

(

c) if the review is conducted by oral hearing, the decision maker

must determine the time and place of the review and provide

written notice to the applicant.

Timing of the review

4 Subject to

section 5,

(

a) if the review is conducted by oral hearing, the decision maker

must hold an oral hearing within 60 days from the day the

applicant served the decision maker with the application for

review, or

(

b) if the applicant consented to complete the review solely

based on written submissions,

(

i) the applicant must serve the decision maker with the

written submissions within 30 days from the day the

applicant served the decision maker with the application

for review, and

(ii) the decision maker must hold a review within 30 days

from the day the applicant served the decision maker

with the written submissions.

Refusal to conduct review

5(1) The decision maker may refuse to conduct a review if the

decision maker considers the review to be trivial or not made in good

faith.

(2) If the decision maker refuses to conduct a review, the decision

maker must serve a written notice that sets out the reasons for refusal

to the applicant within 30 days from the day the applicant served the

decision maker with the application for review.

Review adjournments

6(1) The granting and duration of an adjournment in a review is at the

sole discretion of the decision maker.

(2) The time limits set out in sections 4 and 9 do not apply during a

period of adjournment.

Right of applicant to participate in oral hearing

7 If a review is conducted by oral hearing, the applicant has the right

to attend, make representations at, present evidence at and

cross-examine witnesses at the hearing.

Evidence - review

8(1) The decision maker may receive any evidence that it considers

relevant to the matter being reviewed.

(2) The rules of evidence that apply in judicial proceedings do not

apply in a review.

Failure to appear - review oral hearing

9 If a review is conducted by oral hearing and the applicant fails to

appear for the hearing within one hour from the time set out in the

applicable notice or adjournment, the decision maker may

(

a) dismiss the review,

(

b) adjourn the hearing, or

(

c) conduct the hearing in the applicant's absence.

Review decisions

10(1) On completion of a review, the decision maker may confirm,

rescind or vary the decision being reviewed.

(2) The decision maker must serve the applicant with a written

decision that includes reasons within 30 days of completing the

hearing.

Part 2

Appeals

Application for appeal

11(1) In accordance with

section 36(2) of the Act, an applicant must

serve the appeal tribunal with an application for appeal respecting a

review decision served by a board or commission under

section 10(2)

within 60 days from the day the applicant was served with the

decision.

(2) An application for appeal may be served on the appeal tribunal by

courier, registered mail, email or other delivery.

(3) An application for appeal must

(

a) be in writing,

(

b) include a copy of the review decision being appealed,

(

c) state why the review decision should be rescinded,

(

d) state the outcome requested,

(

e) state whether the applicant

(

i) requests that the appeal be conducted by oral hearing, or

(ii) consents to conduct the appeal solely based on written

submissions,

(

f) provide the applicant's contact information,

(

g) provide the contact information of the agent acting on the

applicant's behalf in respect of the appeal, if the applicant

has such an agent,

(

h) provide a mailing address and, if available, an email address

for service of notices and other documents in respect of the

appeal, and

(

i) be signed by the applicant or the applicant's agent.

(4) The appeal tribunal must provide a copy of the application for

appeal

(

a) to the board or commission whose review decision is being

appealed, and

(

b) to the Minister.

(5) The board or commission whose review decision is being appealed

must, within 15 days from the day the board or commission received a

copy of the application for appeal, state in writing whether the board or

commission

(

a) requests that the appeal be conducted by oral hearing, or

(

b) consents to conduct the appeal solely based on written

submissions.

Conducting the appeal

12(1) Subject to

section 14, if the appeal tribunal is served with an

application for appeal, the appeal tribunal must refer the application for

appeal to a panel established under

section 29.

(2) A panel may conduct an appeal

(

a) by oral hearing, or

(

b) solely based on written submissions only if the parties

consent.

(3) Subject to

section 23, the panel must determine the time and place

of the hearing and provide written notice to

(

a) the parties,

(

b) the Minister, and

(

c) the Council.

Timing of the appeal

13 Subject to

section 23,

(

a) if the appeal is conducted by oral hearing, the panel must

hold the hearing within 120 days from the day the appeal

tribunal was served with the application for appeal, and

(

b) if the appeal is completed based solely on written

submissions,

(

i) the applicant, within 30 days from the day the applicant

was served with notice under

section 12(3), must serve

the applicant's written submissions on

(

A) the board or commission whose review decision is

being appealed, and

(

B) the panel,

(ii) the board or commission whose review decision is

being appealed, within 30 days from the day it was

served with the applicant's submissions, must serve its

written submissions on

(

A) the applicant, and

(

B) the panel,

and

(iii) the panel must hold the hearing within 60 days from the

day the panel was served with the written submissions

of the board or commission whose review decision is

being appealed.

Refusal to refer to panel

14(1) The chair of the appeal tribunal may refuse to refer an

application for appeal to a panel for the panel to conduct the appeal

(

a) if the chair of the appeal tribunal considers the application for

appeal to be trivial or not made in good faith, or

(

b) if the application for appeal does not satisfy the requirements

set out in

section 11(1) and (3).

(2) If the chair of the appeal tribunal refuses to refer an application for

appeal under subsection (1), the chair of the appeal tribunal must

provide a written notice that sets out the reasons for refusal to the

applicant within 30 days from the day the appeal tribunal was served

with application for appeal.

Appeal adjournments

15(1) The granting and duration of an adjournment in an appeal is at

the sole discretion of the panel.

(2) The time limits set out in sections 13 and 21 do not apply during a

period of adjournment.

Extending or abridging time

16(1) The panel may, at its sole discretion and on any terms it

considers appropriate, extend or abridge any of the time limits set out

in sections 13, 21, 23(2) and 24(2).

(2) The panel may exercise its discretion under subsection (1) at any

time before or after the expiration of the time limit.

Chair may act

17(1) The chair of the appeal tribunal may exercise a power or

perform a duty of the appeal tribunal under

section 11(4) or 12(1).

(2) The chair of a panel may exercise a power of the panel under

sections 12(3) and 15(1).

Right of parties to participate in oral hearing

18 A party to an appeal has the right to attend the oral hearing, make

representations, present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.

Evidence - appeal

19(1) A panel may receive any evidence that it considers relevant to

the matter being appealed.

(2) The rules of evidence that apply to judicial proceedings do not

apply in an appeal.

Witnesses

20(1) A panel has the powers vested in the Court of King's Bench in

a civil action to

(

a) summon and enforce the attendance of a witness,

(

b) compel a witness to give evidence under oath or otherwise,

and

(

c) compel a witness to produce any record or thing.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a member of the Council or an

employee under the Council's administration.

Failure to appear - appeal oral hearing

21 If an appeal is conducted by oral hearing and the applicant fails to

appear for the appeal hearing within one hour from the time set out in

the applicable notice or adjournment, the panel may

(

a) dismiss the appeal,

(

b) adjourn the hearing, or

(

c) conduct the hearing in the applicant's absence.

Rules of Court

22 The provisions of the Alberta Rules of Court (AR 124/2010)

relating to the payment of conduct money and witness fees apply to

witnesses in appeals conducted by oral hearing.

Refusal to conduct appeal

23(1) The panel may, at any time following the referral of an

application for appeal, refuse to conduct the appeal if

(

a) the panel considers the application for appeal to be trivial or

not made in good faith, or

(

b) the application for appeal does not satisfy the requirements

set out in

section 11(1) and (3).

(2) If the panel refuses to conduct the appeal, the chair of the panel

must serve the applicant with a written notice that sets out the reasons

for refusal within 30 days from the day of the refusal.

Appeal decisions

24(1) The panel may, after conducting an appeal,

(

a) confirm the review decision, or

(

b) rescind the review decision and refer the matter being

appealed back to the relevant decision maker with or without

recommendations.

(2) The panel must serve the following with a written decision that

includes reasons for the appeal decision within 60 days of completing

the hearing:

(

a) the parties;

(

b) the Council;

(

c) the Minister.

(3) The Minister may publish a decision served under subsection (2).

Appeal record

25(1) The appeal tribunal must make and maintain, as required by the

Minister, a record of the hearing.

(2) A record of the hearing must include

(

a) a transcript or an audio or audiovisual recording of the oral

hearing, if the appeal is conducted by oral hearing,

(

b) all records or things received in evidence,

(

c) the written submissions of the parties, and

(

d) the panel's decision served under

section 24(2).

Cost recovery

26(1) The appeal tribunal may assess and recover the costs of

administering and hearing an appeal, including the costs for legal

counsel for the appeal tribunal.

(2) If the appeal tribunal assesses costs under subsection (1), it must

serve each party with written notice of the costs owed.

(3) The total costs assessed by the appeal tribunal under subsection

(1) is a debt owing to the Government of Alberta as follows:

(

a) for the first day of the hearing, 35% is owed by each party;

(

b) for every other day of the hearing, 50% is owed by each

party.

(4) The Minister may, on the request of a party, waive payment, in

whole or in part, of the costs owed under this

section by the party.

(5) A request made under subsection (4) must be made within 60 days

from the day the party making the request was served with written

notice of the costs owed under this

section by the party.

Part 3

Appeal Tribunal

Appeal tribunal establishment and appointments

27(1) The Minister must establish an appeal tribunal.

(2) The appeal tribunal must consist of at least 5 members appointed

by the Minister.

(3) The term of an appointment to the appeal tribunal is 3 years.

(4) A person who has been appointed to the appeal tribunal for

2 consecutive terms is not eligible to be reappointed to the appeal

tribunal until one year has passed since the expiration of the 2nd

consecutive term.

(5) Despite subsections (3) and (4), the Minister may appoint

additional persons to the appeal tribunal to hear a single appeal and

that appointment shall not be considered a term for the purpose of

subsection (4).

(6) A member of the Council or an employee under the Council's

administration is not eligible to be appointed to the appeal tribunal.

(7) The Minister must designate one member of the appeal tribunal as

the chair and another member as the vice-chair of the appeal tribunal.

(8) The chair of the appeal tribunal must perform the responsibilities

imposed on, and may exercise the powers given to, the chair by this

Regulation.

(9) If the chair is absent or unable to act for any reason or if the

position of chair is vacant, the vice-chair must act as chair and, while

so acting, must perform all the responsibilities imposed on, and may

exercise all the powers given to, the chair.

(10) In accordance with the Public Service Act, there may be

appointed employees to provide administrative services in respect of

appeals.

Remuneration of appeal tribunal members

28 The Minister may determine the remuneration and expenses

payable to members of the appeal tribunal.

Appointment to panel to conduct appeal

29(1) Subject to subsection (4), when the appeal tribunal is served

with an application for appeal, the chair of the appeal tribunal or, in the

absence or inability to act of the chair, the vice-chair of the appeal

tribunal must

(

a) establish a panel and appoint 3 members of the appeal

tribunal to the panel to conduct the appeal, and

(

b) subject to subsections (2) and (3), designate one of the

3 members of the panel as chair of the panel.

(2) If the chair of the appeal tribunal is a member of a panel

established under subsection (1), the chair must be designated as chair

of the panel.

(3) If the vice-chair of the appeal tribunal is a member of a panel

established under subsection (1) and the chair of the appeal tribunal is

not a member of the panel, the vice-chair must be designated as chair

of the panel.

(4) This

section does not apply if the chair of the appeal tribunal

refuses to refer the application for appeal under

section 14.

Part 4

Transitional,

Repeal and Expiry

Transitional

30(1) In this section, "former Regulation" means the Review and

Appeal Regulation (AR 199/2016).

(2) A person who, immediately before the coming into force of this

Regulation, is a member, the chair or the vice-chair of the appeal

tribunal appointed under

section 25 of the former Regulation continues

as a member, the chair or the vice-chair, as the case may be, of the

appeal tribunal under this Regulation.

(3) A notice, adjournment, referral, refusal or any other thing made or

done in the course of a review or appeal under the former Regulation

before the coming into force of this Regulation is deemed to have been

made or done in the course of a review or appeal under this

Regulation.

(4) If, before the coming into force of this Regulation, a decision

maker under the former Regulation received an application for review

in accordance with the former Regulation and the review was not

completed and decided before the coming into force of this Regulation,

the decision maker must complete the review and provide a decision in

accordance with this Regulation.

(5) If, before the coming into force of this Regulation, the appeal

tribunal under the former Regulation received an application for appeal

in accordance with the former Regulation and the appeal was not

completed and decided before the coming into force of this Regulation,

the appeal tribunal must complete the appeal and provide an appeal

decision in accordance with the former Regulation as if the former

Regulation was still in force.

Repeal

31 The Review and Appeal Regulation (AR 199/2016) is repealed.

Expiry

32 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on November 30, 2034.

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Alberta Regulation 243/2025

Pipeline Act

PIPELINE RULES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: October 29, 2025

For information only: Made by the Alberta Energy Regulator on September 25, 2025

pursuant to

section 3 of the Pipeline Act.

1 The Pipeline Rules (AR 125/2023) are amended by this

Regulation.

Section 1(1) is amended

(

a) in clause (

e) by striking out ", but does not include

composite repair wraps used to externally reinforce existing

pipe";

(

b) in clause (dd)(ii) by striking out "pipelines laid on the

ground" and substituting "a licensed surface pipeline".

Section 32 is amended

(

a) in subsections (2) and (3) by striking out ", inspection

or a pressure test";

(

b) by adding the following after subsection (3):

(4) If an engineering assessment conducted under subsection

(2) or (3) demonstrates a lack of integrity in any part of the pipeline,

or if the pipeline is otherwise not fit for service, the licensee

must take corrective action respecting the pipeline in accordance

with CSA Z662 and these Rules before resuming operation of the

pipeline or returning the pipeline to service, as the case may be.

4 The following is added after

section 38:

Pressure near test head assembly

38.1 The test pressure for any part of a pipeline that is within 20

metres of the connection with the test head assembly must be limited

to a hoop stress level not greater than 90% SMYS.

Section 53(

d) is amended by adding ", carbon dioxide or

hydrogen" after "products".

Section 61 is amended by adding "or remove" after

"install".

Section 67(2) is amended by striking out "surface lease"

and substituting "facility surface lease".

Section 75(

b) is amended by striking out ", with any

remaining pressure not to exceed 103 kilopascals gauge (kPag)".