Alberta Regulation 62/2000

Disaster Services Act

GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY PLANNING REGULATION

Filed: April 5, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 119/2000) on April 5, 2000

pursuant to

section 5 of the Disaster Services Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Responsibilities of Disaster Services 2

Responsibilities of departments 3

Emergency plans of departments 4

Emergency planning officer 5

Expiration 6

Schedule

Definitions

1 In this Regulation

(a) "department" means

(

i) a department of the government established under

the Government Organization Act, and

(ii) a board, commission or agency that is established

by or under an enactment that is under the administration of a Minister;

(b) "deputy head" means,

(

i) in the case of a department referred to in clause

(a)(i), the deputy minister of the department, and

(ii) in the case of a board, commission or agency

referred to in clause (a)(ii), the chair, managing director or chief

executive officer of the board, commission or agency;

(c) "Disaster Services" means Disaster Services in the Department

of Municipal Affairs;

(d) "government" means the Government of Alberta.

Responsibi-lities of Disaster Services

2(1) Disaster Services is responsible for the following:

(

a) to prepare, implement and manage a program of emergency

preparedness for Alberta;

(

b) to prepare and implement a plan for the provision of government

resources in emergencies, known as the "Alberta Emergency Plan";

(

c) to promote and co-ordinate the preparation and maintenance of

(

i) the emergency plans of local authorities,

(ii) the emergency plans of departments, and

(iii) other emergency plans that deal with emergencies

affecting the Province of Alberta;

(

d) to establish mutual aid arrangements and to maintain liaison

with

(

i) the departments, agencies and Crown corporations of

the governments of the provinces and of Canada, and

(ii) the state of Montana;

(

e) to prepare and conduct a program of training for employees of

the government and of local authorities and other persons who have duties

under government emergency operations.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the responsibilities that local

authorities or departments may have in respect of emergency plans under

other legislation.

Responsibi-lities of departments

3 The deputy head of a department must ensure that the department

(

a) prepares and maintains emergency plans that include the

department's functions assigned to it by the Schedule,

(

b) prepares and maintains a business resumption plan to ensure

that the department can provide essential services in emergencies,

(

c) provides, when requested by a local authority, assistance and

advice to enable the local authority to prepare plans to respond to

emergencies, and

(

d) makes available appropriate staff for the preparation and

implementation by Disaster Services of hazard-specific response plans.

Emergency plans of departments

4(1) A department's emergency plans must be prepared in consultation with

Disaster Services.

(2) The deputy head's duty under

section 3(

a) is not met unless the deputy

head of the department approves the department's emergency plans.

(3) After a deputy head approves an emergency plan of the department, the

deputy head must provide Disaster Services with a copy of the plan.

Emergency planning officer

5(1) The deputy head of each department must appoint a senior member of

the department's staff to be the emergency planning officer of the

department.

(2) An emergency planning officer for a department is responsible for

(

a) establishing and maintaining liaison with Disaster Services to

facilitate the preparation of emergency plans and arrangements;

(

b) co-ordinating the preparation and maintenance of the

department's emergency plans and arrangements;

(

c) co-ordinating the functions to be discharged by the department

in response to an emergency;

(

d) maintaining a list of public and private resources that the

department could use in responding to an emergency;

(

e) maintaining a familiarity with and ensuring that the department

can carry out its functions under hazard-specific response plans whose

preparation has been co-ordinated by Disaster Services;

(

f) maintaining a system to ensure that departmental personnel who

are necessary to implement the department's emergency plans are available

and can be contacted on a 24-hour basis;

(

g) ensuring that the department's deputy head is aware of

emergency issues and activities.

Expiration

6 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 June 30, 2005.

SCHEDULE

FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENTS IN EMERGENCIES

1 All departments:

(

a) when an emergency response is co-ordinated from the Government

Emergency Operations Centre, provision of departmental representatives to

the Centre as required by the nature of the emergency;

(

b) where appropriate, provision of on-site personnel to advise and

assist local authorities;

(

c) where appropriate, damage and loss appraisals within the

capabilities of departments;

(

d) provision to other departments of services, resources and

personnel for emergency operations;

(

e) protection of assets, financial records and other records

maintained by the department;

(

f) accounting of all departmental costs incurred during emergency

operations;

(

g) implementation of department's business resumption plan;

(

h) preparation of a departmental post-emergency report.

2 Executive Council

(

a) provision of accommodations, communications and other

necessities for the continuity of Cabinet and associated committees;

(

b) arrangements for the physical safety of Ministers and

Legislative Assembly staff;

(

c) assignment of priority to the communications and matters

addressed to Cabinet that relate to the declaration of a State of Emergency

and to emergency operations of the government.

3 Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

(

a) advice and assistance on all agricultural matters;

(

b) provision of veterinary inspection services;

(

c) management of emergency livestock feeding services;

(

d) management of a critical pest infestation response when so

designated;

(

e) provision of assistance to deal with a foreign animal disease

outbreak;

(

f) provision of damage assessment and restoration of public lands.

4 Children's Services

(

a) in conjunction with child and family services authorities,

(

i) provision of emergency social services;

(ii) continuity of essential treatment and care.

5 Community Development

(

a) protection, to the extent possible, of heritage resources and

art collections belonging to the government, and provision of expertise in

matters related to the preservation of archival materials, including museum

and art collections, World Heritage Site collections, historic buildings

and documents in the Provincial Archives;

(

b) provision for continuity of Alberta Seniors Benefit and Special

Needs Assistance.

6 Economic Development

(

a) co-ordination of industrial recovery assistance programs;

(

b) provision of language

interpretation services within the

capabilities of the department as co-ordinated by the Translation Bureau of

the Department of International and Intergovernmental Relations.

7 Environment

(

a) provision of flood and water-flow forecasting services and

management of flood control operations;

(

b) provision of emergency water supply engineering services;

(

c) provision of technical assistance for groundwater, hydrology

and sewage problems;

(

d) provision of emergency personnel, materials and services;

(

e) management of air, water and land pollution monitoring,

reporting and clean-up activities;

(

f) assistance to Alberta Resource Development in the management of

pollution problems related to the upstream petroleum-producing industry;

(

g) assistance to a critical pest infestation response involving

forested public lands;

(

h) provision of emergency accommodation in parks;

(

i) provision of recreational services for evacuees staying in

emergency accommodation in parks;

(

j) provision of private sector aircraft;

(

k) management of wildfire suppression operations.

8 Government Services

(

a) provision of consumer protection measures during emergencies;

(

b) provision of registry services during emergencies.

9 Health and Wellness

(

a) continuity of essential treatment and care for hospital

patients and others under care of the department;

(

b) provision of emergency ambulance services;

(

c) in conjunction with health authorities,

(

i) provision of mental health contingency planning;

(ii) provision of emergency public health services;

(iii) provision of acute care contingency planning;

(iv) provision of food inspection services.

10 Human Resources and Employment

(

a) ensure the continuation of services to persons in the care of

the department;

(

b) when requested, assist municipalities in meeting the needs of

disaster victims by providing or arranging for

(

i) temporary shelter, food and clothing;

(ii) registration and inquiry service;

(iii) financial assistance when recoverable through a

Disaster Recovery Program;

(

c) provision of advice in radiation emergencies in co-ordination

with the Atomic Energy Control Board;

(

d) provision of occupational health and safety advice for workers

employed at emergency sites.

11 Infrastructure

(

a) provision of working accommodation in government-owned or

leased space for government emergency response personnel;

(

b) provision of lists of operating schools that may be used in

emergency response activities;

(

c) provision of emergency purchasing services;

(

d) provision of aircraft from government or private sector charter

sources;

(

e) provision and control of government telecommunications networks

and services;

(

f) control of transport on roads under provincial control;

(

g) completion of emergency repairs to, or construction of, roads,

bridges, airports, dikes and levees under provincial control;

(

h) provision of emergency transport, heavy equipment and mobile

communication.

12 Innovation and Science

(

a) provision of continued information and technology services to

government during emergencies.

13 International and Intergovernmental Relations

(

b) assistance in liaison with departments of the Government of

Canada;

(

c) provision of

interpretation and translation services.

14 Justice and Attorney General

(

a) provision of legal advice and assistance to government

emergency operations officials;

(

b) provision of medical examiner services;

(

c) provision of continuing and emergency police services;

(

d) maintenance of the court system;

(

e) continuity of protective measures for correctional institution

inmates and co-ordination of the use of manpower from those institutions;

assistance by the Canadian Armed Forces for policing or corrections

matters.

15 Learning

(

a) liaison with school boards and post-secondary institutions to

ensure safety of students and staff.

16 Municipal Affairs

(

a) facilitate liaison with local authorities and, if required,

recommend the appointment of an official administrator to act as council;

(

b) co-ordination and identification of available emergency

accommodation;

(

c) provision of advice and information on organizations having the

capability to make recommendations and conduct inspections of damaged

buildings and building systems;

(

d) co-ordination of fire-fighting organizations of local

authorities;

(

e) through Disaster Services,

(

i) co-ordination of the government response to

emergencies;

(ii) provision of the Alberta Emergency Public Warning

System;

(iii) provision of recommendations to government

regarding a declaration of a state of emergency;

(iv) activation and operation of the Government

Emergency Operations Centre if required;

emergency resources, except for that assistance required for forest fire

fighting or in a situation in which a police agency has primary

jurisdiction;

(vi) preparation, co-ordination and distribution of

government situation reports;

(vii) collection, collation and analysis of government

emergency operations costs;

(viii) provision of recommendations to the

government regarding assistance to citizens or municipalities affected by

an emergency, and the sharing of costs;

(ix) development, validation and revision of government

emergency response plans.

17 Personnel Administration Office

(

a) assistance in seconding government employees to emergency

response organizations or activities.

18 Public Affairs Bureau

(

a) provision, in conjunction with involved departments, of a

co-ordinated public affairs plan for the government response to an

emergency.

19 Resource Development

(

a) management of remedial operations related to all problems of

well control, pipeline failures, power interruption or coal mining

operations and, if necessary, assumption of control and conduct of such

operations;

(

b) management, with the assistance of Alberta Environment, of

pollution problems related to the upstream petroleum-producing industry;

(

c) management, with the assistance of Alberta Environment, of oil

spill control and clean-up operations;

(

d) provision of professional expertise in all matters related to

energy sources and energy;

(

e) provision of advice and assistance regarding and, if necessary,

control of the distribution of public utilities.

Alberta Regulation 63/2000

Electric Utilities Act

ONSITE GENERATION AND FLARE GAS GENERATION

DEFICIENCY CORRECTION REGULATION

Filed: April 5, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 121/2000) on April 5, 2000

pursuant to

section 72 of the Electric Utilities Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Onsite Generation

Exemption in

section 2(

b) of Act 2

Flare Gas Generation

Flare gas generation exempt from sections of Act 3

Information to be provided to system controller 4

Repeal

Repeal 5

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Electric Utilities Act;

(b) "Board" means the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board;

(c) "delivery interface" means the point at which electricity

leaves a transmission facility and enters an electric distribution system;

(d) "downstream" means on the electric distribution side of a

delivery interface;

(e) "flare gas generating unit" means a generating unit that uses

for fuel

(

i) only solution gas, or

(ii) solution gas and another substance as a supplement

to maintain sufficient fuel volume to maintain the operation of the

generating unit;

(f) "flare gas generation" means the electric energy produced by a

flare gas generating unit;

(g) "operator" means a person who

(

i) has a right to obtain or recover oil, gas, bitumen

or oil sands, or any of them, and

(ii) may or may not be the owner of a flare gas

generating unit;

(h) "solution gas" means gas

(

i) that is dissolved in crude oil or crude bitumen

under reservoir conditions and evolves as a result of pressure and

temperature changes,

(ii) that the Board has determined to be uneconomic, and

(iii) that would otherwise be flared or vented if it were

not used in a flare gas generating unit.

Onsite Generation

Exemption in

section 2(

b) of Act

2 The person described in

section 2(

b) of the Act as the owner or tenant

of property on which electric energy is produced is not required to be the

owner of the generating unit that produces the electric energy in order for

the exemption in

section 2(

b) of the Act to have effect.

Flare Gas Generation

Flare gas generation exempt from sections of Act

3 Sections 5 and 13 of the Act do not apply to flare gas generation that

is to be used solely by an operator if

(

a) the operator is working in the service area in which the flare

gas generating unit is located,

(

b) the facilities operated by the operator and the flare gas

generating unit are connected to a common delivery interface, and

(

c) the facilities operated by the operator and the flare gas

generating unit are connected downstream of the common delivery interface.

Information to be provided to system controller

4(1) In this section, "system controller" means the person appointed under

section 9(1)(

c) of the Act.

(2) A person that produces flare gas generation must provide the system

controller with the information required by the Power Pool Council under

subsection (4).

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a person that produces flare gas

generation is not required to disclose to the Power Pool Council or to its

employees any information relating to the price of flare gas generation

that is sold or provided to an operator or other person.

(4) The Power Pool Council must determine the information to be provided

under subsection (2) and the time and manner in which the information is to

be provided.

(5) A determination under subsection (4) may be made in respect of

information generally or in respect of specific information.

Repeal

Repeal

5 This Regulation is made under

section 72(1) of the Act and is repealed

in accordance with

section 72(2) of the Act.

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Alberta Regulation 64/2000

Seniors Benefit Act

GENERAL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 5, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 127/2000) on April 5, 2000

pursuant to

section 6 of the Seniors Benefit Act.

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

Section 3(4) is amended by adding "or" at the end of clause (d), by

striking out "or" at the end of clause (

e) and by repealing clause (f).

Section 6(3) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(3) A benefit may be paid by direct deposit or by cheque.

Section 7 is amended

(

a) in subsection (3) by adding "and until March 31, 2000" after

"July 1, 1995";

(

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

(3.1) On and after April 1, 2000 benefits may be paid

retroactively for a period of up to 11 months but not for any days prior to

the appropriate month determined under subsection (1).

Section 8(1) is repealed and the following is substituted:

Payment to third party

8(1) The Minister may pay the beneficiary's benefit to a person who

submits a completed application in a form satisfactory to the Minister and

provides the Minister with a copy of a trusteeship document, power of

attorney or other similar document satisfactory to the Minister.

Section 8.2 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Necessities benefit

8.2 Notwithstanding

section 8.1, the Minister may pay a benefit of

up to a maximum of $5000 in each year to an applicant who meets the

requirements of

section 3(1)(

a) and (b), and who, in the opinion of the

Minister, is unable to meet the necessities of life.

Section 9(2)(

d) is amended by striking out "3-month period" and

substituting "11-month period".

8 The

Schedule is amended by repealing the Table and substituting the

following Table:

TABLE

CALCULATION OF THE CASH BENEFIT

Part 1

Accommodation and Marital Category

Percentage

Maximum Annual Cash Benefit

Homeowner

Single senior

Senior couple

15.42%

19.20%

$2040

$3360

Regular Renter

Single senior

Senior couple

19.95%

22.63%

$2640

$3960

Mobile Home

Owner/Renter

Single senior

Senior couple

18.59%

21.60%

$2460

$3780

All Other

Accommodation

Single senior

Senior couple

11.79%

17.83%

$1560

$3120

Part 2

Accommodation Assistance Only (Seniors not eligible for OAS)

Percentage of Benefit

(as calculated above)

Single senior

Senior couple

Homeowner

Regular renter

Mobile home

owner/renter

35.29%

50.00%

46.34%

21.43%

33.33%

30.16%

(NOTE: The benefit calculations in this table apply with respect to

April, 2000 and following months.)

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Alberta Regulation 65/2000

Fatality Inquiries Act

FATALITY INQUIRIES REGULATION

Filed: April 10, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 111/2000) on April 5, 2000

pursuant to

section 49 of the Fatality Inquiries Act.

Table of Contents

Definition 1

Fees 2

Form of required documents 3

Duties of medical examiner 4

Cause and manner of death 5

Specimens 6

Death of infant 7

Confidentiality 8

Retention of tissue and fluid 9

Autopsy 10

Required notice 11

Provision of reports or forms 12

Repeal 13

Expiry 14

Schedule

Definition

1 In this Regulation, "Act" means the Fatality Inquiries Act.

Fees

2(1) The fees payable under the Act to the following are the fees

prescribed in the Schedule:

(

a) to medical examiners, witnesses, jurors, reporters and

interpreters;

(

b) to pathologists for autopsies performed pursuant to the Act;

(

c) to any other person for services provided under the Act.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person who provides services under

the Act pursuant to a contract with the Department of Justice of the

Government of Alberta may be paid the fee authorized by the contract.

Form of required documents

3(1) A medical examiner who investigates a death must provide to the Chief

Medical Examiner a certificate and an examination form, if an examination

is conducted, completed by the medical examiner, in a form acceptable to

the Chief Medical Examiner.

(2) An autopsy report must be in a form acceptable to the Chief Medical

Examiner.

(3) A report referred to in

section 31(2) of the Act must be in a form

acceptable to and must be countersigned by the Chief Medical Examiner.

Duties of medical examiner

4(1) A medical examiner who investigates a death must, where practicable,

view the body

(

a) at the earliest opportunity, and

(

b) at the scene of the death.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if the medical examiner does not view

the body, the medical examiner must

(

a) inform the Chief Medical Examiner of the reason for not viewing

the body, and

(

b) where the body is viewed by another medical examiner, turn over

the investigation to the medical examiner who views the body.

Cause and manner of death

5 A medical examiner who conducts an examination must, in addition to

providing the certificate and form referred to in

section 3(1),

(

a) determine the cause and manner of death at the conclusion of

the examination, or

(

b) where the cause or manner of death or identity of the deceased

remains uncertain, authorize an autopsy in accordance with

section 26 of

the Act.

Specimens

6 A medical examiner who examines or authorizes the autopsy of the body

of a person who was killed while a pedestrian as defined in the Highway

Traffic Act or the operator of any vehicle or machine must take reasonable

steps to ensure that blood, urine and vitreous humour specimens are

collected during the course of the examination or autopsy.

Death of infant

7 Where a medical examiner investigates the death of an infant under the

age of 4 years, the medical examiner must ensure that a full X-ray

examination of the infant is carried out.

Confidentiality

8 A medical examiner who causes copies to be made of any record pursuant

to the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act, the Hospitals Act or the Mental

Health Act must keep those copies confidential and in a safe place and must

forward them at the earliest opportunity to the Chief Medical Examiner.

Retention of tissue and fluid

9(1) A medical examiner or a pathologist who in the course of an

examination or autopsy removes tissue or fluid from a body must retain the

tissue or fluid for at least 3 months.

(2) Tissue or fluid retained pursuant to subsection (1) must be

(

a) identified in such a manner,

(

b) kept in such a container, and

(

c) stored in such a facility,

as in the opinion of the Chief Medical Examiner will preserve the tissue or

fluid in a safe condition.

(3) A medical examiner or pathologist may turn over any tissue or fluid to

a police officer.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2), where tissue is retained for

purposes of histological investigation and paraffin blocks have been

prepared from the tissue, the tissue may be destroyed by the pathologist

who performed the autopsy or by any other person authorized by the Chief

Medical Examiner to destroy it.

(5) Where paraffin blocks are prepared pursuant to subsection (4), slide

preparations of the tissue for microscopic examination must be made and

retained for at least 6 years in a safe place.

(6) Slide preparations that have been made pursuant to subsection (5) may

be destroyed by the pathologist who performed the autopsy or by any other

person authorized by the Chief Medical Examiner to destroy them.

Autopsy

10(1) A pathologist who performs an autopsy under the Act must as soon as

practicable notify the medical examiner who authorized the autopsy of the

cause of death so that the medical examiner can complete the medical

certificate of death pursuant to the Vital Statistics Act.

(2) Where the pathologist who performs an autopsy under the Act is unable

to determine the cause of death upon the completion of dissection, the

pathologist must as soon as practicable notify the medical examiner as to

the reason that the cause of death has not been determined.

(3) Where the pathologist who performs an autopsy and notifies the medical

examiner under subsection (2) is unable to determine the cause of death

within 90 days of the dissection, the pathologist must notify the medical

examiner as to the reason that the cause of death still has not been

determined.

Required notice

11 A pathologist must not perform an autopsy under the Act unless

(

a) a notice signed by a medical examiner pursuant to

section 23(2)

of the Act is affixed to the body or the shroud, garment or container

holding the body, or

(

b) the form prescribed by the Chief Medical Examiner is signed by

a medical examiner and accompanies the body.

Provision of reports or forms

12(1) The Chief Medical Examiner must provide a true copy of the autopsy

summary report or a true copy of the examination form, whichever is

available, to any of the following persons who request the copy and pay the

fee of $15:

(

a) any adult next of kin or the personal representative of the

deceased;

(

b) any person authorized in writing by any of the next of kin to

receive a copy of the report or form;

(

c) any person who requests the report or form in writing if the

Chief Medical Examiner considers that person to be an interested party.

(2) The Chief Medical Examiner must provide a true copy of the certificate

referred to in

section 3(1) to any of the following persons who request the

copy and pay the fee of $15:

(

a) any adult next of kin or the personal representative of the

deceased;

(

b) any person authorized in writing by any of the next of kin to

receive a copy of the certificate.

(3) The Chief Medical Examiner must provide a true copy of the complete

autopsy report or a true copy of the examination form, whichever is

available, to any of the following persons who request the copy:

(

a) the administrator of the hospital in which the deceased died;

(

b) the attending physician;

province if the Chief Medical Examiner considers the department or agency

to be an interested party.

(4) The Chief Medical Examiner must provide a true copy of the complete

autopsy report, including the report of laboratory investigations, to any

of the persons referred to in subsection (1) who request the copy and pay

the fee of $40.

(5) The cost of providing a true copy of a report of laboratory analysis

exclusive of histopathology, commissioned or performed by the Office of the

Chief Medical Examiner, where the report is not part of an autopsy report,

is $20.

Repeal

13 The Fatality Inquiries Regulation (AR 120/77) is repealed.

Expiry

14 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 March 31, 2005.

SCHEDULE

FEES

1(1) The fees payable to a medical examiner are as follows:

(

a) for viewing each body

(

i) not at the scene of death, or

(ii) where the scene of death is a hospital, at the

hospital

and preparing a report

$73;

(

b) for viewing each body at the scene of death other than at a

hospital and preparing a report

$102;

(

c) for performing an examination on a body and preparing a report

$49;

(

d) for completion of a certificate in accordance with

section 16

of the Act

$28;

(

e) for completion of a certificate in accordance with

section 16

of the Act if the body is inspected by the medical examiner

$35;

(

f) for recording information in accordance with

section 20(6) of

the Act

$31.

(2) In addition to the fees payable under subsection (1), a medical

examiner is to be paid travel expenses

(

a) for every kilometre necessarily travelled in the medical

examiner's own car at the rates prescribed by the Public Service

Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation, and

(

b) for other expenses necessarily incurred when an investigation

takes place other than at the place where the medical examiner ordinarily

resides, in the actual amount of the expenses as shown in receipts.

2 The fee payable to a pathologist for a complete autopsy including the

taking of fluids or tissue for toxicological examination and microscopic

examination and report is $280.

3(1) The fee payable to a person who transports a body is up to $84 per

vehicle for the first 20 kilometres and up to $0.66 a kilometre thereafter

for transportation and attendant services.

(2) In addition to the fees payable under subsection (1), a person who

transports a body that is in an infested, putrid or dismembered state may

be paid up to $21 in respect of that body.

(3) Where authorized in writing by a medical examiner or an investigator,

a fee for waiting time in excess of one hour may be paid at a rate of up to

$35 per hour for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th hours to a person who transports a

body.

(4) No fee is payable with respect to waiting time in excess of 4 hours.

(5) A person who transports more than one body in a vehicle must, in

addition to the fees prescribed in subsection (1), be paid a fee of $35 for

each additional body transported in the vehicle, but in that case the

person may not be paid any fees under subsections (2) and (3) for each

additional body transported.

(6) If the autopsy or examination is performed at a place other than where

the death occurred, payment per kilometre for transporting the body may

only be made in respect of transporting the body

(

a) from the place where the death occurred to the place where the

autopsy or examination is performed, and

(

b) from the place where the autopsy or examination is performed

back to the place where the death occurred.

4(1) The following fees are payable for the use of morgue facilities:

(

a) for use of a morgue, including refrigeration for the purposes

of an autopsy, not more than

$66;

(

b) for use of a morgue for the purposes of an examination by a

medical examiner or identification of a body, not more than

$55;

(

c) for storage of a body for any period in excess of 24 hours in a

morgue refrigerator where no other fees are payable, not more than

$21.

(2) In addition to the fees payable under subsection (1), a sum of not

more than $21 may be paid for the use of morgue facilities in respect of a

body that contains putrid soft tissue.

5 The fees payable to a dentist for identification services or opinions

under the Act is an amount prescribed in the latest Suggested Fee Guide of

the Alberta Dental Association.

6(1) Laboratory and radiological services are to be paid for in accordance

with the regulations under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the fee for a full X-ray examination

of an infant who is 4 years of age or less, including

interpretation, is

$55.

7 Witnesses, court reporters and interpreters are to be paid the same

amount as they would receive as witnesses, court reporters or interpreters,

as the case may be, in The Provincial Court of Alberta.

8 Jurors are to be paid the same amount as they are paid under the Jury

Act.

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Alberta Regulation 66/2000

Municipal Government Act

INVESTMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 11, 2000

Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs (M.O. L:111/00) on April 7, 2000

pursuant to

section 250(4) of the Municipal Government Act.

Definition

1 In this Regulation, "securities" includes bonds, debentures, trust

certificates, guaranteed investment certificates or receipts, certificates

of deposit, deposit receipts, bills, notes and mortgages of real estate or

leaseholds and rights or interests in respect of a security.

Additional investments

2(1) In addition to the investments referred to in

section 250(2) of the

Act, a municipality may invest its money in

(

a) securities issued by a corporation incorporated or continued

under the laws of Canada or of a province if the securities are rated by at

least one of the rating agencies with

(

i) a minimum R-1 or A1 or equivalent rating for

securities with a maturity date that is less than one year from the

securities' issue, and

(ii) a minimum of A- or equivalent rating for securities

with a maturity date that is one year or more from the securities' issue,

(

b) securities of the municipality,

(

c) exchange agreements, futures agreements, option agreements or

rate agreements, in respect of interest, dividends, rates, currencies,

indices or mediums of exchange if

(

i) the instrument is used in connection with and for

the purpose of reducing the risk of another investment referred to in

section 250(2) of the Act or in clause (

a) or (

b) of this subsection, or

(ii) the instrument is used to protect the municipality

from exposure to a loss resulting from an interest, currency or rate

fluctuation in connection with an amount owing to the municipality or an

amount owed by the municipality,

and

(

d) units in pooled funds of all or any of the investments

described in

section 250(2)(

a) to (

c) of the Act and in clauses (

a) to (

c) of this subsection.

(2) The rating agencies referred to in subsection (1)(

a) are:

(

a) Canadian Bond Rating Service, Inc.;

(

b) Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited;

(

c) Moody's Investors Service, Inc.;

(

d) Standard & Poor's Corporation.

Repeal

3 The Investment Regulation (AR 374/94) is repealed.

Expiry

4 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 June 30, 2005.

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Alberta Regulation 67/2000

Chartered Accountants Act

GENERAL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 12, 2000

Made by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta on December 10,

1999 and approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 128/2000) on

April 12, 2000 pursuant to

section 103 of the Chartered Accountants Act.

1 The General Regulation (AR 160/88) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 6(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) The period of experience required under subsection (1) may be

reduced if in the opinion of the Registration Committee the student had

gained appropriate experience before being registered as a student that

should be recognized as part of the 30 months required under subsection

(1).

Section 7 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "student under

section 6" and

substituting "student other than a foreign designate student";

(

b) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) Subsection (1) does not apply to experience for which the

Registration Committee gives credit pursuant to

section 6(2).

4 The following is added after

section 12:

LLP insurance

12.01(1) For the purposes of registration as an Alberta limited

liability partnership or an extra-provincial limited liability partnership

under

Part 2.1 of the Partnership Act, a partnership must carry

professional liability insurance in an amount not less than

(a) $1 000 000 per incident for partnerships with fewer

than 5 partners who are chartered accountants, and

(b) $2 000 000 per incident for partnerships with 5 or

more partners who are chartered accountants.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a letter of credit, bond or

other protection against professional liability may be substituted for

professional liability insurance if it is

(

a) in an amount not less than the professional

liability insurance which would be required under subsection (1), and

(

b) in a form approved by the Registration Committee.

5 The following is added after

section 14:

Professional development program

14.1(1) Commencing January 1, 2000, each chartered accountant who

(

a) earns employment or business income in an amount

equal to or greater than the amount set by the Council from time to time

for the purposes of this section, and

(

b) resides in

(

i) Alberta, or

(ii) outside Alberta and is not a member of

a provincial institute or foreign accounting organization recognized by the

Council

shall complete the minimum number of hours of relevant

professional development described in this section.

(2) A chartered accountant who is engaged in the practice of

public accounting shall complete at least 100 hours of professional

development in each 3-year period, with a minimum of 20 hours being

completed in each of the 3 years.

(3) At least 50 of the 100 hours referred to in subsection

(2) must consist of formal education, and at least 10 of the 50 hours must be

completed in each of the 3 years.

(4) A chartered accountant who is not engaged in the practice

of public accounting shall complete at least 50 hours of professional

development in each 3-year period, with a minimum of 10 hours being

completed in each of the 3 years.

(5) At least 25 of the 50 hours referred to in subsection

(4) must consist of formal education, and at least 5 of the 25 hours must be

completed in each of the 3 years.

(6) For the purposes of subsections (2) to (5), the

Registration Committee shall recognize as professional development

(

a) any formal education or informal education that in

its opinion is relevant, and

(

b) any other type of professional development that in

its opinion is relevant.

(7) For the purposes of this section,

(a) "formal education" includes

(

i) presentation or completion of courses

and seminars offered by entities recognized by the Registration Committee,

and

(ii) any other form of educational activity

recognized by the Registration Committee;

(b) "informal education" includes

(

i) private reading, study or research,

(ii) preparation for lectures or courses,

(iii) preparation of published articles or

papers, and

(iv) any other form of educational activity

recognized by the Registration Committee.

Report required

14.2(1) Each chartered accountant to whom

section 14.1 applies

shall

(

a) submit annually, on or before the date set out in

the by-laws, a report in the form prescribed by the Registration Committee

(

i) declaring that the chartered accountant

has complied with

section 14.1, or

(ii) declaring that

section 14.1 does not

apply to the chartered accountant,

as the case may be, and

(

b) keep a record of professional development completed

annually and, on request, provide the record to the Registration Committee

or its designate.

(2) A chartered accountant who fails to submit the report

required under subsection (1)(

a) by the date set out in the by-laws shall

be assessed a penalty in the amount set by the Council for each month

following the date set by the Council until the report is submitted.

Authority of Registration Committee

14.3 The Registration Committee may

(

a) on application, grant an exemption from the

professional development and reporting requirements imposed by sections

14.1 and 14.2 or grant an extension of the time periods in sections 14.1

and 14.2 for completing the professional development and for reporting,

(

b) waive all or any portion of a penalty assessed

under 14.2(2), or

(

c) refer to the Executive Director as a complaint

under

Part 7 of the Act the failure of a chartered accountant

(

i) to complete the minimum number of hours

of professional development required under

section 14.1,

(ii) to submit the report referred to in

section

14.2(1)(a), or

(iii) to provide the record referred to in

section 14.2 (1)(b).

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Alberta Regulation 68/2000

Court of Appeal Act

Court of Queen's Bench Act

ALBERTA RULES OF COURT AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 12, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 129/2000) on April 12,

2000 pursuant to

section 15 of the Court of Appeal Act,

section 18 of the

Court of Queen's Bench Act and

section 107 of the Civil Enforcement Act.

1 The Alberta Rules of Court (AR 390/68) is amended by this Regulation.

2 Rule 5(1) is amended

(

a) by adding the following after clause (d):

(d.1) "contingency fee agreement" means an agreement for

payment of legal fees entered into under Rule 615 when the payment of the

fees is dependent or contingent, in whole or part, on the successful

accomplishment or disposition of a matter specified in the agreement;

(

b) by adding the following after clause (s):

(s.1) "taxing officer" means

(

i) the clerk of the court for the judicial

centre in which the proceedings are being carried on or were determined, or

(ii) in the taxation of costs in any appeal

to the Court of Appeal, the Registrar in whose jurisdiction the proceedings

are being carried on or were determined;

3 Rule 187 is amended

(

a) in subrule (1) by striking out "within 90 days of service of

the statement of defence" and substituting "in accordance with this Rule";

(

b) by adding the following after subrule (4):

(5) The time limit for filing an affidavit of records in divorce,

parentage and maintenance, matrimonial property and domestic relations

actions is

(a) 90 days after a written notice is

served by a party on the other party or parties requiring that this Rule be

complied with,

(

b) in the case of the party serving the

notice, within 90 days after service of that notice, or service of the

first notice if more than one party is served, or

(

c) if no written notice is served under

clause (a), before the later of

(

i) the filing of a Certificate

of Readiness, or

(ii) 90 days before the trial

date.

(6) The time limit for filing an affidavit of records in actions

other than divorce, parentage and maintenance, matrimonial property and

domestic relations actions is

(

a) for the plaintiff, within 90 days of

service of the first statement of defence and within 90 days of service of

any subsequent statement of defence that raises new issues, and

(

b) for each defendant, within 90 days of

service of the statement of defence by that defendant.

(7) Despite anything in this Rule, the Court may, on application,

order a party to provide any further information to any other party that

the Court may direct.

(8) Subject to subrule (9), this Rule applies to an action in

respect of which a defence is served on or after November 1, 1999.

(9) A party to an action in respect of which a statement of defence

was served before November 1, 1999 may serve a notice on the other parties

requiring that this Rule be complied with by every party to the proceeding

within 90 days after the notice is served and

(

a) the parties served must comply with the notice, and

(

b) the party serving the notice must also comply with

the notice within 90 days after service of the notice or the service of the

first notice if more then one party is served.

4 Rule 190(1) is amended by striking out "A party who" and substituting

"A party who, without sufficient cause,".

5 Rule 198 is amended by striking out "of the relevance or admissibility

of the record" and substituting "that the record is relevant and material,

or admissible".

6 The following is added after Rule 200:

Selection of corporate respresen-tative

200.1(1) A party to an action may require a corporation that is an

opposite party to the action to select a representative for the purposes of

Rule 214(1).

(2) The selection must be made by the corporation within 5 days

after a demand for the making of the selection has been served on it or its

lawyer, or by the Court if the corporation refuses or fails to select any

or what the Court considers to be the proper representative or

representatives, having regard to the question that is involved.

7 Rule 202 is amended by striking out "touching the question in issue"

and substituting "that is relevant and material to the question in issue".

8 Rule 214 is amended by repealing subrule (2).

9 Rule 353 is amended by adding the following after subrule (4):

(4.1) A statement of proposed distribution served by a distributing

authority under

section 101(1) of the Civil Enforcement Act may be served

by ordinary mail.

10 Rule 500 is amended

(

a) in subrule (2) by adding the words "within 7 days and

returnable" after "must be served";

(

b) in subrule (3) by adding the words "within 7 days and

returnable" after "must be served".

11 Rule 515.1(7) is amended by adding "or a judge of the court" after

"court".

12 Rule 535(1) is amended by striking out "eight copies" and substituting

"5 copies".

13 The heading preceding Rule 613 is repealed and the following is

substituted:

Lawyer and Client Charges

14 Rule 616 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Contents of contingency fee agreement

616(1) A contingency fee agreement

(

a) must be in writing, and

(

b) must be signed by the lawyer and the lawyer's

client, or by their authorized agents.

(2) To be enforceable, a contingency fee agreement must contain the

following particulars in precise and understandable terms:

(

a) the name and address of each client;

(

b) the name and address of the lawyer;

(

c) a statement of the nature of the claim;

(

d) a statement of the event or contingency upon which

legal fees are to be paid to the lawyer;

(

e) a statement about

(

i) the manner in which the contingency fee

is to be calculated;

(ii) the maximum fee payable, or the maximum

rate calculated, after deducting disbursements;

(iii) whether the client is responsible to

pay disbursements and, if so, a general description of types of

disbursements likely to be incurred, other than relatively minor

disbursements;

(

f) if the lawyer is to receive any taxable costs that

are awarded, a statement

(

i) that the taxable costs are intended to

be a complete or partial reimbursement of the client's legal expenses,

(ii) that taxable costs are the property of

the client and that by signing the contingency fee agreement that client is

waiving the right to any taxable costs payable to the lawyer,

(iii) that taxable costs retained by the

lawyer will be in addition to the lawyer's percentage, fixed or other form

of legal fees, and

(iv) that the percentage of taxable costs

that may be received by the lawyer may not exceed the percentage of the

judgment or settlement the lawyer is entitled to receive in legal fees;

(

g) a statement that, if the client gives notice in

writing to the lawyer within 5 days after the client's copy of the

contingency fee agreement is served on the client, the client may terminate

the contingency fee agreement, without incurring any liability for fees,

but that the client is liable to reimburse the lawyer for reasonable

disbursements;

(

h) a statement that

(

i) a taxing officer may, on request of the

client, review the contingency fee agreement and any account rendered under

it, or both, and

(ii) the agreement and any account may be

further reviewed by a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, on request of

the client or the Clerk of the Court.

(3) The contingency fee agreement must be witnessed by a person who

sees the client actually sign the agreement, who must then swear an

affidavit of execution.

(4) The client must be served with a copy of the signed contingency

fee agreement within 10 days after the date on which the agreement is

signed, and an affidavit of service to that effect must be executed by the

person who served the agreement.

(5) A client may terminate a contingency fee agreement without

incurring liability for payment of any legal fees related to or arising

from the agreement, but is liable to pay reasonable disbursements, if the

client, within 5 days after receipt of the copy of the contingency fee

agreement, gives written notice of the termination to the lawyer.

(6) If a contingency fee agreement provides that a lawyer is

entitled to taxable costs, the lawyer is not entitled to receive from the

taxable costs any more than the percentage the lawyer is entitled to

receive in legal fees from a judgment or settlement.

(7) Every account rendered under a contingency fee agreement must

contain a statement that

(

a) a taxing officer may, at the request of the client,

determine the fairness and reasonableness of the account or the contingency

fee agreement, or both, and

(

b) the agreement and any account may be further

reviewed by a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on request of the client

or the Clerk of the Court.

(8) Subrules (2)(e), (f), (

g) and (h), (3), (4), (5) and (6) do not

apply to a contingency fee agreement entered into before May 1, 2000 if

(

a) the agreement complies with this Rule as it existed

before May 1, 2000, and

(

b) a copy of the agreement was filed with the Clerk of

the Court in accordance with Rule 617 as it existed before May 1, 2000.

15 Rule 617 is repealed and the following substituted:

Confidentiality of legal fee agreements

617 A memorandum of agreement about legal fees filed with the Court

under Rule 619 or 646 is confidential and, unless otherwise directed to do

so by the Court,

(

a) neither the Clerk of the Court nor any other person

under the supervision of the clerk may disclose the existence of the

agreement to any person, and

(

b) the copy of the agreement that is filed with the

clerk is not available for inspection by any person other than the

following:

(

i) the parties to the agreement;

(ii) the taxing officer;

(iii) the court engaged in taxation.

16 Rule 618 is repealed and the following substituted:

Failure to comply with Rule 616

618 If a lawyer does not comply with Rule 616, the lawyer is, on

successful accomplishment or disposition of the subject matter of the

contingency fee agreement, entitled only to those legal fees that would

have been payable in the absence of the contingency fee agreement, and

without regard to the contingency.

17 Rule 619(1) is amended by striking out "Any agreement mentioned in

Rule 616 may" and substituting "A contingency fee agreement may".

18 Rule 627 is repealed.

19 The heading preceding Rule 643 is repealed and the following is

substituted:

Taxation Between Lawyer and Client

20 Rule 646(1) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(1) When an account is taxed under Rule 643.1, a copy of the

retainer agreement must be provided to the taxing officer at least 7 days

before the date scheduled for the taxation.

21 Rule 661(4)(

c) is amended by striking out "relevant and material" and

substituting "directly relevant and material".

22 Sections 2, 14, 15 and 16 come into force on May 1, 2000.

Alberta Regulation 69/2000

Livestock Diseases Act

LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL REGULATION

Filed: April 12, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 130/2000) on April 12,

2000 pursuant to

section 10 of the Livestock Diseases Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Records 2

Inspector's access to records 3

Assistance to inspectors 4

Order to detain livestock 5

Order to close 6

Expiry 7

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "chief provincial veterinarian" means a veterinarian appointed

to that position in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural

Development;

(b) "contributor" means the person who owns livestock that is

brought to a livestock market or livestock assembling station;

(c) "livestock assembling station" means any area of land,

including buildings, pens, fences, gates, chutes, weigh scales and any

other equipment located on the land that is operated to assemble livestock

for shipment by any form of transportation, and includes any premises

maintained with respect to the movement of livestock by a common carrier as

a convenience to the public;

(d) "livestock market" means any area of land, including buildings,

pens, fences, gates, chutes, weigh scales and any other equipment located

on the land that is operated as a public market for the purchase and sale,

or either of them, of livestock or for the receiving of livestock by an

operator on consignment, but does not include a pet store;

(e) "operator" means the operator of a livestock market or a

livestock assembling station.

Records

2(1) The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall keep a detailed record of each transaction relating to livestock that

takes place at the facility, including

(

a) the name and address of every contributor whose livestock is

present at the facility, and

(

b) the number, species, sex, breed and description of each

contributor's livestock that is present at the facility.

(2) The operator of a livestock market shall also note in the detailed

record kept under subsection (1) the name and address of each purchaser of

livestock and the name of the contributor of that livestock.

(3) The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall maintain a record kept under this

section for 24 months from the date

that the transaction took place.

Inspector's access to records

3(1) On the request of an inspector, the operator of a livestock market or

livestock assembling station shall

(

a) make available for inspection by the inspector any record made

under

section 2, and

(

b) permit the inspector to remove that record for the purpose of

making copies.

(2) Where an inspector removes any record under subsection (1)(b), the

inspector shall as soon as practicable make the required copies and return

the record to the person from whom it was acquired.

Assistance to inspectors

4 The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall provide sufficient employees to assist an inspector in making an

inspection.

Order to detain livestock

5(1) For the purpose of

(

a) inspecting livestock, or

(

b) controlling or eradicating a communicable disease of livestock,

the chief provincial veterinarian or a veterinary inspector authorized for

the purpose by the chief provincial veterinarian may order the operator of

a livestock market or livestock assembling station to detain in a pen at

the facility livestock located at the facility.

(2) Where livestock is detained under subsection (1), the chief provincial

veterinarian or a veterinary inspector authorized for the purpose by the

chief provincial veterinarian may place on the pen in which the livestock

is detained a notice stating "WARNING LIVESTOCK IN THIS PEN MUST NOT BE

REMOVED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE CHIEF PROVINCIAL VETERINARIAN. BY ORDER

OF ALBERTA AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT".

(3) Where the notice referred to in subsection (2) is placed on a pen,

only a person authorized by the chief provincial veterinarian may

(

a) remove any livestock from that pen,

(

b) put more livestock in that pen,

(

c) enter that pen, or

(

d) remove, mutilate or destroy the notice.

Order to close

6(1) Where the chief provincial veterinarian or a veterinary inspector

authorized for the purpose by the chief provincial veterinarian forms the

opinion on reasonable grounds that

(

a) the movement of livestock or a species of livestock to or from

a livestock market or livestock assembling station, or

(

b) the conduct of sales or other transactions with respect to

livestock or a species of livestock at a livestock market,

constitutes a threat to the health of livestock or a species of livestock,

the chief provincial veterinarian or the veterinary inspector may order the

operator of that livestock market or livestock assembling station to close

the entire livestock market or livestock assembling station until in the

opinion of the chief provincial veterinarian or the veterinary inspector

that health threat has been removed.

(2) Where a livestock market or livestock assembling station is closed

under subsection (1), the chief provincial veterinarian or veterinary

inspector authorized for the purpose by the chief provincial veterinarian

may place at each entrance to the livestock market or livestock assembling

station a notice stating "CLOSED. BY ORDER OF ALBERTA AGRICULTURE, FOOD

AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT".

(3) Where the notice referred to in subsection (2) is placed at each

entrance of a livestock market or livestock assembling station, only a

person authorized by the chief provincial veterinarian may remove, mutilate

or destroy the notice.

Expiry

7 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, 2004.

Alberta Regulation 70/2000

Livestock Diseases Act

LIVESTOCK MARKET AND LIVESTOCK ASSEMBLING

STATION REGULATION

Filed: April 12, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 131/2000) on April 12,

2000 pursuant to

section 10 of the Livestock Diseases Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Records 2

Inspector's access to records 3

Construction and maintenance requirements 4

Overflow pens 5

Sale of young livestock 6

Unloading livestock 7

Care and handling of livestock 8

Sanitation and other requirements 9

Cleaning 10

Assistance to inspectors 11

Prohibition of use of area or structure 12

Repeals 13

Expiry 14

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "contributor" means the person who owns livestock that is

brought to a livestock market or livestock assembling station;

(b) "livestock" means cattle, horses, swine and sheep;

(c) "livestock assembling station" means a stock yard that is

operated to assemble livestock for shipment by any form of transportation

and includes any premises maintained with respect to the movement of

livestock by a common carrier as a convenience to the public;

(d) "livestock market" means a stock yard that is operated as a

public market for the purchase and sale, or either of them, of livestock or

for the receiving of livestock by an operator on consignment;

(e) "operator" means a person who is authorized to operate a stock

yard in accordance with the Stock Yard Regulation (AR 197/98);

(f) "stock yard" means a stock yard as defined in the Stock Yard

Regulation (AR 197/98).

Records

2(1) The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall keep a detailed record of each transaction relating to livestock that

takes place at the facility, including

(

a) the name and address of every contributor whose livestock is

present at the facility, and

(

b) the number, species, sex, breed and description of each

contributor's livestock that is present at the facility.

(2) The operator of a livestock market shall also note in the detailed

record kept under subsection (1) the name and address of each purchaser of

livestock and the name of the contributor of that livestock.

(3) The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall maintain a record kept under this

section for 24 months from the date

that the transaction took place.

Inspector's access to records

3(1) On the request of an inspector, the operator of a livestock market or

livestock assembling station shall

(

a) make available for inspection by the inspector any record made

under

section 2, and

(

b) permit the inspector to remove that record for the purpose of

making copies.

(2) Where an inspector removes any record under subsection (1)(b), the

inspector shall as soon as practicable make the required copies and return

the record to the person from whom it was acquired.

Construction and maintenance requirements

4(1) The operator of a livestock market shall ensure that it is

constructed and maintained in such a manner that

(

a) adequate protection is provided to all calves weighing less

than 115 kilograms and all swine that are present at the facility,

(

b) livestock that, by reason of infirmity, illness, injury,

fatigue or other cause, is unable to stand or unable to compete with other

livestock for space, feed or water is kept separated from other livestock,

(

c) sows, boars or stags that weigh more than 150 kilograms are

kept separate from market hogs,

(

d) boars or stags with tusks are kept in individual pens, and

(

e) boars or stags that weigh less than 150 kilograms are kept

separate from sows.

(2) The operator of a livestock market shall ensure that it has a

sufficient number of pens inside its buildings to meet the requirements of

subsection (1).

(3) The operator of a livestock market shall ensure that it is constructed

and maintained in such a manner that all pens outside its buildings provide

adequate shelter from the elements appropriate for the species of livestock

confined.

(4) The operator of a livestock assembling station shall ensure that it is

constructed and maintained in such a manner that it meets the requirements

of subsections (1) and (3).

(5) The operator of a livestock market or a livestock assembling station

shall ensure that it is constructed and maintained in such a manner that

(

a) all swine and calf pens have solid partitions to a minimum

height of 1.25 metres,

(

b) every pen and passageway outside its buildings has a concrete

or earth floor that is adequately drained,

(

c) every structure or area used for the confining or handling of

livestock, including chutes and squeezes, minimizes the possibility of

injury to livestock, and

(

d) the livestock located at that facility cannot have contact with

livestock located on any other premises.

(6) The operator of a livestock market shall ensure that it is constructed

and maintained in such a manner that every pen and passageway inside its

buildings and every sales ring has a concrete floor that is scored and is

adequately drained.

Overflow pens

5(1) Where the operator of a livestock market has land that immediately

adjoins the livestock market, the operator may, if prior authorization from

the Minister is obtained, construct and maintain on that land overflow pens

for livestock brought to the livestock market.

(2) An operator shall not construct or maintain overflow pens for calves

weighing less than 115 kilograms or for swine.

(3) The operator of a livestock market shall ensure that its overflow pens

meet all the requirements of this Regulation relating to livestock markets.

Sale of young livestock

6(1) No operator shall offer for sale at a livestock market

(

a) a weaned foal that is less than 30 days old,

(

b) a weaned pig that weighs less than 10 kilograms, or

(

c) any other species of weaned livestock that is less than 8 days

old.

(2) Where any livestock referred to in subsection (1) is present at a

livestock market, the operator

(

a) shall keep the livestock separate from other livestock, and

(

b) shall as soon as possible notify the contributor of the

livestock that it cannot be offered for sale.

(3) A contributor who receives notice under subsection (2)(

b) shall

immediately make arrangements that are satisfactory to the operator to

remove the livestock that is the subject of the notice from the livestock

market.

Unloading livestock

7(1) No person shall unload livestock at a livestock market or livestock

assembling station until the livestock is inspected by the operator of that

facility or the operator's agent.

(2) No person shall unload at a livestock market or livestock assembling

station any livestock that by reason of infirmity, illness, injury, fatigue

or other cause is unable to stand or is unduly suffering.

Care and handling of livestock

8(1) An operator of a livestock market or a livestock assembling station

shall care for and handle each species of livestock at that facility in

accordance with the Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling

of Farm Animals concerning that species of livestock, as established and

published by the Canadian Agri-Food Research Council and as amended from

time to time.

(2) An operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall not allow livestock to remain at that facility for a period exceeding

144 hours.

(3) Where livestock remains at a livestock market or livestock assembling

station for a period of 24 hours, the operator shall after that time

provide sufficient space, shelter, feed, water and bedding for that

livestock for as long as it remains at that facility.

(4) If any livestock at a livestock market or a livestock assembling

station becomes unable, by reason of infirmity, illness, injury, fatigue or

other cause, to stand or to compete with other livestock for space, feed or

water, the operator

(

a) shall keep that livestock separate from other livestock, and

(

b) shall as soon as possible notify the contributor of the

livestock of its condition.

(5) A contributor who receives notice under subsection (4)(

b) shall

immediately make arrangements that are satisfactory to the operator to

remove the livestock that is the subject of the notice from the livestock

market or the livestock assembling station, as the case may be.

Sanitation and other requirements

9 The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall, with respect to that facility,

(

a) provide an area where vehicles used to transport livestock may

be cleaned,

(

b) keep the facility free from all litter, refuse and weeds to the

satisfaction of an inspector,

(

c) dispose of all manure and soiled bedding in such a manner that

livestock cannot have contact with it for a period of at least one year,

(

d) screen any manure pile or other condition considered unsightly

by an inspector so that the manure pile or the other condition cannot be

seen from a highway, road, street or other public place,

(

e) provide suitable bedding of straw, sawdust or wood shavings in

every pen used to confine calves weighing less than 115 kilograms or swine,

and

(

f) control the fly population to the satisfaction of an inspector.

Cleaning

10 The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembling station

shall thoroughly clean that facility

(

a) immediately after each sale, in the case of a livestock market,

(

b) as circumstances require, in the case of a livestock assembling

station, and

(

c) when ordered to do so by an inspector.

Assistance to inspectors

11 The operator of a livestock market or livestock assembly station shall

provide sufficient employees to assist an inspector in making an

inspection.

Prohibition of use of area or structure

12(1) Where, in the opinion of an inspector, any area of or structure in a

livestock market or livestock assembling station used for holding livestock

is unsanitary, is not maintained in good repair or fails to meet the

requirements of this Regulation, the inspector may prohibit the use of that

area of or structure in the facility and

(

a) post a notice on that area of or structure in the facility

reading "CLOSED. BY ORDER OF ALBERTA AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL

DEVELOPMENT", or

(

b) close and seal the gate or door at the entrance to that area of

or structure in the facility so that the gate or door cannot be opened

without breaking the seal.

(2) Where an inspector has posted a notice or sealed a gate or door

pursuant to subsection (1), no person shall use that area of or structure

in the facility to hold livestock until

(

a) the condition that gave rise to the inspector's action is made

sanitary and put in good repair to the satisfaction of an inspector, and

(

b) an inspector has removed the notice or seal referred to in

subsection (1).

Repeals

13 The Livestock Assembling Station Regulation (AR 269/79) and the

Livestock Market Regulation (AR 344/79) are repealed.

Expiry

14 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, 2004.

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Alberta Regulation 71/2000

Government Organization Act

INNOVATION AND SCIENCE GRANT REGULATION

Filed: April 12, 2000

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 136/2000) on April 12,

2000 pursuant to

section 13 of the Government Organization Act.

Table of Contents

Authority of Minister 1

Application 2

Agreements 3

Payment of grant 4

Use of grant 5

Accounting for grant expenditure 6

Expiry 7

Authority of Minister

1(1) The Minister of Innovation and Science is authorized to make grants

in accordance with this Regulation

(

a) to support any commitment made by the Minister for the purpose

of paying all or part of the costs related to any policies, programs,

services or other matters under the Minister's administration,

(

b) to support specific projects, functions and activities relating

to science, engineering, technology or research, and

(

c) to promote an understanding of science and research.

(2) The Minister may, either generally or with regard to any particular

case, delegate to any employee of the Government any power conferred on the

Minister by this Regulation or under

section 13 of the Act.

Application

2 An application for a grant must be submitted to the Minister in the

form and manner determined by the Minister.

Agreements

3 The Minister may enter into an agreement with an applicant in respect

of any matter relating to the payment of a grant.

Payment of grant

4 The Minister may provide for the payment of a grant in a lump sum or by

way of instalments at the times the Minister considers appropriate.

Use of grant

5(1) The recipient of the grant must use the grant

(

a) only for the purpose for which the grant was made, or

(

b) for any variation of that purpose approved by the Minister.

(2) If the recipient of the grant does not use all the grant for the

purpose for which the grant was made, the Minister may require the

recipient to return the unused portion of the grant to the Provincial

Treasurer.

(3) If the recipient of the grant does not meet the conditions on which

the grant was made or if the information provided by the recipient to

obtain the grant is determined by the Minister to be false, misleading or

inaccurate, the Minister may require the recipient to pay all or part of

the grant to the Provincial Treasurer.

Accounting for grant expenditure

6(1) The Minister may at any time require the recipient of the grant to

report in writing on the work and activity in respect of which the grant

was made and provide proof of all expenditures made, to the satisfaction of

the Minister.

(2) A report referred to in subsection (1) must be in a form satisfactory

to the Minister and must contain any other information required by the

Minister relating to the expenditure of the grant.

(3) The recipient of a grant must permit the Minister or the Minister's

representative, authorized in writing, to examine, during regular business

hours, the books or records relating to the expenditure of the grant to

determine if the grant has been properly spent.

Expiry

7 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 March 31, 2005.

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Alberta Regulation 72/2000

Forest and Prairie Protection Act

FOREST PROTECTION (PAYMENT FOR SERVICES VEHICLES

AND EQUIPMENT) REGULATION

Filed: April 12, 2000

Made by the Minister of Environment (M.O. 22/2000) on March 15, 2000

pursuant to

section 40(

f) and (

g) of the Forest and Prairie Protection Act.

Remuneration and payments for services, vehicles and equipment

1 The remuneration that is to be paid for services provided, and the

rates that are to paid for the use of vehicles and equipment, in wildfire

suppression and other forest protection operations, are to be determined in

accordance with

(

a) Schedule 1 in respect of the provisions of services, and

(

b) Schedule 2 in respect of the use of vehicles and equipment.

Repeal

2 The Forest Protection (Payments for Services, Vehicles and Equipment)

Regulation (AR 99/99) is repealed.

Expiry

3 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 January 31, 2005.

SCHEDULE 1

REMUNERATION FOR SERVICES

1 In this Schedule, "certified person" means a person who is job rated

and certified by the Land and Forest Service Personnel Certification

Program for Fire Control, and "uncertified person" means a person who is

not both job rated and so certified.

2 The rates of remuneration payable to persons providing services are to

be determined in accordance with the following Table:

TABLE

CATEGORY HOURLY RATE

OF SERVICE CERTIFIED UNCERTIFIED

PROVIDED PERSONS PERSONS

(1) Command Function*

Fire Boss I and II positions must be filled by in-service personnel.

(2) Line Function*

(

a) Wildland Firefighter III Member $ 8.89 $ 7.84

(

b) Wildland Firefighter II Member 10.98 9.93

(

c) Wildland Firefighter I Member 13.07 12.02

(

d) Wildland Firefighter III Sub-leader 9.93 8.89

(

e) Wildland Firefighter II Sub-leader 12.02 10.98

(

f) Wildland Firefighter I Sub-leader 14.11 13.07

(

g) Wildland Firefighter III Leader 10.98 9.93

(

h) Wildland Firefighter II Leader 13.07 12.02

(

i) Wildland Firefighter I Leader 15.16 14.11

(

j) Sector Boss 16.21 15.16

(

k) Dozer Boss 14.22 13.17

(

l) Heavy Equipment Boss 15.26 14.22

(3) Plans Function*

(

a) Fireline Radio Operator I $11.76 $10.72

(

b) Fireline Radio Operator II 10.72 9.93

(

c) Fireline Radio Operator III 9.93 8.89

(

d) Intelligence Officer II 12.18 11.13

(

e) Plans Chief II 16.21 15.16

(4) Service Function*

(

a) Cook's Helper $ N/A $ 7.48

(

b) Cook I 11.19 10.14

(

c) Cook II 9.41 8.36

(

d) Time Officer 10.98 9.93

(

e) First Aid Attendant 9.30 N/A

(

f) Camp Officer N/A 12.23

(

g) Mechanic N/A 11.03

(

h) Stevedore N/A 7.48

(

i) Stevedore Foreman N/A 9.15

(

j) Supply Officer II 13.80 12.76

(

k) Service Chief II 16.21 15.16

(

l) Air Transport Officer 12.23 11.19

(

m) Surface Transport Officer 12.23 11.19

(

n) Equipment Operator/Light N/A 10.45

(

o) Equipment Operator/Heavy N/A 12.55

(

p) Fire Administrative Support N/A 10.98

(

q) Trainee 5.90 N/A

(

r) Heavy Equipment Officer 12.23 11.19

*All out-of-service Incident Command System (ICS) Type I Overhead

positions, regardless of function, are to be paid at the rate of $17.04

per hour or paid according to a personal services contract.

3(1) Rates of remuneration are to be calculated on 8 hours per day at

straight time.

(2) All hours of work in excess of 8 hours per day at straight time are to

be compensated for at 1.5 times the regular rate of remuneration.

(3) In this section, "at straight time" refers to actual hours worked,

excluding breaks.

4 Holiday remuneration is to be calculated at the rate of 4% on all

regular hours (excluding overtime hours) worked.

5 A person serving in a category described in item (3)(

a) or (4)(b), (

c) or (

d) of the Table in

section 2 may be considered certified if the person

provides to a forest officer proof of satisfactory certification of

proficiency or receipt of training in the category of service.

6 Type I Wildland Firefighting Unit members are to be paid in accordance

with item (2) of the Table in

section 2 when hired as Emergency

Firefighters before or after the fire season.

SCHEDULE 2

RATES FOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT USE

1 The rates prescribed in this

Schedule include amounts to be paid for

the provision of fuel and remuneration for the operator, unless otherwise

specified.

2 The rate to be paid for vehicles and other equipment on man-up, within

the meaning of the Forest Fire Management Terms 1998, as amended and as

published by the Alberta Land and Forest Service of the Department of the

Environment, is a standby rate of 80% of the regular hourly rate for the

total hours on standby, as determined by the Land and Forest Service duty

officer.

3(1) The rates to be paid for passenger cars and trucks hired are to be

determined in accordance with the following:

(

a) passenger cars (all makes):

(

i) compact $40/day plus $0.15/km;

(ii) mid-size $45/day plus $0.15/km;

(iii) full-size $50/day plus $0.15/km;

(

b) light trucks, including vans and panel trucks (all makes):

(

i) less than « ton, 2-wheel drive $30/hr;

(ii) « ton or more but less than ton,

2-wheel drive, or 6 to 8 passenger van $35/hr;

(iii) ton or more but less than 1 ton,

2-wheel drive, or 9 to 12 passenger van $40/hr;

(iv) 1 ton or more but less than 2 tons,

2-wheel drive, or 13 to 15 passenger van $50/hr;

(

c) for 4-wheel drive units add $10/hr;

(

d) trucks 2 tons and over:

(i) 2 tons or more but less than 3 tons $55/hr;

(ii) 3 tons or more $65/hr.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where vehicles are hired from a

commercial rental business, the rental rate of that business is to be the

rate payable.

(3) Only under exceptional circumstances may a Land and Forest Service

driver be employed to operate a vehicle hired under subsection (1).

(4) All permanent Land and Forest Service personnel using their own

vehicles for the purpose of firefighting are to be paid the vehicle rate in

accordance with the Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation made

under the Public Service Act.

4 The rate to be paid for any heavy equipment not included in

section 3

or otherwise specifically provided for in this Regulation is to be

determined in accordance with the Alberta Road Builders and Heavy

Construction Association Equipment Rental Rates Guide. The hourly rate is

to be determined in accordance with the following:

(

a) equipment servicing and the use of the service vehicle is to be

part of the hourly rate;

(

b) if the operator does not supply the fuel, the rate is to be

decreased by 10%;

(

c) if crawler tractors hired are wide pad models, are equipped

with a hydraulic winch or are equipped with a hydraulic tilt dozer, the

hourly rate is to be increased as specified in the Alberta Road Builders

and Heavy Construction Association Equipment Rental Rates Guide.

5 The rate to be paid in respect of skidders is to be determined in

accordance with the Alberta Road Builders and Heavy Construction

Association Equipment Rental Rates Guide. The hourly rate is to be

determined in accordance with the following:

(

a) equipment servicing and the use of the service vehicle is to be

part of the hourly rate;

(

b) if the skidder hired is equipped with a water tank and pump and

hose, the rate is to be increased as specified in

section 7(1), (3) and

(4) of this Schedule;

(

c) if the operator does not supply the fuel, the rate is to be

decreased by 10%.

6 The rate to be paid in respect of tracked vehicles where the Alberta

Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association Equipment Rental Rates

Guide is not applicable is to be determined in accordance with the

following (with hourly rates inclusive of the operator):

EQUIPMENT HOURLY RATE

(

a) Bombardier

(

i) Bombi $ 64.00

(ii) Model J-5 (tractor) 68.00

(iii) Model S-6 (3-4 tons) 68.00

(iv) Model N-5 (3-4 tons) 68.00

(

v) Muskeg Carrier (3-4 tons) 78.00

(vi) Safari (3-4 tons) 78.00

(vii) Terrain Master (7¬ tons) 90.00

(

b) Flextrack Nodwell RN or FN Models

(i) 10, « ton $ 60.00

(ii) 15, ¬ ton 70.00

(iii) 20, 1 ton 75.00

(iv) 30, 1« tons 78.00

(v) 60, 3 tons 82.00

(vi) 75, 3 tons 90.00

(vii) 110, 6 tons 92.00

(viii) 160, 8 tons 95.00

(ix) 240, 12 tons 110.00

(x) 400, 20 tons 160.00

(xi) 600, 35 tons 190.00

(

c) Foremost

(

i) Surego, « ton $ 64.00

(ii) S200, 2 tons 75.00

(iii) 6T, 6 tons (4 track drive) 90.00

(iv) 8T, 8 tons (4 track drive) 100.00

(v) 12T, 12 tons (4 track drive) 115.00

(

d) Artco/Hillbrand/Flotation Tires ATV (does not include operator)

(

i) Model H $ 66.00

(ii) Model J 78.00

(iii) Model K or L, 4x4 80.00

(iv) Model K or L, 6x6 105.00

(

e) F.M.C. Steel Track Model 210CA $190.00

7 The rates to be paid in respect of miscellaneous firefighting equipment

are to be determined in accordance with the following:

(1) Portable Fire Pumps (all types)

(

a) Pumps with 50 mm (2 ) or larger discharge

port(s), rate per hour $ 3.50

(

b) Pumps with 38 mm (1« ) discharge port(s),

rate per hour $ 3.00

(

c) Pumps with 25 mm (1 ) or smaller discharge

ports, rate per hour $ 2.50

 Above rates apply where Land and Forest Service supplies gasoline and

oil only.

 If owner/operator supplies gasoline and oil, add $1.00 per hour.

 Operator - see Equipment Operator/Light, item (4)(

n) of the Table in

section 2 of

Schedule 1.

(2) Power Saws (all types)

(

a) Saws with engine size of 54 to 57 cc, rate per

hour $3.50

(

b) Saws with engine size over 57 cc, rate per

hour $4.50

 Above rates apply where Land and Forest Service supplies gasoline and

oil only.

 If owner/operator supplies gasoline and oil, add $1.00 per hour.

 Operator - see Equipment Operator/Light, item (4)(

n) of the Table in

section 2 of

Schedule 1.

(3) Fire Hose

(

a) Where 38 mm (1« ) diameter, 30 metre length of lined discharge

fire hose is supplied by owner/operator, add $2.00 per length per day.

(

b) Where less than 38 mm (1« ) diameter, 30 metre length of lined

discharge fire hose is supplied by owner/operator, add $1.50 per length per

day.

(4) Stationary Tanks (tanks only)

IMPERIAL GALLONS LITRES DAILY RATE

100 455 $ 6.00

200 910 8.00

300 1364 10.00

301-999 1365-4549 13.00

1000 4550 21.00

2000 9090 32.00

3000 13 638 34.00

4000 18 180 36.00

5000 22 730 40.00

6000 27 280 50.00

7000 31 820 55.00

8000 36 370 60.00

9000 40 914 65.00

10 000 45 460 70.00

 Use the above rates for tanks only, hired without a truck or pump.

 Skidder/Nodwell tanks - $0.006 per litre, per hour.

 Add applicable rate per day for portable fire pump if tank is so

equipped or pump is required.

 Add applicable rate per day for pump fuel and oil if supplied by

owner/operator.

 Add applicable rate if hose is supplied by owner/operator.

(5) Special Units

Municipal fire truck complete with

5-person crew $350.00/hr

Rescue Unit 125.00/hr

Tanker 125.00/hr

These rates apply unless the municipality has a published rate.

8(1) Rates are to be paid for a school bus or coach on either a per

kilometre or hourly basis. The rate is to be determined in accordance with

the following and is to include the provision of a driver and fuel:

SCHOOL BUS RATE COACH RATE

$ per km $ per hr $ per km $ per hr

12-25 passenger bus $1.00 $50.00 $1.15 $60.00

26-39 passenger bus 1.10 55.00 1.25 65.00

40 + passenger bus 1.30 65.00 1.50 75.00

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a bus or coach is hired from a

commercial rental business, the rental rate of that business is to be the

rate payable.

9 Rates for all-terrain vehicles are to be paid in accordance with the

Alberta Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association Equipment Rental

Rates Guide.

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Alberta Regulation 73/2000

Health Facilities and Review Committee Act

RULE TO REPEAL RULES OF THE ALBERTA HEALTH

FACILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE

Filed: April 13, 2000

Made by the Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee on March 22, 2000

pursuant to

section 6 of the Health Facilities Review Committee Act.

1 The Rules of the Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee (AR 55/74)

are repealed.