Bill 46 (Legislature 8, Session 1)

L8 S1 8420

Alberta — Bills

REPRINTED BILL Bill No. 46 of 1936. A BILL RESPECTING THE QUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN TRADESMEN. REPRINTE 0 BILL No. 46 of 1936.

An Act respecting the Qualification of certain Tradesmen. (Assented to , 1936.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Tradesmen's Qualifica tion Act." 2. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time,- (

a) designate as a trade to which this Act applies all or any of the following trades, namely, the trade of a mechanic engaged in all or any of the following activities, namely, the construction, building and !'epair of automobile engines, steam engines, boilers, internal combustion engines, radios, refrigerators and refrigerating machines, the trade of a plumber. the trade of a steam fitter, the trade of a gas fitter, the trade of an electrician (inside wireman), the trade of an electric welder and the trade of an acetylene gas welder, and the trade of a barber; and prohibit any person from engaging in or follow ing any such trade who is not for the time being the holder of a subsisting certificate of proficiency issued pursuant to this Act; (

u) appoint such boards of examiners in respect of any trade or calling to which this Act applies consisting of such and so many persons as may be deemed advisable; (

c) prescribe the nature, scope and extent of the examinations to be held in respect of any such trade or calling; (

d) prescribe standards of proficiency to be attained by any person upon examination before the issuance to him of any certificate of proficiency under this Act; (

e) prescribe classes of certificates of proficiency in respect of any such trade or calling; (

f) provide that specified certificates of proficiency issued by any person, body or authority shall be the certificates of proficiency for the purposes of this Act; (

g) make regulations and prescribe forms with respect to any proceeding under this Act, the issuance of any certificate of proficiency and the taking of any examination. 2 3.

Every person who, at any time during which pro vision is made for the certification of the persons engaged in or following any trade pursuant to this Act, engages in or follows any such trade who is not for the time being the holder of a subsisting certificate of proficiency in that trade issued pursuant to this Act shall be guilty of an offence and of not more than five dollars together with costs, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term of not more than seven days. 4.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to any engagement of a non-certificated person in cases where it is not practicable to secure the services of a certificated person or for the purpose of executing any emergency work, nor shall it be any offence against the provisions of this Act for any person so engaged to perform such work notwithstanding that he is not certificated and that the work upon which he is so engaged would ordinarily require the employment of a certificated person. 5.

This Act shall not apply to any case in which provision is made for certification or authorization of any person to engage in or follow a trade by The Boilers Act, 1929, or by The Coal-mines Regulation Act, or by The Theatres Act. 6. This Act shall come into force upon a date to be fixed by Proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. No. 46. FIRST SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE 1 EDvVARD VIII 1936 REPRINTED BILL

An Act respecting the Qualification of certain Tradesmen. Received and read the First time Second time .. Third RON. MR. MANNING. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1936 Title: 1936 (8th, 1st) Bill 46,

An Act respecting the Qualification of certain Tradesmen

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L8 S1 8420
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L8 S1 8420
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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