SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY ACT 1 B I L L No. 169

An Act respecting the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1 Preliminary Matters 1-1

Short title 1-2

Definitions

PART 2 The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency 2-1 SPSA continued 2-2 Membership 2-3 Purpose of SPSA 2-4 Powers of SPSA 2-5 Agent of Crown 2-6 Head office 2-7 Responsible to minister 2-8 Supplies and services 2-9 Capacity to contract 2-10 Liability in tort

PART 3 Board, Officers and Employees 3-1 Board established 3-2 Officers 3-3 Remuneration and reimbursement 3-4 Board powers 3-5 President and other officers and employees 3-6 Superannuation and benefits

PART 4 Financial Matters 4-1 Temporary borrowing 4-2 Investments 4-3 Fiscal year 4-4 Revenue 4-5 Audit 4-6 Annual report 4-7 Limitation of actions

PART 5 Transfers to and from SPSA 5-1 Transfers to and from SPSA

PART 6 Regulations 6-1 Regulations

PART 7 Transitional 7-1 Transitional re members and President 7-2 Transitional re other matters 7-3 Transitional re former Acts

PART 8 Consequential Amendments 8-1 SS 1996, c E-7.3 amended 8-2 SS 1989-90, c E-8.1 8-3 SS 2015, c F-15.11 amended 8-4 SS 2014, c W-13.01

PART 9 Coming into Force 9-1 Coming into force (Assented to ) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

PART 1 Preliminary Matters

Short title 1-1 This Act may be cited as The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency Act.

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Definitions 1-2 In this Act: “board” means the board of directors of SPSA; “chairperson” means the chairperson of the board; “Crown” means the Crown in right of Saskatchewan; “emergency” means a present or imminent situation or condition that may or does require prompt action to prevent or limit: (

a) the loss of life; (

b) harm or damage to the safety, health or welfare of people; or (

c) damage to property or the environment; and includes any other prescribed circumstances, situation or condition; “emergency management” means to plan respecting, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to and recover from an emergency; “fiscal year” means the fiscal year of SPSA; “minister” means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time being the administration of this Act is assigned; “prescribed” means prescribed in the regulations; “public safety Act or regulation” means: (

a) The Emergency 911 System Act; (

b) The Emergency Planning Act; (

c) The Fire Safety Act; (

d) The Wildfire Act; (

e) any prescribed Act or prescribed part of any Act relating to emergency management; or (

f) any prescribed regulation or prescribed part of any regulation made pursuant to

an Act mentioned in clauses (

a) to (e); “public safety service provider” means: (

a) a police service or regional police service as defined in The Police Act, 1990; (

b) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (

c) a fire department as defined in The Fire Safety Act; (

d) an ambulance service; (

e) a ministry, agency or Crown corporation of the Government of Saskatchewan that provides public safety services; (

f) any other prescribed pers on, organization or agency; “SPSA” means the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency continued pursuant to

section 2-1; “volunteer” means a person who is performing duties pursuant to this Act or a public safety Act or regulation under the direction of SPSA; “wildfire management” means wildfire management as defined in The Wildfire Act.

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PART 2 The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency SPSA continued 2-1(1) The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is continued.

(2) SPSA is a Treasury Board Crown corporation within the meaning of The Crown Corporation Act, 1993.

(3) SPSA is the abbreviated form of the name of the corporation and the abbreviation when used has the same legal effect and meaning as the full name of the agency. Membership 2-2 SPSA consists of the persons appointed as directors pursuant to

section 3-1. Purpose of SPSA 2-3(1) The purpose of SPSA is to provide or support public safety services for and with the people, municipalities, Indigenous peoples, public safety service providers and the Government of Saskatchewan.

(2) To achieve its purpose, SPSA may do the following: (

a) administer and enforce a public safety Act or regulation; (

b) provide support services to public safety service prov iders and any other persons, agencies or bodies engaged in public safety matters; (

c) provide for the development, implementation, delivery and operation of emergency management and wildfire management services; (

d) plan, manage, deliver, coordinate and prioritize emergency management and wildfire management services as need ed, including information technology, programs, services, infrastructure and support services; (

e) identify and advise on issues, opportun ities and planning options relating to emergencies, emergency management, wildfire management and other public safety services; (

f) work with the Government of Canada, the government of any other province or territory of Canada, municipalities, Indigenous peoples, industry, the government of any other country or any jurisdiction within that country, and any other persons involved or associated with the objects and purpose of SPSA; (

g) promote, undertake and coordinate re search, data collection, investigations, surveys, studies, programs and activiti es relating to emer gencies, disasters, emergency management and wildfire management services in Saskatchewan; (

h) keep or cause to be kept records of all emergencies to which a public safety service provider in Saskatchewan responded, including the cause, origin and circumstances of each emergency and other information respecting each response that SPSA considers appropriate; (

i) acquire, develop, manage or otherwis e improve assets and infrastructure as required to deliver emergency management and wildfire management services.

SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY ACT 4 Powers of SPSA 2-4(1) In fulfilling its purpose and in addition to any powers it may have pursuant to any public safety Act or regulation, SPSA may do the following: (

a) subject to subsection (2), acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, any property that the corporation considers necessary for its efficient operation; (

b) subject to subsection (3), sell, le ase or otherwise dispose of any of the corporation’s property in any manner that the corporation considers appropriate; (

c) raise other revenues in a prescribed manner; (

d) subject to subsection (4), provide gr ants for any purpose in connection with this Act, a public safety Act or regulation or respecting any matter for which SPSA is responsible; (

e) establish any program or undertaking that SPSA considers will be conducive to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its responsibilities; (

f) collect and disseminate information respecting emergencies, emergency management and wildfire management in Saskatchewan; (

g) manage, insure, maintain, repair, alter or improve any of its property; (

h) accept grants, payments, subscriptions, donations, gifts and bequests, whether of real or personal property from any person, including funds appropriated by the Legislature or by the Parliament of Canada, for any purpose related to the fulfilment of SPSA’s objects and purpose; (

i) provide training and training exercise programs; (

j) obtain the voluntary assistance of persons as volunteers; (

k) provide support to volunteers and prov ide direction to volunteers that is to be complied with by the volunteers; (

l) exercise any powers necessary, inci dental or conducive to the efficient performance and fulfilment of the objects and purpose of SPSA; (

m) subject to the regulations: (

i) set and charge fees, rates an d other charges for any emergency management or wildfire management services as it considers appropriate to fulfil the objects and purpose of SPSA; (ii) administer contributions towards ca pital costs, loans, grants, advances and subsidies to fulfil the objects and purpose of SPSA; (iii) erect, construct, alter or equip buildings, structures or other improvements that may be conducive to fulfilling the objects and purpose of SPSA; (iv) enter into agreements or arrangements with any person related to the fulfilment of SPSA’s objects and purpose; (

v) enter into and participate in business structures, including partnerships and joint undertakings, to further the objects and purpose of SPSA; (vi) develop, service or otherwise impr ove lands as required to fulfil the objects and purpose of SPSA;

SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY ACT 5 (vii) establish one or more advisory committees for any purpose in connection with this Act, set out the powers and duties of those committees and appoint any persons to those committees; and (viii) carry on its activities inside or outside Saskatchewan; (

n) carry out or engage in any other functi on or activity assigned to SPSA by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) If the purchase price of real or personal property included in one transaction entered into by SPSA exceeds the prescribed amount, SPSA shall obtain the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council before purchasing, leasing or otherwise acquiring the real or personal property.

(3) If the sale price of real or personal pr operty included in one transaction entered into by SPSA exceeds the prescribed amount , SPSA shall obtain the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council before selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of the real or personal property.

(4) SPSA shall obtain the ap proval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council before providing a grant to a person pursuant to clause (1)(

d) if the total amount of the grant provided to that person in any fiscal year would be greater than $50,000. Agent of Crown 2-5(1) SPSA is for all its purposes an agent of the Crown, and the corporation’s powers pursuant to this Act may be exercised only as an agent of the Crown.

(2) All property of SPSA, all moneys acquired, administered, possessed or received from any source and all profits earned by SPSA are the property of the Crown and are, for all purposes, including taxation of whatever nature and description, deemed to be the property of the Crown. Head office 2-6 The head office of the corporation is to be at any location in Saskatchewan set by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Responsible to minister 2-7(1) SPSA is responsible to the minister for the fulfilment of its purpose and the exercise of its powers pursuant to this Act.

(2) The minister may give directions that mu st be followed by SPSA, the board or both in exercising their powers and fulfilling their duties and purposes pursuant to this Act and the regulations. Supplies and services 2-8(1) The minister may provide SPSA with any supplies and with any services on a temporary basis of any employees under the minister’s administration that the minister considers to be required for SPSA to carry out its powers and duties.

(2) In an emergency or in anticipation of an emergency, any member of the Executive Council may provide SPSA with any supplies and with any services on a temporary basis of any employees under that member’s administration that the member considers to be required for SPSA to carry out its powers and duties.

SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY ACT 6 Capacity to contract 2-9(1) SPSA has the capacity to contract and to sue and be sued in its corporate name with respect to any right or obligation acquired or incurred by it on behalf of the Crown as if the right or obligation had been acquired or incurred on its own behalf.

(2) SPSA may, on behalf of the Crown, contract in its corporate name without specific reference to the Crown. Liability in tort 2-10 SPSA may: (

a) sue with respect to any tort; and (

b) be sued with respect to liabilities in tort to the extent to which the Crown is subject pursuant to The Proceedings against the Crown Act.

PART 3 Board, Officers and Employees Board established 3-1(1) A board of directors, consisting of th