Alberta Gazette — 15 July 2015 (Part II)
15 July 2015
Alberta — Gazette
Alberta Regulation 101/2015
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
PESTICIDE (MINISTERIAL) (EXTENSION OF EXPIRY
DATE) AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 23, 2015
For information only: Made by the Minister of Environment and Parks
(M.O. 07/2015) on June 17, 2015 pursuant to sections 85 and 165 of the
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.
1 The Pesticide (Ministerial) Regulation (AR 43/97) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 22.1 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015"
and substituting "June 30, 2016".
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Alberta Regulation 102/2015
Garage Keepers' Lien Act
GARAGE KEEPERS' FORM (EXTENSION OF EXPIRY DATE)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 25, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 151/2015)
on June 24, 2015 pursuant to
section 11 of the Garage Keepers' Lien Act.
1 The Garage Keepers' Form Regulation (AR 259/2002) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 3 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015" and
substituting "June 30, 2020".
Alberta Regulation 103/2015
Health Professions Act
OPTOMETRISTS PROFESSION AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 25, 2015
For information only: Made by the Alberta College of Optometrists on February 12,
2015 and approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 157/2015) on June
24, 2015 pursuant to
section 131 of the Health Professions Act.
1 The Optometrists Profession Regulation (AR 83/2003) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1 is amended
(
a) by repealing clause (
a) and substituting the
following:
(a) "active practice" means practising as an optometrist for
at least the number of days approved by the Council in
each period of 3 consecutive years;
(
b) by adding the following after clause (c):
(c.1) "competency period" means a period of 3 consecutive
years of active practice;
(
c) in clause (
l) by striking out "Pharmaceutical Profession
Act" and substituting "Pharmacy and Drug Act";
(
d) in clause (
m) by striking out "Pharmaceutical
Profession Act" and substituting "Pharmacy and Drug
Act".
Section 7 is amended by striking out "that provides a level C
certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with the
guidelines established by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada"
and substituting "that provides the level of certification in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation approved by the Council".
Section 9 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Good character and reputation
9(1) An applicant for registration as a regulated member must
provide evidence satisfactory to the Registrar of having good
character and reputation.
(2) To comply with subsection (1), an applicant must submit one or
more of the following, on the request of the Registrar:
(
a) a written statement by the applicant as to whether the
applicant is currently undergoing an investigation or is
subject to an unprofessional conduct process or has
previously been disciplined by another regulatory body
responsible for the regulation of optometrists or of another
profession;
(
b) a written statement by the applicant as to whether an
application for registration as a health professional by the
applicant in any other jurisdiction was ever previously
rejected;
(
c) the results of a current criminal records check;
(
d) a written statement by the applicant as to whether the
applicant has ever been charged, pleaded guilty or has been
found guilty of a criminal offence in Canada or an offence of
a similar nature in a jurisdiction outside Canada for which the
applicant has not been pardoned;
(
e) a written statement by the applicant as to whether the
applicant's hospital privileges or the applicant's privileges to
any other related facility are currently or have previously
been voluntarily or involuntarily limited, suspended or
revoked;
(
f) a written statement by the applicant as to whether there has
ever been a judgment against the applicant's practice in a
civil suit;
(
g) any other relevant evidence as required by the Registrar.
(3) If an applicant has engaged in an activity that has, in the opinion
of the Registrar, undermined the applicant's good character and
reputation in the past, the applicant may provide evidence
satisfactory to the Registrar of rehabilitation.
(4) The Registrar may consider information other than that provided
by the applicant in determining whether the applicant is of good
character and reputation, but if the Registrar considers that
information, the Registrar must give the applicant sufficient
particulars of that information to allow the applicant to respond to
that information.
5 The following is added after
section 9:
Fitness to practise
9.1 An applicant for registration as a regulated member must, on
the request of the Registrar, submit evidence satisfactory to the
Registrar confirming the member's fitness to practise.
Section 11 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Authorized restricted activities
11(1) A regulated member may, within the practice of optometry,
and in accordance with the standards of practice adopted by the
Council, perform the following restricted activities, within the
meaning of
Schedule 7.1 to the Government Organization Act:
(
a) dispense corrective lenses;
(
b) prescribe corrective lenses;
(
c) prescribe a topical or oral
Schedule 1 drug;
(
d) dispense, provide for sale or sell, incidental to the practice of
optometry, a
Schedule 1 drug or
Schedule 2 drug;
(
e) perform surgical procedures on body tissue below the dermis
or the mucous membrane or in or below the surface of the
cornea in the removal of superficial foreign bodies from the
eye;
(
f) order or apply non-ionizing radiation in the form of
ultrasound imaging.
(2) A regulated member may perform the restricted activities listed
section 11(1)(c), (d), (
e) and (
f) if the member has
(
a) graduated from a program approved by the Council, or
(
b) successfully completed a certification course approved by the
Council.
Section 12 is repealed.
Section 13 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Restriction
13(1) Despite any authorization to perform restricted activities, a
regulated member must perform only those restricted activities that
the regulated member is competent to perform and that are
appropriate to the clinical circumstances and the regulated member's
area of practice.
(2) A regulated member who performs a restricted activity must do
so in accordance with the standards of practice.
Section 14 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Supervision of students, employees,
regulated members
14(1) A student who is enrolled in a program of optometry
approved by the Council may perform the restricted activities
specified in
section 11 under the supervision of a regulated member.
(2) A person employed as an optometrist's assistant, or a person not
otherwise authorized to dispense corrective lenses or to apply
ultrasound, may dispense corrective lenses and apply ultrasound
under the supervision of a regulated member.
(3) A regulated member who is learning to perform a restricted
activity referred to in
section 11 is permitted to perform the restricted
activity under the supervision of a regulated member.
(4) A regulated member who consents to supervise under
subsections (1) to (3) must
(
a) be authorized to perform the restricted activity that is being
supervised, including meeting the requirements of
section
11(2) where applicable,
(
b) be readily available for consultation by the person being
supervised, and
(
c) comply with the standards of practice governing the
provision of supervision by regulated members of persons
performing restricted activities pursuant to
section 4(1)(
b) of
Schedule 7.1 of the Government Organization Act.
Section 15 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Continuing competence generally
15(1) For the purposes of
section 50 of the Act, a continuing
competence program is established, and the terms and requirements
of the program are those set out in this
section and sections 16, 17,
18, 19 and 20.
(2) All regulated members must obtain the minimum number, or
greater, of Continuing Education Credits in each competency period
in a manner, type and number as directed by the Council.
(3) During each competency period all regulated members must
practise
(
a) in the manner directed by the Council, and
(
b) at least the minimum amount of time directed by the Council.
(4) As part of the continuing competence program, regulated
members must submit within each competency period a list of
continuing competence activities undertaken and supporting
documentation.
Section 16(1)(
b) is amended by striking out "in a 3-year
period".
Section 21(
a) and (
b) are repealed and the following is
substituted:
(
a) having met the requirements of the continuing competence
program approved by the Council under
section 16,
(
b) continuing to meet the requirements set out in
section 15, and
(
c) having the type and amount of liability insurance required by
the Council.
Section 30(1)(
d) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
(
d) degrees, residency certifications, certification courses,
specialization certifications and other qualifications;
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Alberta Regulation 104/2015
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act
SPECIFIED GAS EMITTERS AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 25, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 159/2015)
on June 24, 2015 pursuant to sections 5 and 60 of the Climate Change and Emissions
Management Act.
1 The Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (AR 139/2007) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1)
(
i) in clause (
b) by adding "less the cogeneration
compliance adjustment," after "industrial process
emissions,";
(ii) by adding the following after clause (d):
(d.1) "cogeneration compliance adjustment" means
cogeneration compliance adjustment as defined in
the Standard for Completing Greenhouse Gas
Compliance Reports;
(d.2) "department" means the department administered
by the Minister;
(iii) by repealing clause (
e) and substituting the
following:
(e) "direct emissions" means all specified gases
released from sources located at a facility,
including specified gases sent off site, expressed in
tonnes on a CO2e basis;
(iv) by adding the following after clause (f):
(f.1) "emission offset project" means a project
undertaken to generate emission offsets;
(f.2) "emission offset project developer" means a
person who registers an emission offset project
pursuant to the Standard for Greenhouse Gas
Emission Offset Project Developers;
(
v) in clause (
i) by striking out ", subject to subsection
(2),";
(vi) in clause (
n) by striking out "section 3(4) or 4(3),
as the case may be" and substituting "section 6(1)";
(vii) by repealing clause (
o) and substituting the
following:
(o) "net emissions intensity limit" means the
applicable net emissions intensity limit established
by or under
section 4;
(viii) by repealing clause (
p) and substituting the
following:
(p) "new facility" means a facility that
(
i) completed its first year of commercial
operation on December 31 of 2000 or a
subsequent year, and
(ii) has completed less than 8 years of
commercial operation;
(ix) by adding the following after clause (s):
(s.1) "Standard for Completing Greenhouse Gas
Baseline Emissions Intensity Applications" means
the Standard for Completing Greenhouse Gas
Baseline Emissions Intensity Applications
published by the department, as amended or
replaced from time to time;
(s.2) "Standard for Completing Greenhouse Gas
Compliance Reports" means the Standard for
Completing Greenhouse Gas Compliance Reports
published by the department, as amended or
replaced from time to time;
(s.3) "Standard for Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset
Project Developers" means the Standard for
Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Project
Developers published by the department, as
amended or replaced from time to time;
(s.4) "Standard for Greenhouse Gas Verification"
means the Standard for Greenhouse Gas
Verification published by the department, as
amended or replaced from time to time;
(
x) by repealing clause (v);
(
b) by repealing subsections (2) and (3);
(
c) by adding the following after subsection (4):
(5) For the purposes of this Regulation, a facility is considered
to begin commercial operation
(
a) on January 1 of the year immediately following the year
in which the facility first produces a saleable end
product, in the case of a facility that produces an end
product that is offered for sale, or
(
b) on January 1 of the year immediately following the year
in which the facility first begins to conduct the activity
that is the primary purpose of the facility, in the case of
a facility that does not produce an end product that is
offered for sale.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), for the purposes of this
Regulation, the director may in any year designate the year of
commercial operation that a facility is in if the director considers
it appropriate to do so.
(7) In determining whether it is appropriate to make a
designation in respect of a facility under subsection (6), the
director must consider
(
a) the nature and extent of any expansion or significant
change undergone by the facility and the technologies
employed in the expansion or significant change that
affect specified gas emissions, and
(
b) any other matter that in the director's opinion is relevant
to determining whether it is fair and reasonable to make
the designation considering the objective of reducing
specified gas emissions.
Section 2 is amended by striking out "Subject to
section
3(1), this" and substituting "This".
4 Sections 3 and 4 are repealed and the following is
substituted:
Adoption of and duty to comply with standards
3.1(1) The following standards are adopted and form part of this
Regulation:
(
a) Standard for Completing Greenhouse Gas Baseline
Emissions Intensity Applications;
(
b) Standard for Completing Greenhouse Gas Compliance
Reports;
(
c) Standard for Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Project
Developers;
(
d) Standard for Greenhouse Gas Verification.
(2) The person responsible for a facility shall comply with the rules
and other requirements set out in
Part 1 of the Standard for
Completing Greenhouse Gas Baseline Emissions Intensity
Applications in preparing and submitting an application for the
establishment of a baseline emissions intensity for the facility under
section 20.
(3) The person responsible for a facility shall comply with the rules
and other requirements set out in
Part 1 of the Standard for
Completing Greenhouse Gas Compliance Reports in preparing and
submitting a compliance report for the facility under
section 11.
(4) An emission offset project developer shall comply with the rules
and other requirements set out in
Part 1 of the Standard for
Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Project Developers in initiating
and implementing an emission offset project.
(5) A third party auditor shall comply with the rules and other
requirements set out in
Part 1 of the Standard for Greenhouse Gas
Verification in providing a verification referred to in
section
7(1.7)(
b) or (2)(c.1), 11(4)(c), 12(b), 20(2)(
c) or 22(1)(b).
Net emissions intensity limits
4(1) Commencing with the year 2015, the net emissions intensity
limit for a year for a facility is
(a) 88% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 9th or subsequent year of commercial
operation,
(b) 90% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 8th year of commercial operation,
(c) 92% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 7th year of commercial operation,
(d) 94% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 6th year of commercial operation,
(e) 96% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 5th year of commercial operation, and
(f) 98% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 4th year of commercial operation.
(2) Commencing with the year 2016, the net emissions intensity
limit for a year for a facility is
(a) 85% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 9th or subsequent year of commercial
operation,
(b) 87% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 8th year of commercial operation,
(c) 90% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 7th year of commercial operation,
(d) 92% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 6th year of commercial operation,
(e) 95% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 5th year of commercial operation, and
(f) 97% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 4th year of commercial operation.
(3) Commencing with the year 2017, the net emissions intensity limit
for a year for a facility is
(a) 80% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 9th or subsequent year of commercial
operation,
(b) 83% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 8th year of commercial operation,
(c) 87% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 7th year of commercial operation,
(d) 90% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 6th year of commercial operation,
(e) 93% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 5th year of commercial operation, and
(f) 97% of the facility's baseline emissions intensity, in the case
of a facility in its 4th year of commercial operation.
(4) The Minister may, by order, establish net emissions intensity
limits that apply to one or more facilities in addition to or in
substitution for the net emissions intensity limits set out in
subsections (1) to (3) and shall specify in the order the period or
periods for which the net emissions intensity limits apply.
(5) If the Minister makes an order under subsection (4) that applies
to a facility, the net emissions intensity for the facility in the period
or periods specified in the order, as determined in accordance with
the order, shall not exceed the net emissions intensity limit
established by the order.
Section 5 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by striking out "from total half year
emissions under
section 3(4) or from total annual emissions
under
section 4(3)" and substituting "from total annual
emissions under
section 6(1)";
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out "section 3(4) or 4(3)"
and substituting "section 6(1)".
Section 6 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Duty to ensure net emissions
intensity limit is not exceeded
6(1) For the purposes of this Regulation, the net emissions intensity
for a facility must be determined in accordance with the following
formula:
NEI = (TAE - (EO + FC + EPC) - CCA)
where
NEI is the net emissions intensity for the facility for the year;
TAE is the total annual emissions from the facility for the
year;
EO is the allowable emission offsets used by the person
responsible for the year;
FC is the allowable fund credits used by the person
responsible for the year;
EPC is the allowable emission performance credits used by
the person responsible for the year;
CCA is the cogeneration compliance adjustment for the year;
P is the production of the facility for the year.
(2) The person responsible for a facility shall ensure that the net
emissions intensity of the facility for a year does not exceed the net
emissions intensity limit for the facility for that year.
(3) If there is more than one person responsible for a facility in a
year, subsection (2) applies only to the person who is the person
responsible on December 31 of that year.
Section 7 is amended
(
a) by adding the following after subsection (1.6):
(1.7) On considering emission offsets submitted for registration
by an emission offset project developer pursuant to the Standard
for Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Project Developers, the
director may do one or more of the following:
(
a) require the emission offset project developer to provide
additional information or data;
(
b) require verification or further verification by a third
party auditor of any information or data;
(
c) collect any additional information or data or conduct
any review that the director considers necessary;
(
d) direct the emission offset project developer to resubmit
information or data in accordance with any directions
that the director considers necessary.
(
b) in subsection (2)
(
i) by striking out "under
section 3 or 4";
(ii) by adding the following after clause (c):
(c.1) an emission offset must be verified by a third party
auditor;
Section 8(3) is amended
(
a) by striking out "under sections 3 and 4";
(
b) by repealing clause (a);
(
c) in clause (
b) by striking out "except as provided in
clause (a),".
Section 9 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the
following:
Emission performance credits
9(1) If the actual emissions intensity of a facility is less than the
applicable net emissions intensity limit for the facility for that
year, the director may issue one or more emission performance
credits to the person responsible for the facility.
(1.1) The maximum amount of emission performance credits the
director may issue to the person responsible for the facility for
the year must be determined in accordance with the following
formula:
EPC = NEIL x P - TAE - CCA
where
EPC is the maximum amount of emission performance
credits, expressed in tonnes on a CO2e basis, that the
director may issue to the person responsible;
NEIL is the net emissions intensity limit for the facility for the
year;
P is the production of the facility for the year;
TAE is the total annual emissions for the facility for the year;
CCA is the cogeneration compliance adjustment for the
facility for the year.
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out "under sections 3 and
4".
Section 10(1) is amended
(
a) by striking out "quantity of specified gas emission
reductions from or represented by the";
(
b) by striking out "under sections 3 and 4".
Section 15 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Retention of records
15(1) The person responsible for a facility shall retain all records,
information or data respecting the emissions intensity of the facility
for at least 7 years after the date on which the records, information or
data are created.
(2) The person responsible for a facility shall retain
(
a) a copy of an application for the establishment of a baseline
emissions intensity for the facility, and
(
b) the records, information and data on which an application for
the establishment of a baseline emissions intensity for the
facility is based
for 7 years after the year in which the baseline emissions intensity
established by the director in respect of the application ceases to be
the baseline emissions intensity for the facility.
(3) The person responsible for a facility shall retain
(
a) a copy of a compliance report submitted in respect of the
facility, and
(
b) the records, information and data on which the compliance
report was based
for 7 years after the year in which the compliance report was
submitted.
(4) An emission offset project developer shall retain all records,
information or data associated with an emission offset until the later
(a) 7 years after the day on which the emission offset is used by
a person responsible for a facility to meet a net emissions
intensity limit, and
(b) 8 years after the day on which the emission offset is
serialized in accordance with the Standard for Greenhouse
Gas Emission Offset Project Developers.
(5) An application, report, record, information or data required to be
retained by this
section must be retained
(
a) at the head or principal office, in Alberta, of the person
responsible or emission offset project developer, as the case
may be, or
(
b) at the facility or the location of the emission offset project to
which the application, report, record, information or data
relates.
Section 20(1) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
Application for establishment of baseline emissions intensity
20(1) The person responsible for a facility shall apply for the
establishment of a baseline emissions intensity for the facility on or
before the later of
(
a) June 1 of the 4th year of commercial operation of the facility,
and
(
b) June 1 of the year following the year of commercial
operation of a facility in which the facility first has direct
emissions of 100 000 tonnes or more.
Section 25 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Inspections, investigations, audits
25 For the purpose of administering the Act or this Regulation, an
inspector or investigator may, in accordance with the Act, undertake
an inspection, investigation or audit of a person responsible, a
facility, an emission offset project developer, an emission offset
project or a third party auditor.
Section 26 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Emissions intensity order where
net emissions intensity limit exceeded
26(1) The director may issue an emissions intensity order to the
person responsible for a facility requiring the person responsible to
take the measures specified in the emissions intensity order to
minimize or remedy the effects of the facility releasing specified
gases into the environment in amounts in excess of those within the
net emissions intensity limit for the facility where
(
a) a compliance report indicates that the net emissions intensity
limit for the facility was exceeded,
(
b) the director determines that the calculation of the net
emissions intensity of the facility in a compliance report was
incorrect or was based on inaccurate, incorrect or false
information and that the net emissions intensity limit for the
facility was exceeded,
(
c) the value for the emission offsets that was used to calculate
the net emissions intensity for a year is no longer valid
because
(
i) some or all of the tonnes of specified gases which the
emission offsets represented as not being released into
the environment were released into the environment,
(ii) the calculation of the emission offsets was incorrect or
was based on inaccurate, incorrect or false information,
(iii) some or all of the tonnes of specified gases which the
emission offsets represented as being sequestered were
released into the environment,
(
d) the value for the emission performance credits that was used
to calculate the net emissions intensity of the facility for a
year is no longer valid because
(
i) some or all of the tonnes of specified gases which the
emission performance credits represented as not being
released into the environment were released into the
environment, or
(ii) the calculation of the emission performance credits was
incorrect or was based on inaccurate, incorrect or false
information.
(2) An emissions intensity order under subsection (1) may require
the person responsible to take one or more of the following
measures:
(
a) obtain emission offsets;
(
b) obtain emission performance credits;
(
c) make contributions to the Fund;
(
d) any other measures that the director considers advisable.
(3) An emission offset or emission performance credit obtained to
comply with the terms of an emissions intensity order under this
section may not be used to meet a net emissions intensity limit.
(4) This
section applies whether or not a person has been charged
with or convicted of an offence or required to pay an administrative
penalty in relation to the matter with respect to which the emissions
intensity order is made.
Section 27 is amended
(
a) by repealing clause (
b) and substituting the
following:
(
b) contravenes
section 3.1(2), (3), (4) or (5), 11, 15 or 20,
(
b) in clause (
e) by adding "emissions intensity" before
"order".
Section 28(1) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
Penalties
28(1) A person who is guilty of an offence under
section 27(
a) is
liable to a fine of not more than $200 for every tonne of specified
gas expressed on a CO2e basis per unit of production by which the
net emissions intensity of the facility exceeds the net emissions
intensity limit for the facility, multiplied by production.
Section 30 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015"
and substituting "December 31, 2017".
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Alberta Regulation 105/2015
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act
SPECIFIED GAS REPORTING AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 25, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 160/2015)
on June 24, 2015 pursuant to sections 6 and 60 of the Climate Change and Emissions
Management Act.
1 The Specified Gas Reporting Regulation (AR 251/2004) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1(
c) is repealed and the following is substituted:
(c) "facility" means
(
i) any plant, structure or thing where an activity listed in
section 2 of the
Schedule of Activities to the
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act occurs,
and
(ii) a site or 2 or more contiguous or adjacent sites that are
operated and function in an integrated fashion where an
activity listed in any of sections 3 to 11 of the
Schedule
of Activities to the Environmental Protection and
Enhancement Act occurs,
including all the buildings, equipment, structures, machinery
and vehicles that are an integral part of the activity;
Section 5(8) and (9) are amended by striking out "section
17 of the Act" and substituting "section 59 of the Act".
Section 7 is amended by striking out "section 17 of the Act"
and substituting "section 59 of the Act".
Section 11 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015" and
substituting "December 31, 2017".
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Alberta Regulation 106/2015
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 25, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 161/2015)
on June 24, 2015 pursuant to
section 60 of the Climate Change and Emissions
Management Act.
1 The Administrative Penalty Regulation (AR 140/2007) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 3 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by striking out "$1000" and
substituting "$1500";
(
b) in subsection (3) by striking out "$5000" and
substituting "$7500".
Section 5 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015" and
substituting "December 31, 2017".
4 The
Schedule is amended by repealing
section 2 and
substituting the following:
2 Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (AR 139/2007)
- sections 3.1(2), (3), (4) and (5), 6(2), 11, 15, 20 and 27(c), (
d) and (e).
Alberta Regulation 107/2015
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act
CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT FUND
ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 25, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 162/2015)
on June 24, 2015 pursuant to
section 60 of the Climate Change and Emissions
Management Act.
1 The Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund
Administration Regulation (AR 120/2009) is amended by
this Regulation.
Section 15 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015" and
substituting "December 31, 2017".
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Alberta Regulation 108/2015
Fair Trading Act
APPEAL BOARD AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 30, 2015
For information only: Made by the Minister of Service Alberta (M.O. SA:009/2015)
on June 30, 2015 pursuant to
section 183 of the Fair Trading Act.
1 The Appeal Board Regulation (AR 195/99) is amended by
this Regulation.
Section 17 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015" and
substituting "June 30, 2016".
Alberta Regulation 109/2015
School Act
SCHOOL ACT REGULATIONS (EXPIRY CLAUSES)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 30, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 164/2015)
on June 30, 2015 pursuant to sections 140 and 190 of the School Act.
1 The Board of Reference Fees Regulation (AR 93/98) is
amended in
section 5 by striking out "August 31, 2015" and
substituting "August 31, 2016".
2 The Special School Tax Levy Plebiscite Regulation
(AR 94/98) is amended in
section 5 by striking out "August
31, 2015" and substituting "August 31, 2016".
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Alberta Regulation 110/2015
Government Organization Act
DESIGNATION AND TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 30, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 168/2015)
on June 30, 2015 pursuant to sections 16, 17 and 18 of the Government Organization
Act.
1 The Designation and Transfer of Responsibility
Regulation (AR 80/2012) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 4(1)(b.1) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
(b.1) Alberta Sport Connection Act;
Section 9 is amended by adding the following after
subsection (1):
(1.1) The Minister of Health is designated as the Minister
responsible for the Skin Cancer Prevention (Artificial Tanning) Act.
Section 10(4) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
(4) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Children
and Youth Services Grants Regulation (AR 73/2001) are transferred
to the common responsibility of the Minister of Human Services and
the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women.
Section 11(1)(
a) is repealed.
Section 12.1 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1)(s);
(
b) by adding the following after subsection (1):
(1.1) The Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour is
designated as the Minister responsible for the Chartered
Professional Accountants Act.
(
c) by repealing subsection (2).
Section 13 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1)(a), (l), (
v) and (jjj);
(
b) by adding the following after subsection (1.3):
(1.4) The Minister of Justice and Solicitor General is designated
as the Minister responsible for the Estate Administration Act.
Section 15 is amended by renumbering it as
section
15(1) and by adding the following after subsection (1):
(2) The Minister of Service Alberta is designated as the Minister
responsible for the Common Business Number Act.
9 The following is added after
section 15:
Status of Women
15.1(1) The responsibility for that part of the public service
associated with the parts of the appropriation transferred under
subsection (2) is transferred to the Minister Responsible for the
Status of Women.
(2) The responsibility for the administration of the unexpended
balance of the following parts of the 2015-16 Government
appropriation under the Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015,
(No. 2) for Human Services is transferred to the Minister
Responsible for the Status of Women:
(
a) those portions of program 12, Family and Community Safety,
allocated to advocacy functions relating to the status of
women;
(
b) the portions of program 1, Ministry Support Services, related
to the part of the appropriation transferred under clause (a).
Section 6(
a) comes into force on July 1, 2015.
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Alberta Regulation 111/2015
Student Financial Assistance Act
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (APPRENTICESHIP, ETC.)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: June 30, 2015
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 170/2015)
on June 30, 2015 pursuant to
section 22 of the Student Financial Assistance Act.
1 The Student Financial Assistance Regulation
(AR 298/2002) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 3 is amended by striking out "September 30, 2016"
and substituting "September 30, 2021".
Schedule 2 is amended by sections 4 to 10.
Section 1(1) is amended
(
a) by adding the following after clause (b):
(b.1) "apprentice" means an apprentice within the meaning of
the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act who is
engaged in on the job training within the meaning of the
Apprenticeship Program Regulation (AR 258/2000),
but does not include an apprentice who is determined to
be unable to progress by the Executive Director within
the meaning of that Act pursuant to an order of the
Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board;
(
b) in clause (
h) by striking out "subsection (5)" and
substituting "subsections (5) and (6)";
(
c) in clause (
q) by striking out "and a medical resident
under the circumstances and for the purposes set out in
subsection (5)" and substituting ", a medical resident
under the circumstances and for the purposes set out in
subsection (5) and an apprentice under the circumstances and
for the purposes set out in subsection (6)".
5 The following is added after
section 1(5):
(6) With respect only to provincial loans and not to any other kind
of assistance, an apprentice is a student and a full-time student for
the purposes of sections 2.1, 24(1)(c), 26 and 32(1)(
a) and (b).
Section 2.1 is amended by adding "or an apprentice" after
"resident".
Section 8(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), the Minister may treat
all or part of the financial resources of the student's spouse or
common law partner as available to the student.
Section 13(1)(d)(ii) is amended by adding "if the student has
applied for financial assistance under
section 34 or if that information
has previously been provided to the Minister for the purposes of a
federal program referred to in
section 3 of the Act" after "partner".
Section 22.1(1) is amended
(
a) by striking out "the enrolment by a student" and
substituting "a student enrolled";
(
b) by adding "that ends on or before July 31, 2015" after
"study".