Bill 22 (Legislature 12, Session 1)

L12 S1 6690

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 22 of 1953. A BILL TO AMEND THE WIDOWS' PENSIONS ACT NOTE This Bill amends The Widows' Pensions Act, being

chapter 105 of the Statutes of Alberta,

Section 3, clause (

a) is amended by the addition of a new subclause. The effect of this amendment is to exclude from the benefits of this Act persons who are the responsibility of the Canadian government for the purposes of health and welfare services.

Section 4 is struck out and a new

section substituted. As this Act is one of several which to a certain extent is de pendent upon and related to the old age assistance legisla tion,

section 4 has heen reworded to authorize regulations similar to the regulations issued unde'r The Old Age Assist ance Act (Canada). Thus there can be uniformity in the test of means applied under this Act, The Disabled Persons' Pension Act, The Old Age Assistance Act and other Acts where a means test is required. This Bill comes into force upon assent and, is retroactive to the 1st day of April, 1952. J. W. RYAN, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.)

Section 3 amended

Section 4 amended Regulations BILL NO'. 22 O'f 1953.

An Act to amend The Widows' Pensions Act. ( Assented to , 1953) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and cO'nsent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as fO'llO'WS : 1. The Widows' Pensions Act, being

chapter 105 O'f the Statutes O'f Alberta, 1952, is hereby amended. 2. SectiO'n 3, clause (

a) is amended (

a) by adding at the end O'f subclause (iii) the word "and"; (

b) by adding immediately after subclause (iii) the fO'llO'wing new subclause: "(iv) is nO't, fO'r the purposes O'f health and welfare services, the responsibility of the GO'vern ment O'f Canada.".

Section 4 is struck out and the following is sub stituted: "4. The Lieutenant GovernO'r in Council may make regulati.ons for -carrying the purpO'ses and: provisiO'ns O'f this A'ct intO' effect, and, withO'ut limiting the generality of the fO'reg.oing, may make regulations pr.oviding f.or "(

a) the time, manner and form .of making an appliCa tiO'n, the information and evidence to be submitted in 'cO'nnectiO'n therewith, and the pTocedure to' be followed in thecO'nsideratiO'n O'f an applicatiO'n, " (

b) the investigation into appHcations, and into the eligibHity .of a recipient to receive a pensiO'n, the re ports to' be made and the infO'rmation to be supplied by Qr in respect of recipients, " (

c) the definitiO'n O'f residence in Canada O'r N ewfQund land f.or the purposes of 'this Act, and the extent and intervals of absence fr.om the Province that shall be deemed not to. have interrupted the cO'ntinuance Qf residence, "(

d) the definitiO'n of income fo.r the purposes O'f this A-ct, and the manner in which income is to. be de termined, including the income of a recipient and his SPQuse, and the determinatio.n of the amount thereof that each shall be deemed to. receive, whether they live together O'r separate and apart,

2 " (

e) determining the amount that, for the purposes of this .AJct, shall be deemed incom,e of a recipient from any interest in real or perrsonal property of the re cipient or his spouse owned or deemed to be owned 'at the date of making the application or acquired subsequent thereto, "(

I) the time and intervals at which and the manner in which pensions are to be p,aid: after application therefor, "(

g) the circum,stances justifying or r'equiring the sus pension of the payment of a pension and the re sumption of payment, and " (

h) the recovery of the amount of pension payments to which a recipient was not entitled under this Act and the regulations.". 4. This Act coOmes into force on the day upon which it ~~~}~~ce is assented to and upon so coming into force shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the first day of April, 1952.

.No. 22 FIRST SESSION TWELITH LEGISLATURE 2 ELIZABETH II 1953 BILL

An Act to amend The Widows' Pensions Act. Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time .................................. . HON. MR. HALMRAST Title: 1953 (12th, 1st) Bill 22,

An Act to amend The Widows' Pensions Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L12 S1 6690
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