Bill 29 (Legislature 11, Session 1)

L11 S1 7151

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 29 of 1949. A BILL TO AMEND THE ALBERTA MARKETING ACT NOTE. This Bill amends The Alberta Marketing Act, being chap ter 253 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta,

Section 2, paragraph (e), which defines the term "Minis ter" is amended to -conform to the new name of the Depart ment, namely, Industries and Labour. Sections 3 and 4 are amended and sections 6 to 9 both inclusive, are struck out of

Part I of the Act.

Part I ~f the Act provided for the creation of corporate boards which could both engage in the marketing of natural products and also regulate and control the marketing of natural products by their competitors. These boards could engage in the marketing of natural products either directly or indirectly through a wholly owned subsidiary corporation created under

Part III of the Act. The purpose of the amendments to

Part I of the A-ct is to remove from any board or boards constituted under

Part I such control and regulatory powers over their competitors in the industry as the Act presently provides for. Boards created under

Part I have never exer cised to any appreciable degree their powers of regulation and control of marketing in respect of any natural product. Nevertheless it is deemed advisable to remove these powers from them so long as they engage directly or indirectly in the marketing of such natural products.

Section 3 (1) is amended so that the boards created under that subsection may engage in marketing of any natural product but the powers of control and regulation formerly contained in the subsection have been removed.

Section 4 (1) is similarly amended to

section 3. Sections 6 to 9 inclusive which deal with control and regulation have been struck out. A new

section 6 has been added giving to the Lieutenant Governor in Council power to make rgulations re the mar keting of natural products. The regulati?ns ~ay cover such subjects as grading of natural products, lIcensIng of deal~rs, submission of returns, and generally all matters relating to the distribution and marketing of natural products.

Section 20 of the Act authorized the Provincial Treasurer, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, to make advances out of the General Revenue Fund to corpora tions which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Provincial

ii Marketing Board. These advances were for the purpose of the establishment, organization and operation of any such corporation and for its financing. The

section presently limits the total amount of all advances to such corporations to a maximum limit of one hundred thousand dollars. The effect of the amendment is to increase the amount of the authorized advances from a total of one hundred thousand dollars for all such corporations to a total of two hundred thousand dollars per corporation. KENNETH A. McKENZIE, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered t'n explanation of its provisions.)

BILL No. 29 of 1949.

An Act to amend The Alberta Marketing Act. (Assented to , 19 49.) HIS MAJE.ST~, by and with the advice and consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Alberta Marketing Act, being

chapter 253 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section 2 by striking out the words "Trade and Industry" where the same occur in paragraph (e), and by substituting the words "Industries and Labour". 2. The s.aid Act is further amended as to

section 3 by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the follow ing: "3.-

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may con stitute a board or different boards to engage directly or indirectly in the marketing of any specified. kind or descrip tion of natural products and may constitute separate boards for the marketing of any specified kind or description of natural products." . . 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section 4 by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the follow ing: "4.-

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time establish, amend, and revoke schemes for the transportation, packing, distribution and marketing of any kind or kinds of natural products, and for the promotion of the sale and use or both of any kind or kinds of natural products, and may assign the administration of any such schemes to any marketing board constituted under this Act, and may vest in those boards respectively any powers con sidered necessary or advisable to enable them to engage directly or indirectly in the transportation, packing, distri bution storage and marketing and to promote the sale or use of ~ny natural products within the Province.". 4.

The said Act is further amended as to sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 by striking out the same and by substituting the following: "6. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations,-

"(a) "(b) " (c) "(d) " (e) " (f) 2 controlling and regulating within the Province the transportation, packing, distribution, storage and marketing of any kind or kinds of natural products and providing for the promotion of the sale and use or both of any kind or kinds of natural products; determining and regulating the manner of distribu tion, the quantity and quality, grade or class of any kind or kinds of natural products that shall be trans ported, packed, distributed, stored or marketed by any person at any time; providing for the grading of any kind or kinds of natural products and prohibiting the transportation, pa,cking, distrilbution, storage or marketing of any grade, quality or ,class of any kind or kinds of natural products; providing for the licensing of any or all p,ersons engaged in the transportation, packing, distribution, storage and marketing of any kind or kinds of natural products, and: requiring information and returns from such persons; governing any board created by the Lieutenant Governor in Council pursuant to this Act and its opera tions ; generally as to any matter or thing relating to the purchase, sale, transportation, handling, processing and distribution within the Province of any kind or kinds of natural products.". ~ ..

The said Act_ is further amended as to se~tion 20 by strIkIng out the words and figures "to corporatIons consti tuted as aforesaid, shall not exceed at anyone time the sum of $100,000.", where the same occur therein, and by substi tuting the words "to any corporation constituted as afore said, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars to each such corporation.". 6. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 29 FIRST SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 13 GEORGE VI 1949 BILL

An Act to amend The Alberta Marketing Act. Received and read the First time ...................................... . Second time .. Third time. HON. DR. ROBINSON. Title: 1949 (11th, 1st) Bill 29,

An Act to amend The Alberta Marketing Act

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