Bill 211 (Legislature 22, Session 2)

L22 S2 2743

Alberta — Bills

1990 BILL Second Session, 22nd Legislature, 39 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO CONTROL THE SALE OF PRODUCTS WHICH ARE NOT MADE IN CONFORMITY WITH ALBERTA ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS MR. DAY First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr. Day Objects BILL

AN ACT TO CONTROL THE SALE OF PRODUCTS WHICH ARE NOT MADE IN CONFORMITY WITH ALBERTA ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS (Assented to , 1990) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as foUows:

Definitions ^ j^ j^g ^^.j. (a) "Minister" means the Minister of the Envkonment; (b) "product" means goods sold or offered for sale in Alberta that have been manufactured in Canada but outside Alberta. S^i^hed 2(1) There is hereby estabUshed a councU to be known as "The Product Envkonmental Control CouncU".

(2) The councU shaU consist of the members appomted to k by the Miiuster, one of whom shaU be named by the Minister as chairman.

(3) The members of the council may be paid fees and receive such remuneration of expenses as is ordered by the Lieutenant Governor m CouncU out of money appropriated to the purpose by the Legislature.

(4) The councU has the powers of a commissioner under the Public Inquiries Act. 3 The object of the councU is to advise the Mmister of products whose manufacture results m envkonmental conditions which would, if m Alberta, be an mfringement of an Alberta enactment. Investigations Thc committoe may on its own motion or on the basis of a complaint investigate the production of any product to determine whether ks manufacture has resulted in envkonmental conditions which, if in Alberta, would infringe an Alberta enactment, and may make a report to the Minister of its findings.

Minister's powers T^g Miuistcr may, in respect of a product on which he has received a report from the committee pvu-suant to

section 4, order that, if the product is sold or offered for sale in Alberta, it shaU be marked with a statement, in a form prescribed by the Minister, that k has been manufactured imder conditions that woidd infringe Alberta envkonmental standards. Offences and penalties Any person who sells or offers for sale in Alberta a product that the Minister has ordered to be marked pursuant to

section and is not so marked is guUty of an offence and on conviction Uable to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $10 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or to both fine and imprisonment. Coming into fon« 7 Thls Act comcs uito forcc OU proclamatiou. Title: 1990 (22nd 2nd) Bill 211,

An Act to Control the Sale of Products Which Are Not Made in Conformity with Alberta Environmental Standards

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L22 S2 2743
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L22 S2 2743
Language	en
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