Alberta Gazette — 31 May 2025 (Part II)
31 May 2025
Alberta — Gazette
Alberta Regulation 92/2025
Highways Development and Protection Act
HIGHWAYS DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION (EXPIRY
DATE EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 5, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Transportation and Economic
Corridors (M.O. 21/2025) on May 1, 2025 pursuant to sections 13 and 61 of the
Highways Development and Protection Act.
1 The Highways Development and Protection Regulation
(AR 326/2009) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 39 is amended by striking out "June 1, 2025" and
substituting "June 1, 2028".
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Alberta Regulation 93/2025
Court of Justice Act
COURT OF JUSTICE FEES AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 113/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 9(1) of the Court of Justice Act.
1 The Court of Justice Fees Regulation (AR 18/91) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1 is amended
(
a) in clause (a.1) by striking out "$25.00" and
substituting "$50.00";
(
b) in clause (a.2)
(
i) in subclause (
i) by striking out "$75.00" and
substituting "$100.00";
(ii) in subclause (ii) by striking out "$125.00" and
substituting "$150.00";
(
c) in clause (a.4) by striking out "$50.00" and
substituting "$100.00";
(
d) in clauses (
c) and (
d) by striking out "$10.00" and
substituting "$25.00".
Section 3 is amended
(
a) in clause (
a) by striking out "$50.00" and
substituting "$100.00";
(
b) in clauses (a.1) and (
b) by striking out "$10.00" and
substituting "$25.00".
4 This Regulation comes into force on May 12, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 94/2025
Judicature Act
SURROGATE RULES AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 116/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 28.1 of the Judicature Act.
1 The Surrogate Rules (AR 130/95) are amended by this
Regulation.
Schedule 2 is amended
(
a) in
section 1(1)
(
i) in clause (
b) by striking out "135" and
substituting "$ 135";
(ii) in clause (
c) by striking out "275" and
substituting "$ 275";
(iii) in clause (
d) by striking out "400" and
substituting "$ 400";
(iv) in clause (
e) by striking out "525" and
substituting "$ 525";
(
b) in sections 2 to 5 by striking out "$ 250" and
substituting "$ 300";
(
c) in
section 5.1 by striking out "$50" and substituting
"$ 100";
(
d) in
section 7 by striking out "$ 10" and substituting
"$ 25".
3 This Regulation comes into force on May 12, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 95/2025
Judicature Act
Recording of Evidence Act
ALBERTA RULES OF COURT AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 117/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 28.1 of the Judicature Act and
section 9(1) of the
Recording of Evidence Act.
1 The Alberta Rules of Court (AR 124/2010) are amended
by this Regulation.
Schedule B is amended
(
a) in Division 1
(
i) in item 1 by striking out "$250.00" and
substituting "$300.00";
(ii) in item 2 by striking out "$50.00" and
substituting "$100.00";
(iii) by adding the following after item 2:
2.1 The fee for filing an appeal or reference with the Court, whether
by notice of appeal or originating application, is
$300.00
(iv) in item 3.1 by striking out "$50.00" and
substituting "$100.00";
(
v) in items 3.2 and 3.3 by striking out "$150.00"
and substituting "$200.00";
(vi) in item 3.4 by striking out "$50.00" and
substituting "$100.00";
(vii) in items 9 and 10 by striking out "$10.00" and
substituting "$25.00";
(
b) in Division 4
(
i) in item 22
(
A) in clause (
a) by striking out "$0.0040" and
substituting "$0.0048";
(
B) in clause (
b) by striking out "0.0052" and
substituting "0.0058";
(
C) in clause (
c) by striking out "0.0062" and
substituting "0.0068";
(
D) in clause (
d) by striking out "0.0072" and
substituting "0.0078";
(ii) by repealing item 24 and substituting the
following:
Appeal record
24 For the appeal record in the Court of Appeal of Alberta, per hour
$40.00
(iii) in item 26(
b) by striking out "$0.40" and
substituting "$1.00";
(iv) by adding the following after item 26:
Audio recording
26.1 For a copy of the audio recording of court proceedings:
(
a) for the first day or a portion thereof,
(
b) for each day, or portion thereof, after the first day
$25.00
10.00
(
c) in Division 6
(
i) in item 32.1 by striking out "$50.00" and
substituting "$100.00";
(ii) in items 35 and 36 by striking out "$10.00" and
substituting "$25.00".
3 This Regulation comes into force on May 12, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 96/2025
Recording of Evidence Act
Judicature Act
Court of Justice Act
TRANSCRIPT FEES AND FORMAT (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 118/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 9(1) of the Recording of Evidence Act,
section
28.1 of the Judicature Act and
section 9(1) of the Court of Justice Act.
1 The Transcript Fees and Format Regulation
(AR 167/2010) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 4 is amended by striking out "November 1, 2025"
and substituting "November 1, 2030".
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Alberta Regulation 97/2025
Women's Institute Act
FORMS REPEAL REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 119/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 37 of the Women's Institute Act.
1 The Forms Regulation (AR 24/99) is repealed.
Alberta Regulation 98/2025
Forests Act
TIMBER MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 122/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to sections 4 and 30 of the Forests Act.
1 The Timber Management Regulation (AR 60/73) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1 is amended by striking out "These Regulations"
and substituting "This Regulation".
Section 2 is amended
(
a) by striking out "In these Regulations" and substituting
"In this Regulation,";
(
b) in clauses 3 and 11 by striking out "these regulations"
and substituting "this Regulation";
(
c) in clause 12 by striking out "this regulation" and
substituting "this Regulation";
(
d) in clause 13 by striking out "these regulations" and
substituting "this Regulation";
(
e) in clause 16 by striking out "this regulation" and
substituting "this Regulation";
(
f) by adding the following after clause 18.1:
18.2 "veneer products" means veneer, laminated veneer
lumber and plywood;
Section 2.1 is amended
(
a) by striking out "its regulations" and substituting "the
regulations made under the Act";
(
b) by repealing clause (
c) and substituting the
following:
(
c) veneer products;
Section 31 is amended
(
a) by striking out "the former regulations" and
substituting "this Regulation";
(
b) by striking out "these regulations" and substituting
"this Regulation".
Section 33 is amended by adding "made under the Act"
after "the regulations".
Section 37 is amended by striking out "this regulation" and
substituting "this Regulation".
Section 40(3)(b)(iii) is amended by striking out "section
1(6)" and substituting "section 1(4)".
Section 59 is amended by striking out "the regulations" and
substituting "this Regulation".
Section 60 is amended by striking out "these regulations"
and substituting "this Regulation".
11 The following is added after
section 81.3:
81.4(1) In this section,
(a) "affiliate" means an affiliate as defined in the Business
Corporations Act;
(b) "associate" means an associate as defined in the Business
Corporations Act;
(c) "small operator" means a timber disposition holder that the
director is satisfied
(
i) has the capacity to make lumber or roundwood timber
products but does not have the capacity to make more
than 150 million board feet of lumber or roundwood
timber products in a year across all operations of the
timber disposition holder and, if applicable, its
affiliates, associates and subsidiaries, or
(ii) has no capacity to make lumber or roundwood timber
products but is authorized, by its timber dispositions and
the timber dispositions of each of its affiliates,
associates and subsidiaries, if applicable, to harvest
timber that, when processed, does not result in more
than 150 million board feet of lumber or roundwood
timber products in a year;
(d) "subsidiary" has the same meaning as in the Business
Corporations Act.
(2) The general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is used
or will be used by a small operator to make lumber or roundwood
timber products is 80% of the general rate of timber dues referred to
section 80(1) but must not be less than the rate referred to in
section 1(5)(
a) of
Schedule 1.
(3) For greater certainty, the general rate of timber dues referred to
section 80(1) does not apply to coniferous timber that is used or
will be used by a small operator to make lumber or roundwood
timber products.
(4) The exceptions set out in sections 81 and 81.2 apply to the
general rate of timber dues determined under subsection (2).
Section 87(5) is amended by striking out "The timber dues
for timber harvested in the remote zones described in
Schedule 5" and
substituting "If the director is satisfied that timber was harvested in
the remote zones described in
Schedule 5, the timber dues for that
timber".
Section 88(1) is amended by striking out "veneer" and
substituting "veneer products".
Section 89 is amended
(
a) in subsections (1) and (2.2) by striking out "veneer"
wherever it occurs and substituting "veneer products";
(
b) by repealing subsection (4).
Section 95 is amended by adding the following after
subsection (4):
(5) This
section does not apply to timber cut, damaged or destroyed
by a person required to pay compensation in respect of that timber to
the holder of a forest management agreement.
Section 96 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1)
(
i) by striking out "Subject to subsection (2), the" and
substituting "The";
(ii) by striking out "month" and substituting "quarter
of the year";
(
b) by repealing subsection (2).
Section 97.42(1) is amended by striking out "its
regulations" and substituting "this Regulation".
Section 97.5(1), (1.1) and (2) are repealed and the
following is substituted:
97.5(1) If any amount in excess of $100 assessed under the
authority of the Act and this Regulation remains unpaid for a period
of more than 30 days after the date on which the amount becomes
due and owing, interest at the rate of 1% per month compounded
monthly on the total amount owing shall be charged
(
a) from the date on which the amount became due and owing,
(
b) from another date determined by the director if the director
determines that extenuating circumstances existed at any
time after the date on which the amount became due and
owing that prohibited payment of the total amount owing for
any period.
(1.1) When the director establishes a dues calculation date under
section 97.4(1) in respect of timber and the timber dues are not paid
on the dues calculation date, interest at the rate of 1% per month
compounded monthly on the amount of those timber dues shall be
charged
(
a) from the dues calculation date, or
(
b) from another date determined by the director if the director
determines that extenuating circumstances existed at any
time after the dues calculation date that prohibited payment
of those timber dues for any period.
Section 101(1)(
a) is amended by striking out "those Act"
and substituting "those Acts".
Section 103 is amended by striking out "the Act or
regulations" and substituting "the Act or this Regulation".
Section 142.9 is amended by striking out "the regulations"
and substituting "this Regulation".
Section 164(
b) is amended by adding "made under the Act"
after "the regulations".
Section 166 is amended by striking out "to the same extent
as if it were under seal if it is executed by that person by making of the
person's signature and without the use of a seal" and substituting
"if the quota certificate, assignment, tender or other document is
executed by that person with the person's signature".
Section 167 is repealed and the following is
substituted:
167 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the charter,
memorandum or articles of association of the corporation, or any
enactment, for the purposes of the Act and this Regulation any
document executed by a corporation shall be deemed sufficiently
executed when the corporate name has been affixed and
countersigned by at least one
(
a) officer or director of the corporation, or
(
b) employee of the corporation authorized by an officer or
director of the corporation to execute on behalf of the
corporation.
Section 172(2) and (3) are amended by striking out
"Director" and substituting "director".
Schedule 1 is amended
(
a) by repealing
section 1(2) and (3);
(
b) in
section 1(4)
(
i) by striking out "with respect to each cost base
determined under subsection (2) and (3)";
(ii) by repealing clause (a)(ii) and substituting
the following:
(ii) the end value of the price range is the cost base for
coniferous timber that is used or will be used to
make lumber, pulp or roundwood timber products,
as determined by the Minister in accordance with
section 4 of this Schedule;
(
c) in
section 1(5)
(
i) by striking out "subsection (2)" and substituting
"subsection (4)(a)(ii)";
(ii) in clause (b)(ii) by striking out "15%" and
substituting "7.5%";
(iii) by repealing clause (c)(ii) and substituting the
following:
(ii) a percentage of incremental price increase between
the end value of the current price range, less the
end value of the immediately preceding price
range, where the percentage is as follows:
(
A) in respect of the 3rd price range, 12.5%;
(
B) in respect of the 4th price range to the 5th
price range, 15%;
(
C) in respect of the 6th price range to the 9th
price range, 20%;
(
D) in respect of the 10th price range to the 13th
price range, 25%;
(
E) in respect of the 14th price range to the 17th
price range, 30%;
(
F) in respect of the 18th price range to the 21st
price range, 35%;
(
G) in respect of the 22nd price range and each
subsequent price range, 40%
converted in accordance with subsection (7).
(
d) by repealing
section 1(6);
(
e) in
section 4 by striking out "under
section 1(2)" and
substituting "for the purposes of
section 1(4)(a)(ii)".
Schedule 3 is amended in
section 1(3)(b)(ii) by striking
out "2nd cost base" and substituting "2nd price range".
Schedule 4 is amended
(
a) in the heading preceding
section 1 by adding
"Products" after "Veneer";
(
b) in
section 1(2)(a)(ii) by striking out "veneer" and
substituting "veneer products";
(
c) in
section 2(2) by adding "for veneer manufactured into
plywood" after "under this Schedule";
(
d) by adding the following after
section 2:
2.1(1) The monthly price for veneer manufactured into
laminated veneer lumber is the average mill net selling price, free
on board mill, received by the producer in the month
immediately preceding the month in which the dues
determination activity occurs for its sales of laminated veneer
lumber, green veneer and dry veneer.
(2) Intra-corporate sales to affiliates, associates and subsidiaries,
which have the same meanings as in the Business Corporations
Act, must be recorded at market prices as determined in
accordance with subsection (4).
(3) The producer shall calculate and report, in the manner
approved by the director, the average mill net selling price, free
on board mill, in Canadian dollars, by
(
a) determining the producer's total mill net revenue for the
month immediately preceding the month in which the
dues determination activity occurs for laminated veneer
lumber, green veneer and dry veneer, adjusted to bring
the revenues to a free on board basis by deducting any
shipping costs beyond the mill yard,
(
b) determining the total volume of laminated veneer
lumber sales in thousands of square feet on a 3/8-inch
basis for the month immediately preceding the month in
which the dues determination activity occurs, including
by converting any sales measured in cubic feet to
thousands of square feet on a 3/8-inch basis by
multiplying the cubic feet volume by 0.032,
(
c) determining the total volume of green veneer and dry
veneer sales in the month immediately preceding the
month in which the dues determination activity occurs
in thousands of square feet on a 3/8-inch basis, and
(
d) dividing the total mill net revenue determined in clause
(
a) by the total of
(
i) the laminated veneer lumber sales volume
determined in clause (b), and
(ii) the green veneer and dry veneer sales volume
determined in clause (c).
(4) The market prices used in calculating intra-corporate sales
are determined,
(
a) for C-grade green veneer, by determining the monthly
price for 1000 square feet of white woods veneer on a
1/6-inch basis by averaging the weekly prices as set out
in the publication prescribed by the Minister and
converting the price to a 1/8-inch basis,
(
b) for C-grade dry veneer, by adjusting the price in clause
(
a) by adding drying costs for the month as reported by
the producer to the Department,
(
c) for D-grade green veneer, by adjusting the price in
clause (
a) for the prevailing D-grade discount as
reported by the producer to the Department, and
(
d) for D-grade dry veneer, by adjusting the price in clause
(
c) by adding drying costs for the month as reported by
the producer to the Department.
(
e) in
section 3
(
i) by striking out "veneer and veneer product mills"
and substituting "veneer product mills";
(ii) in clauses (
a) and (
c) by striking out "veneer"
and substituting "veneer product".
Alberta Regulation 99/2025
Land Titles Act
NAME SEARCH (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 123/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 213 of the Land Titles Act.
1 The Name Search Regulation (AR 207/99) is amended by
this Regulation.
Section 3 is amended by striking out "May 31, 2025" and
substituting "May 31, 2030".
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Alberta Regulation 100/2025
Partnership Act
PARTNERSHIP (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 124/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to sections 80.1, 104.1 and 117 of the Partnership Act.
1 The Partnership Regulation (AR 105/2009) is amended by
this Regulation.
Section 39 is amended by striking out "October 31, 2025"
and substituting "October 31, 2028".
Alberta Regulation 101/2025
Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act
PROMPT PAYMENT AND CONSTRUCTION LIEN FORMS
(EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 125/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to
section 70 of the Prompt Payment and Construction Lien
Act.
1 The Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Forms
Regulation (AR 51/2002) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 9 is amended by striking out "August 31, 2025" and
substituting "August 31, 2030".
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Alberta Regulation 102/2025
Farm Implement and Dealership Act
FARM IMPLEMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 7, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 128/2025)
on May 7, 2025 pursuant to sections 2(2) and 30 of the Farm Implement and
Dealership Act.
1 The Farm Implement Regulation (AR 204/83) is amended
by this Regulation.
Section 1(
a) is amended by striking out "$7000" and
substituting "$10 000".
Section 2 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the
following:
Licences, applications, forms
2(1) An application for the issuance or renewal of the following
shall be in the form established by the Farmers' Advocate Office:
(
a) a dealer's licence;
(
b) a distributor's licence.
(
b) in subsection (1.1) by striking out "renewal" and
substituting "a licence or renewal of a licence".
Section 2.1 is amended by adding "or renew" after "issue".
Section 3 is amended by adding the following after
subsection (3):
(4) The fee for additional copies of a licence is $25 each.
6 The
Schedule is amended by repealing Forms A and D.
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Alberta Regulation 103/2025
Traffic Safety Act
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE CERTIFICATE AND
INSURANCE AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 14, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Transportation and Economic
Corridors (M.O. 20/2025) on May 12, 2025 pursuant to
section 156 of the Traffic
Safety Act.
1 The Commercial Vehicle Certificate and Insurance
Regulation (AR 314/2002) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 4.2(3) is repealed.
3 The following is added after
Part 3:
Part 3.1
Commercial Driving Experience Records
and Certificates
Application of
Part 3.1
31.2(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Part applies if a registered
owner employs or engages a driver who holds a Class 1 operator's
licence and operates a vehicle with
(
a) a gross weight of 11 794 kilograms or more, and
(
b) a trailer equipped with air brakes.
(2) This Part does not apply if the driver only operates one or more of
the following vehicles:
(
a) a vehicle classified as a Class 2 commercial vehicle under
section 77 of the Operator Licensing and Vehicle Control
Regulation (AR 320/2002);
(
b) a vehicle classified as a Class 3 commercial vehicle under
section 78 of the Operator Licensing and Vehicle Control
Regulation (AR 320/2002);
(
c) a bus as defined in
section 1(
h) of the Operator Licensing
and Vehicle Control Regulation (AR 320/2002).
Record of commercial driving experience
31.3(1) A registered owner must maintain a record of commercial
driving experience for each driver employed or engaged by the
registered owner.
(2) The Registrar may prescribe the content and form of a record of
commercial driving experience referred to in subsection (1).
Commercial driving experience certificate
31.4(1) At the end of a driver's employment or engagement, the
registered owner must
(
a) prepare a commercial driving experience certificate for the
driver based on an up-to-date record of commercial driving
experience, and
(
b) provide a copy of the commercial driving experience
certificate to the driver.
(2) The Registrar may prescribe the content and form of a commercial
driving experience certificate referred to in subsection (1).
Section 41(1) is amended
(
a) in clause (
a) by adding ", including the driver's
employment history" after "registered owner";
(
b) by repealing clause (b);
(
c) in clause (
c) by adding ", including an abstract dated
within 30 days of the date of employment with the registered
owner" after "the Registrar";
(
d) by repealing clause (d).
Section 66 is amended by striking out "May 31, 2025" and
substituting "June 30, 2030".
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Alberta Regulation 104/2025
Wildlife Act
WILDLIFE (2025 HUNTING SEASON - MINISTERIAL)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: May 14, 2025
For information only: Made by the Minister of Forestry and Parks (M.O. 49/2025)
on May 12, 2025 pursuant to sections 23 and 103 of the Wildlife Act.
1 The Wildlife Regulation (AR 143/97) is amended by this
Regulation.
Section 3(r)(
i) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
(
i) the American goshawk,
(i.1) the Eurasian goshawk,
Section 14(4)(
b) is amended by striking out "kilometres"
and substituting "km".
Section 130 is amended
(
a) in subsection (4)(c)(
i) by striking out "telephone
number or";
(
b) by repealing subsection (7)(
a) and (
b) and
substituting the following:
(
a) February 15 for the holder of a special licence other
than a special licence referred to in clause (
b) or (c),
(
b) March 1 for the holder of a bison special licence, or
(
c) March 15 for the holder of a special licence that
authorizes hunting during a period ending after
February 15 and before March 1.
Schedule 4 is amended
(
a) in
Part 2 by striking out
Accipiter gentilis (Northern Goshawk)
and substituting
Astur atricapillus (American Goshawk)
(
b) in
Part 6 by striking out
Ambystoma tigrinum (Tiger Salamander)
and substituting
Ambystoma mavortium (Barred Tiger Salamander)
Schedule 5 is amended
(
a) in
Part 2, Item 2 by adding
Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
after
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
(
b) in
Part 3
(
i) in Item 10
(
A) by striking out "Cumming's Water Monitor"
and substituting "Yellow-headed Water
Monitor";
(
B) by striking out "Water Monitor" and
substituting "Malayan Water Monitor";
(ii) in Item 12
(
A) by striking out "Python molurus" and
substituting "Python bivittatus";
(
B) by striking out "Python reticulatus" and
substituting "Malayopython reticulatus".
Schedule 8,
Part 4, Item 21 is amended by striking out
"Northern goshawk" and substituting "American goshawk".
Schedule 15 is amended
(
a) in
section 5(
m) by striking out "September 24" and
substituting "September 27";
(
b) by repealing Table 1A and substituting the
following:
Table 1A
Prairie WMUs 100 Series and 732
Big Game Seasons
Species
Type
SEASON
WMUs
Archery Only
General
White-tailed
Deer
Antlered
S1 - N4
(Wed - Sat only)
N5 - N8
N12 - N15
N19 - N22
N26 - N29
102, 104, 106, 108, 1102,
112, 116, 118, 119, 124,
128, 130, 132, 134, 136,
138, 140, 142, 144, 148,
150, 151, 152, 156, 158,
S1 - O31
N1 - N30
162, 163, 164, 166
Antlerless
S1 - N4
(Wed - Sat only)
N5 - N81
N12 - N151
N19 - N221
N26 - N291
102, 104, 106, 108, 110,
112, 116, 118, 119, 124,
128, 130, 132, 134, 136,
138, 140, 142, 144, 148,
150, 151, 152, 156, 158,
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
162, 163, 164, 166
Mule Deer
Antlered and
Antlerless
S1 - N4
(Wed - Sat only)
N5 - N81
N12 - N151
N19 - N221
N26 - N291
102, 116, 118, 119, 124,
142, 144, 148, 150, 151,
152, 158, 160
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
162, 163, 164, 166
Antlered
S1 - N41
(Wed - Sat only)
N5 - N81
N12 - N151
N19 - N221
N26 - N291
104, 106, 108, 1102, 112,
128, 130, 132, 134, 136,
138, 140, 156
Antlerless
S1 - N4
(Wed - Sat only)
N5 - N81
N12 - N151
N19 - N221
N26 - N291
104, 106, 108, 110, 112,
128, 130, 132, 134, 136,
138, 140, 156
Moose
Antlered and
Antlerless
S1 - O311
N1 - N301
102, 116, 118, 119, 124,
148, 150, 151, 152, 156,
158, 160, 162, 163, 164,
Elk
Antlered and
Antlerless
Closed
S1 - S231
S24 - O81
O9 - O231
Closed
S1 - S301
O1 - O241
O25 - N161
N17 - D201
Closed
S1 - S301
O1 - O241
O25 - N161
N17 - D201
D21 - F28 or F291, 4
Closed
S1 - S301
O1 - O241
O25 - N161
N17 - D311
J1 - F28 or F291, 4
(124, 128, 142, 144, 148,
150)
Closed
N7 - N91
N14 - N161
N22 - N241
J17 - J191
Closed
N3 - N71
N10 - N141
N17 - N211
N24 - N281
S1 - O15
N3 - N81
N10 - N151
N17 - N221
N24 - N291
D1 - D311
J1 - F28 or F291, 4
116, 118, 119
Antlerless
S1 - O31
N1 - J311
(151, 152), (156, 158,
160)
S1 - O31
N1 - F28 or F291, 4
110, (132, 136, 138),
(162, 163, 164, 166)
S1 - O31
Closed
106, 112, 130, 134, 140
Antlered
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
110, (132, 136, 138),
(162, 163, 164, 166),
(151, 152), (156, 158,
160)
S1 - O313
Closed
106, 112, 130, 134, 140
Footnotes applicable to Table 1A:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 In that portion of WMU 110 that is the Blood Indian Reserve #148, the general season for antlered
white-tailed deer and antlered mule deer is every day except Sunday during the period beginning on
the first date indicated in November and ending on the last date indicated in November.
3 This season applies only to three-point elk.
4 The last day of February.
General Footnote: Where, in the WMUs column, there are WMUs enclosed in brackets, these
brackets are inserted only for administrative purposes and do not form part of the Tables for
legislative purposes.
(
c) in Table 1B by striking out
Mule Deer
Antlered
and
Antlerless
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
200, 202, 203, 204, 228,
230, 232, 234, 236, 238,
240, 242, 244, 246, 250,
252, 254, 256, 258, 260
S1- N30
Closed
212, 247, 248
Antlered
S1- O311
N1 - N301
206, 208, 210, 214, 216,
220, 221, 222, 224, 226
Antlerless
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
206, 208, 210, 214, 216,
220, 221, 222, 224, 226
Moose
Antlered
and
Antlerless
S1 - O311
N1 - N301
200, 202, 203, 204, 206,
208, 210, 214, 216, 220,
221, 222, 224, 226, 228,
230, 232, 234, 236, 238,
240, 242, 244, 246, 250,
252, 254, 256, 258, 260
S1 - N30
Closed
212, 247
Closed
N28 - N301, 3
D2 - D71
D9 - D141
728, 730
O17 - O311
N1 - N231
S1 - N30
O25 - D71, 4
Elk
Antlered
and
Antlerless
S1 - N30
Closed
212, 247, 248
O17 - O311
N1 - N231
Antlered
S1 - O242
O25 - N302
S1 - O312
N1 - N302
216, 221, 224
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
(252, 254, 258, 260),
(236, 238, 256), (206,
222, 226, 244, 246), (208,
210, 220), (204, 228,
230), (200, 202, 203, 232,
234), (240, 242), 250
Antlerless
S1 - O31
N1 - J311
(200, 202, 203, 232, 234),
(252, 254, 258, 260),
(236, 238, 256), (206,
222, 226, 244, 246), (208,
210, 220), (204, 228,
230), (240, 242)
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
S1 - O24
O25 - N201
N21 - D201
J1 - J311
S1 - O31
N1 - N251
N26 - D201
J1 - J311
216, 221
Closed
N1 - N301, 4
D1 - D311, 4
J1 - J311, 4
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
Footnotes applicable to Table 1B:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 This season applies only to three-point elk.
3 This season restricted to archery only or to hunting with a muzzle-loading firearm of .44 calibre
or greater.
4 This season is restricted to archery only or to hunting with a shotgun, a legal cross-bow or a
muzzle-loading firearm of .44 calibre or greater.
General Footnote: Where, in the WMUs column, there are WMUs enclosed in brackets, these
brackets are inserted only for administrative purposes and do not form part of the Tables for
legislative purposes.
and substituting
Mule Deer
Antlered
and
Antlerless
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
200, 202, 203, 204, 228,
230, 232, 234, 236, 238,
240, 244, 246, 250, 252,
254, 256, 258, 260
S1- N30
Closed
212, 247, 248
Antlered
S1- O311
N1 - N301
206, 208, 210, 214, 216,
220, 221, 222, 224, 226,
Antlerless
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
206, 208, 210, 214, 216,
220, 221, 222, 224, 226,
Moose
Antlered
and
Antlerless
S1 - O311
N1 - N301
200, 202, 203, 204, 206,
208, 210, 214, 216, 220,
221, 222, 224, 226, 228,
230, 232, 234, 236, 238,
240, 242, 244, 246, 250,
252, 254, 256, 258, 260
S1 - N30
Closed
212, 247
Closed
N27 - N291,3
D1 - D61
D8 - D131
728, 730
O17 - O311
N1 - N231
S1 - N30
O25 - D71, 4
Elk
Antlered
and
Antlerless
S1 - N30
Closed
212, 247, 248
O17 - O311
N1 - N231
Antlered
S1 - O242
O25 - N302
S1 - O312
N1 - N302
216, 221, 224
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
(252, 254, 258, 260),
(236, 238, 256), (206,
222, 226, 244, 246), (208,
210, 220), (204, 228,
230), (200, 202, 203, 232,
234), (240, 242), 250
Antlerless
S1 - O31
N1 - J311
(252, 254, 258, 260),
(236, 238, 256), (206,
222, 226, 244, 246), (208,
210, 220), (204, 228,
230)
S1 - O31
N1 - F28 or
F291, 5
(200, 202, 203, 232, 234),
(240, 242)
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
S1 - O24
O25 - N201
N21 - D201
J1 - F28 or
F291, 5
S1 - O31
N1 - N251
N26 - D201
J1 - F28 or
F291, 5
216, 221
Closed
N1 - N301, 4
D1 - D311, 4
J1 - F28 or
F291, 4, 5
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
D21 - F28 or
F291, 5
Footnotes applicable to Table 1B:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 This season applies only to three-point elk.
3 This season is restricted to archery only or to hunting with a muzzle-loading firearm of .44
calibre or greater.
4 This season is restricted to archery only or to hunting with a shotgun, a legal cross-bow or a
muzzle-loading firearm of .44 calibre or greater.
5 The last day of February.
General Footnote: Where, in the WMUs column, there are WMUs enclosed in brackets, these
brackets are inserted only for administrative purposes and do not form part of the Tables for
legislative purposes.
(
d) in Table 1C by striking out
Elk
Antlered
A25 - S162
S17 - N302
339, 340, 342, 344, 346,
347, 349, 350, 351, 352,
353, 354, 355, 356, 357,
358, 359, 360
S1 - O242
O25 - N302
302, 303, 304, 305, 306,
308, 310, 312, 314
S1 - O312
N1 - N302
316, 318, 320, 322, 324,
326, 328, 330, 332, 334,
336, 337, 338, 348
Antlerless
A25 - S16
S17 - D201
340, 342
A25 - S16
S17 - N301
330, 352
S1 - O24
O25 - D201
D21 - J311
302, 303, 304, 305, 306,
308, 310
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
334, 336
S1 - O31
N1 - N251
N26 - D201
318, 324, 332
S1 - O24
O25 - N201
N21 - D201
J1 - J311
312, 314
A25 - S16
S17 - O311
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
346, 357, 358, 359, 360
S1 - O31
N1 - N251
N26 - D201
J1 - J311
320, 322
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
337, 348
A25 - S16
S17 - O311
N1 - D201
353, 354, 355, 356
Closed
S4 - O241
O25 - D241
D25 - F211
Trophy Sheep
Resident
hunters
only
Closed
S4 - O31
3023, 303, 306, 308
Footnotes applicable to Table 1C:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 This season applies only to three-point elk.
3 The season for trophy sheep in WMU 302 applies only to full curl trophy sheep.
and substituting
Elk
Antlered
A25 - S162
S17 - N302
339, 340, 342, 344, 346,
347, 349, 350, 351, 352,
353, 354, 355, 356, 357,
358, 359, 360
S1 - O242
O25 - N302
302, 303, 304, 305, 306,
308, 310, 312, 314
S1 - O312
N1 - N302
316, 318, 320, 322, 324,
326, 328, 330, 332, 334,
336, 337, 338, 348
Antlerless
A25 - S16
S17 - D201
340, 342
A25 - S16
S17 - N301
330, 352
S1 - O24
O25 - D201
D21 - J311
S1 - O24
O25 - D201
D21 - F28 or
F291, 4
302, 304, 305, 306, 308,
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
334, 336
S1 - O31
N1 - N251
N26 - D201
318, 332
S1 - O31
N1 - N251
N26 - F28 or
F291, 4
S1 - O24
O25 - N201
N21 - D201
J1 - F28 or
F291, 4
312, 314
A25 - S16
S17 - O311
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
A25 - S16
S17 - O311
N1 - D201
D21 - F28 or
F291, 4
357, 358, 359, 360
S1 - O31
N1 - N251
N26 - D201
J1 - F28 or
F291, 4
320, 322
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
337, 348
A25 - S16
S17 - O311
N1 - D201
353, 354, 355, 356
Closed
S3 - O241
O25 - D241
D25 - F28 or
F291, 4
Trophy Sheep
Resident
hunters
only
Closed
S3 - O31
3023, 303, 306, 308
Footnotes applicable to Table 1C:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 This season applies only to three-point elk.
3 The season for trophy sheep in WMU 302 applies only to full curl trophy sheep.
4 The last day of February.
(
e) in Table 1D by striking out "S4" wherever it occurs
and substituting "S3";
(
f) in Table 1E by striking out
Elk
Antlered2
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
Antlered3
S1 - O31
N1 - N30
500, 501, 502, 503, 504,
505, 506, 507, 508, 510,
511, 514
S1 - O31
Closed
512, 515, 516, 517, 518,
A25 - S16
S17 - N30
520, 521, 522, 523, 524,
525, 526, 527, 528, 535,
537, 544
S17 - N30
Closed
Antlerless
A25 - S16
S17 - O311
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
520, 521, 522, 523, 526,
527, 537, 544
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
504, 506, 509
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
500, 501, 502, 505, 507,
508, 510, 511, 514
Footnotes applicable to Table 1E:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 This season applies only to six-point elk.
3 This season applies only to three-point elk.
4 A non-resident or non-resident alien who hunts antlered moose under an allocated licence in any
of the WMUs to which this season applies may hunt such moose only during one of the following
two periods: S1 - O31 or N1 - N30.
4.001 A resident who hunts antlered moose under an allocated licence in any of the WMUs to
which this season applies may hunt such moose only during one of the following two periods:
S1 - O31 or N1 - N30.
4.01 Repealed AR 143/97 s153.3.
4.1 Repealed AR 143/97 s153.2.
5 Repealed AR 143/97 s153.1.
and substituting
Elk
Antlered2
S1 - O31
N1 - N301
Antlered3
S1 - O31
N1 - N30
500, 501, 502, 503, 504,
505, 506, 507, 508, 510,
511, 514
S1 - O31
Closed
512, 515, 516, 517, 518,
A25 - S16
S17 - N30
520, 521, 522, 523, 524,
525, 526, 527, 528, 535,
537, 544
S17 - N30
Closed
Antlerless
A25 - S16
S17 - O311
N1 - D201
D21 - F28 or
F291, 6
520, 521, 522, 523, 526,
527, 528, 535, 537, 544
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
D21 - F28 or
F291, 6
504, 505, 506, 509, 510
S1 - O31
N1 - F28 or
F291, 6
S1 - O31
N1 - D201
D21 - J311
500, 501, 502, 507, 508,
511, 514
Footnotes applicable to Table 1E:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 This season applies only to six-point elk.
3 This season applies only to three-point elk.
4 A non-resident or non-resident alien who hunts antlered moose under an allocated licence in any
of the WMUs to which this season applies may hunt such moose only during one of the following
two periods: S1 - O31 or N1 - N30.
4.001 A resident who hunts antlered moose under an allocated licence in any of the WMUs to
which this season applies may hunt such moose only during one of the following two periods:
S1 - O31 or N1 - N30.
5 Repealed AR 143/97 s153.1.
6 The last day of February.
(
g) by repealing Table 1F and substituting the
following:
Table 1F
Black Bear Seasons
Species
SEASON
WMUs
Archery Only
General
Black Bear
A25 - A31
S1 - N30
326, 328, 330, 339, 340, 342, 344, 346,
347, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355,
356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 412, 414, 416,
417, 418, 420, 422, 426, 428, 429, 430,
432, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441,
442, 444, 445, 446, 511, 512, 514, 515,
516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523,
524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531,
532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 539, 540, 541,
542, 544
S1 - N30
Closed
S3 - O31
Closed
Closed
S1 - N30
200, 202, 203, 204, 206, 208, 214, 216,
220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232,
234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, 250,
252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 300, 302, 303,
304, 305, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316,
318, 320, 322, 324, 332, 334, 336, 337,
338, 348, 400, 402, 500, 501, 502, 503,
504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 841
Closed
S3 - N30
404, 406, 408
Ap1 - Ma31
Closed
212, 410
Closed
Ap1 - Ma15
400, 404, 406, 408, 841
Closed
Ap1 - Ju15*
200, 202, 203, 204, 206, 208, 214, 216,
220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232,
234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, 250,
252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 300, 302, 303,
304, 305, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316,
318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, 332,
334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 342, 348,
402, 429
Closed
Ap1 - Ju30
344, 346, 347, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353,
354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 412,
414, 416, 417, 418, 420, 422, 426, 428,
430, 432, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440,
441, 442, 444, 445, 446, 500, 501, 502,
503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510,
511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519,
520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527,
528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536,
537, 539, 540, 541, 542, 544
* To remove any doubt, this is June 15 (not July 5).
(
h) by repealing Table 4 and substituting the following:
Table 4
Additional Seasons
ITEM
NO.
COLUMN I
BIG GAME
COLUMN II
LICENCE TYPE
COLUMN III
OPEN SEASON
COLUMN IV
LOCATION
Trophy Sheep
Resident Trophy Sheep Special Licence
(Lottery Draw) or Non-resident/Non-resident
Alien Trophy Sheep Special Licence
(Allocated)
Archery Only Season S3 - N30
WMU 410
1.0001
Trophy Sheep
Resident Trophy Sheep Special Licence
(Allocated)
Archery Only Season S3 - N30
WMU 410
1.001
Repealed AR 143/97 s153.3
1.01
Repealed AR 143/97 s153.2
1.1
Repealed AR 143/97 s153.1
Trophy Sheep
Resident Trophy Sheep Special Licence
Archery Only Season N1 - N30
The portion of WMU 408 that lies west of Highway 40
Trophy Sheep
Resident Trophy Sheep Special Licence
A25 - O31
WMU 446 and the portion of WMU 444 that lies north of the
Beaverdam Road
Trophy Sheep
Resident Trophy Sheep Licence
A25 - O31
The portion of WMU 444 that lies south of the Beaverdam Road
Trophy Sheep
Non-resident/Non-resident Alien Trophy
Sheep Special Licence
S1 - O15
The portion of WMU 444 that lies south of the Beaverdam Road
Trophy Sheep
Resident Trophy Sheep Licence
Archery Only Season S3 - O31
WMU 410
Trophy Sheep
Resident Trophy Sheep Special Licence
N1 - N10, N11 - N20, N21 - N30
Non-trophy sheep hunting area 438C
Non-trophy Sheep
Non-trophy Sheep Special Licence
S10 - O31
Big Game Zone 4, except non-trophy sheep hunting areas 412,
414, 417, 422B, 426B, 428, 430A, 436, 438B, 439 and 441
Non-trophy Sheep
Non-trophy Sheep Special Licence
S10 - O31
Big Game Zone 5,
Non-trophy sheep hunting areas 402A, 402-303, 306 and 402-308
Table 4
Additional Seasons (continued)
Non-trophy Sheep
Non-trophy Sheep Special Licence
S10 - O31
Non-trophy sheep hunting area 410
Trophy Antelope
Trophy Antelope Special Licence
O20 - O25
Antelope hunting areas A, B, C, D and F
Trophy Antelope
Trophy Antelope Special Licence
S29 - O4
Antelope hunting areas E, G and H
Trophy Antelope
Resident Antelope Archery Special Licence
(Lottery Draw) or Non-resident/Non-resident
Alien Trophy Antelope Special Licence
(Allocated)
Archery Only Season S1 - S27
Antelope hunting areas A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H
13.0001
Trophy Antelope
Resident Trophy Antelope Special Licence
(Allocated)
Archery Only Season S1 - S27
Antelope hunting areas A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H
13.001
Repealed AR 143/97 s153.3
13.01
Repealed AR 143/97 s153.2
13.1
Repealed AR 143/97 s153.1
Non-trophy
Antelope
Antelope Archery Special Licence
Archery Only Season S1 - S27
Antelope hunting areas A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H
Non-trophy
Antelope
Non-trophy Antelope Special Licence
O2 - O4, O6 - O8
Antelope hunting areas E, G and H
Non-trophy
Antelope
Non-trophy Antelope Special Licence
O23 - O25, O27 - O29
Antelope hunting areas A, B, C, D and F
White-tailed Deer
and Mule Deer
Camp Wainwright Deer Special Licence
N27 - N291, D1 - D3, D4 - D6,
D8 - D10, D11 - D13
WMUs 728 and 730
Antlerless Mule
Deer and Antlerless
White-tailed Deer
Foothills Deer Licence
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays only from
D1 - D202
WMU 212
While-tailed Deer
Resident WMU 248 White-tailed Deer Licence
O25 - D72
WMU 248
Elk
Resident Antlered Elk Special Licence or
Resident Antlerless Elk Special Licence
N3 - N293, 4
WMU 116, 118, 119, 624
Table 4
Additional Seasons (continued)
Elk
Resident Antlered Elk Special Licence or
Resident Antlerless Elk Special Licence
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
only from D1 - F28 or F29 5
WMUs 116, 118 and 119
Repealed AR 112/2022 s8
Three-point Elk
Resident WMU 300 Elk Special Licence or
Non-resident/Non-resident Alien Antlered Elk
Special Licence
S3 - O24, O25 - D24, D25 - F28 or
F295
WMU 300
Antlerless Elk
Resident WMU 212 Antlerless Elk Special
Licence
Archery Only Season S1 - N30,
Season One N1 - N30
Season Two D1 - D31
Season Three J1 - F28 or F295
WMU 212
Antlerless Elk
Resident Elk Licence or Resident Antlerless Elk
Special Licence
Archery Only Season S1 - O31
WMU 338
Antlerless Elk
Resident Antlerless Elk Special Licence
N1 - D20, D21 - J31
The portion of WMU 338 that lies south of Highway 16 and north
of the power line in Township 52
Antlerless Elk
Resident Elk Licence or Resident Antlerless Elk
Special Licence
Archery Only Season A25 - S16
WMU 344
Antlerless Elk
Resident Antlerless Elk Special Licence
S17 - D20
The portion of WMU 344 that lies south of the Wildhay River and
Polecat Haul Road and west of Willow Creek Haul Road
Antlerless Elk
Resident Elk Licence or Resident Antlerless Elk
Special Licence
Archery Only Season A25 - S16
WMU 438
Antlerless Elk
Resident Antlerless Elk Special Licence
S17 - N30
The portion of WMU 438 that lies northwest of Highway 16 and
southwest of Highway 40
Antlerless Elk
Resident Elk Licence or Resident Antlerless Elk
Special Licence
Archery Only Season A25 - S16
WMU 441
Table 4
Additional Seasons (continued)
Antlerless Elk
Resident Antlerless Elk Special Licence
S17 - N30
The portion of WMU 441 that lies east of the Smoky River and
southwest of the Muskeg River
Antlerless Elk
Resident Elk Licence or Resident Antlerless Elk
Special Licence
Archery Only Season A25 - S16
WMU 444
Antlerless Elk
Resident Antlerless Elk Special Licence
S17 - N30
The portion of WMU 444 that lies west of the Smoky River and
north of Beaverdam Road
Elk
Resident Either Sex Elk Special Licence
N27 - N291, D1 - D133
WMUs 728 and 730
Antlerless Moose
Resident Moose Licence or Resident Antlerless
Moose Special Licence
Archery Only Season A25 - S23
WMU 353
Antlerless Moose
Resident Antlerless Moose Special Licence
S24 - N30
The portion of WMU 353 that lies west of range 23
Footnotes applicable to Table 4:
1 This season is restricted to archery only or to hunting with a muzzle-loading firearm of .44 calibre or greater.
2 This season is restricted to archery only or to hunting with a shotgun, a legal cross-bow or a muzzle-loading firearm of .44 calibre or greater. Hunters may only discharge a shotgun or
muzzle-loading firearm in WMU 248 where municipal laws permit.
3 Excluding Sundays.
4 Excluding Saturdays for WMU 624.
5 The last day of February.
(
i) by repealing Table 6 and substituting the following:
Table 6
Game Bird Seasons and Bag Limits
(Sections 117 and 136(1)(
c) of this Regulation)
Species
Daily
Limit
Possession
Limit
Season
WMUs
Snow or Ross'
Geese
combined
No limit
S1 - D16,
M15 - Ju152
200 - 208, 216 - 260,
316 - 544, 841, 936
S8 - D23,
M15 - Ju152
102 - 166, 210 - 214,
300 - 314
Canada or
White-fronted
Geese
8 combined
24 combined
S1 - D16
200 - 208, 216 - 260,
316 - 544, 841, 936
S8 - D23
102 - 166, 210 - 214,
300 - 314
Ducks, Coots and
Wilson's Snipe
83 each
244 each
S1 - D16
200 - 208, 216 - 260,
316 - 544, 841, 936
S8 - D23
102 - 166, 210 - 214,
300 - 314
Sandhill Crane
S1 - D16
200 - 208, 220, 222,
226 - 244, 247 - 260,
S8 - D23
102 - 106, 112 - 166,
Male Pheasant
S1 - J15
200 - 260, 314 - 402,
412 - 544
O15 - N30
102 - 166, 300 - 312
S8 - J15
404 - 410, 841, 936
Ruffed Grouse
S1 - J15
102 - 402, 412 - 544
S8 - J15
404 - 410, 841, 936
A30 - S1
728, 730 (Camp
Wainwright)
Spruce Grouse
S1 - J15
102 - 402, 412 - 544
S8 - J15
404 - 410, 841, 936
Sharp-tailed
Grouse
O1 - O31
102 - 246, 252 - 256,
300 - 314, 334,
400 - 402, 518 - 520,
524, 525, 528 - 542,
A30 - S1
728, 730 (Camp
Wainwright)
Ptarmigan
S1 - J15
300 - 402, 412 - 544
S8 - J15
404 - 410
Blue Grouse
S1 - J15
300 - 402, 412 - 446
S8 - J15
404 - 410
Gray Partridge
S1 - J15
102 - 402, 412 - 544
S8 - J15
Wild Turkey
Ma1 - Ma31
300 - 308, 400, 402
Footnotes applicable to Table 6:
1 This season applies only to the holder of an applicable special licence.
2 To remove any doubt, this is June 15 (not July 5).
3 For non-resident aliens, not more than 2 ducks may be goldeneye.
4 For non-resident aliens, not more than 6 ducks may be goldeneye.
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Alberta Regulation 105/2025
Provincial Health Agencies Act
CANCER CARE PROVINCIAL HEALTH
CORPORATION REGULATION
Filed: May 14, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 138/2025)
on May 14, 2025 pursuant to sections 1.971 and 1.975 of the Provincial Health
Agencies Act.
Table of Contents
Definitions
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
2 Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
3 Officers of corporation
4 Participants
5 Eligibility and disqualification of members and participants
6 Bylaws
7 Meeting minutes
8 Organizational meeting
9 Directives
10 Reports and returns to provincial health agency
Financial Records and Reporting
11 Fiscal year
12 Annual budget
13 Annual report
14 Disclosure of remuneration and benefits
15 First fiscal year and report
16 Financial records
17 Auditor eligibility
18 Appointment of Auditor General
Financial Matters
19 Resolution re borrowing and capital leasing
20 Borrowing powers and restrictions
21 Investment of funds
22 Investment management services
23 Indemnities and guarantees
24 Capitalized assets and equipment
25 Transfer of property or assets
26 Agreements
27 Joint venture agreements
28 Ancillary operations
29 Surplus and deficit
30 Charitable annuities
Patient Concerns Resolution Process
31 Agreement re patient concerns resolution process
32 Complaints
33 Patient concerns resolution process
34 Patient concerns officers
35 Discontinuing on grounds of delay
36 Discontinuing where complaint made anonymously
37 Policies
38 Publication of information
39 Delegation
Expiry and Coming into Force
40 Expiry
41 Coming into force
Definitions
1 In this Regulation,
(a) "Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation" means the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation established by
section 2(1);
(b) "complaint" means a complaint made under
section 32;
(c) "directive" means a directive referred to in
section 8(2) of the
Act;
(d) "joint venture agreement" means an agreement for a specific
business purpose where the parties to the agreement jointly
control and contribute to the accomplishment of the business
purpose;
(e) "member" means a member of the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation;
(f) "participant" means an individual designated as a participant
under
section 4;
(g) "patient concerns officer" means an individual appointed by
the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation under
section
34;
(h) "patient concerns resolution process" means the process
established by the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation under
section 1.976 of the Act to resolve
complaints by, on behalf of or in the interests of patients;
(i) "service provider" means a person who delivers goods or
services under the direction, control or authority of the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
2(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation is established.
(2) The sector Minister responsible for the acute care health services
sector is designated as the responsible Minister for the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation.
(3) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation is established for
the purposes of delivering and coordinating the delivery of cancer care
services in the acute care health services sector.
Officers of corporation
3(1) If the responsible Minister has not designated a vice-chair under
section 1.973(3) of the Act, the members may designate a vice-chair
from among themselves, but the designation ceases to be effective
when a designation made by the responsible Minister under
section
1.973(3) of the Act takes effect.
(2) The members may designate offices other than chair and
vice-chair, appoint from among themselves persons to those offices
and prescribe the duties of those offices.
(3) For the purposes of
section 18 of the Alberta Public Agencies
Governance Act, the same person may serve as the chair and chief
executive officer of the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
Participants
4(1) The responsible Minister may designate one or more persons as
participants for the purposes of
(
a) observing and participating in meetings of the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation, or
(
b) if the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation consists of
one member, participating in discussions with the member
before the member makes decisions for the purposes of
overseeing the business and affairs of the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation.
(2) A participant does not have the right to vote at meetings of the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
Eligibility and disqualification of members and participants
5(1) A person is eligible to be appointed as a member or designated as
a participant if the person is, on the date of the appointment or
designation,
(a) 18 years of age or older,
(
b) a Canadian citizen, and
(
c) not otherwise ineligible or disqualified.
(2) A person is not eligible to be appointed as a member or designated
as a participant if the person has been convicted of
(
a) an offence under
section 123, 124 or 125 of the Criminal
Code (Canada), or
(
b) an offence punishable by imprisonment for 5 or more years
and no absolute discharge or pardon has been granted in respect of the
offence.
(3) A member or participant is disqualified from being a member or
participant if the member or participant ceases to meet any of the
eligibility requirements in subsection (1) or (2).
Bylaws
6(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may make
bylaws respecting its general conduct, operation and management,
including bylaws respecting
(
a) the calling of meetings and the conduct of business at
meetings,
(
b) the powers, duties and functions of the officers of the Cancer
Care Provincial Health Corporation,
(
c) the appointment, removal, powers, duties, functions,
remuneration and benefits of employees of the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation, and
(
d) the establishment, membership, duties and functions of
special, standing and other committees of the members.
(2) Bylaws have no effect until they are approved in writing by the
responsible Minister.
(3) When bylaws are submitted to the responsible Minister for
approval, the responsible Minister may
(
a) approve the bylaws as submitted, or
(
b) refer the bylaws back to the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation with directions to make changes.
(4) Bylaws referred back to the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation under subsection (3)(
b) must be resubmitted as directed
by the responsible Minister.
(5) Subsection (3) applies to bylaws that are resubmitted to the
responsible Minister.
(6) The responsible Minister may issue a directive requiring the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation to amend or repeal its
bylaws in accordance with that directive.
(7) If there is a conflict between the bylaws and the Act, a regulation
under the Act or an enactment made applicable by a regulation under
the Act, then the Act, regulation or enactment prevails.
(8) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with
its bylaws.
(9) The responsible Minister shall determine the time within which the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation is required to submit its
bylaws to the responsible Minister after it has been established.
Meeting minutes
7(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall provide to
the responsible Minister a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation within 7 days after the
meeting at which the minutes were adopted.
(2) This
section does not apply if the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation consists of one member.
Organizational meeting
8(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall hold an
organizational meeting where
(
a) the first members are appointed after the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation is established, or
(
b) more than half of its members are replaced at the same time
or substantially the same time.
(2) The organizational meeting must be held not later than 15 days
after the last of the new appointments referred to in subsection (1)(
a) or the replacement appointments referred to in subsection (1)(
b) are
made.
(3) This
section does not apply if the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation consists of one member.
Directives
9 For the purposes of
section 8(2) of the Act, the responsible Minister
may issue directives that must be followed by
(
a) the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation or its
members, or
(
b) a subsidiary health corporation of the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation or its members.
Reports and returns to provincial health agency
10(1) The provincial health agency for the acute care health services
sector, by notice in writing, may require the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation to provide the provincial health agency with a
report or return relating to the financial matters or operations of the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must specify the information
requested and the time by which and the manner in which the report or
return must be provided.
(3) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with
any notice it receives under subsection (1).
Financial Records and Reporting
Fiscal year
11 The fiscal year of the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
is from April 1 to March 31.
Annual budget
12(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall, as
directed under subsection (2), submit its annual budget to the
responsible Minister for approval.
(2) The responsible Minister may give directions respecting the form
and content of the budget, the time by which the budget must be
submitted and any other information that must be submitted.
Annual report
13(1) For the purposes of
section 14(2.1)(
c) of the Act, the annual
report must contain
(
a) any information required by the responsible Minister by
notice in writing to the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation, and
(
b) information respecting activities under the patient concerns
resolution process for the previous fiscal year.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation shall provide to the responsible Minister its annual report
for the previous fiscal year not later than the July 31 following the end
of that fiscal year.
(3) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall provide to
the responsible Minister its audited financial statements and the
information referred to in
section 14 for the previous fiscal year not
later than the June 30 following the end of that fiscal year.
(4) The responsible Minister, by notice in writing, may require the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation to provide the information
required under this
section and
section 14(2), (2.1) and (2.2) of the Act
in the form and with the content specified by the responsible Minister.
Disclosure of remuneration and benefits
14(1) In this section, "management personnel" includes medical
officers who exercise management functions.
(2) For the purposes of
section 14(2.2)(
b) of the Act, information on
remuneration and benefits paid to members, officers and employees of
the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation must be disclosed in
accordance with this section.
(3) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed for the following
individuals:
(
a) the members;
(
b) the chief executive officer of the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation;
(
c) management personnel who report directly to one or more
members;
(
d) management personnel who report directly to the chief
executive officer of the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation;
(
e) management personnel who report to the management
personnel referred to in clause (d);
(
f) individuals engaged on a fee for service basis in a
management capacity referred to in any of clauses (
b) to (e).
(4) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed
(
a) on an individual basis by name in the case of the individuals
referred to in subsection (3)(a),
(
b) on an individual basis by reference to position titles in the
case of the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(b), (
c) and (
d) and the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(
f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection
(3)(b), (
c) or (d), and
(
c) on a group basis in the case of the individuals referred to in
subsection (3)(
e) and the individuals referred to in subsection
(3)(
f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection
(3)(e).
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4)(
a) and (b), where an individual is a
member and the chief executive officer of the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation, the remuneration and benefits paid to that
individual must be disclosed by name and position title.
(6) The information required to be reported under this
section must be
reported as a note or
schedule to the financial statements referred to in
section 14(2.2)(
a) of the Act.
(7) On the request of the responsible Minister by notice in writing, the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall include in the
disclosure required under this
section the value of any severance
package that is provided on termination of employment, disclosed on
the same basis as other remuneration and benefits.
First fiscal year and report
15(1) Notwithstanding
section 11, the first fiscal year of the Cancer
Care Provincial Health Corporation begins on the date on which the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation is established and ends on
the following March 31.
(2) Notwithstanding
section 13(2) and (3), the responsible Minister
shall determine when the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation is
required to provide the documents and information referred to in
section 13(2) and (3) with respect to the first fiscal year of the Cancer
Care Provincial Health Corporation.
Financial records
16(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall, with
respect to the keeping and preparation of its financial records, apply
the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting in the Public
Sector, as applicable, and the Public Sector Accounting Standards as
set out in the CPA Canada Public Sector Accounting Handbook
published by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, as
amended from time to time.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the responsible Minister, by
notice in writing, may prescribe policies or rules that are to apply with
respect to the keeping and preparation of the financial records, and the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall apply those policies
or rules accordingly.
(3) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall keep a
financial record for the longer of
(a) 3 years after it was created, and
(
b) any period required under an enactment of Alberta or
Canada.
Auditor eligibility
17 No person is eligible to be appointed by the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation as its auditor or to remain as its auditor
unless that person is a professional accounting firm registered under
the Chartered Professional Accountants Act and authorized to perform
an audit engagement.
Appointment of Auditor General
18(1) Where the responsible Minister intends to appoint the Auditor
General as the auditor for the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation, the responsible Minister shall give at least 90 days'
written notice of the appointment to the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the responsible Minister
intends to appoint the Auditor General as the first auditor of the Cancer
Care Provincial Health Corporation, the responsible Minister shall give
written notice of the appointment to the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation before the date on which the appointment takes effect.
(3) Where the responsible Minister appoints the Auditor General as
the auditor for the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation, the
appointment of an auditor appointed by the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation ceases on the earlier of
(
a) the expiry of the auditor's term,
(
b) the effective date of the cancellation of the auditor's
appointment by the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation, and
(
c) the effective date of the appointment of the Auditor General
as auditor.
(4) Where the responsible Minister has appointed the Auditor General
as the auditor of the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation and
that appointment is subsisting, the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation shall not appoint an auditor under
section 13(3.1) of the
Act.
(5) The responsible Minister may cancel the appointment of the
Auditor General as auditor of the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation on 90 days' written notice to the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation.
(6) Where the responsible Minister cancels an appointment under
subsection (5), the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall
appoint an auditor before the end of the fiscal year.
Financial Matters
Resolution re borrowing and capital leasing
19(1) Except for borrowing transactions made on a line of credit, each
transaction of the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation relating
to debt, guarantees, indemnities or capital leasing must be approved by
the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation in advance of the
transaction.
(2) The transaction must
(
a) be approved by resolution and recorded in the minutes of the
meeting at which the resolution was approved, or
(
b) if the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation consists of
one member, be approved and recorded in a decision of the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
(3) The minutes must contain the following:
(
a) in the case of a debt obligation, the maximum amount of
money to be borrowed and the purposes for which the money
is to be borrowed;
(
b) in the case of an indemnity or guarantee,
(
i) the maximum amount of the potential liability of the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation under the
indemnity or guarantee,
(ii) the purpose for which the indemnity or guarantee is
given, and
(
c) in the case of a capital leasing transaction, the purpose for
entering into the capital leasing transaction and the value of
the assets that will be leased;
or the payment under the capital leasing obligation;
(
e) the source of the money from which the debt obligation or
the payments under the capital leasing obligation will be
paid;
(
f) the source of the money from which potential liability on
indemnities and guarantees will be paid;
(
g) the nature of the involvement in the transaction of any person
or entity in respect of which the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation is not dealing at arm's length.
Borrowing powers and restrictions
20(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall not
borrow for the purpose of financing the purchase of securities within
the meaning of the Securities Act.
(2) Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation borrows for
the purposes of acquiring or constructing a capital asset, the repayment
term of the loan must not exceed the estimated useful life of the capital
asset.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the acquisition of land without
improvements.
(4) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall not borrow
for the purpose of financing an ancillary operation as defined in
section 28 unless the following conditions are met:
(
a) the estimated net revenue to be generated by the ancillary
operation must be at least equal to the amount to be repaid
under the borrowing;
(
b) no property other than property wholly used or to be used in
the ancillary operation may be given as security for the
repayment of the loan.
(5) Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation borrows, it
shall determine the risks of interest rate and foreign exchange rate
fluctuations in respect of that borrowing and may enter into a
transaction in respect of
(
a) a swap or forward contract, or
(
b) the purchase of financial futures or options, only if the
purpose of the transaction is to offset or reduce the risk of
interest rate or foreign exchange rate fluctuations associated
with liabilities in respect of the borrowing.
(6) A transaction referred to in subsection (5) must
(
a) be approved in advance of the transaction by resolution of
the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation and recorded
in the minutes of the meeting at which the resolution was
approved, or
(
b) if the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation consists of
one member, be approved by the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation in advance of the transaction and
recorded in a decision of the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation.
(7) Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation enters into a
transaction referred to in subsection (5), it shall establish policies and
procedures to measure and monitor the risks of such transactions.
(8) Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation enters into a
transaction referred to in
section 19(1) or establishes or amends a line
of credit, it shall disclose to all parties to the transaction that the Crown
is not obligated to pay any debt obligations of the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation except where the Crown has specifically
assumed such an obligation.
Investment of funds
21(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall adhere to
prudent investment standards in making investment decisions.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), prudent investment standards
are those that, in the overall context of an investment portfolio, a
reasonably prudent person would apply to investments made on behalf
of another person with whom there exists a fiduciary relationship to
make those investments, without undue risk of loss or impairment and
with a reasonable expectation of fair return or appreciation.
Investment management services
22(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation is a designated
entity under
section 6(1) of the Alberta Investment Management
Corporation Act in respect of its funds.
(2) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation shall, through an investment management
agreement,
(
a) engage Alberta Investment Management Corporation as the
exclusive provider to the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation of investment management services in respect of
its funds, and
(
b) ensure that all investments of its funds are managed by
Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
(3) The investment management agreement of the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation must take effect no later than 6 months
after the date on which the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
is established or such later date as set by order of the President of
Treasury Board and Minister of Finance.
(4) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may exclude
investments of its funds from an investment management agreement
under subsection (2) if the funds invested are reasonably required to
meet the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation's expected
current liabilities and operating expenses.
(5) The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance may by
order authorize the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation to
exclude from an investment management agreement under subsection
(2), for a fixed or an indefinite period of time, specific investments or
classes of investments of its funds, but such investments must not
make up more than 10% of the total value of the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation's investments at the time the order is
made, excluding investments made under subsection (4).
Indemnities and guarantees
23(1) Subject to this section, the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation shall not give an indemnity or guarantee with respect to
the obligations of another person.
(2) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may give an
indemnity or guarantee with respect to the obligations of a subsidiary
health corporation of the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
(3) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall ensure that
its potential liability under an indemnity or guarantee under subsection
(2) does not exceed the lesser of
(
a) the value of the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation's
equity investment in the subsidiary health corporation, and
(
b) an amount determined by multiplying the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation's percentage ownership of the
subsidiary health corporation times the total debt obligations
of the subsidiary health corporation.
(4) Section 124 of the Business Corporations Act applies in respect of
the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
(5) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may indemnify its
members and employees and former members and employees, and for
that purpose
section 124 of the Business Corporations Act applies and
shall be interpreted as if references to directors and officers of the
corporation were references to members and employees of the Cancer
Care Provincial Health Corporation.
Capitalized assets and equipment
24 Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation acquires or
disposes of
(
a) a capitalized asset, other than an interest in land, or
(
b) equipment,
it shall do so in accordance with written policies and rules issued by
the responsible Minister for the purpose and given to the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation.
Transfer of property or assets
25(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation shall not confer a benefit on or transfer property or assets
to any person unless the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
receives fair market value in exchange for the benefit or transfer.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the conferral of a benefit or the
transfer of property or assets by a transitional order.
Agreements
26(1) The responsible Minister may establish a process for the
approval of agreements proposed to be entered into by the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation.
(2) Where the responsible Minister has established a process under
subsection (1), the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall
not enter into an agreement unless the agreement has been approved in
accordance with the process, if required.
Joint venture agreements
27 Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation enters into
a joint venture agreement, it shall ensure that its financial commitment
in the agreement is clearly specified in the agreement or can be
Ancillary operations
28(1) In this section,
(a) "ancillary operation" means the sale of goods and services
that are unrelated to the direct performance of activities by
the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation for the
purposes set out in
section 2(3);
(b) "health system participants" means
(
i) persons in direct receipt of cancer care services
delivered by the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation,
(ii) subsidiary health corporations and persons or entities
with whom the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation has a joint venture agreement,
(iii) health services providers, and
(iv) other persons or entities as determined by the
responsible Minister.
(2) The responsible Minister shall notify the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation in writing of any persons or entities the responsible
Minister determines to be health system participants under subsection
(1)(b)(iv).
(3) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may engage in an
ancillary operation itself or through a subsidiary health corporation of
the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation or joint venture
agreement, and a reference in this
section to an ancillary operation
includes an ancillary operation engaged in by any of those means.
(4) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall not engage
in an ancillary operation without the prior written approval of the
responsible Minister.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply in respect of an ancillary operation
that was being engaged in by a regional health authority that is
transferred to the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation by a
transitional order.
(6) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may market
ancillary operations to provincial health agencies, regional health
authorities and other provincial health corporations.
(7) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall ensure that
the majority of the business activity related to an ancillary operation is
marketed to health system participants.
(8) Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation charges fees
in connection with an ancillary operation, it shall do so in accordance
with any directives issued by the responsible Minister.
(9) Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation engages in
an ancillary operation and markets the ancillary operation to non health
system participants, the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
shall ensure that the fees charged in connection with the ancillary
operation include a margin that estimates equivalent market rates for
amortization of capital assets, taxes, costs of capital and other direct or
indirect costs related to the ancillary operation.
(10) Subsections (7) and (9) do not apply in respect of ancillary
operations that are marketed to provincial health agencies, regional
health authorities or other provincial health corporations.
(11) On the request of the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation,
the responsible Minister may exempt the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation from the requirements of subsection (7).
(12) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall not use
(
a) general grants provided by the Crown, or
(
b) cancer care service fees or charges that the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation is authorized to collect
to subsidize an ancillary operation unless the money comes from
accumulated surplus as defined in
section 29(1)(
b) or the responsible
Minister approves the use of the money for that purpose.
(13) All costs incurred by the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation in engaging in an ancillary operation must be charged to
the ancillary operation.
(14) The responsible Minister may issue a directive requiring the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation to
(
a) cease engaging in an ancillary operation, or
directive in respect of an ancillary operation in which the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation is engaged.
Surplus and deficit
29(1) In this section,
(a) "accumulated deficit" means a negative amount when
summing the following amounts in the statement of financial
position, excluding asset retirement obligations, as shown in
the audited financial statements:
(
i) the accumulated deficit;
(ii) the internally restricted or authority designated net
assets;
(b) "accumulated surplus" means the sum of the following
amounts in the statement of financial position, excluding
asset retirement obligations, as shown in the audited financial
statements:
(
i) the unrestricted or available net assets;
(ii) the internally restricted or authority designated net
assets;
(c) "annual operating deficit" means the negative amount
calculated by subtracting
(
i) the total expenses for a fiscal year, excluding expenses
recognized for asset retirement obligations, as
determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and financial directives issued by
the responsible Minister,
from
(ii) the total revenue for a fiscal year, excluding revenue
recognized for asset retirement obligations, as
determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and financial directives issued by
the responsible Minister;
(d) "asset retirement obligations" means asset retirement
obligations within the meaning of
Section PS 3280, Asset
Retirement Obligations, of the Public Sector Accounting
Standards issued by the Public Sector Accounting Board
(August 2018) and included in the CPA Canada Public
Sector Accounting Handbook published by the Chartered
Professional Accountants of Canada, as amended from time
to time.
(2) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall not incur an
annual operating deficit.
(3) If, despite subsection (2), the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation incurs an annual operating deficit, it shall
(
a) use the accumulated surplus to offset the deficit, or
(
b) if there is no accumulated surplus or the accumulated surplus
is insufficient, provide the responsible Minister with a plan,
in writing, that is satisfactory to the responsible Minister, to
eliminate the accumulated deficit within 3 years of it being
incurred.
(4) A plan referred to in subsection (3)(
b) must be submitted to the
responsible Minister within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year.
(5) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may use any
portion of the accumulated surplus that is not needed to offset an
annual operating deficit for any purpose related to
(
a) the delivery of cancer care services in the acute care health
services sector, or
(
b) an ancillary operation.
(6) The funding of an accumulated deficit is the responsibility of the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation.
Charitable annuities
30(1) Where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation receives
a donation of money that is subject to a condition requiring the
payment of interest on the money or an annuity to any person, the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with the
following:
(
a) the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall establish
a trust fund and hold the money in the trust fund;
(
b) where the condition requires the payment of an annuity, the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation may
(
i) purchase an annuity for the annuitant, or
(ii) make the annuity payments out of the trust fund;
(
c) where the condition requires the payment of interest, the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall make those
payments out of the trust fund;
(
d) where the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation acts
under clause (b)(ii) or (c),
(
i) the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall not
use any of the money for its own purposes until its
obligation to make those payments has ended, and
(ii) the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall
invest the principal amount in one or more of the
following:
(
A) an interest-bearing account managed by a
deposit-taking institution in Canada;
(
B) securities that are issued or guaranteed by the
by a deposit-taking institution in Canada, for a
term of one year or less;
(
C) money market mutual fund units where the
investment policy of the fund ensures that at least
90% of the assets of the fund consist of the
securities described in paragraph (B);
(
D) an account or other arrangement made available by
the Crown for the management and pooled
investment of cash.
(2) Only the donation and the income earned on the donation may be
used to make the payments under subsection (1).
Patient Concerns Resolution Process
Agreement re patient concerns
resolution process
31(1) For the purposes of
section 1.976 of the Act, the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation may satisfy the requirement to establish
and maintain a patient concerns resolution process by entering into an
agreement with the provincial health agency for the acute care health
services sector to administer and manage the patient concerns
resolution process on behalf of the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation in accordance with the patient concerns resolution process
established by the provincial health agency.
(2) Sections 33 to 39 do not apply where the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation enters into an agreement under subsection (1).
Complaints
32(1) A patient or a person acting on behalf of a patient or in the
interest of a patient may make a complaint to the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation if the patient or person has concerns
regarding
(
a) the delivery of goods and services to the patient,
(
b) a failure or refusal to deliver goods and services to the
patient, or
delivered to the patient
by the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation or a service
provider.
(2) A person may make a complaint to the Cancer Care Provincial
Health Corporation if, after the death of a patient, the person has
concerns regarding
(
a) the delivery of goods and services to the patient,
(
b) a failure or refusal to deliver goods and services to the
patient, or
were delivered to the patient
during the patient's life by the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation or a service provider.
(3) A complaint must be made in accordance with
(
a) the patient concerns resolution process established by the
Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation in accordance
with this
section and sections 33 to 39, or
(
b) if the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation enters into
an agreement referred to in
section 31(1), this
section and the
patient concerns resolution process established by the
provincial health agency.
(4) Nothing in this
section prevents the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation or a service provider from addressing a concern raised by
a patient or other person before the patient or person has made a
complaint under the patient concerns resolution process.
Patient concerns resolution process
33 The patient concerns resolution process must
(
a) provide a fair process for managing complaints,
(
b) include a written process describing the means by which
complaints are received, processed, considered and
responded to,
(
c) provide that the Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation
shall attempt in good faith to resolve complaints within a
reasonable time,
(
d) provide that complaints to the patient concerns officer may
be made orally or in writing,
(
e) provide that a written record is to be made of complaints
made orally to the patient concerns officer,
(
f) provide for the rejection of frivolous or vexatious complaints,
and
(
g) provide for the redirection of complaints to other
organizations or persons that have the authority to address
them.
Patient concerns officers
34(1) The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall appoint
one or more patient concerns officers who
(
a) report directly to the administrative head, within the meaning
of the Ombudsman Act, of the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation or to a senior officer who reports directly to the
administrative head, and
(
b) are responsible for receiving and dealing with complaints.
(2) A patient concerns officer must
(
a) be reasonably available to respond to complaints and to assist
patients, and persons acting on behalf of or in the interest of
patients, who want to use the patient concerns resolution
process,
(
b) facilitate the timely, expeditious and efficient management of
complaints,
(
c) inform complainants about
(
i) other persons or organizations that may have authority
to address the complaint, and
(ii) the authority of the Ombudsman in relation to the
patient concerns resolution process,
(
d) cooperate with the patient concerns officers of any of the
following that are involved in the complaint:
(
i) a provincial health agency;
(ii) a regional health authority;
(iii) another provincial health corporation established for the
purposes of delivering health services,
(
e) give notice of a complaint to the service provider responsible
for the goods or services that are the subject of the complaint,
and
(
f) prepare a written statement regarding the outcome of each
complaint made under the patient concerns resolution
process.
Discontinuing on grounds of delay
35(1) Subject to subsection (2), a patient concerns officer may
discontinue the patient concerns resolution process in respect of a
complaint if the patient concerns officer is satisfied that
(
a) the complainant had knowledge of the subject matter of the
complaint more than 2 years before making the complaint,
and
(
b) the delay in making the complaint is likely to impede the
ability of the patient concerns officer to conduct a fair review
of the matter.
(2) If the complaint relates to continued conduct, the patient concerns
officer may discontinue the patient concerns resolution process only if,
in addition to being satisfied of the matters referred to in subsection
(1)(
a) and (b), the patient concerns officer is satisfied that the last
instance of the conduct occurred more than 2 years before the
complaint was made.
Discontinuing where complaint made anonymously
36 Where a complaint is made anonymously, a patient concerns
officer may discontinue the patient concerns resolution process in
respect of the complaint if the patient concerns officer is not satisfied
that there is sufficient information with which to conduct a fair review
of the matter.
Policies
37 The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall establish
policies that its patient concerns officers shall follow when
considering,
(
a) for the purposes of
section 35(1)(b), whether the delay is
likely to impede the ability of the patient concerns officer to
conduct a fair review of the matter, and
(
b) for the purposes of
section 36, whether there is sufficient
information with which to conduct a fair review of the
matter.
Publication of information
38 The Cancer Care Provincial Health Corporation shall make
available to patients and the public written information about the
patient concerns resolution process, the patient concerns officers to
whom complaints can be made and how complaints may be made.
Delegation
39 Subject to the policies of the Cancer Care Provincial Health
Corporation, a patient concerns officer may delegate any power, duty
or function under sections 32 to 38 to an employee of the Cancer Care
Provincial Health Corporation.
Expiry and Coming into Force
Expiry
40 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for
ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be
repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this
Regulation expires on April 30, 2035.
Coming into force
41 This Regulation comes into force on June 1, 2025.
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Alberta Regulation 106/2025
Provincial Health Agencies Act
EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES PROVINCIAL
HEALTH CORPORATION REGULATION
Filed: May 14, 2025
For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 139/2025)
on May 14, 2025 pursuant to sections 1.971 and 1.975 of the Provincial Health
Agencies Act.
Table of Contents
Definitions
Emergency Health Services
Provincial Health Corporation
2 Emergency Health Services Provincial Health Corporation
3 Officers of corporation
4 Participants
5 Eligibility and disqualification of members and participants
6 Bylaws
7 Meeting minutes
8 Organizational meeting
9 Directives
10 Reports and returns to provincial health agency
Financial Records and Reporting
11 Fiscal year
12 Annual budget
13 Annual report
14 Disclosure of remuneration and benefits
15 First fiscal year and report
16 Financial records
17 Auditor eligibility
18 Appointment of Auditor General
Financial Matters
19 Resolution re borrowing and capital leasing
20 Borrowing powers and restrictions
21 Investment of funds
22 Investment management services
23 Indemnities and guarantees
24 Capitalized assets and equipment
25 Transfer of property or assets
26 Agreements
27 Joint venture agreements
28 Ancillary operations
29 Surplus and deficit
30 Charitable annuities
Patient Concerns Resolution Process
31 Agreement re patient concerns resolution process
32 Complaints
33 Patient concerns resolution process
34 Patient concerns officers
35 Discontinuing on grounds of delay
36 Discontinuing where complaint made anonymously
37 Policies
38 Publication of information
39 Delegation
Expiry and Coming into Force
40 Expiry
41 Coming into force
Definitions
1 In this Regulation,
(a) "complaint" means a complaint made under
section 32;
(b) "directive" means a directive referred to in
section 8(2) of the
Act;
(c) "EHS Provincial Health Corporation" means the Emergency
Health Services Provincial Health Corporation established by
section 2(1);
(d) "emergency health services" means emergency health
services as defined in the Emergency Health Services Act;
(e) "joint venture agreement" means an agreement for a specific
business purpose where the parties to the agreement jointly
control and contribute to the accomplishment of the business
purpose;
(f) "member" means a member of the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation;
(g) "participant" means an individual designated as a participant
under
section 4;
(h) "patient concerns officer" means an individual appointed by
the EHS Provincial Health Corporation under
section 34;
(i) "patient concerns resolution process" means the process
established by the EHS Provincial Health Corporation under
section 1.976 of the Act to resolve complaints by, on behalf
of or in the interests of patients;
(j) "service provider" means a person who delivers goods or
services under the direction, control or authority of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation.
Emergency Health Services
Provincial Health Corporation
Emergency Health Services
Provincial Health Corporation
2(1) The Emergency Health Services Provincial Health Corporation is
established.
(2) The sector Minister responsible for the acute care health services
sector is designated as the responsible Minister for the EHS Provincial
Health Corporation.
(3) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation is established for the
purposes of delivering emergency health services in the acute care
health services sector.
Officers of corporation
3(1) If the responsible Minister has not designated a vice-chair under
section 1.973(3) of the Act, the members may designate a vice-chair
from among themselves, but the designation ceases to be effective
when a designation made by the responsible Minister under
section
1.973(3) of the Act takes effect.
(2) The members may designate offices other than chair and
vice-chair, appoint from among themselves persons to those offices
and prescribe the duties of those offices.
(3) For the purposes of
section 18 of the Alberta Public Agencies
Governance Act, the same person may serve as the chair and chief
executive officer of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation.
Participants
4(1) The responsible Minister may designate one or more persons as
participants for the purposes of
(
a) observing and participating in meetings of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation, or
(
b) if the EHS Provincial Health Corporation consists of one
member, participating in discussions with the member before
the member makes decisions for the purposes of overseeing
the business and affairs of the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation.
(2) A participant does not have the right to vote at meetings of the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation.
Eligibility and disqualification of
members and participants
5(1) A person is eligible to be appointed as a member or designated as
a participant if the person is, on the date of the appointment or
designation,
(a) 18 years of age or older,
(
b) a Canadian citizen, and
(
c) not otherwise ineligible or disqualified.
(2) A person is not eligible to be appointed as a member or designated
as a participant if the person has been convicted of
(
a) an offence under
section 123, 124 or 125 of the Criminal
Code (Canada), or
(
b) an offence punishable by imprisonment for 5 or more years
and no absolute discharge or pardon has been granted in respect of the
offence.
(3) A member or participant is disqualified from being a member or
participant if the member or participant ceases to meet any of the
eligibility requirements in subsection (1) or (2).
Bylaws
6(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation may make bylaws
respecting its general conduct, operation and management, including
bylaws respecting
(
a) the calling of meetings and the conduct of business at
meetings,
(
b) the powers, duties and functions of the officers of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation,
(
c) the appointment, removal, powers, duties, functions,
remuneration and benefits of employees of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation, and
(
d) the establishment, membership, duties and functions of
special, standing and other committees of the members.
(2) Bylaws have no effect until they are approved in writing by the
responsible Minister.
(3) When bylaws are submitted to the responsible Minister for
approval, the responsible Minister may
(
a) approve the bylaws as submitted, or
(
b) refer the bylaws back to the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation with directions to make changes.
(4) Bylaws referred back to the EHS Provincial Health Corporation
under subsection (3)(
b) must be resubmitted as directed by the
responsible Minister.
(5) Subsection (3) applies to bylaws that are resubmitted to the
responsible Minister.
(6) The responsible Minister may issue a directive requiring the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation to amend or repeal its bylaws in
accordance with that directive.
(7) If there is a conflict between the bylaws and the Act, a regulation
under the Act or an enactment made applicable by a regulation under
the Act, then the Act, regulation or enactment prevails.
(8) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with its
bylaws.
(9) The responsible Minister shall determine the time within which the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation is required to submit its bylaws to
the responsible Minister after it has been established.
Meeting minutes
7(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall provide to the
responsible Minister a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation within 7 days after the meeting at which
the minutes were adopted.
(2) This
section does not apply if the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation consists of one member.
Organizational meeting
8(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall hold an
organizational meeting where
(
a) the first members are appointed after the EHS Provincial
Health Corporation is established, or
(
b) more than half of its members are replaced at the same time
or substantially the same time.
(2) The organizational meeting must be held not later than 15 days
after the last of the new appointments referred to in subsection (1)(
a) or the replacement appointments referred to in subsection (1)(
b) are
made.
(3) This
section does not apply if the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation consists of one member.
Directives
9 For the purposes of
section 8(2) of the Act, the responsible Minister
may issue directives that must be followed by
(
a) the EHS Provincial Health Corporation or its members, or
(
b) a subsidiary health corporation of the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation or its members.
Reports and returns to provincial health agency
10(1) The provincial health agency for the acute care health services
sector, by notice in writing, may require the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation to provide the provincial health agency with a report or
return relating to the financial matters or operations of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must specify the information
requested and the time by which and the manner in which the report or
return must be provided.
(3) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall comply with any
notice it receives under subsection (1).
Financial Records and Reporting
Fiscal year
11 The fiscal year of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation is from
April 1 to March 31.
Annual budget
12(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall, as directed under
subsection (2), submit its annual budget to the responsible Minister for
approval.
(2) The responsible Minister may give directions respecting the form
and content of the budget, the time by which the budget must be
submitted and any other information that must be submitted.
Annual report
13(1) For the purposes of
section 14(2.1)(
c) of the Act, the annual
report must contain
(
a) any information required by the responsible Minister by
notice in writing to the EHS Provincial Health Corporation,
and
(
b) information respecting activities under the patient concerns
resolution process for the previous fiscal year.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the EHS Provincial Health Corporation
shall provide to the responsible Minister its annual report for the
previous fiscal year not later than the July 31 following the end of that
fiscal year.
(3) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall provide to the
responsible Minister its audited financial statements and the
information referred to in
section 14 for the previous fiscal year not
later than the June 30 following the end of that fiscal year.
(4) The responsible Minister, by notice in writing, may require the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation to provide the information
required under this
section and
section 14(2), (2.1) and (2.2) of the Act
in the form and with the content specified by the responsible Minister.
Disclosure of remuneration and benefits
14(1) In this section, "management personnel" includes medical
officers who exercise management functions.
(2) For the purposes of
section 14(2.2)(
b) of the Act, information on
remuneration and benefits paid to members, officers and employees of
the EHS Provincial Health Corporation must be disclosed in
accordance with this section.
(3) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed for the following
individuals:
(
a) the members;
(
b) the chief executive officer of the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation;
(
c) management personnel who report directly to one or more
members;
(
d) management personnel who report directly to the chief
executive officer of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation;
(
e) management personnel who report to the management
personnel referred to in clause (d);
(
f) individuals engaged on a fee for service basis in a
management capacity referred to in any of clauses (
b) to (e).
(4) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed
(
a) on an individual basis by name in the case of the individuals
referred to in subsection (3)(a),
(
b) on an individual basis by reference to position titles in the
case of the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(b), (
c) and (
d) and the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(
f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection
(3)(b), (
c) or (d), and
(
c) on a group basis in the case of the individuals referred to in
subsection (3)(
e) and the individuals referred to in subsection
(3)(
f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection
(3)(e).
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4)(
a) and (b), where an individual is a
member and the chief executive officer of the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation, the remuneration and benefits paid to that individual must
be disclosed by name and position title.
(6) The information required to be reported under this
section must be
reported as a note or
schedule to the financial statements referred to in
section 14(2.2)(
a) of the Act.
(7) On the request of the responsible Minister by notice in writing, the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall include in the disclosure
required under this
section the value of any severance package that is
provided on termination of employment, disclosed on the same basis
as other remuneration and benefits.
First fiscal year and report
15(1) Notwithstanding
section 11, the first fiscal year of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation begins on the date on which the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation is established and ends on the following
March 31.
(2) Notwithstanding
section 13(2) and (3), the responsible Minister
shall determine when the EHS Provincial Health Corporation is
required to provide the documents and information referred to in
section 13(2) and (3) with respect to the first fiscal year of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation.
Financial records
16(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall, with respect to
the keeping and preparation of its financial records, apply the
Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting in the Public Sector,
as applicable, and the Public Sector Accounting Standards as set out in
the CPA Canada Public Sector Accounting Handbook published by the
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, as amended from time
to time.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the responsible Minister, by
notice in writing, may prescribe policies or rules that are to apply with
respect to the keeping and preparation of the financial records, and the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall apply those policies or rules
accordingly.
(3) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall keep a financial
record for the longer of
(a) 3 years after it was created, and
(
b) any period required under an enactment of Alberta or
Canada.
Auditor eligibility
17 No person is eligible to be appointed by the EHS Provincial
Health Corporation as its auditor or to remain as its auditor unless that
person is a professional accounting firm registered under the
Chartered Professional Accountants Act and authorized to perform an
audit engagement.
Appointment of Auditor General
18(1) Where the responsible Minister intends to appoint the Auditor
General as the auditor for the EHS Provincial Health Corporation, the
responsible Minister shall give at least 90 days' written notice of the
appointment to the EHS Provincial Health Corporation.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the responsible Minister
intends to appoint the Auditor General as the first auditor of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation, the responsible Minister shall give
written notice of the appointment to the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation before the date on which the appointment takes effect.
(3) Where the responsible Minister appoints the Auditor General as
the auditor for the EHS Provincial Health Corporation, the
appointment of an auditor appointed by the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation ceases on the earlier of
(
a) the expiry of the auditor's term,
(
b) the effective date of the cancellation of the auditor's
appointment by the EHS Provincial Health Corporation, and
(
c) the effective date of the appointment of the Auditor General
as auditor.
(4) Where the responsible Minister has appointed the Auditor General
as the auditor of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation and that
appointment is subsisting, the EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall
not appoint an auditor under
section 13(3.1) of the Act.
(5) The responsible Minister may cancel the appointment of the
Auditor General as auditor of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation
on 90 days' written notice to the EHS Provincial Health Corporation.
(6) Where the responsible Minister cancels an appointment under
subsection (5), the EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall appoint an
auditor before the end of the fiscal year.
Financial Matters
Resolution re borrowing and capital leasing
19(1) Except for borrowing transactions made on a line of credit, each
transaction of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation relating to debt,
guarantees, indemnities or capital leasing must be approved by the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation in advance of the transaction.
(2) The transaction must
(
a) be approved by resolution and recorded in the minutes of the
meeting at which the resolution was approved, or
(
b) if the EHS Provincial Health Corporation consists of one
member, be approved and recorded in a decision of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation.
(3) The minutes must contain the following:
(
a) in the case of a debt obligation, the maximum amount of
money to be borrowed and the purposes for which the money
is to be borrowed;
(
b) in the case of an indemnity or guarantee,
(
i) the maximum amount of the potential liability of the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation under the indemnity
or guarantee,
(ii) the purpose for which the indemnity or guarantee is
given, and
(
c) in the case of a capital leasing transaction, the purpose for
entering into the capital leasing transaction and the value of
the assets that will be leased;
or the payment under the capital leasing obligation;
(
e) the source of the money from which the debt obligation or
the payments under the capital leasing obligation will be
paid;
(
f) the source of the money from which potential liability on
indemnities and guarantees will be paid;
(
g) the nature of the involvement in the transaction of any person
or entity in respect of which the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation is not dealing at arm's length.
Borrowing powers and restrictions
20(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall not borrow for
the purpose of financing the purchase of securities within the meaning
of the Securities Act.
(2) Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation borrows for the
purposes of acquiring or constructing a capital asset, the repayment
term of the loan must not exceed the estimated useful life of the capital
asset.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the acquisition of land without
improvements.
(4) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall not borrow for the
purpose of financing an ancillary operation as defined in
section 28
unless the following conditions are met:
(
a) the estimated net revenue to be generated by the ancillary
operation must be at least equal to the amount to be repaid
under the borrowing;
(
b) no property other than property wholly used or to be used in
the ancillary operation may be given as security for the
repayment of the loan.
(5) Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation borrows, it shall
determine the risks of interest rate and foreign exchange rate
fluctuations in respect of that borrowing and may enter into a
transaction in respect of
(
a) a swap or forward contract, or
(
b) the purchase of financial futures or options, only if the
purpose of the transaction is to offset or reduce the risk of
interest rate or foreign exchange rate fluctuations associated
with liabilities in respect of the borrowing.
(6) A transaction referred to in subsection (5) must
(
a) be approved in advance of the transaction by resolution of
the EHS Provincial Health Corporation and recorded in the
minutes of the meeting at which the resolution was approved,
(
b) if the EHS Provincial Health Corporation consists of one
member, be approved by the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation in advance of the transaction and recorded in a
decision of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation.
(7) Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation enters into a
transaction referred to in subsection (5), it shall establish policies and
procedures to measure and monitor the risks of such transactions.
(8) Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation enters into a
transaction referred to in
section 19(1) or establishes or amends a line
of credit, it shall disclose to all parties to the transaction that the Crown
is not obligated to pay any debt obligations of the EHS Provincial
Health Corporation except where the Crown has specifically assumed
such an obligation.
Investment of funds
21(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall adhere to prudent
investment standards in making investment decisions.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), prudent investment standards
are those that, in the overall context of an investment portfolio, a
reasonably prudent person would apply to investments made on behalf
of another person with whom there exists a fiduciary relationship to
make those investments, without undue risk of loss or impairment and
with a reasonable expectation of fair return or appreciation.
Investment management services
22(1) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation is a designated entity
under
section 6(1) of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Act in respect of its funds.
(2) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation shall, through an investment management agreement,
(
a) engage Alberta Investment Management Corporation as the
exclusive provider to the EHS Provincial Health Corporation
of investment management services in respect of its funds,
and
(
b) ensure that all investments of its funds are managed by
Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
(3) The investment management agreement of the EHS Provincial
Health Corporation must take effect no later than 6 months after the
date on which the EHS Provincial Health Corporation is established or
such later date as set by order of the President of Treasury Board and
Minister of Finance.
(4) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation may exclude investments
of its funds from an investment management agreement under
subsection (2) if the funds invested are reasonably required to meet the
EHS Provincial Health Corporation's expected current liabilities and
operating expenses.
(5) The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance may by
order authorize the EHS Provincial Health Corporation to exclude
from an investment management agreement under subsection (2), for a
fixed or an indefinite period of time, specific investments or classes of
investments of its funds, but such investments must not make up more
than 10% of the total value of the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation's investments at the time the order is made, excluding
investments made under subsection (4).
Indemnities and guarantees
23(1) Subject to this section, the EHS Provincial Health Corporation
shall not give an indemnity or guarantee with respect to the obligations
of another person.
(2) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation may give an indemnity or
guarantee with respect to the obligations of a subsidiary health
corporation of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation.
(3) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall ensure that its
potential liability under an indemnity or guarantee under subsection
(2) does not exceed the lesser of
(
a) the value of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation's equity
investment in the subsidiary health corporation, and
(
b) an amount determined by multiplying the EHS Provincial
Health Corporation's percentage ownership of the subsidiary
health corporation times the total debt obligations of the
subsidiary health corporation.
(4) Section 124 of the Business Corporations Act applies in respect of
the EHS Provincial Health Corporation.
(5) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation may indemnify its
members and employees and former members and employees, and for
that purpose
section 124 of the Business Corporations Act applies and
shall be interpreted as if references to directors and officers of the
corporation were references to members and employees of the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation.
Capitalized assets and equipment
24 Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation acquires or
disposes of
(
a) a capitalized asset, other than an interest in land, or
(
b) equipment,
it shall do so in accordance with written policies and rules issued by
the responsible Minister for the purpose and given to the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation.
Transfer of property or assets
25(1) Subject to subsection (2), the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation shall not confer a benefit on or transfer property or assets
to any person unless the EHS Provincial Health Corporation receives
fair market value in exchange for the benefit or transfer.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the conferral of a benefit or the
transfer of property or assets by a transitional order.
Agreements
26(1) The responsible Minister may establish a process for the
approval of agreements proposed to be entered into by the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation.
(2) Where the responsible Minister has established a process under
subsection (1), the EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall not enter
into an agreement unless the agreement has been approved in
accordance with the process, if required.
Joint venture agreements
27 Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation enters into a joint
venture agreement, it shall ensure that its financial commitment in the
agreement is clearly specified in the agreement or can be determined
Ancillary operations
28(1) In this section,
(a) "ancillary operation" means the sale of goods and services
that are unrelated to the direct delivery of emergency health
services for which the EHS Provincial Health Corporation is
responsible;
(b) "health system participants" means
(
i) persons in direct receipt of emergency health services
delivered by the EHS Provincial Health Corporation,
(ii) subsidiary health corporations and persons or entities
with whom the EHS Provincial Health Corporation has
a joint venture agreement,
(iii) health services providers, and
(iv) other persons or entities as determined by the
responsible Minister.
(2) The responsible Minister shall notify the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation in writing of any persons or entities the responsible
Minister determines to be health system participants under subsection
(1)(b)(iv).
(3) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation may engage in an
ancillary operation itself or through a subsidiary health corporation of
the EHS Provincial Health Corporation or joint venture agreement, and
a reference in this
section to an ancillary operation includes an
ancillary operation engaged in by any of those means.
(4) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall not engage in an
ancillary operation without the prior written approval of the
responsible Minister.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply in respect of an ancillary operation
that was being engaged in by a regional health authority that is
transferred to the EHS Provincial Health Corporation by a transitional
order.
(6) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation may market ancillary
operations to provincial health agencies, regional health authorities and
other provincial health corporations.
(7) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall ensure that the
majority of the business activity related to an ancillary operation is
marketed to health system participants.
(8) Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation charges fees in
connection with an ancillary operation, it shall do so in accordance
with any directives issued by the responsible Minister.
(9) Where the EHS Provincial Health Corporation engages in an
ancillary operation and markets the ancillary operation to non-health
system participants, the EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall
ensure that the fees charged in connection with the ancillary operation
include a margin that estimates equivalent market rates for
amortization of capital assets, taxes, costs of capital and other direct or
indirect costs related to the ancillary operation.
(10) Subsections (7) and (9) do not apply in respect of ancillary
operations that are marketed to provincial health agencies, regional
health authorities or other provincial health corporations.
(11) On the request of the EHS Provincial Health Corporation, the
responsible Minister may exempt the EHS Provincial Health
Corporation from the requirements of subsection (7).
(12) The EHS Provincial Health Corporation shall not use
(
a) general grants provided by the Crown, or
(
b) emergency health service fees or charges that the EHS
Provincial Health Corporation is authorized to collect
to subsidize an ancillary operation unless the money comes from
accumulated surplus as defined in
section 29(1)(
b) or the responsible
Minister approves the use of the money for that purpose.
(13) A