Bill 12 (Legislature 7, Session 1)

L7 S1 8828

Alberta — Bills

REPRINTED BILL BILL

An Act respecting Wnter Resource •. ,l931) 1. This Act may be c,ted as "Til" Water Res<>!trM8 Ad."

"1""11""'<''' Ad" >n~~n~ the A~t of the l'."h~mont 01 Cnnadarespectlllglrrlgatlon,oomgchaplel104 of the RovlSed Sl:J.tnle!; of Canada, 1927; (t) "Licen.e" mean. a hcenSl! g-ranted pursuant to thIS Act and any antherlzatlon, pomnt, hcon"" or other authorIty her.tofe .... granted or m3de pursuant to Tile [, nyatw" A~t, TI", nrmnnUm Wa.ter POlo6r Act, TIrR Dnm,,,,ou l4'l<t;s Act, or any M them; {ml "L,cense."meansauyporsonforthetlm.b.lIlgthe holder of a ,alidamiaubSlstmghcerue, (It) "Mm,.tcr" rnClLns tho M,mster for the time bemg cl>arged WIth the admmlStlatJonof th,a Act,

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l) Alilhe waw,." ,n any stream, lake or other body of "nte! whalsoeverwh,oh,.thop.'ope,tyoflhcProvmoe

,hullb.v".tedlnthaPl'ovlnoe .. ndfrnmnndaf~rthednte of the passmgof this Act no perB<ln shaU have an)' right of propcrtytheremorahnll hllvn any right to dlvert and use tho snme nnless he has obtained u lioen.eao to do under thl.

Aot,5l1Vlngthenghts of diversIOn and uSC which existed innnypersonbyvirtuoofa vahd311dsubslstlnKapplics tionnutdeoraullioritygrantcdpursuanttoTh.II"t'I{Jfd.1hn Aol and the rights of u.orexisting by Vlrtuo of any vahd nnd.ubsJStingagreernent, lIc"",,,,, or mtelJrn liconsegranted pUl'sunnt to Tlte D""tl",~" Land8 Act or ThIl Dom"I"'" WlltorPrmcrAct, 8 Unless n"~ull .. d ~y U grallt made III pu,.unnce of n vnltd agr""lllent Or u"dcrt.nl,mg ""istmg at Ule time ofth. cOlnlngloto forte of thl.

Act. no nght to tho permanent dt,e!'SlOD or to Ute exc!us"e use of Ute water m nnyslrearn, Ink" orollier hody of watcr \1"""'oever which 13th~ prop ertyotth"Prnviuoe,sllallbeaequiredbyDurripal'1 an o"n"" or any othor PCr.OIl hylengthcCu.e orothen,ise \hnn""itmaybeacquIl1ldorconferredulldorlhoJ""vt8ion. of tillS Act 01' Ute l'egulntlon.,

WIS. unless It IS o"deled by lb. Lle~tenallt Governol !n CounCl! III Rny case SI'flClfi"d ,,, the Older to the "onha,y.

(2) The cost of ~uch fnapecLlon 01' SUeil 11011.10n Ulereof, "s the lIwmste, d"Cld.s,shllbebo"ll~byth.hoen •• o,

puntshed as cantcrnpt of court, aruisuch other pl'1Jceedings mllYbebndandt.~kenthere"nasinth.=oo!non-cam pll"neew!thanyoth"l'mnnd~toryard""oflho.aiae"lIrt<>" IIjudgethemof, 40 __

(1) E"c"yapplicantorhceJllIOOandtllooilicCI"and dlrcctOl'Oofth.appln:lllltorheensee"fonJl\col'poll.ted CQmpany,sholloliordloanymspe.Ungolr.""rs\lcllinforma lion a.,~with11l tl.elr k"owledge and power In aU mat!",." inquh'Ed illOOby Illm, and shall 8ubmltlosucl1lllspoc!ing omeorall pla"o, speciflcabon", drawings alld documents n!latmg oothecoll.tructloll,n!pnirorstate of repair Of the workso"""ypO,'t,olllherrof

(2) TheproduelioDofmslructions!nwrl\lngsilJMdbf theMin'aterorhisd.put~,.hallbesumclente"ldenc"ofthe "ulhorltyof.uchlll.l,cctlllgoffi""" Il)fALGAMATlON OFCOMrAI'IWI, 41.--(

t) The Lieul:enant Governor!1I COUIleil may"u lborize two or mo'" companies whos" ,,"ork£ are contiguous to unite aad fotm one COmp"'IY w,th n view to provIding In_ C''C1\sed wl\lcr.upplyi\lldcxlolldlllg Ih.,rworks,wncn he is satisfied thut- (<<) tbe holde's of mm'l than rifly per centum oft". ':::.~~~ ~lo<k of each company arc in fovo,' of U,e (

b) tho~",,, dcpOlldentupc" the water sllpply will nol bOh1JU''<Jd,nnd (

a) thecornpaniestobeunl\edl~,'..,then.c"=rl'r.nan, clul meml. for <ll1rly,m: alit the ploposed und." Inklll!\".

(2) Insuchea,.Ihe~ame pnrticulars.hall befurllisl.ed to the LIOl1lenm't GO"eMlOr In COllncil ns are reqUlrcd to be ~c~,sheduPollnllIlPplicntiollfOrl1lt"rlmlicell.eundo"th,"

(3) Public llotice of thcllul1,o.,zatJon of tile union of the <ompani"sand thCl1'PI'QjIOSed wOlk •• I,"n bog,,,.,,!n tbe manner prescribed by tlllS Act respecting the pubhCll.tiou ~f a noUcc of 6lingof appheations and plans

(3) NO\Wllhslandong any thong oonl;atned In TileA,'b,tru tJO".Aot,tho Mln,ste, or \hea,b,\latol'll, as the case may

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(1) The by-laws and regulatoons of oompame. and oorporations.ubl""ttoth .. ActshallDesubJ""ttorev,.,an andgpptOI'albyth.M",ister.and.hgll not.ontam,,"), tiungcontral'),rotllellue",l<!ntandmeamngofthlsAct.

(4) CopIes of aU ,uch by_law', regnla\lons, agreements alld tallITs.ha.ll he f11a<i m the Depal'tment.

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a) upon or wlthm whIch thOle i."ater.power, (0) required for theprotectlou of any water-power: or (

e) requlrodforthepurposesof .. nyunUeli<1kmg- and tho watel~power8 and wate ... thereon ahall not be ahenated,nnd.x .. ptashe 1alnafterothetW1SeplQVlded,no mteresttheremshallbeleasedo,otherwJ.S.granledol'con veyed by the Cl"<lWn: andanygl"llntorconveyanceheteafte, made of nny.uoh land. or .. "y mterobtthc,,,m, ",,"cpt'" purBuance of thlS Act and the regulatlOru;, ihal! uotv."t,n the grantoaanyexclus1\eorothorl'roperty"l' lllterestwlth """poetW"uchland.

(2) There.hallbelmphedmcvelypermlt,!Jcense,lease or other oOllcess,Ollgrente<i by tho Crm", under thlS Act, for any mleJ.'est 11\ water_pow'" or land .equlred or G8,Ifany)andgrauymterostthere1fllSl'«lUlredbythe f~~~ f~~~n~.~!1::;n:.~;r ~~a~~:~~:r~°t,~u'~~~~f~~:~ Gove'no, m Councllnlsy dll""t the IIf'nJ.tor on behnlf of the Crown to ~CqUlre byexprop11suon tho btln to .uoh land orllllere.tthereinn.m.ybe, .. qull..,d,

(3) The LlCutellantGovel'nor m Council mayappomta lepreaentallveo1rep, ... entabvesoftheP"ovlnoeOnllny such Board,

(4) The Bonrd shan have such powe,' ~nd authority as i."".tedmltbl'theProvlslonsoftbeagreementestabh.h- 11lgand constitulmgauch Board

72. TllI.Act.hanC<lm.mtoforce~l'onnda!.tobefixed by ProcLmmtlOn of the Lleutennnt GO'·.,I\OI In Cou)lcll.

i ~ ~n ~ " r- § ~ ~ r- ~ ~ c ~ Title: 1931 (7th, 1st) Bill 12,

An Act respecting Water Resources

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L7 S1 8828
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L7 S1 8828
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	eddedfee79c36c0defc0ade0332a05be282838d5

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