Alberta Regulation 158/2017

Oil and Gas Conservation Act

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION (ORPHAN FUND LEVY)

RULES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 2, 2017

For information only: Made by the Alberta Energy Regulator on June 28, 2017

pursuant to

section 73 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act.

1 The Oil and Gas Conservation Rules (AR 151/71) are

amended by this Regulation.

Section 16.530(1) is amended

(

a) by striking out "2016-2017 fiscal year" and

substituting "2017-2018 fiscal year";

(

b) by striking out "February 4, 2017" wherever it occurs

and substituting "August 5, 2017".

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Alberta Regulation 159/2017

Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 3, 2017

For information only: Made by the Minister of Health (M.O. 01/2017) on July 24,

2017 pursuant to

section 17 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act.

1 The Claims for Benefits Regulation (AR 81/2006) is

amended by this Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 4:

Practitioner identification number

4.1(1) The Minister may issue a practitioner identification number

to a practitioner for the purpose of identifying the practitioner in

connection with claims for benefits for health services provided by

the practitioner.

(2) A practitioner identification number issued by the Minister that

is in effect immediately before the coming into force of this

section

continues in effect on the coming into force of this

section and is

deemed to have been issued under this section.

Section 5(1) is repealed and the following is substituted:

Form of claim

5(1) A claim for benefits must be submitted in a manner determined

by the Minister and must include

(

a) the practitioner identification number of the practitioner who

provided the health service, and

(

b) any other information required by the Minister.

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Alberta Regulation 160/2017

Electric Utilities Act

BALANCING POOL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 9, 2017

For information only: Made by the Minister of Energy (M.O. 92/2017) on August 1,

2017 pursuant to

section 88 of the Electric Utilities Act.

1 The Balancing Pool Regulation (AR 158/2003) is

amended by this Regulation.

2 Section (1)(

e) is amended by adding ", other than in

section

2.1" after "in respect of an arrangement".

Section 2(2) is amended by adding ", and subject to

section

2.1" after "Notwithstanding the provisions of an arrangement".

4 The following is added after

section 2:

Dispute resolution when

section 21.8

of the arrangement applies

2.1(1) In this section, "arrangement" does not include an

arrangement that is held by the Balancing Pool in the capacity of

buyer pursuant to the Act.

(2) If

section 21.8 of an arrangement applies, then notwithstanding

anything in that

section or

Article 19 of the arrangement

(

a) the Balancing Pool has all of the rights and obligations under

Article 19 of the arrangement as if it were one of the Parties,

as that term is defined in the arrangement, including the right

to forward a dispute with the owner or with the buyer to

binding arbitration in accordance with

section 19.4 of the

arrangement, and

(

b) the dispute must be resolved by the dispute resolution

process as set out in

Article 19 of the arrangement, as

modified by subsection (3) if that subsection applies.

(3) For the purposes of clarifying how the Balancing Pool exercises

the rights and performs the obligations of a Party under

Article 19 of

the arrangement when

section 21.8 of an arrangement applies and the

Balancing Pool is involved in a dispute with both the owner of the

generating unit to which the arrangement applies and the buyer of

that arrangement, in sections 19.3 and 19.4(d), (f), (

g) and (

i) of the

arrangement, references to "either party" must be read as "any

Party".