Bill 81 — Second Session, 18Th Legislature, 25 Ei12L1~~~1J the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 81 the Metric Conversion Statutes Amendment Act, 1976 (Legislature 18, Session 2)

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1976 BILL 81 Second Session, 18th Legislature, 25 EI12l1~~~1J THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 81 THE METRIC CONVERSION STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 1976 MR. CHAMBERS First Reading ............................................ . Second Readi ng ......................................... . Third Reading ........................................... . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 81 Mr. Chambers BILL 81 1976 THE METRIC CONVERSION STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 1976 (Assented to , 1976) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Acts enumerated in

Schedule A are amended in accordance with

Schedule A. 2. The Acts enumerated in

Schedule B are amended in accordance with

Schedule B. 3. This Act comes into force on a date or dates to be fixed by Proclamation. 1

Explanatory Notes 1.

Schedule A provides for the conversion of units of measurement relating to speed and distance to metric units. 2.

Schedule B provides for the conversion of units of measurement relating to land area to metric units. 1

Section 6:

SCHEDULE A SPEED AND DISTANCE THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.8) The words "twenty-five miles" are struck out and the words "40 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 31, subsection (2): The words "50 miles" are struck out and the words "80 kilometres" are substituted. THE ALBERTA RESOURCES RAILWAY CORPORATION ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.15)

Section 12, clause (f): The words "one hundred feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted. TH E ARCH ITECTS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.22)

Section 21, subsection (1), clause (d), subclause (iii): The words "30 feet" are struck out and the words" nine metres" are substituted.

Section 10: THE CEMETERIES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.39) The words "15 feet" are struck out and the words "five metres" are substituted. 2

THE COAL CONSERVATION ACT (S.A. 1973, c.65)

Section 33, clause (b): The words "500 feet" are struck out and the words " 1 50 metres" are substituted. THE CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.66) Sections 8 and 9: The words "three miles" are struck out and the words "five kilometres" are substituted. THE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.115)

Section 72, subsection (1), clause (a): The words "twelve feet" are struck out and the words "four metres" are substituted.

Section 145, subsection (2), clause (a): The words "mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile" are struck out and the words "travel expense at the rate of seven cents per kilometre" are substituted. THE EXECUTION CREDITORS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.128)

Section 21, subsections (7) and (8) and Schedule, Form C: The words "three miles" are struck out and the words "five ki lometres" are substituted 3

THE FOREST AND PRAIRIE PROTECTION ACT (S.A. 1971, c.36)

Section 11, subsections (2), (3) and (4): The words "300 feet" are struck out and the words "100 metres" are substituted.

Section 15: The words "100 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 23: The words" one-half mile" are struck out and the words "one kilometre" are substituted.

Section 38, clause (g): The words one-half mile" are struck out and the words "one kilometre" are substituted. THE FUR FARMS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.154)

Section 10, subsection (3): The words "fifty feet" are struck out and the words" 15 metres" are substituted. THE HAIL AND CROP INSURANCE ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.164)

Section 19, subsection (2): The words "five mi les" are struck out wherever they occur and the words "eight kilometres" are substituted. 4

THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT, 1975 (S.A. 1975(2), c.56)

Section 5, subsection (4): The words "15 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "20 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 12, subsection (2), clauses (

a) and (b): The words "30 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "50 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 12, subsection (3) The words "60 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "100 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 12, subsection (5): The words "15 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "20 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 17, subsection (2): The words "54 inches" are struck out and the words II 1400 mill i metres" are substituted.

Section 17, subsection (2): The words "24 inches" are struck out and the words "600 millimetres" are substituted.

Section 18, subsection (2), clause (a): The words "350 feet" are struck out and the words II 1 00 metres" are substituted.

Section 18, subsection (2), clause (b): The words "1 00 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted. 5

Section 20, subsection (2), clause (a): The words "25 feet" are struck out and the words "1 0 metres" are substituted.

Section 20, subsection (2), clause (a): The words "five inches" are struck out and the words "165 millimetres" are substituted.

Section 20, subsection (2), clause (b): The words "75 feet" are struck out and the words "25 metres" are substituted

Section 20, subsection (2), clause (b): The words "42 inches" are struck out and the words " 1.2 metres" are substituted.

Section 20, subsection (3): The words "200 feet" are struck out and the words "60 metres" are substituted.

Section 22, subsection (3), clause (a): The words "100 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 22, subsection (3), clause (a): The words "25 miles" are struck out and the words "40 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 22, subsection (3), clause (b): The words "200 feet" are struck out and the words "60 metres" are substituted.

Section 22, subsection (3), Clause (b): The words "25 to 35 miles" are struck out and the words "40 to 60 kilometres" are substituted. 6

Section 22, subsection (3), clause (c): The words "300 feet" are struck out and the words " 1 00 metres" are substituted.

Section 22, subsection (3), clause (c): The words "35 miles" are struck out and the words "60 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 22, subsection (5): The words "25 feet" are struck out and the words "1 0 metres" are substituted.

Section 23, subsection (5): The words "500 feet" are struck out and the words "150 metres" are substituted.

Section 23, subsection (5): The words "72 inches" are struck out and the words "1850 millimetres" are substituted.

Section 23, subsection (5): The words "20 inches" are struck out and the words "500 m i iii metres" are substituted.

Section 23, subsection (6): The words "72 inches" are struck out and the words "1850 mi iii metres" are substituted.

Section 23, subsection (6): The words "20 inches" are struck out and the words "500 millimetres" are substituted.

Section 23, subsection (7): The words "50 feet" are struck out wherever they occur and the words" 15 metres" are substituted. 7

Section 24: The words "five feet" are struck out and the words "1.5 metres" are substituted.

Section 24, clause (b): The words "1 2 inches" are struck out and the words "300 millimetres" are substituted

Section 26, subsection (2): The words "100 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted

Section 29, subsection (3), clauses (

a) and (b): The words "100 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 31, subsection (2): The words "75 feet" are struck out and the words "25 metres" are substituted.

Section 32, subsection (1 ): The words "1 6 inches" are struck out and the words "400 millimetres" are substituted.

Section 32, subsection (4): The words "75 feet" are struck out and the words "25 metres" are substituted.

Section 34, subsection (3), clause (a): The words "40 feet" are struck out and the words "1 2 metres" are substituted.

Section 34, subsection (3), clause (c): The words "20 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "30 kilometres per hour" are substituted 8

Section 34, subsection (4), clause (a): The words "30 feet" are struck out and the words" 1 0 metres" are substituted.

Section 34, subsection (4), clause (c): The words "20 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "30 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 34, subsection (5), clause (a): The words "55 feet" are struck out and the words "1 6 metres" are substituted.

Section 34, subsection (5), clause (c): The words "20 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "30 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (1), clause (a): The words "60 miles an hour" are struck out and the words" 1 00 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (1 ), clause (b): The words "50 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "80 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 52, subsections (2) and (3): The words "30 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "50 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (5): The words "50 miles" are struck out and the words "80 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 54, subsection (2): The words "25 mi les" are struck out and the words "40 kilometres" are substituted. 9

Section 54, subsection (3), and subsection (4), clause (a): The words "20 miles" are struck out and the words "30 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 54, subsection (4), clause (b): The words "25 miles" are struck out and the words "40 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 65, subsection (1), clause (c): The words "1 00 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 71, subsection (4): The words "50 feet" are struck out and the words "1 5 metres" are substituted

Section 72, subsection (5): The words "50 feet" are struck out and the words "1 5 metres" are substituted.

Section 74, subsection (2): The words "500 feet" are struck out and the words "150 metres" are substituted.

Section 79, subsection (2), clause (c): The words "1 0 feet" are struck out and the words "three metres" are substituted.

Section 80, clause (a): The words "10 feet" are struck out and the words "three metres" are substituted.

Section 86, subsection (1), clause (c): The words "1 500 feet" are struck out and the words "500 metres" are substituted. 10

Section 86, subsection (1), clause (

e) and subsection (3), clause (a), subclause (i): The words "15 feet" are struck out and the words "five metres" are substituted.

Section 86, subsection (3), clause (a), subclause (ii): The words "50 feet" are struck out and the words "1 5 metres" are substituted.

Section 86, subsection (4): The words "15 feet" are struck out and the words "five metres" are substituted.

Section 86, subsection (4): The words "50 feet" are struck out and the words "1 5 metres" are substituted.

Section 87, subsection (3): The words "30 miles" are struck out and the words "50 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 90, subsection (5), clause (a): The words "20 miles an hour" are struck out and the words "30 kilometres per hour" are substituted.

Section 93, subsection (1 ): The words "500 feet" are struck out and the words "150 metres" are substituted.

Section 93, subsection (1), clause (e), subclause (i): The words" 1 00 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 93, subsection (1), clauses (

g) and (h): The words "80 inches" are struck out and the words "2.05 metres" are substituted. 11

Section 94, subsection (2): The words '1000 feet" are struck out and the words "300 metres" are substituted.

Section 94, subsection (4): The words "500 feet" are struck out and the words " 1 50 metres" are substituted.

Section 95, subsection (1), clause (b): The words "200 feet" are struck out and the words "60 metres" are substituted.

Section 95, subsection (3): The words "30 feet" are struck out and the words "10 metres" are substituted.

Section 96, clauses (d), (

e) and (f): The words "15 feet" are struck out wherever they occur and the words "five metres" are substituted.

Section 96, clause (g): The words "five feet" are struck out and the words" 1.5 metres" are substituted.

Section 96, clause (h): The words "15 feet" are struck out and the words "five metres" are substituted. '

Section 97, clauses (

a) and (b): The words "18 inches" are struck out and the words "500 mill i metres" are substituted.

Section 98, subsection (1), clause (

b) and subsection (2), clause (b): The words "18 inches" are struck out and the words "500 millimetres" are substituted. 12

Section 148, subsections (2) and (3): The words "10 mi les" are struck out and the words" 1 5 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 148, subsections (3) and (4): The words "20 miles" are struck out and the words "30 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 148, subsections (4) and (5): The words "30 mi les" are struck out and the words "50 kilometres" are substituted. THE LAND TITLES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.198)

Section 75, subsection (1 t. The words "scale of not less tha none inch to every 200 feet" are struck out and the words "scale ratio of not less than one to 5000" are substituted.

Section 82, subsection (2): The words "29 inches in width" are struck out and the words "75 centimetres in width unless, in the opinion of the Registrar, a plan of greater width is necessary" are substituted.

Section 82, subsection (3): The words "scale of not less than one inch to every 200 feet" are struck out and the words "scale ratio of not less than one to 5000" are substituted. 13

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.204)

Section 59, subsection (1), clause (c): The words "17.5 cents per mile for every mile" are struck out and the words "11 cents per kilometre for every kilometre" are substituted.

Section 59, subsection (1.1), clause (c): The words "17.5 cents per mile for every mile" are struck out and the words "11 cents per kilometre for every kilometre" are substituted

Section 2: THE LINE FENCE ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.210) The words "two rods" are struck out and the words "10 metres" are substituted.

Section 2, clause (b): The words "two inches" are struck out and the words "five centi metres" are substituted.

Section 2, clause (b): The words" six feet" are struck out and the words "two metres" are substituted THE LIVESTOCK BRAND INSPECTION ACT (S.A. 1971, c.63)

Section 4, subsection (1), clause (a): The words "10 miles" are struck out and the words "16 kilometres" are substituted. 14

THE MINES AND MINERALS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.238)

Section 80, subsection (1 ): The words" 30 feet" are struck out and the words" nine metres" are substituted.

Section 1 02: The words "one mile" are struck out and the words "1.6 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 187, clause (b): The words "20 feet" are struck out and the words "six metres" are substituted. THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.246)

Section 156, clause (I): The words "100 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 181, clauses (

c) and (d): The words "25 feet" are struck out and the words "7.5 metres" are substituted.

Section 249, subsection (1 ): The words" 1 01 feet" are struck out and the words "31 metres" are substituted.

Section 249, subsection (2): The words "125 feet" are struck out and the words" 40 metres" are substituted. 15

Section 284, subsection (1): The words II 1 a mi les" are struck out and the words "1 6 kilometres" are substituted THE MUNICIPAL TAXATION ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.251)

Section 19, subsection (2), clause (a): The words "$1,000 per mile" are struck out and the words" $625 per kilometre" are substituted.·

Section 97, subsection (1), clauses (a), (b), (

c) and (d): The word "foot" is struck out and the word" metre" is substituted.

Section 98, subsection (1): The word "foot" is struck out and the word "metre" is substituted.

Section 99, subsection (3), clause (b): The word "foot" is struck out and the word II metre" is substituted.

Section 147, subsection (1): The word "feet" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word" metres" is substituted.

Section 147, subsection (1): The word "foot" is struck out and the word "metre" is substituted

Section 147, subsection (2): The word "feet" is struck out and the word" metres" is substituted. 16

Section 148, subsection (2): The word "foot" is struck out and the word" metre" is substituted.

Section 150, subsection (3): The word "foot" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word" metre" is substituted.

Section 1 62: The word "foot" is struck out and the word "metre" is substituted.

Section 170, subsection (4): The word "foot" is struck out and the word "metre" is substituted.

Section 176, subsection (1), clauses (

c) and (d): The word "feet" is struck out and the word" metres" is substituted.

Section 179, clauses (

a) and (b): The word "feet" is struck out and the word "metres" is substituted.

Section 179, clause (c): The word "foot" is struck out and the word "metre" is substituted.

Section 181, subsection (1 ): The word "foot" is struck out and the word" metre" is substituted. 17

THE PIPELINE ACT, 1975 (S.A. 1975(2), c.30)

Section 39, subsection (3) and subsection (4), clause (b): The words "1 00 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 40, subsection (2): The words "1 00 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 40, subsection (3): The words "25 feet" are struck out and the words "eight metres" are substituted THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS DEVELOPMENT ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.295)

Section 26, subsection (2), clause (a), subclause (i): The words "1 ,000 feet" are struck out and the words "300 metres" are substituted

Section 26, subsection (2), clause (a), subclause (ii): The words "one-half mile" are struck out and the words "800 metres" are substituted.

Section 26, subsection (2), clause (b), subclause (i): The words "100 feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 26, subsection (2), clause (b), subclause (ii): The words "200 feet'· are struck out and the words "60 metres" are substituted. 18

Section 42, subsection (1): The words "300 feet" are struck out and the words "90 metres" are substituted. THE PUBLIC LANDS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.297)

Section 83, subsection (5): The words "ten miles" are struck out and the words "17 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 88, subsection (3): The words "ten miles" are struck out and the words "17 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 1 03: The words "one rod" are struck out and the words "five metres" are substituted. THE SCHOOL ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.329)

Section 156, subsection (1): The words "3 miles" are struck out and the words "4.8 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 156, subsection (2): The words "1 % miles" are struck out and the words "2.4 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 156, subsection (4), clause (a): The words "one mile" are struck out and the words "1.6 kilometres" are substituted. 19

THE SHERIFFS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.342)

Section 33, subsection (3): The word "mileage" is struck out and the words "travel ling allowance" are substituted. THE SMALL CLAIMS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.343)

Section 8, subsection (2): The words "20 miles" are struck out and the words "30 kilometres" are substituted.

Section 8, subsection (2): The words "the prescribed rate a mile for the number of miles return" are struck out and the words "a prescribed travelling allowance for the return distance" are substituted.

Section 5: THE SURVEYS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.358) The words "one mile" are struck out and the words "1 609.34 metres" are substituted.

Section 18, subsection (1 ): The word "mile" is struck out and the word "kilometre" is substituted.

Section 22, subsection (2), clause (b): The words "five chains" are struck out and the words " 1 00 metres" are substituted. 20

Section 47, clause (b): The words "two inches" are struck out and the words "10 centimetres" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (1 ), clause (b): The words "twenty chai ns" are struck out and the words II 400 metres" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (1), clause (b): The words "thirty chains" are struck out and the words "600 metres" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (2): The words "four inches" are struck out and the words "10 centimetres" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (3): The words "two feet square and twelve inches" are struck out and the words "60 centimetres square and 30 centi metres" are substituted.

Section 52, subsection (3): The words "six feet" are struck out and the words "two metres" are substituted.

Section 53: The words "thirty chains" are struck out and the words "600 metres" are substituted.

Section 57, subsection (3): The words "four inches" are struck out and the words "10 centimetres" are substituted. 21

Section 58, clause (a): The words "one hundred feet" are struck out and the words "30 metres" are substituted.

Section 81, clause (a): The words "four inches" are struck out and the words " 1 0 centi metres" are substituted.

Section 82, subsection (3): The words "two feet" are struck out and the words "60 centi metres" are substituted.

Section 82, subsection (3): The words "three inches" are struck out and the words "10 centimetres" are substituted THE WATER RESOURCES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.388)

Section 96.1, subsection (5): The word "foot" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word "metre" is substituted. THE WILDERNESS AREAS ACT (S.A.1971,c.114) Schedule, Wilderness Areas, White Goat Wilderness Area: The words "three hundred (300) yards" are struck out and the words "274 metres" are substituted. Schedule, Wilderness Areas, White Goat Wilderness Area: The words "four hundred (400) yards" are struck out and the words "365 metres" are substituted. 22

Schedule, Wilderness Areas, White Goat Wilderness Area: The words "one (1) mile" are struck out wherever they occur and the words" 1.6 kilometres" are substituted. THE WILDLIFE ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.391)

Section 20, subsection (1), clause (b): The words "one mile" are struck out and the words "1.6 kilometres" are substituted

Section 25, subsection (4): The words "200 yards" are struck out and the words "185 metres" are substituted

Section 55: The words "200 yards" are struck out wherever they occur and the words "1 85 metres" are substituted

Section 59, subsection (2): The words "five feet" are struck out and the words "1 .5 metres" are substituted 23

SCHEDULE B LAND AREA THE AGRICULTURAL RELIEF ADVANCES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.6)

Section 11: Subsection (2) is struck out and the fol/owing substituted:

(2) The amount of seed grain so purchased and distributed shall not in the case of an applicant exceed in any year an amount that, together with any seed that he is shown by his application to possess, is sufficient to seed the arable land of the applicant for the time being in a condition to be seeded as follows: If the applicant has arable land in condition for seeding amounting to: 80 hectares 1 20 hectares 1 60 hecta res 200 hectares 240 hectares

Section 11, subsection (3), clause (a): Seed may be provided for: 80 hectares 90 hectares 110 hectares 140 hectares 1 80 hecta res The word" acreage" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word" area" is substituted 24

Section 11, subsection (3), clause (b): The words "450 acres" are struck out and the words "180 hectares" are substituted. THE ARCHITECTS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.22)

Section 21, subsection (1), clause (c): The words "5,000 square feet" are struck out and the words "465 square metres" are substituted.

Section 21, subsection (1), clause (d), subclause (ii): The words 663,000 square feet" are struck out and the words 66280 square metres" are substituted.

Section 21, subsection (1), clause (e): The words 662,500 square feet" are struck out and the words 66230 square metres" are substituted.

Section 21, subsection (1), clause (h): The words 665,000 square feet" are struck out and the words 66465 square metres" are substituted. THE BEET LIEN ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.27)

Section 2, subsection (3): The words "$4 per acre" are struck out and the words "$10 per hectare" are substituted. 25

THE CEMETERY COMPANIES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.40) Sections 12 and 14 and the Schedule, Form A,

section 5: The words "one hundred superficial square feet" are struck out and the words "ten superficial square metres" are substituted. THE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.115)

Section 14, subsection (1), clause (b): The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 25, subsection (2): The words "at a flat rate per acre of not more than ten cents" are struck out and the words "at a flat rate per hectare of not more than 25 cents" are substituted.

Section 25, subsection (3): The words "at a flat rate per acre of not more than twenty cents" are struck out and the words "at a flat rate per hectare of not more than 50 cents" are substituted.

Section 26: The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 42: The word" acreage" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word" area" is substituted. 26

Schedule, Form A: The words "ACREAGE OF LANDS OWNED" are struck out and the words "AREA OF LAND OWNED" are substituted. Schedule, Form A: The word "ACRES" is struck out and the word "HEC TAR ES" is substituted. THE EXEMPTIONS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.129)

Section 2, clause (j): The words "160 acres" are struck out and the words "one quarter section" are substituted.

Section 1: THE FORESTS ACT, 1971 (S.A. 1971, c.37) Clause (

a) is struck out and the following substituted: (a) "annual allowable cut" means the total volume of timber that may be harvested in one year or the total amount of forested land on which the timber may be harvested in one year;

Section 15, subsection (4): The words "area, time and acreage or volume of timber that may be so harvested" are struck out and the words "location, time and the amount of forest land on which the timber may be so harvested or the volume of timber that may be so harvested," are substituted. 27

Section 17, subsection (1): The words "the volume or acreage of timber that may be harvested" are struck out and the words "the volume of timber that may be harvested or the amount of forest land on which the timber may be harvested," are substituted.

Section 17: Subsection (2) is struck out and the following substituted:

(2) A quota holder who fails to harvest the authorized volume of timber or the timber on the ·authorized amount of forest land during a quadrant is not entitled to an increased authorized cutti ng volume of timber or an increased authorized amount of forest land on which to cut timber, for any of the other quadrants.

Section 19, subsection (5), clause (c): The word "acreage" is struck out and the words "a mount of forest land" are substituted.

Section 20, subsection (5), clause (c): The word "acreage" is struck out and the words "a mount of forest land" are substituted.

Section 23, subsection (1), clause (e): The words "volume or acreage of timber" are struck out and the words "volume of timber or timber on the authorized amount of forest land," are substituted. THE HAIL AND CROP INSURANCE ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.164)

Section 16, subsection (2), clause (b), subclause (ii): The word "acres" are struck out and the word "hec tares" is substituted 28

Section 16, subsection (2), clause (c), subsection (7) and subsection (10), clause (a): The word "acre" is struck out and the word "hectare" is substituted.

Section 25, subsection (1), clause (c): The word" acre" is struck out and the word" hectare" is substituted.

Section 42, clause 8: The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 42, clause 9: The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted. THE HARVESTING LIENS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.165)

Section 4, clause (a), subclause (iii): The word" acreage" is struck out and the word" area" is substituted. THE ALBERTA INSURANCE ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.187)

Section 371, subsection (3), clause (b): The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 371, subsection (3), clause (b): The word "acre" is struck out and the word "hectare" is substituted. 29

Section 379, subsection (2): The word "acre" is struck out and the word "hectare" is substituted.

Section 379, subsection (2): The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 385: The word" acreage" is struck out wherev.er it occurs and the word" area" is substituted

Section 385, subsection (2): The word "acre" is struck out and the word "hectare";s substituted

Section 386, Statutory Condition 1: The word" acreage" is struck out and the word" area" is substituted.

Section 386, Statutory Condition 4: The word "acreage" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 386, Statutory Condition 4: The words "40 acres" are struck out and the words" 16 hectares" are substituted.

Section 386, Statutory Condition 8: The words" acreage of the crop" are struck out and the words "area of the crop" are substituted.

Section 386, Statutory Condition 8: The words "acre of acreage" are struck out and the words "hectares of the area" are substituted. 30

Section 386, Statutory Condition 9: The word" acreage" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word" area" is substituted. THE IRRIGATION ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.192)

Section 2, subsection (1), clause 8: The words "one acre" are struck out and the words "0.4 hectares" are substituted

Section 2, subsection (1), clause 20, subclause (

i) and clause 26: The word" acres" is struck out and the word" hectares" is substituted

Section 20, subsections (1), (4) and (9): The word "acres" is struck out and the word "hectares" is substituted.

Section 21, subsection (1), clause (a): The word "acres" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted

Section 24, subsection (2), clauses (

a) and (b): The words "90,000 acres" are struck out and the words ':36,000 hectares" are substituted

Section 24, subsection (2), clauses (

b) and (c): The words "200,000 acres" are struck out and the words "81,000 hectares" are substituted.

Section 24, subsections (3) and (4): The ·word "acres" is struck out and the word "hectares" is substituted. 31

Section 50, subsections (1) and (4): The word "acres" is struck out and the word "hectares" is substituted.

Section 66, subsection (5), clause (b): The word "acres" is struck out and the word "hectares" is substituted

Section 109, subsection (1), clause (c): The word" acres" is struck out and the word" hectares" is substituted

Section 1 09, subsection (1), clause (

d) a nd subsection (2): The word "acres" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word "hectares" is substituted.

Section 113, subsection (5): The word" acres" is struck out and the word" hectares" is substituted.

Section 116, subsection (2): The word "acres" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word "hectares" is substituted.

Section 117, subsection (5), clause (b): The word "acres" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word" hectares" is substituted

Section 117, subsection (5), clause (c): The word" acres" is struck out and the word" hectares" is substituted

Section 131, subsection (1), clause (e), subclauses (

i) and (ii): The word" acres" is struck out and the word "hectares" is substituted. 32

Section 133, subsection (1 ): The word II acres" is struck out and the word " hectares" is substituted

Section 136, subsection (1), clause (a): The word" acres" is struck out and the word II hectares" is substituted.

Section 147, subsection (1): The word "acres" is struck out and the word "hectares" is substituted.

Section 175, subsection (5): The word "acre" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word "hectare" is substituted.

Section 29: THE LAND TITLES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.198) The words "640 acres" are struck out and the words "260 hectares" are substituted

Section 176, subsection (1), clause (c): The words "$1 ,000 for each acre" are struck out and the words" $2,500 for each hectare" are substituted.

Section 196, subsection (2): The words "640 acres" are struck out and the words "260 hectares" are substituted Schedule, Forms 11, 13, 16, 19 and 20: The word "acres" is struck out and the word "hectares" is substituted. 33

THE LOCAL TAX ARREARS CONSOLIDATION ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.220)

Section 4, subsection (1), clause (a): The words "five acres" are struck out and the words "two hectares" are substituted THE MINES AND MINERALS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.238)

Section 36: The words "640 acres, 160 acres or 40 acres" are struck out and the words II 260 hectares, 65 hectares or 16 hectares" are substituted

Section 59, subsection (1 ): The words I $1 an acre" are struck out and the words "$2.50 per hectare" are substituted

Section 81: The words "$1.25 an acre" are struck out and the words "$3.00 per hectare" are substituted.

Section 113, subsection (1): The words II $1 an acre" are struck out and the words II $2.50 per hectare" are substituted.

Section 115, clauses (

c) and (d): The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 122, subsection (2): The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted 34

Section 122, subsection (3): The words" as to unproven acreage" are struck out and the words "as to the unproven area" are substituted.

Section 122, subsection (3): The words "$10 for each acre" are struck out and the words "$25 for each hectare" are substituted.

Section 122, subsection (3): The words "in the unproven acreage" are struck out and the words "in the unproven area" are substituted.

Section 122, subsection (4), subsection (5), clauses (

a) and (

b) and subsection (6): The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 129, subsection (3): The words "33 cents an acre" are struck out and the words "80 cents per hectare" are substituted.

Section 131, subsection (5): The words "33 cents an acre" are struck out and the words "80 cents per hectare" are substituted.

Section 133, clause (a): The word "acreage" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word "area" is substituted. THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.246)

Section 209.1, subsection (5), clause (b): The words "50 cents a square foot" are struck out and the words "$5 per square metre" are substituted. 35

Section 242.1, subsection (4), clause (b): The words "50 cents a square foot" are struck out and the words" $5 per square metre" are substituted.

Section 242.1, subsection (4), clause (c): The words "$2,000 an acre on the gross acreage" are struck out and the words" $5,000 a hectare on the gross area" are substituted. THE MUNICIPAL TAXATION ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.251)

Section 2, clause 11.1, subclause (i): The words "20 acres" are struck out wherever they occur and the words "eight hectares" are substituted.

Section 2, clause 11.1, subclause (ii): The words "20 acres" are struck out and the words "eig ht hecta res" are substituted.

Section 2, clause 11.1: The words "one acre" are struck out and the words "0.4 hectares" are substituted.

Section 25, subsection (1), clause 5, subclause (i): The words" one-half acre" are struck out and the words "0.2 hectares" are substituted.

Section 25, subsection (1), clause 5, subclause (ii): The words "four acres" are struck out and the words "1.6 hectares" are substituted.

Section 25, subsection (1), clause 7: The words "25 acres" are struck out and the words "10 hectares" are substituted. 36

Section 26, subsection (1 ), clause 2: The words "five acres" are struck out and the words "two hectares" are substituted.

Section 26, subsection (1), clause 7: The words "20 acres" are struck out and the words "eight hectares" are substituted.

Section 26, subsection (1), clause 7: The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 36, subsection (2), clause (a): The word" acres" is struck out and the word" hectares" is substituted.

Section 82, subsection (2), clause (d): The word "foot" is struck out and the word "metre" is substituted. THE PUBLIC LANDS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.297)

Section 19, subsection (2): The words "twelve acres" are struck out and the words "five hectares" are substituted.

Section 19, subsection (3): The words "six acres" are struck out and the words "2.5 hectares" are substituted.

Section 75, subsection (1): The words "cordwood for fuel and timber for the construction of" are struck out and the words "wood for fuel and the construction of" are substituted. 37

Section 82, subsection (3), clause (b): The words "eighty acres" are struck out and the words "32 hectares" are substituted.

Section 86, subsection (2), clause (a): The words "twenty-five acres" are struck out and the words "11 hectares" are substituted.

Section 86, subsection (2), clause (b): The words "fifty and not less than twenty-five acres" are struck out and the words "21 and not less than 11 hectares" are substituted.

Section 86, subsection (2), clause (c): The words "fifty acres" are struck out and the words "21 hecta res" are substituted.

Section 87: Subsection (1) is struck out and the following substituted: 87.

(1) A purchaser of a homestead sale of land not exceeding one quarter-section shall break and seed to crop not less than the following areas in each year: Break Seed to Crop First year .............. 4 hectares nil hectare Second year ........... 4 hectares 4 hectares Third year ............. 4 hectares 8 hectares Fourth year ............ 4 hectares 12 hectares Fifth year .............. 16 hectares Sixth year ............. 16 hectares Seventh year. . . . . . . . . .. 4 hectares 16 hectares Eighth year 4 hectares 20 hectares 38

Ninth year ............ . 24 hectares Each year thereafter .... 24 hectares

Section 87, subsection (3): The word" acreage" is struck out wherever it occurs and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 87, subsection (3): The word "acreages" is struck out and the word "areas" is substituted.

Section 88, subsection (3): The words "eighty acres" are struck out and the words "32 hectares" are substituted.

Section 90, clause (a): The words "twenty-five acres" are struck out and the words "11 hectares" are substituted.

Section 90, clause (b): The words "fifty and not less than twenty-five acres" are struck out and the words "21 and not less than 11 hectares" are substituted.

Section 90, clause (c): The words "one hundred but more than fifty acres" are struck out and the words "41 but more than 21 hecta res" are substituted.

Section 90, clause (d): The words "one hundred acres" are struck out and the words "41 hectares" are substituted. 39

Section 101, subsection (2): The words "two dollars per acre" are struck out and the words "$5 per hectare" are substituted. THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES' LANDS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.319)

Section 2, subsection (4): The words "320 acres" are struck out and the words "130 hectares" are substituted. THE SURFACE RIGHTS ACT (S.A. 1972, c.91) Schedule, Form A: The word "acreage" is struck out and the word "area" is substituted.

Section 12: THE SURVEYS ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.358) The words "one hundred and sixty acres" are struck out and the words "64.75 hectares" are substituted.

Section 18, subsection (1): The word" acre" is struck out and the word II hectare" is substituted

Section 19: The words "forty acres" are struck out and the words "16.19 hectares" are substituted. 40

THE WATER RESOURCES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.388)

Section 2, subsection (1), clause 7: The words "one acre" are struck out and the words "0.5 hectares" are substituted. THE WEED CONTROL ACT (S.A. 1972, c.96)

Section 18, subsections (1) and (2): The words "20 acres" are struck out and the words "eight hectares" are substituted.

THE WILDERNESS AREAS ACT (S.A. 1971, c.114) Schedule, Wilderness Areas, Ghost River Wilderness Area: The words "fifty-nine and fourteen hundredths (59.14) square miles" are struck out and the words "153 square kilometres" are substituted Schedule, Wilderness Areas, Siffleur Wilderness Area: The words "one hundred and fifty-nine and thirteen hundredths (159.13) square miles," are struck out and the words" 412 square kilometres," are substituted Schedule, Wilderness Areas, White G oat Wilderness Area: The words "one hundred and seventy-one and sixty-five hundredths (171.65) square miles," are struck out and the words" 445 square kilometres," are substituted 41

THE WILDLIFE ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.391)

Section 57, clause (a): The words "40 acres" are struck out and the words "1 6 hectares" are substituted. Schedule: THE WILLMORE WILDERNESS PARK ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c.392) The words "one thousand seven hundred and seventy four and eight tenths (1774.8) square miles" are struck out and the words "4597 square kilometres" are substituted. 42 Title: 1976 (18th, 2nd) Bill 81, The Metric Conversion Statutes Amendment Act, 1976

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