Bill 201 (Legislature 28, Session 2)

L28 S2 11542

Alberta — Bills

2014 Bill 201 Second Session, 28th Legislature, 63 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 201 AGRICULTURAL PESTS (FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT) AMENDMENT ACT, 2014 MS KUBINEC First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Third Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 Bill 201 Ms Kubinec BILL 201 2014 AGRICULTURAL PESTS (FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT) AMENDMENT ACT, 2014 (Assented to , 2014) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cA-8 1 The Agricultural Pests Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 1 is amended in subsection (1) by adding the following after clause (b): (b.1) “fusarium head blight” means Fusarium graminearum; 3

Section 2 is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

(3) For the purposes of this Act and any regulations made under

section 21, fusarium head blight shall not be deemed to be a pest or nuisance unless it is found at a concentration of greater than 0.5 per cent in any plant, seed, crop, vegetation or other matter.

Explanatory Notes 1 Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter A-8 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2 Definition added. 3

Section 2 presently reads: 2(1) Subject to subsection (2), if the Minister considers that an animal, bird, insect, plant or disease is destroying or harming or is likely to destroy or harm any land, livestock or property in all or part of Alberta, the Minister may, by regulation, declare the animal, bird, insect, plant or disease to be (

a) a pest, or (

b) a nuisance, throughout Alberta or in part of Alberta.

(2) In subsection (1), “animal” and “bird” do not include (

a) big game,

2 4

Section 22 is amended in clause (

c) by adding “, but subject to

section 2(3),” after “for propagation purposes”. 5 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

Explanatory Notes 2 (

b) a bird of prey, (

c) a game bird, or (

d) an endangered animal, as defined in the Wildlife Act. 4

Section 22 presently reads: 22 No person shall (

a) in any manner obstruct an inspector in the discharge of the inspector’s duties, (

b) wilfully fail to use or wilfully misuse any poison, insecticide, compound, device or equipment, or (

c) for propagation purposes acquire, sell, distribute or use any seed, root, tuber or other vegetable material containing a pest. 5 Coming into force.

Record of Debate STAGE DATE MEMBER FROM TO TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL Title: 2014 (28th, 2nd) Bill 201, Agricultural Pests (Fusarium Head Blight) Amendment Act, 2014

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L28 S2 11542
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L28 S2 11542
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	ff6e19fcf0d0bce63210f5e7bf314f12e57db91f

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