MHHS · Government Organization Act
3 Ministerial seals
Governor in Council authorizes.
(2) The seal may be reproduced by engraving, lithography,
printing or any other method of reproduction and when so
reproduced has the same force and effect as if it had been manually
affixed.
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(1) The Minister may, where the Minister is authorized to do so
by a regulation made under subsection (3), acquire real or personal
property by gift or bequest.
(2) The Minister may donate or lend property acquired under
subsection (1) to a person or organization.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the acquisition of property under subsection (1),
and
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(b) providing for any matter in relation to the donation or loan
of property under subsection (2) that may be provided for in
relation to grants under section 13 of the Act.
(4) Section 13(3) and (4) of the Act apply to donations and loans
as they apply to grants.
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(1) Conservation officers have the powers, duties and functions
assigned to them by law.
(2) The Minister may in writing restrict or negate the jurisdiction
relative to which a class of conservation officer referred to in
section 2 is entitled to act under any law.
(3) A conservation officer, in the exercise of the powers and the
execution of the duties of a conservation officer, is a person
employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace.
(4) Appointments of conservation officers that were made under
section 7(1) of Schedule 5 before the commencement of this
section and that were still in force immediately before that time
remain valid for the duration of their terms and are deemed to be
appointments made under section 1.
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(1) On the report of the Minister
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(a) that circumstances exist whereby the environment in any
part of Alberta has been, is being or is likely to be
destroyed, damaged or polluted, and
(b) that urgent co-ordinated action is required for the purpose of
preventing, alleviating, controlling or stopping the
destruction, damage or pollution,
the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order declare that a
state of emergency exists with respect to those circumstances for
the purposes of this section.
(2) When the Lieutenant Governor in Council has made an order
under subsection (1), the Minister or any employee of the
Minister's Department authorized by the Minister for the purpose
may
(a) require any officer or employee of the Government or a
government agency to provide the officer's or employee's
services,
(b) require any municipal corporation or any other corporation
or organization to provide its services, or
(c) require any other person not exempted by the regulations to
provide the person's services,
for the purposes of preventing, alleviating, controlling or stopping
the destruction, damage or pollution referred to in the order.
(3) A person who refuses or neglects to comply with any
requirement directed to the person under subsection (2) is guilty of
an offence and liable to a fine of not less than $25 and not more
than $300 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term of
not more than 90 days or to both fine and imprisonment.
(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) exempting any persons or classes of persons from the
operation of subsection (2)(c);
(b) prescribing rates of pay or remuneration to be paid to
persons who provide services pursuant to subsection (2);
(c) prescribing the rates of remuneration to be paid to persons
who furnish or permit the use of equipment pursuant to
subsection (2).
(5) This section does not apply to the prevention, control and
suppression of forest and prairie fires.
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(1) The Minister is by virtue of the Minister's office the
Provincial Secretary.
(2) The Deputy of the Minister is the Deputy Provincial Secretary.
(1) A delegated person may make rules
(a) respecting the carrying out of a delegated power, duty or
function;
(b) if the person is a corporation or municipality, respecting the
calling of meetings pertaining to carrying out a delegated
power, duty or function and the conduct of business at those
meetings;
(c) respecting the appointment, removal, functions, powers,
duties, remuneration and benefits of employees and agents
of the delegated person and members of a committee, whose
duties pertain to the carrying out of a delegated power, duty
or function;
(d) delegating to the employees or agents of the delegated
person and, in the case of a corporation or municipality to
its directors, officers, employees or agents or a committee of
the corporation or municipality, the carrying out of a
delegated power, duty or function, except the power to make
rules under this subsection;
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(e) respecting the establishment, membership, duties and
functions of special, standing and other committees with
respect to the delegated power, duty or function.
(2) A rule made under subsection (1) is not in force until it is
approved by the Minister.
(3) The Regulations Act does not apply to a rule made under this
section.
(1) The Minister is responsible for the disposition of each
department's supplies that have become surplus or that are no
longer required.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), property sold under subsection (1)
must be sold at not less than its market or book value.
(3) Property sold under subsection (1) may be sold at a price
determined by the Minister that is less than its market or book
value where the sale is made
(a) to a municipality, a Metis Settlement, the board of trustees
of a school division, an irrigation district or the board of
trustees of a drainage district,
(b) to a university, college or other educational institution, the
owner of a public hospital or a hospital operator under the
Provincial Health Agencies Act,
(c) to a corporation that is an agent of the Crown or that is
incorporated for the purpose of carrying out any
governmental function and is wholly or substantially
supported by money appropriated by the Legislature or the
Parliament of Canada,
(d) to a corporation to which Part 9 of the Companies Act
applies, a corporation incorporated under the Societies Act
or any other corporation incorporated for a purpose other
than that of profit or gain, or
(e) to any person in accordance with a trust or other obligation
in favour of that person.
(1) The Minister may enter into an agreement with a person
under which the person is authorized to be a registry agent.
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(1.1) An agreement referred to in subsection (1) must specify
(a) the registry services that th e registry agent must provide, as
determined by the Minister, and
(b) the location at which the registry services must be provided,
as determined by the Minister in accordance with
regulations made under section 12.
(1.2) A registry agent shall not provide registry services other than
those specified under subsection (1.1)(a).
(1.3) No change in the ownership of a registry agent and no sale,
lease or other disposition of the business operations of a registry
agent that pertain to the provision of registry services may occur
without the prior approval of the Minister, and the Minister may
attach terms and conditions to an approval.
(2) Notwithstanding that an enactment provides that a statutory
function is to be carried out by a statutory officer, a registry agent
may carry out that statutory function where permitted to do so
under this Part, the regulations or an agreement entered into under
this Part.
(3) Subject to this Part, where a registry agent provides registry
services for a member of the public, the registry agent may, for the
registry agent's own benefit, charge and collect from that member
of the public a service charge for providing those registry services.
(4) If the regulations establish a maximum or minimum amount of
a service charge that a registry agent may collect for providing a
registry service, a registry agent may not charge or collect a service
charge that is greater than that maximum amount or less than that
minimum amount, as the case may be.
(5) If the regulations establish a limit or condition on a service
charge that a registry agent may collect for providing a registry
service, a registry agent may not charge or collect a service charge
that contravenes the limit or condition.
(1) In carrying out the powers conferred on the Minister by this
Schedule, the Minister, or a person authorized in writing by the
Minister for the purpose, may, by notice to any person, require that
person to furnish to the Minister or authorized person within the
time specified in the notice written information verified by affidavit
in connection with any matter under investigation.
(2) The Minister, or a person authorized in writing by the Minister
to conduct an investigation, has for the purposes of an investigation
conducted under this Schedule, the powers of a commissioner
appointed under the Public Inquiries Act.
(3) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under
subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not
more than $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 90 days.
(4) A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (3) if in
the circumstances of the case the time specified in the notice was
unreasonable.
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The Office of the Utilities Consumer Advocate has the
following responsibilities:
(a) to represent the interests of Alberta residential, farm and
small business consumers of electricity and natural gas
before proceedings of the Alberta Utilities Commission and
other bodies whose decisions may affect the interests of
those consumers;
(b) to disseminate independent and impartial information about
the regulatory process relating to electricity and natural gas,
including an analysis of the impact of decisions of the
Alberta Utilities Commission, other bodies and the courts
relating to electricity and natural gas;
(c) to inform and educate cons umers about electricity, natural
gas and water utilities issues;
(d) to disseminate independent and impartial information to
assist electricity and natural gas consumers in choosing a
distributor, provider or retailer, including
(i) complaints made under this Schedule, the Electric
Utilities Act or the Alberta Utilities Commission Act and
the outcome of any recommendation, hearing or
settlement,
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(ii) investigations, orders, administrative penalties or
convictions conducted, awarded or made under the
Electric Utilities Act, the Alberta Utilities Commission
Act or the Consumer Protection Act,
(iii) compliance records of a distributor, provider or retailer
in adhering to the standards and codes prescribed under
the Electric Utilities Act, the Alberta Utilities
Commission Act and the Consumer Protection Act, and
(iv) any other matters the Utilities Consumer Advocate
considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this
clause;
(e) to assist in the resolution of any consumer issue, complaint
or dispute between a consumer and a distributor, provider or
retailer relating to the provision of electricity, natural gas or
water as the Utilities Consumer Advocate considers
appropriate and, if a resolution is not reached, to refer the
complaint to the person, body or authority the Utilities
Consumer Advocate considers appropriate;
(f) to develop and undertake activities that the Utilities
Consumer Advocate considers appropriate for the purposes
of
(i) preventing the disconnection of electricity or natural gas
provided by a retailer or provider to a consumer, or
(ii) facilitating the reconnection of electricity or natural gas
provided by a retailer or provider to a consumer;
(g) to carry out such other responsibilities relating to electricity,
natural gas and water as the responsible Minister
determines.
(1) The Minister may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any
public land under the Minister's administration in accordance with
section 10 of Schedule 11.
(2) When any machinery, vehicles, equipment, stock or material is
no longer required, the Minister may sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of it on any terms and conditions the Minister considers
proper and the proceeds, if any, of the sale or disposition form part
of the General Revenue Fund.
(3) When practicable, property referred to in subsection (2) shall
be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by tender or by public
auction.
(4) A lease or disposition of a mine or mineral shall be made
pursuant to the Mines and Minerals Act.