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Part 1 — The Alberta Court of Justice

9 Regulations

Current to 2025-06-11 · Official PDF

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) repealed RSA 2000 c16(Supp) s5;
(b) respecting costs and intere st in respect of proceedings in the
Court;
(c) governing the rates of fees, allowances and expenses
payable to witnesses and interpreters;
(d) prescribing fees payable for the filing or issuing of
documents in respect of proceedings in the Court and
providing for waiving the payment of those fees;
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(e), (f) repealed 2015 c12 s6;
(g) respecting fees for making copies of orders, judgments and
other documents;
(h) respecting fees for s earches of court files;
(i) prescribing an amount, no t to exceed $200 000, for the
purposes of section 9.6;
(i.1) respecting the preparation of judgments and orders;
(i.2) governing the practice and procedure of and in the Court
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(i) respecting payment hear ings and methods of payment
referred to in section 44.2;
(ii) with respect to pre-trial conferences, binding judicial
dispute resolution proceedings and mediations as defined
in Part 4,
(A) respecting any practice or procedural matters not
specifically provided for under sections 64 to 68;
(B) governing confidentiality of matters considered at
pre-trial conferences, binding judicial dispute
resolution proceedings and mediations;
(C) making sections 37.1 and 64 to 68 applicable to
matters before the Court that do not come under Part
4;
(D) varying section 37.1 and the provisions of sections
64
to 68 or substituting other provisions for section
37.1
and the provisions of sections 64 to 68 and
making those varied or substituted provisions
applicable to matters before the Court that do not
come under Part 4;
(iii) except as otherwise provided for under this Act or
another enactment, governing in respect of any matter
before the Court the period of time within which an act
is to be carried out, the attendance of a person is
required, a document must be filed with the Court or a
document must be served on any party;
(iv) determining when a notice period begins or ends, or
both;
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(v) in respect of family law proceedings, governing the
obligations of parties to attend courses, workshops or
similar undertakings;
(vi) respecting hearing procedures and requirements;
(i.3) respecting default judgme nts, failures to appear, staying,
setting aside or varying of judgments and dismissals of
claims or counterclaims;
(i.4) respecting the powers, duties and functions of clerks;
(i.5) respecting the entry or filing of a copy of an order or
judgment and filing of a notice of appeal in the Court of
King's Bench;
(j) respecting any matter necessary and advisable to carry out
effectively the intent and purposes of this Act.
(1.1) The Court may make recommendations to the Minister of
Justice respecting regulations to be made under subsection (1)(i.2).
(2) The Minister of Justice may make regulations
(a) prescribing locations at wh ich the Court shall maintain court
offices;
(b) requiring and governing the making of returns and reports
by judges and clerks;
(c) prescribing the records that must be maintained by the
Court;
(d) providing for the safekeeping, inspection and destruction of
books, documents and papers of the Court and judges;
(e), (f), (g) repealed 2015 c12 s6;
(h) prescribing forms to be used in the Court or issued by the
Court.
RSA 2000 cP-31 s9;RSA 2000 c16(Supp) s5; 2008 c32 s1;
2009 c53 s146;2013 c10 s34;2015 c12 s6;AR 217/2022;
2022 c20 s3