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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

RTA · Government Organization Act

10 Agreements

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(1) Subject to section 11, a Minister may enter into agreements
on or in connection with any matter under the Minister's
administration.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), agreements may be made
under it with
(a) the Government of Canada or the government of a province
or territory or any agency of the Government of Canada or
the government of a province or territory, or
(b) with the government of a foreign country or any state or
agency of it.
(3) The Crown, Ministers of the Crown and agents of the Crown
have and have always had the capacity to enter into agreements
with each other or themselves in the same or different capacities.
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(1) A delegated person shall, after the end of the person's fiscal
year, prepare and submit to the Minister an annual report with
respect to the person's powers, duties and functions under this
Schedule.
(2) The report must include a general summary of the delegated
person's policies and activities in that year, any rules made under
section 3 in that year and a financial report that includes an audited
financial statement.
(3) The Minister shall lay a copy of the report before the
Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting, and if it is not then sitting,
within 15 days after the commencement of the next sitting.
(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may sell or otherwise
dispose of any estate, interest or right in land held by the Crown
and under the Minister's administration.
(2) The Minister may grant a lease, licence, easement or right of
way with respect to land held by the Crown and under the
Minister's administration.
(3) A sale or other disposition under subsection (1) may be made
only
(a) if it is made
(i) following an invitation to submit tenders or through a
listing with a real estate broker licensed under the Real
Estate Act,
(ii) after the Minister has obta ined 2 or more appraisals of
the market value of the land, at least one of which is
obtained from an appraiser who is not an employee of
the Government and carries on business as an appraiser,
and
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(iii) for an amount not less than the market value of the land,
as determined by the Minister, having regard to the
appraisals referred to in subclause (ii),
(b) to a person referred to in s ection 3(3) and, where applicable,
under circumstances referred to in section 3(3), or
(c) under circumstances authorized by the Lieutenant Governor
in Council, subject to any conditions that may be imposed
by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(4) Subsection (3)(a)(i) does not apply
(a) if the land is sold or othe rwise disposed of to the person
who sold the land to the Crown and that person owns land
adjacent to that Crown land, or
(b) if the land is sold or othe rwise disposed of to a person who
owns land adjacent to that Crown land to facilitate the
development of the land.
(5) Subsection (3)(a)(ii) does not apply if the costs of conducting
the sale or other disposition in accordance with that clause would,
in the opinion of the Minister, exceed the market value of the land
as determined by the Minister.
(6) Subsection (3)(a)(iii) does not apply if,
(a) following the invitation to submit tenders, no tenders were
received or the highest tender received was for less than the
amount determined by the Minister, having regard to the
appraisals, to be the market value of the land, or
(b) following the listing, no of fers were received or the highest
offer received was for less than the amount determined by
the Minister, having regard to the appraisals, to be the
market value of the land.
(7) Subsection (3)(a)(i) and (iii) do not apply if the sale or other
disposition is made in exchange for other land and, in the opinion
of the Minister, having regard to the appraisals, adequate
compensation is obtained for the land sold or otherwise disposed of
by the Minister.
(8) Repealed 2008 c18 s2.
(9) A sale or other disposition referred to in subsection (3)(b) may
be made for a nominal consideration.
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(10) The Minister may transfer the administration of any public
land under the Minister's administration to any other Minister of
the Crown or to a Crown corporation if
(a) the public land is required under a program administered by
that Minister or Crown corporation, and
(b) that Minister or Crown co rporation consents in writing to
the transfer.
(11) Notice of the sale or other disposition of land under
subsection (1) must be published in The Alberta Gazette within 30
days after the land is sold.
(12) The notice must contain the name of the person to whom the
land is sold or otherwise disposed of, a description of the land and
the amount paid for the land.
Where a registry agent or other person has possession of or
control over funds that are owing to the Government, those funds
(a) are deemed to be held in trust for the Government, and
(b) are deemed to be separate from and not to form any part of
any funds belonging to the registry agent or other person or
the registry agent's or other person's estate whether or not
those funds have in fact been kept separate and apart from
funds belonging to the registry agent or other person or the
registry agent's or other person's estate.