RTA · Government Organization Act
11 Intergovernmental agreements
(a) "intergovernmental agreem ent" means an agreement or
arrangement under which
(i) one of the parties is the Government of Alberta or a
Minister or Provincial agency, and
(ii) the other party or one of the other parties is the
Government of Canada or a minister, agency or official
of it, the government of another province or territory of
Canada or any minister, agency or official of it, or the
government of a foreign country or any state, minister,
agency or official of it;
(a.1) "Provincial agency" means Pr ovincial agency as defined in
the Financial Administration Act;
(b) "responsible Minister" means the Minister determined under
section 16 as the Minister responsible for this section.
(2) Notwithstanding any other Act, an intergovernmental
agreement to which this section applies is not binding on the
Government of Alberta or any Minister, Provincial agency or
official of the Government of Alberta unless
(a) it is signed on behalf of the Government of Alberta by the
responsible Minister, if the agreement is designated by the
RSA 2000
regulations as an agreement that is to be signed on behalf of
the Government by the responsible Minister only,
(b) it is signed on behalf of the Government of Alberta by the
responsible Minister in addition to any other Minister
authorized by law to sign it, if the agreement is designated
by the regulations as an agreement that is to be signed by
the responsible Minister in addition to another Minister
authorized by law to sign it, or
(c) it is approved by the responsible Minister, in any other case.
(3) The responsible Minister may make regulations
(a) designating the classes of intergovernmental agreements
that are to be signed on behalf of the Government of Alberta
by the responsible Minister only;
(b) designating the classes of intergovernmental agreements
that are to be signed on behalf of the Government of Alberta
by the responsible Minister in addition to any other Minister
authorized by law to sign them;
(c) designating the classes of intergovernmental agreements to
which this section does not apply;
(d) providing that specific entities are not Provincial agencies
for the purpose of this section.
(4) When under any enactment a Minister is authorized to sign an
intergovernmental agreement and the agreement is of a class
designated by the regulations under subsection (3)(a) as one that is
to be signed on behalf of the Government of Alberta by the
responsible Minister only, the responsible Minister shall sign the
agreement in place of that other Minister and with the same effect
as if it were signed by that other Minister.
(5) No intergovernmental agreement shall be entered into or
signed on behalf of the Government of Alberta or by or on behalf
of a Minister or Provincial agency otherwise than in accordance
with this section.
(6) When under any Act an intergovernmental agreement requires
the approval or authorization of the Lieutenant Governor in
Council, the approval or authorization must also be given in
accordance with this section, notwithstanding anything in that Act.
RSA 2000 cG-10 s11;2005 c28 s6
RSA 2000
A delegated person and the person's employee, agent, director
or officer or a member of a committee who contravenes a
regulation or a rule under this Schedule is guilty of an offence and
liable
(a) for a first offence, to a fine of not more than $2000 or a term
of imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or to both fine
and imprisonment, and
(b) on a subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $10 000
or a term of imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or to
both fine and imprisonment.
RSA 2000 cG-10 Sched. 10;2001 c23 s5;
2006 c23 s38
RSA 2000
The Minister may sell or otherwise dispose of any
improvements that are severed or severable from land held by the
Crown and under the Minister's administration.
(1) If the Government
(a) is liable for something done or omitted to be done by a
registry agent or other person,
(b) assumes the liability for something done or omitted to be
done by a registry agent or other person, or
(c) assumes an obligation for something done or omitted to be
done by a registry agent or other person,
and the Government makes a payment in respect of that liability or
obligation, the registry agent or the other person, as the case may
be, shall, subject to any agreement entered into between the
Government and the registry agent or the other person, indemnify
the Government for that payment and any interest owing in respect
of that payment, notwithstanding any law that provides otherwise.
(2) Where any costs, fees or other amounts identified in the
regulations that are payable by a registry agent to the Government
remain unpaid, the costs, fees or other amounts constitute a debt
due to the Government and may be recovered by the Minister in an
action in debt against the registry agent.