Part 2 — Designated Office Holders Interpretation
25.54 Ethics Commissioner's report
regarding the outcome of an investigation under this Part.
(2) The report referred to in subsection (1) must be concise and
may set out the following:
(a) the facts relating to the alleged breach or contravention
found by the Ethics Commissioner;
(b) the Ethics Commissioner's findings as to whether a
designated office holder or former designated office holder
has breached or contravened this Part and, if so, the nature
of the breach or contravention, including any contravention
of advice, recommendations or directions or conditions of
approval given by the Ethics Commissioner;
(c) the Ethics Commissioner 's recommendations, if any.
(3) If the Ethics Commissioner is of the opinion that the breach
was trivial, inadvertent or committed in good faith, the Ethics
Commissioner may recommend that no sanction be imposed.
(4) Where it appears to the Ethics Commissioner that a report may
adversely affect a designated office holder or former designated
office holder, the Ethics Commissioner shall inform the designated
office holder or former designated office holder of the particulars
and give the designated office holder or former designated office
holder the opportunity to make representations, either orally or in
writing at the discretion of the Ethics Commissioner, before the
Ethics Commissioner completes the report.
(5) Where the Ethics Commissioner considers it appropriate in the
circumstances, the Ethics Commissioner may recommend that the
designated office holder or former designated office holder be
reimbursed, in an amount approved by the Ethics Commissioner,
for his or her legal expenses incurred in respect of an investigation.
(6) The report referred to in subsection (1) may be disclosed
(a) to the individual against whom an allegation was made,
(b) to the Deputy Minist er of Executive Council,
(c) in the case of a report relating to a deputy minister, to the
Minister to whom the deputy minister reports,
RSA 2000
(d) in the case of a report relating to the Deputy Minister of
Executive Council, to the Premier,
(e) in the case of a report r elating to a member or person
referred to in section 25.2(b), to the deputy minister to
whom the member or person reports,
(f) repealed 2017 c20 s5,
(g) in the case of a former des ignated office holder, to an
individual referred to in clauses (c) to (e), as the Ethics
Commissioner considers appropriate, and
(h) where the Ethics Commissioner believes on reasonable
grounds that the disclosure is necessary for the purpose of
advising the Minister of Justice or a law enforcement agency
of an alleged offence under this Part or any other enactment
of Alberta or an Act of the Parliament of Canada, to the
Minister of Justice or a law enforcement agency.
2014 c9 s3;2017 c20 s5;2022 c21 s77