Part 9 — Assessment of Property
295 Duty to provide information
information necessary for the assessor to carry out the duties and
responsibilities of an assessor under Parts 9 to 12 and the
regulations.
RSA 2000
Section 295.1 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT Chapter M-26
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(1.1) Where the Minister is of the opinion that a person has failed
to provide the information requested by the provincial assessor as
required in subsection (1) within 60 days from the date of the
request, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require that person
to pay to the Crown an administrative penalty in accordance with
the regulations.
(2) The Alberta Safety Codes Authority or an agency accredited
under the Safety Codes Act must release, on request by an assessor,
information or documents respecting a permit issued under the
Safety Codes Act.
(3) An assessor may request information or documents under
subsection (2) only in respect of a property within the municipality
for which the assessor is preparing an assessment.
(4) No person may make a complaint in the year following the
assessment year under section 460 or, in the case of designated
industrial property, under section 492(1) about an assessment if the
person has failed to provide any information requested under
subsection (1) within 60 days from the date of the request.
(5) Information collected under this section must be reported to the
Minister on the Minister's request.
(6) Despite section 294(1) and subsection (1) of this section, where
an assessment of property is the subject of a complaint under Part
11 or 12 by the person assessed in respect of that property,
(a) the assessed person is not obligated to provide information
or produce anything to an assessor in respect of that
assessment, and
(b) the assessor has no authority under section 294(1)(c) to
make copies of anything the assessed person refuses to
provide or produce relating to that assessment
until after the complaint has been heard and decided by the
assessment review board or the Land and Property Rights Tribunal,
as the case may be.
RSA 2000 cM-26 s295;2002 c19 s5;2016 c24 s27;2017 c13 s2(6);
2020 cL-2.3 24(41);2026 c10 s4(15)