Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, SA 2023 c5
Amended
- Bee Act, RSA 2000 cB-2
- Civil Enforcement Act, RSA 2000 cC-15
- Continuing Care Act, SA 2022 cC-26.7
- Foreign Cultural Property Immunity Act, RSA 2000 cF-17
- Health Facilities Act, RSA 2000 cH-2.7
- Health Statutes Amendment Act, SA 2020 c35
- Income and Employment Supports Act, SA 2003 cI-0.5
- Irrigation Districts Act, RSA 2000 cI-11
- Labour Relations Code, RSA 2000 cL-1
- Land Titles Act, RSA 2000 cL-4
- Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000 cM-26
- Personal Property Security Act, RSA 2000 cP-7
- Petty Trespass Act, RSA 2000 cP-11
- Pharmacy and Drug Act, RSA 2000 cP-13
- Provincial Court Act, RSA 2000 cP-31
- Public Transit and Green Infrastructure Project Act, SA 2019 cP-43.8
- Public Works Act, RSA 2000 cP-46
- Seniors Benefit Act, RSA 2000 cS-7
- Trespass to Premises Act, RSA 2000 cT-7
- Workers’ Compensation Act, RSA 2000 cW-15
Summary
The Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act amended twenty pieces of legislation by making mostly consequential amendments. The following are notable:
Irrigation Districts Act
In addition to when it is “impractical, uneconomical or undesirable”, the Act allows a district to remove a parcel with irrigation acres from the district if, in the opinion of the district, water has not been delivered to the parcel over a period of three years and there is no reasonable likelihood that water use will be resumed on the parcel.
Land Titles Act
The Act allows the Registrar to register or file instruments, plans, caveats, and other documents created and/or signed electronically. It also allows the Registrar to establish policies related to processes allowing the Land Titles office to process submission forms. The policies so established are exempt from the provisions of the Regulations Act and must be made available to the public on a website designated by the Registrar and by any other means the Registrar considers appropriate. Abuse of the digital signature provisions is an offence, subject to a fine of not more than $10, 000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 months.
Public Transit and Green Infrastructure Project Act
The Act repealed section 10 which previously authorized the Lieutenant Governor in Council to, by order, and with a minimum of 90 days’ notice to the Cities of Calgary and Edmonton, terminate grant and funding agreements without cause.
Personal Property Security Act
In addition to prior provisions, a perfected security interest in personal property now also has priority over a writ that binds the property if the collateral is investment property and the secured party has perfected by control.
Workers’ Compensation Act
The Act
- Allows the Workers’ Compensation Board to pay an allowance in respect of home or community care of disabled workers, if the care is considered comparable to facility-based care; and
- Grants presumptive cancer coverage to full‑time or part‑time firefighters who suffered primary site cancers of a type specified in the regulations, if they were exposed to the hazards of a fire scene, other than a forest‑fire scene, in Fort McMurray or any other area in Alberta within the area of the Horse River wildfire in the period beginning on May 1, 2016, and ending on June 1, 2016.
Practitioners are advised to review the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act to determine how the amendments affect their practice.
In Force: December 15, 2022 (with exceptions)