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GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT

DESIGNATION AND TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY REGULATION

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ALBERTA REGULATION 44/2019

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Table of Contents

1 Executive Council

2 Advanced Education

3 Agriculture and Forestry

4 Children’s Services

5 Community and Social Services

6 Culture

8 Education

9 Energy

10 Environment and Parks

11 Health

12 Indigenous Relations

13 Infrastructure

13.1 Jobs, Economy and Innovation

14 Justice and Solicitor General

15 Labour and Immigration

16 Municipal Affairs

16.01 Natural Gas and Electricity

16.1 Red Tape Reduction

17 Seniors and Housing

18 Service Alberta

19 Transportation

20 Treasury Board and Finance

21 Interpretation

22 Repeal

Executive Council

1(1) The President of Executive Council is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Alberta Order of Excellence Act;

(b), (c) repealed AR 193/2020 s2;

Section 2 AR 44/2019


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(d) section 11 of the Government Organization Act and Schedule 6 to the Government Organization Act.

(2) Repealed AR 75/2019 s2.

(3) The President of Executive Council is designated as the Minister responsible for the administration of the Regulatory Review Secretariat.

(4) The responsibility for the parts of the public service associated with the appropriations transferred under subsection (5) is transferred to the President of Executive Council.

(5) The responsibility for the administration of the unexpended balance of the following portions of the 2019-2020 Government appropriation (interim supply special warrant) for Economic Development and Trade is transferred to the President of Executive Council:

(a) the portion of program 3, Trade and Investment Attraction, associated with internal trade;

(b) the portion of program 1, Ministry Support Services, associated with the portion of program 3 associated with internal trade.

AR 44/2019 s1;75/2019;193/2020

Advanced Education

2(1) The Minister of Advanced Education is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) repealed AR 5/2020 s2;

(b) Alberta Heritage Scholarship Act;

(c) Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act;

(d) sections 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 and section 2 of Schedule 3 to the Government Organization Act;

(e) Post-secondary Learning Act, except sections 66(2) and (3), 67, 80 and 99(1)(a) and (2) to (6);

(f) Private Vocational Training Act;

(g) Student Financial Assistance Act.

(2) The Minister of Advanced Education and the Minister of Infrastructure are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the following enactments:



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(a) section 3 of Schedule 1 to the Government Organization Act;

(b) sections 80 and 99(1)(a) and (2) to (6) of the Post-secondary Learning Act.

AR 44/2019 s2;5/2020;193/2020;53/2021

Agriculture and Forestry

3(1) The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Agricultural Operation Practices Act;

(b) Agricultural Pests Act;

(c) Agricultural Service Board Act;

(d) Agricultural Societies Act;

(e) Agriculture Financial Services Act;

(f) Animal Health Act;

(g) Animal Keepers Act;

(h) Animal Protection Act;

(i) Bee Act;

(j) Crop Payments Act;

(k) Dairy Industry Act;

(l) Farm Implement and Dealership Act;

(m) repealed AR 193/2020 s4;

(n) Feeder Associations Guarantee Act;

(o) Forest and Prairie Protection Act;

(p) Forests Act;

(q) Fur Farms Act;

(r) Gas Distribution Act;

(s) Schedule 2 to the Government Organization Act;

(t) Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act;



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(u) Irrigation Districts Act;

(v) Line Fence Act;

(w) Livestock Identification and Commerce Act;

(x) Livestock Industry Diversification Act;

(y) Livestock and Livestock Products Act;

(z) Marketing of Agricultural Products Act;

(aa) Meat Inspection Act;

(bb) Rural Electrification Loan Act;

(cc) Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act;

(dd) Rural Utilities Act;

(ee) Soil Conservation Act;

(ff) The St. Mary and Milk Rivers Water Agreements (Termination) Act;

(gg) Stray Animals Act;

(hh) Weed Control Act;

(ii) Women’s Institute Act.

(2) The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry continues to be responsible for the Supporting Alberta’s Local Food Sector Act.

(2.1) The responsibility for the Property Rights Advocate Act is transferred to the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

(3) The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry and the Minister of Environment and Parks are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the Forests Reserves Act.

(4) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Agriculture and Forestry Grant Regulation (AR 58/98) continue to be transferred to the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

AR 44/2019 s3;193/2020;53/2021

Children’s Services

4(1) The Minister of Children’s Services is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:



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(b) Child and Youth Advocate Act;

(c) Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, except sections 128(1)(a) and (3) and 131(2)(b);

(d) Children First Act;

(e) Drug-endangered Children Act;

(e.1) Early Learning and Child Care Act;

(f) Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act.

(2) The Minister of Children’s Services, the Minister of Community and Social Services and the Minister of Health are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 128(1)(a) and (3) and 131(2)(b) of the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act.

(3) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Human Services Grants Regulation (AR 25/2016) are transferred to the common responsibility of the Minister of Children’s Services and the Minister of Community and Social Services.

AR 44/2019 s4;53/2021

Community and Social Services

5(1) The Minister of Community and Social Services is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Adult Adoption Act;

(b) Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act;

(c) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act, except sections 1(f), 10 and 12(2);

(d) Blind Persons’ Rights Act;

(e) Family and Community Support Services Act;

(f) Part 5 of the Income and Employment Supports Act;

(g) repealed AR 5/2020 s3;

(h) Persons with Developmental Disabilities Services Act;

(i) Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Act;



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(j) Protection Against Family Violence Act;

(k) Service Dogs Act;

(l) repealed AR 5/2020 s3.

(2) The Minister of Community and Social Services and the Minister of Health are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 1(f), 10 and 12(2) of the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act.

(3) The Minister of Community and Social Services and the Minister of Health are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act.

(4) The Minister of Community and Social Services, the Minister of Advanced Education and the Minister of Labour and Immigration

(a) are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the Income and Employment Supports Act, except Part 5 and sections 3, 42(2) and 47, and

(b) together with the Minister of Health, are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 3, 42(2) and 47 of the Income and Employment Supports Act.

(5) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in sections 4(3) and 7 of the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General Regulation (AR 91/2007) continue to be transferred to the common responsibility of the Minister of Community and Social Services and the Minister of Health.

(6) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in Part 3 and section 93(1)(a) of the Income Support, Training and Health Benefits Regulation (AR 122/2011) continue to be transferred to the common responsibility of the Minister of Community and Social Services, the Minister of Advanced Education, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Labour and Immigration.

AR 44/2019 s5;75/2019;5/2020

Culture

6(1) The Minister of Culture is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Alberta Centennial Medal Act;

(b) Alberta Foundation for the Arts Act;



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(c) Emblems of Alberta Act;

(d) Family Day Act;

(e) Film and Video Classification Act;

(f) First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Act;

(g) Foreign Cultural Property Immunity Act;

(h) Glenbow-Alberta Institute Act;

(i) Historical Resources Act;

(j) Holocaust Memorial Day and Genocide Remembrance Act;

(k) Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Recognition Act;

(l) Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Day Act;

(m) Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act.

(2) The responsibility for the parts of the public service associated with the appropriation transferred under subsection (3) is transferred to the Minister of Culture.

(3) The responsibility for the administration of the unexpended balance of the 2021-2022 Government appropriation for Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women is transferred to the Minister of Culture.

AR 44/2019 s6;5/2020;9/2020;193/2020;158/2021

7 Repealed AR 193/2020 s6.

Education

8(1) The Minister of Education is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Alberta School Boards Association Act;

(a.1) Education Act, except Division 8 of Part 6 and section 243;

(b) Schedule 4 to the Government Organization Act;

(c) Northland School Division Act;

(c.1) Protection of Students with Life-threatening Allergies Act;

(d) Remembrance Day Act;



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(e) repealed AR 193/2020 s7;

(f) St. Albert and Sturgeon Valley School Districts Establishment Act;

(g) section 14(11) of the Teachers’ Pension Plans Act and provisions of the plan rules under that Act referred to in that subsection;

(h) Teaching Profession Act.

(2) Repealed AR 62/2020 s12.

(3) Repealed AR 193/2020 s7.

(4) The Minister of Education and the Minister of Infrastructure are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for Division 8 of Part 6 and section 243 of the Education Act.

AR 44/2019 s8;75/2019;62/2020;193/2020

Energy

9(1) The Minister of Energy is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Alberta Utilities Commission Act;

(b) Canyon Creek Hydro Development Act;

(c) Carbon Capture and Storage Funding Act;

(d) Coal Conservation Act;

(e) Coal Sales Act;

(f) Dunvegan Hydro Development Act;

(g) Electric Utilities Act;

(h) Freehold Mineral Rights Tax Act;

(i) Gas Resources Preservation Act;

(j) Gas Utilities Act;

(j.1) Geothermal Resource Development Act;

(k) Hydro and Electric Energy Act;

(l) The Mineral Titles Redemption Act;

(m) Mines and Minerals Act, except Part 8;



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(n) Natural Gas Marketing Act;

(o) Natural Gas Price Protection Act;

(p) Oil and Gas Conservation Act;

(q) Oil Sands Conservation Act;

(r) Petroleum Marketing Act;

(s) Pipeline Act;

(t) Public Utilities Act;

(u) Renewable Electricity Act;

(v) repealed AR 5/2020 s6;

(w) Turner Valley Unit Operations Act;

(x) Water, Gas and Electric Companies Act, except section 4.

(2) The Minister of Energy continues to be responsible for the following enactments:

(a) An Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates;

(b) Energy Diversification Act;

(c) Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act.

(3) The Minister of Energy and the Minister of Environment and Parks

(a) are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the Responsible Energy Development Act, except section 16, and

(b) together with the Minister of Indigenous Relations, are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for section 16 of the Responsible Energy Development Act.

(4) The Minister of Energy and the Minister of Environment and Parks are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for section 108(g), (h) and (j) of the Mines and Minerals Act.

(5) The Minister of Energy, the Minister of Infrastructure and the Minister of Transportation are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for section 4 of the Water, Gas and Electric Companies Act.

AR 44/2019 s9;5/2020;53/2021



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Environment and Parks

10(1) The Minister of Environment and Parks is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Beaver River Basin Water Authorization Act;

(b) The Bighorn Agreement Validating Act;

(c) Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act;

(d) Boundary Surveys Act;

(e) The Brazeau River Development Act;

(f) repealed AR 148/2019 s3;

(g) County of Westlock Water Authorization Act;

(h) Drainage Districts Act;

(i) East Central Regional Water Authorization Act;

(i.1) Emissions Management and Climate Resilience Act;

(j) repealed AR 193/2020 s8;

(k) Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, except section 37(1)(d) to (j);

(l) Fisheries (Alberta) Act, except sections 19 and 34.4(2)(a);

(m) Schedule 3.1 to the Government Organization Act and Schedule 5 to the Government Organization Act, except sections 4 to 9;

(n) Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act;

(o) Part 8 of the Mines and Minerals Act, except section 108(g), (h) and (j);

(p) Natural Resources Conservation Board Act;

(q) North Red Deer Water Authorization Act;

(q.1) North Saskatchewan River Basin Water Authorization Act;

(r) Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act;

(s) Provincial Parks Act, except sections 14 and 15;

(t) Public Lands Act;



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(u) repealed AR 193/2020 s8;

(v) Surface Rights Act, except sections 3, 6, 8, 10 and 11;

(w) Surveys Act, except section 5(1)(d) and (2)(b);

(x) Water Act, except Part 6 and sections 159 and 163;

(y) Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Act;

(z) Wildlife Act, except sections 1.1 and 86(2)(a);

(aa) Willmore Wilderness Park Act.

(2) The Minister of Environment and Parks is designated as the Minister responsible for the Alberta Land Stewardship Act and is the Designated Minister for the purposes of that Act.

(3) The Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for section 37(1)(d) to (j) of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.

(4) The Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the following enactments:

(a) section 34.4(2)(a) of the Fisheries (Alberta) Act;

(b) section 86(2)(a) of the Wildlife Act.

(5) The Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister of Infrastructure are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 4 to 9 of Schedule 5 to the Government Organization Act.

(6) The Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister of Transportation are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for

(a) sections 14 and 15 of the Provincial Parks Act, and

(b) Part 6 and sections 159 and 163 of the Water Act.

(7) The Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister of Service Alberta are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for section 5(1)(d) and (2)(b) of the Surveys Act.

(8) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Grant



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Regulation (AR 182/2000) are transferred to the responsibility of the Minister of Environment and Parks.

AR 44/2019 s10;148/2019;5/2020;193/2020;53/2021

Health

11(1) The Minister of Health is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) ABC Benefits Corporation Act;

(b) section 9 of the Alberta Evidence Act;

(c) Alberta Health Act;

(d) Alberta Health Care Insurance Act;

(e) Charitable Donation of Food Act;

(f) Crown’s Right of Recovery Act;

(g) Drug Program Act, sections 31 and 34;

(h) Emergency Health Services Act;

(i) Emergency Medical Aid Act;

(j) Schedule 7 and Schedule 7.1 to the Government Organization Act;

(k) repealed AR 193/2020 s9;

(l) repealed AR 53/2021 s7;

(l.1) Health Facilities Act;


(n) Health Information Act;

(o) Health Insurance Premiums Act;

(p) Health Professions Act;

(q) Health Quality Council of Alberta Act;

(r) Hospitals Act, except sections 28(1)(a), 42 and 43(h) to (j);

(s) Human Tissue and Organ Donation Act;

(t) Long Term Care Information Act;



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(u) Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act;

(v) Mental Health Act, except section 53(1)(c);

(w) M.S.I. Foundation Act;

(x) Nursing Homes Act, except sections 6, 11, 23(g) and (j) and 24(1);

(x.1) Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act;

(y) Pharmacy and Drug Act;

(z) Protecting Choice for Women Accessing Health Care Act;

(aa) Protection for Persons in Care Act;

(bb) Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act;

(cc) repealed AR 193/2020 s9;

(dd) Public Health Act;

(ee) Regional Health Authorities Act;

(ff) Resident and Family Councils Act;

(gg) Skin Cancer Prevention (Artificial Tanning) Act;

(hh) Supportive Living Accommodation Licensing Act;

(ii) Tobacco, Smoking and Vaping Reduction Act.

(jj) repealed AR 53/2021 s7.

(2) The Minister of Health continues to be responsible for the following enactments:


(b) Mental Health Services Protection Act.

(3) The Minister of Health and the Minister of Infrastructure are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the following enactments:

(a) sections 28(1)(a), 42 and 43(h) to (j) of the Hospitals Act;

(b) section 53(1)(c) of the Mental Health Act;

(c) sections 6, 11, 23(g) and (j) and 24(1) of the Nursing Homes Act.



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(4) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Alberta Aids to Daily Living and Extended Health Benefits Regulation (AR 236/85) continue to be transferred to the responsibility of the Minister of Health.

(5) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Health Grants Regulation (AR 146/2002) continue to be transferred to the common responsibility of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Seniors and Housing.

AR 44/2019 s11;75/2019;5/2020;148/2020;193/2020;53/2021

Indigenous Relations

12(1) The Minister of Indigenous Relations is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation Act;

(a.1) Constitution of Alberta Amendment Act, 1990;

(b) Metis Settlements Act;

(c) Metis Settlements Accord Implementation Act;

(d) Metis Settlements Land Protection Act.

(2) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Gaming Grants Regulation (AR 29/2004) continue to be transferred to the responsibility of the Minister of Indigenous Relations.

AR 44/2019 s12;5/2020

Infrastructure

13(1) The Minister of Infrastructure is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) sections 66(2) and (3) and 67 of the Post-secondary Learning Act;

(b) Public Works Act.

(2) The Minister of Infrastructure, the Minister of Service Alberta and the Minister of Transportation are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 1, 4, 5, 11 and 12 of Schedule 11 to the Government Organization Act.

Jobs, Economy and Innovation

13.1(1) The Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:



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(a) Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act;

(b) Alberta Research and Innovation Act;

(c) Film and Television Tax Credit Act;

(d) Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit Act;

(e) International Interests in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act;

(f) International Trade and Investment Agreements Implementation Act;

(g) Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act;

(h) Northern Alberta Development Council Act;

(i) Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act;

(j) Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act;

(k) Travel Alberta Act.

(2) The responsibility for the following enactments is transferred to the Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation:

(a) Alberta Investment Attraction Act;

(b) Commercial Tenancies Protection Act. AR 193/2020 s10

Justice and Solicitor General

14(1) The Minister of Justice and Solicitor General is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act;

(b) Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act;

(c) Adult Interdependent Relationships Act;

(d) Age of Majority Act;

(e) Alberta Evidence Act, except section 9;

(f) Alberta Human Rights Act;

(g) Alberta Personal Property Bill of Rights;

(g.1) Alberta Senate Election Act;



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(h) Arbitration Act;

(i) Body Armour Control Act;

(j) Civil Enforcement Act;

(k) Class Proceedings Act;

(l) Conflicts of Interest Act;

(m) Contributory Negligence Act;

(n) Corrections Act;

(o) Court of Appeal Act;

(p) Court of Queen’s Bench Act;

(q) Criminal Notoriety Act;

(q.1) Critical Infrastructure Defence Act;

(r) Dangerous Dogs Act;

(s) Daylight Saving Time Act;

(t) Defamation Act;

(u) Election Act;

(v) Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act;

(w) Electoral Boundaries Commission Act;

(x) Electoral Divisions Act;

(y) Estate Administration Act;

(z) Expropriation Act, except sections 25 to 28 and 72;

(aa) Extra-provincial Enforcement of Custody Orders Act;

(bb) Factors Act;

(cc) Family Law Act;

(cc.1) Family Property Act;

(dd) Fatal Accidents Act;

(ee) Fatality Inquiries Act;

(ff) section 19 of the Fisheries (Alberta) Act;



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(gg) Fraudulent Preferences Act;

(hh) Frustrated Contracts Act;

(ii) Schedule 9 to the Government Organization Act;

(jj) Guarantees Acknowledgment Act;

(kk) Gunshot and Stab Wound Mandatory Disclosure Act;

(ll) Innkeepers Act;

(mm) International Child Abduction Act;

(nn) International Commercial Arbitration Act;

(oo) International Conventions Implementation Act;

(pp) Interpretation Act;

(qq) Interprovincial Subpoena Act;

(rr) Judgment Interest Act;

(ss) Judicature Act;

(tt) Jury Act;

(uu) Justice of the Peace Act;

(vv) Landlord’s Rights on Bankruptcy Act;

(ww) Languages Act/Loi linguistique;

(xx) Limitations Act;

(yy) Lobbyists Act;

(zz) Maintenance Enforcement Act;

(aaa) Maternal Tort Liability Act;

(bbb) repealed AR 5/2020 s10;

(ccc) Minors’ Property Act;

(ddd) Missing Persons Act;

(eee) repealed AR 53/2021 s8;

(fff) Notaries and Commissioners Act;

(ggg) Oaths of Office Act;



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(hhh) Occupiers’ Liability Act;

(iii) Ombudsman Act;

(jjj) Peace Officer Act;

(kkk) Perpetuities Act;

(lll) Personal Directives Act;

(mmm) Part 5 of the Personal Property Security Act;

(nnn) Petty Trespass Act;

(ooo) Police Act;

(ppp) Powers of Attorney Act;

(qqq) Proceedings Against the Crown Act;

(qqq.01) Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act;

(qqq.1) Protecting Victims of Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act;

(qqq.2) Provincial Administrative Penalties Act;

(rrr) Provincial Court Act;

(sss) Provincial Offences Procedure Act;

(ttt) Public Inquiries Act;

(uuu) Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act;

(vvv) Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act;

(www) Public Trustee Act;

(xxx) Queen’s Counsel Act;

(yyy) Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act;

(zzz) Recording of Evidence Act;

(zzz.1) Referendum Act;

(aaaa) Regulations Act;

(bbbb) The Revised Statutes 1980 Act;

(cccc) Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act;



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(dddd) Sale of Goods Act;

(dddd.1) Scrap Metal Dealers and Recyclers Identification Act;

(eeee) Security Services and Investigators Act;

(ffff) Statute Revision Act;

(gggg) Statutes Repeal Act;

(hhhh) Survival of Actions Act;

(iiii) Tort-feasors Act;

(jjjj) Trespass to Premises Act;

(kkkk) Trustee Act;

(llll) Unconscionable Transactions Act;

(mmmm) Victims of Crime and Public Safety Act;

(nnnn) Warehouse Receipts Act;

(oooo) section 1.1 of the Wildlife Act;

(pppp) Wills and Succession Act;

(qqqq) Witness Security Act;

(rrrr) Youth Justice Act.

(2) The Minister of Justice and Solicitor General continues to be responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Civil Forfeiture Act;

(a.1) Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act;

(b) Legal Profession Act;

(c) repealed AR 193/2020 s11;

(d) repealed AR 53/2021 s8.

(3) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in section 5.1(15) of the Limitations Act continue to be transferred to the responsibility of the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General.

(4) The powers, duties and functions in enactments that are referred to as being the powers, duties or functions of the Minister



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of Justice and Attorney General continue to be transferred to the responsibility of the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General.

AR 44/2019 s14;75/2019;5/2020;98/2020;193/2020;53/2021

Labour and Immigration

15(1) The Minister of Labour and Immigration is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Agrology Profession Act;

(b) Architects Act;

(c) Blind Workers’ Compensation Act;

(d) Burial of the Dead Act;

(e) Chartered Professional Accountants Act;

(f) Consulting Engineers of Alberta Act;

(g) Employment Standards Code;

(h) Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act;

(h.1) Fair Registration Practices Act;

(i) section 1 of Schedule 3 and Schedule 8 to the Government Organization Act;

(i.1) Heroes’ Compensation Act;

(j) Labour Relations Code;

(k) Land Agents Licensing Act;

(l) Land Surveyors Act;

(m) Managerial Exclusion Act;

(n) MLA Compensation Act;

(o) Occupational Health and Safety Act;

(p) Police Officers Collective Bargaining Act;

(q) Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day Act;

(r) Professional and Occupational Associations Registration Act;



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(s) Public Service Employee Relations Act;

(t) Radiation Protection Act;

(u) Regulated Forest Management Profession Act;

(v) Special Payment Act;

(w) Veterinary Profession Act;

(x) Workers’ Compensation Act.

(2) The responsibility for section 8(6) of the Public Education Collective Bargaining Act is transferred to the Minister of Labour and Immigration.

(3) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Employment and Immigration Grant Regulation (AR 94/2009) are transferred to the responsibility of the Minister of Labour and Immigration.

(4) The responsibility for the part of the public service associated with the appropriation transferred under subsection (5) is transferred to the Minister of Labour and Immigration.

(5) The responsibility for the administration of the unexpended balance of the 2019-2020 Government appropriation (interim supply special warrant) for Labour is transferred to the Minister of Labour and Immigration.

AR 44/2019 s15;75/2019;53/2021

Municipal Affairs

16(1) The Minister of Municipal Affairs is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) The Calgary-Canadian Pacific Transit Agreement Act;

(b) repealed AR 5/2020 s11;

(c) City of Lloydminster Act;

(d) The Edmonton-Meadowview Agreement Act;

(e) Emergency Management Act;

(f) section 7(b) of the Emergency 911 Act;

(g) sections 25 to 28 and 72 of the Expropriation Act;

(h) Schedule 10 to the Government Organization Act, except sections 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10;

Section 16.01 AR 44/2019


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(h.1) Land and Property Rights Tribunal Act;

(i) Libraries Act;

(j) Local Authorities Election Act;

(j.1) Local Government Fiscal Framework Act, except sections 1(i) and 10 and sections 6(3) and 9(4) of the Schedule;

(k) Municipal Government Act;

(l) New Home Buyer Protection Act;

(m) Parks Towns Act;

(n) Safety Codes Act;

(o) Special Areas Act;

(p) sections 3, 6, 8, 10 and 11 of the Surface Rights Act.

(2) Repealed AR 5/2020 s11.

(3) The Minister of Municipal Affairs and the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for the Emergency 911 Act, except sections 3, 7(b) and 12(d).

(3.1) The Minister of Municipal Affairs is designated as the Minister responsible for sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Emergency 911 Levy Regulation (AR 18/2014).

(4) The Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Minister of Labour and Immigration are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10 of Schedule 10 to the Government Organization Act.

(5) The responsibility for sections 14 to 18 and 19(a) and (e) of the Public Highways Development Act continues to be transferred to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Minister of Transportation.

AR 44/2019 s16;5/2020;53/2021

Natural Gas and Electricity

16.01 The Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity continues to be responsible for the Utility Payment Deferral Program Act.

AR 193/2020 s12

Section 16.1 AR 44/2019


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Red Tape Reduction

16.1 The Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction is designated as the Minister responsible for the Red Tape Reduction Act.

AR 75/2019 s8

Seniors and Housing

17(1) The Minister of Seniors and Housing is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Alberta Housing Act;

(b) section 1 of Schedule 13 to the Government Organization Act;

(c) Seniors Benefit Act, except sections 2, 5 and 6;

(d) Seniors’ Home Adaptation and Repair Act;

(e) Seniors’ Property Tax Deferral Act.

(2) The Minister of Seniors and Housing and the Minister of Health are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 2, 5 and 6 of the Seniors Benefit Act.

(3) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in sections 8.3, 8.4 and 10 of the Seniors Benefit Act General Regulation (AR 213/94) continue to be transferred to the common responsibility of the Minister of Seniors and Housing and the Minister of Health.

Service Alberta

18 The Minister of Service Alberta is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:

(a) Agricultural and Recreational Land Ownership Act;

(b) An Act to End Predatory Lending;

(c) Builders’ Lien Act;

(d) Business Corporations Act;

(e) Cemeteries Act;

(f) Cemetery Companies Act;

(g) Charitable Fund-raising Act;

(h) Common Business Number Act;



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(i) Companies Act;

(j) Condominium Property Act;

(k) Consumer Protection Act;

(l) Cooperatives Act;

(m) Debtors’ Assistance Act;

(n) Dower Act;

(o) Electronic Transactions Act;

(p) Franchises Act;

(q) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;

(r) Funeral Services Act;

(s) Garage Keepers’ Lien Act;

(t) sections 2, 3 and 14 of Schedule 11, Schedule 12, sections 2 and 3 of Schedule 13 and Schedule 13.1 to the Government Organization Act;

(u) Land Titles Act;

(v) Law of Property Act;

(w) Marriage Act;

(x) Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act;

(y) sections 2 and 3 of the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act;

(z) Partnership Act;

(aa) Personal Information Protection Act;

(bb) Personal Property Security Act, except Part 5;

(cc) Possessory Liens Act;

(dd) Queen’s Printer Act;

(ee) Real Estate Act;

(ff) Religious Societies’ Land Act;

(gg) Residential Tenancies Act;



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(hh) Societies Act;

(ii) Vital Statistics Act;

(jj) Warehousemen’s Lien Act;

(kk) Woodmen’s Lien Act.

Transportation

19(1) The Minister of Transportation is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:


(b) City Transportation Act;

(c) Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Act;

(c.1) Financing Alberta’s Strategic Transportation Act;

(d) Schedule 14 to the Government Organization Act;

(e) Highways Development and Protection Act;

(f) Railway (Alberta) Act;

(g) Regional Airports Authorities Act;

(g.1) Strategic Aviation Advisory Council Act;

(h) Traffic Safety Act, except sections 2(1), 8 and 64(a), (d), (f), (g), (g.1), (m), (s) and (u)(i) to (iv).

(1.1) The Minister of Transportation continues to be responsible for the Public Transit and Green Infrastructure Project Act.

(2) The responsibility for the Public Highways Development Act, except sections 14 to 18 and 19(a) and (e), continues to be transferred to the Minister of Transportation.

(3) The Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Infrastructure are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 6 to 10 and 13 of Schedule 11 to the Government Organization Act.



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(4) The Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Service Alberta are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 2(1), 8 and 64(a), (d), (f), (g), (g.1), (m), (s) and (u)(i) to (iv) of the Traffic Safety Act.

AR 44/2019 s19;5/2020;193/2020;53/2021

Treasury Board and Finance

20(1) The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance is designated as the Minister responsible for the following enactments:


(b) Alberta Corporate Tax Act;

(c) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act;

(d) Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act;

(e) Alberta Personal Income Tax Act;

(f) Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act;

(g) Alberta Stock Exchange Restructuring Act;

(h) Alberta Taxpayer Protection Act;

(i) ATB Financial Act;

(j) Auditor General Act;

(k) repealed AR 5/2020 s13;

(l) Civil Service Garnishee Act;


(n) Credit Union Act;

(o) sections 3 and 12(d) of the Emergency 911 Act;

(p) Employment Pension Plans Act;

(q) Farm Credit Stability Act;

(r) Financial Administration Act;

(s) Financial Consumers Act;

(t) Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act;



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(u) Fuel Tax Act, except sections 9, 16, 46, 54, 63(1), (1.1), (1.2), (2), (3) and (6), 65, 69(b) and 71(1) and (2)(a);

(v) Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act;

(w) Government Fees and Charges Review Act;

(x) Horse Racing Alberta Act;

(y) Income Trusts Liability Act;

(z) Insurance Act;

(aa) Joint Governance of Public Sector Pension Plans Act;

(bb) Loan and Trust Corporations Act;

(bb.1) Local Authorities Capital Financing Act;

(bb.2) sections 1(i) and 10 of the Local Government Fiscal Framework Act and sections 6(3) and 9(4) of the Schedule to the Local Government Fiscal Framework Act;

(cc) Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan Act;

(dd) Municipal Debentures Act;

(ee) Office of Statistics and Information Act;

(ff) Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act;

(ff.1) Public Sector Employers Act;

(gg) Public Sector Pension Plans Act;

(gg.1) Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act;

(hh) Public Service Act;

(ii) Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Act;

(jj) Securities Act;

(kk) Securities Transfer Act;

(ll) Teachers’ Pension Plans Act, except section 14(11) and provisions of the plan rules under that Act referred to in that subsection;

(mm) Tobacco Tax Act;



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(nn) Tourism Levy Act;

(oo) Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act.

(2) The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance and the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry are designated as the Ministers with common responsibility for sections 9, 16, 46, 54, 63(1), (1.1), (1.2), (2), (3) and (6), 65, 69(b) and 71(1) and (2)(a) of the Fuel Tax Act.

(2.1) The responsibility for the Public Education Collective Bargaining Act, except section 8(6), is transferred to the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance.

(2.2) The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance continues to have responsibility for the Emergency 911 Levy Regulation (AR 18/2014), except sections 2(1) and 3(1).

(2.3) The responsibility for the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act, except sections 2 and 3, is transferred to the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance.

(3) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister in the Finance Grant Regulation (AR 217/2008) continue to be transferred to the common responsibility of the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance and the President of the Executive Council.

(4) The powers, duties and functions in enactments that are referred to as being the powers, duties or functions of the Minister of Finance or the Minister of Finance and Enterprise continue to be transferred to the responsibility of the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance.

(5) The responsibility for the parts of the public service associated with the appropriations transferred under subsection (6) is transferred to the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance.

(6) The responsibility for the administration of the unexpended balance of the following portions of the 2019-2020 Government appropriation (interim supply special warrant) for Infrastructure is transferred to the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance:

(a) the portion of element 2.4, Capital Planning, of program 2, Capital Construction, associated with strategic capital planning;



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(b) the portion of program 1, Ministry Support Services, associated with the portion of element 2.4 of program 2 associated with strategic capital planning.

AR 44/2019 s20;75/2019;5/2020;62/2020;53/2021

Interpretation

21(1) In sections 1(5), 6(4), 7(4), 15(5) and 20(6), “interim supply special warrant” means the special warrant issued pursuant to order in council numbered O.C. 085/2019.

(2) In sections 1(5), 6(4), 7(4) and 20(6), a reference to an element or program is a reference to the element or program as described in the 2018-2019 Government Estimates.

Repeal

22 The Designation and Transfer of Responsibility Regulation (AR 80/2012) is repealed.

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