The Alberta Gazette, Part I, March 15, 1999
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The Alberta Gazette PART 1 _______________________________________________________________________ Vol. 95 EDMONTON, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1999 No.5 _______________________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATION [GREAT SEAL] CANADA PROVINCE OF ALBERTA H.A. “Bud” Olson, Lieutenant Governor. ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith P R O C L A M A T I O N To all to Whom these Presents shall come GREETING Paul Bourque, Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General WHEREAS section 13 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 1998 provides that that Act comes into force on Proclamation; and WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim the Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 1998 in force: NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim the Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 1998 in force on March 1, 1999. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE H. A. “BUD” OLSON, Lieutenant Governor of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this 24 day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine and in the Forty-eighth Year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND Jon Havelock, Provincial Secretary THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, MARCH 15, 1999 PROCLAMATION [GREAT SEAL] CANADA PROVINCE OF ALBERTA H.A. “Bud” Olson, Lieutenant Governor. ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith P R O C L A M A T I O N To all to Whom these Presents shall come GREETING Doug Rae, Acting Deputy Minister of Justice and Acting Deputy Attorney General WHEREAS section 6(4) of the Professional Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 provides that section 6 of that Act comes into force on Proclamation; and WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim section 6 of the Professional Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 in force: NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim section 6 of the Professional Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 in force on February 17, 1999. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE H. A. “BUD” OLSON, Lieutenant Governor of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this 17 day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine and in the Forty-seventh Year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND Jon Havelock, Provincial Secretary _______________________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATION [GREAT SEAL] CANADA PROVINCE OF ALBERTA H.A. “Bud” Olson, Lieutenant Governor. ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith P R O C L A M A T I O N To all to Whom these Presents shall come GREETING Doug Rae, Acting Deputy Minister of Justice and Acting Deputy Attorney General WHEREAS section 9 of the Securities Amendment Act, 1998 provides that that Act comes into force on Proclamation; and 446 THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, MARCH 15, 1999 WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 of the Securities Amendment Act, 1998 in force: NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 of the Securities Amendment Act, 1998 in force March 1, 1999. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE H. A. “BUD” OLSON, Lieutenant Governor of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this 24 day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine and in the Forty-seventh Year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND Jon Havelock, Provincial Secretary _______________________________________________________________________ RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ACT Resignation of Justice of the Peace December 31, 1998 Ms. Cheryl Merkel, of Drumheller February 1, 1999 Mr. Ronald Fraess, of Elk Point _______________________________________________________________________ ORDERS IN COUNCIL MINES AND MINERALS ACT O.C. 41/99 Approved and ordered: H.A. “Bud” Olson Lieutenant Governor. Edmonton, February 3, 1999 The Lieutenant Governor in Council authorizes the Minister of Energy, on behalf of the Crown in right of Alberta, to enter into the following agreements in the forms attached: (a) the Alberta CNRL Beartrap Transition Crown Agreement, (b) the Alberta Leming and May Crown Agreement, and (c) the Alberta Reita Lake (Phases I to IV) Transition Crown Agreement. Ralph Klein, Chair. 447 THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, MARCH 15, 1999 ALBERTA CNRL BEARTRAP TRANSITION CROWN AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT dated as of the day of 1999, BETWEEN: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA (herein "Her Majesty") as represented by the Minister of Energy - and - CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED (herein "CNRL") WHEREAS Her Majesty and CNRL wish to enter into this Agreement (the "Alberta CNRL Beartrap Transition Crown Agreement") to evidence their agreement for a transitional period concerning the royalty to be received by Her Majesty on Leased Substances recovered or obtained pursuant to the Leases during the Term. NOW THEREFORE the parties agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS 101(1) In this Agreement: (a) "Board Approval" means Approval No. 8162, as amended, issued by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board pursuant to the Oil Sands Conservation Act; (b) "Generic Royalty Regulation" means the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 1997 (Alta. Reg. 185/97), as amended; (c) "Leases" means all Government of Alberta oil sands permits and leases issued pursuant to the Mines and Minerals Act covering, from time to time, the lands included in the Board Approval, together with any extensions or renewals, and any documents of title issued in substitution for those oil sands permits and leases; (d) "Leased Substances" means all substances recovered, or obtained from substances recovered, pursuant to the Leases; (e) "Lessee" means CNRL, or such other Person or Persons who is or are, from time to time, the registered lessee or lessees of the Leases under the Mines and Minerals Act, as recorded in the records of the Department of Energy of the Province of Alberta; (f) "Regulation" means the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 1984 (Alta. Reg. 166/84), as amended; (g) "Term" means the period commencing January 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 1997. 101(2) In the event Approval No. 8162 has been amended during the Term this Agreement shall only apply to Leased Substances recovered or obtained on and after the date of the amendment from the Leases covered by the amendment. 448 THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, MARCH 15, 1999 ARTICLE 2 - INTERPRETATION 201. The headings of the Articles of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the meaning or construction of this Agreement. 202. Terms defined in the Mines and Minerals Act, the Generic Royalty Regulation and the Regulation have the same meaning in this Agreement, unless otherwise required by the context in which they are used. 203. The provisions of this Agreement supplement the provisions of the Leases and shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Leases, but in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and of the Leases, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail to the extent of the conflict. ARTICLE 3 - ROYALTY DURING THE TERM 301. Despite section 1 of the Regulation, the royalty reserved and payable to Her Majesty in respect of Leased Substances recovered or obtained during each month of the Term shall be the royalty payable under the Generic Royalty Regulation as if: (a) the Generic Royalty Regulation was in force on and after January 1, 1997, and (b) the Leases were included in an approved "Project" under the Generic Royalty Regulation. 302. For the purposes of section 301 herein: (a) the Term shall be a "post-payout Period"; (b) the description of the "Project" for the purposes of section 16(2)(a)(I) of the Generic Royalty Regulation is: The CNRL Beartrap Project is a primary recovery scheme for the recovery of crude bitumen from the Cold Lake Grand Rapids Oil Sands Deposits in the Cold Lake Sector approved in Approval 8162 granted by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board pursuant to the Oil Sands Conservation Act and includes the surface areas and facilities included in that Approval; (c) the effective date of the "Project" for the purposes of section 16(2)(a)(ii) of the Generic Royalty Regulation is January 1, 1997; (d) the prior net cumulative balance of the "Project" for the purposes of section 16(2)(a)(iii) of the Generic Royalty Regulation is nil dollars ($ 0) on January 1, 1997, and for greater certainty no costs in respect of the Project incurred prior to January 1, 1997 shall be recognized for the purposes of calculating royalty; (e) the "Project" is not a Qualifying Joint Venture; (f) the initial operator of the Project is CNRL.