Bill 211 (Legislature 18, Session 4)

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Alberta — Bills

1978 Bill 211 Fourth Session, 18th Legislature, 27 EU~~th ft THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBL~,OF ALBERTA BILL 211

AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGE OF MAJORITY ACT MR. THOMPSON Fi,rst Reading Second Reading ____________________ ~ _____________________ _ Committee of the Whole _______________________________ _ Third Reading _______________________________________ _ Royal Assent ________________________________________ _ Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province Qf Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 211 Mr. Thompson BILL 211 1978

AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGE OF MAJORITY ACT (Assented to , 1978) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Age of Majority Act is amended by this Act.

Section 4 is repealed and the following is substituted: 4.

(1) In The Liquor Control Act, The Liquor Licensing Act, The Liquor Plebiscites Act, or m any regulation or order issued pursuant thereto, a reference to the age of 21 years shall be read as a reference to the age of 19 years.

(2) In any provision of any other Act of the Legislature or any other regulation, rule, order or by-law made under

an Act of the Legislature enacted or made before the coming into force of this Act, a reference to the age of 21 years shall be read as a reference to the age of 18 years. 3.

Schedule 1 is amended (

a) in Part B by striking out the references to The Liquor Control Act, The Liquor Licensing Act and. The Liquor Plebiscite Act, and (

b) by adding the following after Part B:

Explanatory Notes General: Raises the drinking age to 19. I. This Bill will amend

chapter 1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1971.

Section 4 presently reads: 4.

(1) In any provision of

an Act of the Leigslature or any regulation, rule, order or by-law made under

an Act of the Legislature enacted or made before the coming into force of this Act a reference to the age of 21 years shall be read as a reference to the age of 18 years.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1). in the construction of this Act the ex pression "21 years" means 21 years and subsection (1) does not apply to this Act. 3. Consequential amendments to Schedules.

Part C Provision Subject Matter mE L1QUOR CONTROL ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c. 211)

Section 43 ( 1 )

Section 77 (1-4)

Section 78 (1-3)

Section 79(1,2) identification cards for persons over 19 age eligibility to purchase liquor or enter licensed premises or liquor stores is 19 selling or supplying liquor to persons under 19 delivering of liquor to persons under 19 THE LIQUOR L1CENSING ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c. 212)

Section 16 (

a) must be 19 to qualify for a dining lounge or lounge licence

Section 67 (1-3 ) person under 19 may enter a licensed dining lounge Seotion 87 proof of age if appears under 19

Section 87 (

b) elector means a person over 19 THE LIQUOR PLEBISCITES ACT (R.S.A. 1970, c. 213)

Section 2 ( c )

Section 21 (4) Form B elector meHns a person over 19 no one under 19 can vote full age of 19 4. This Act does not apply to any person who becomes 18 years of age prior to the coming into force of this Act. 5. This Act comes into force on September 1, 1978.

4. Application of Act. Title: 1978 (18th, 4th) Bill 211,

An Act to Amend the Age of Majority Act

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