1 Definitions
2 Purpose
3 Alberta Cancer
Prevention Legacy Fund
4 Plan and budget
5 Payment into
the Fund
6 Payments from
the Fund
7 Regulations
8 Coming into
force
Preamble
WHEREAS the Government of
Alberta is committed to addressing and managing the growing demand for cancer
services now and into the future;
WHEREAS the Government
of Alberta is committed to addressing the apparent increase in cancer through
targeted prevention, screening and research in collaboration with the public
sector, the private sector and not‑for‑profit organizations around
the world;
WHEREAS the Government
of Alberta has a deep and well‑established commitment to providing high
quality services to those who are diagnosed with cancer and to reduce the
mortality rate of Albertans from cancer;
WHEREAS the Government
of Alberta is recognized around the world for leading-edge innovation in cancer
research, screening, treatment and prevention and intends to work co‑operatively
with other jurisdictions to further develop and expand this expertise and to
share leading edge practice and innovation in cancer prevention and screening;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,
enacts as follows:
Definitions
1 In this Act,
(a) “Board”
means the Alberta Cancer Board;
(b) “Fund”
means the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund;
(c) “Minister”
means the Minister of Health and Wellness.
Purpose
2 The purpose of this Act is
(a) to
support and encourage cancer prevention initiatives, including research,
education, public policy development and social marketing initiatives and,
without restricting the generality of the foregoing,
(i) to support and promote expanded and new cancer screening programs
to detect signs of cancer at an early stage;
(ii) to support and promote the creation and operation of a virtual
research institute to co‑ordinate cancer research in Alberta;
(iii) to support and promote the co‑ordination of and
collaboration on public, private, provincial, national and international
research and screening programs;
(b) to
support and encourage any other initiatives set out in the regulations.
Alberta Cancer
Prevention Legacy Fund
3(1) The
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund is established.
(2) Subject
to subsection (3), the Minister of Finance shall hold and administer the Fund
and has the same powers of investment with respect to the Fund that the
Minister of Finance has with respect to the General Revenue Fund under the Financial
Administration Act.
(3) The Minister of Finance shall not
make any direct investment of the Fund or any portion of the Fund in securities
of companies in the tobacco industry.
(4) The
income of the Fund accrues to and forms part of the Fund.
(5) The
Minister of Finance shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal
year of the Crown, prepare a report summarizing the transactions and affairs of
the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and shall lay a copy of it before the
Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting, and if it is not then sitting,
within 15 days after the commencement of the next sitting.
Plan and budget
4(1) The
Board shall, in consultation with the Minister, regional health authorities and
other persons the Minister considers appropriate, develop an annual plan and
budget to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) On
or before a date determined by the Minister in each year, the Board shall
submit to the Minister, for the Minister’s approval, its annual plan and
budget.
Payment into the Fund
5 An amount of $500 000 000 shall
be paid into the Fund from the General Revenue Fund.
Payments from the Fund
6(1) The
Minister of Finance shall, at the request of the Minister made on reasonable notice,
pay money from the Fund that is required by the Minister for the purposes of
this Act.
(2) The
Minister may, in accordance with the annual plan and budget referred to in
section 4, expend money received under subsection (1), including making grants.
(3) Money
expended under this section may be paid to the Board and any other person the
Minister determines.
(4) The
Minister may impose terms and conditions on the making of grants, including
conditions that the money be granted only to match funds provided by others.
Regulations
7 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may
make regulations
(a) respecting
other initiatives for the purpose of section 2(b);
(b) respecting
applications to the Minister for money from the Fund;
(c) respecting
reporting and accounting obligations with respect to the Fund;
(d) respecting
any other matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
Coming into force
8 This Act comes into force on
Proclamation.
(NOTE: Proclaimed in force May 31, 2006.)
