This regulation defines key terms, sets who can and cannot be appointed or remain a director, gives directors a right to remuneration and expenses, and requires the Corporation to maintain liability insurance for certain indemnities.
(Consolidated up to 184/2018) alberta regulation 48/2009 Travel Alberta Act TRAVEL ALBERTA GENERAL REGULATION Table of Contents 1 Definitions 2 Ineligibility and disqualification of director 2.1 Remuneration 4 Indemnities 6 Coming into force Definitions 1 In this Regulation, (a) “Act” means the Travel Alberta Act ; (b) “chair” means the chair of the board; (c) “director” means a member of the board of directors established under section 4 of the Act. Ineligibility and disqualification of director 2 (1) The following individuals are not eligible to be appointed a director: (a) an individual who is less than 18 years of age; (b) an individual who (i) is a represented adult as defined in the Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act or is the subject of a certificate of incapacity under the Public Trustee Act , (ii) is a formal patient as defined in the Mental Health Act , or (iii) has been found to be a person of unsound mind by a court elsewhere than in Alberta; (c) an individual who has the status of bankrupt in Canada or equivalent status in any other jurisdiction; (d) an individual who (i) within the immediately preceding 5 years, has been convicted of an indictable offence or of an offence of a similar nature in another jurisdiction, or (ii) has been convicted of an offence under the Bank Act (Canada), the Loan and Trust Corporations Act , the Credit Union Act , the Insurance Act or the Securities Act , or an equivalent law of another jurisdiction; (e) an individual, other than the Deputy Minister of the Minister, who is an employee of, or who is an employee of an agent of, the Crown; (f) an individual who is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. (2) A director is disqualified if the person (a) was ineligible to be appointed a director under subsection (1), (b) becomes an individual referred to in subsection (1)(b), (c), (e) or (f), or (c) is convicted of an offence referred to in subsection (1)(d). (3) An act of the board or a committee of the board is valid notwithstanding that a director may have been ineligible or disqualified under this section. AR 48/2009 s2;168/2010 Remuneration 2.1 (1) Directors are entitled to be paid remuneration and travelling and living expenses in accordance with Part A of Schedule 1 of the Committee Remuneration Order made under the Public Service Act and in force from time to time. (2) Repealed AR 184/2018 s2. AR 141/2009 s2;184/2018 3 Repealed AR 184/2018 s3. Indemnities 4 (1) The Corporation may indemnify a person under section 11(1) of the Act if authorized by a resolution of the board. (2) The Corporation must ensure that the Corporation has appropriate liability insurance to indemnify the Corporation against the costs, charges and expenses in respect of which indemnification under section 11(1) of the Act may be required. (3) The indemnity (a) must be in writing and provide that it applies only to the extent that the person is not otherwise indemnified, and (b) may contain such additional terms and conditions required by the Corporation or the Minister. 5 Repealed AR 184/2018 s5. Coming into force 6 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of the Travel Alberta Act .