SOR-2010-21 Order Designating Alberta for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code

Whereas Alberta has legislative measures that protect recipients of payday loans and that provide for limits on the total cost of borrowing under a payday loan agreement;

And whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council of Alberta has requested that the Governor in Council designate that province for the purposes of section 347.1 a of the Criminal Code b; S.C. 2007, c. 9, s. 2 R.S., c. C-46

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Industry, pursuant to subsection 347.1(3) a of the Criminal Code b, hereby makes the annexed Order Designating Alberta for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code.