What entities are not included in the agency definition?
The following are not considered agencies for the purposes of this Framework: • entities whose members are elected directly by Albertans (e.g. municipal councils and school boards); • short-term, ad-hoc groups that deal with a specific issue and which exist for 12 or fewer months (e.g. Affordable Housing Task Force); • delegated administrative organizations (e.g. Alberta Conservation Association); and • the judiciary. Relationship to Other Definitions/Applications The Framework’s definition of an agency does not interfere with other similar definitions currently in use by the Government of Alberta. For example, the Financial Administration Act’s definitions of crown-controlled agencies, provincial agencies, provincial committees, provincial corporations and regulated funds still apply within the context of that Act. Note that this Framework should not be construed to interfere with the principles of judicial independence and administrative law that are essential to the function of quas
