What is the test for the principle that when a legislature empowers interference with private rights, all conditions precedent must be strictly adhered to?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hopper v. Foothills (Municipal District No. 31), 1976 ALTASCAD 160 (CanLII):

The case of Louis Riopelle v. The City of Montreal [1911] S.C.R. 579 is authority for the principle that when a legislature empowers interference with private rights all conditions precedent to the exercise of the powers conferred by the legislature must be strictly adhered to.

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