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Honorary Consul Number Plates Regulations

made under Section 38 of the

Motor Vehicle Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 293

O.I.C. 2020-239 (effective September 8, 2020), N.S. Reg. 117/2020



Table of Contents


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Citation

Definitions

Description of plate

Eligibility for initial Honorary Consul number plate

Renewals

Vehicle weight restriction


Schedule A: Depiction of Honorary Consul Number Plate


 

Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Honorary Consul Number Plates Regulations.


Definitions

2        In these regulations,

 

“Honorary Consul number plate” means a special number plate as described in Section 3.


Description of plate

3        On application to the Registry of Motor Vehicles in the form approved by the Registrar, and subject to these regulations, a person may be issued a special number plate that

 

                   (a)      is 15.24 cm in width by 30.48 cm in length; and

 

                   (b)     bears the words “NOVA SCOTIA” at the top and “HONORARY CONSUL” at the bottom, and is otherwise in general accordance with the number plate depicted in Schedule A.


Eligibility for initial Honorary Consul number plate

4        A person who has been appointed an Honorary Consul for the district of Nova Scotia is eligible to apply for an Honorary Consul number plate.


Renewals

5        A person who has been issued an Honorary Consul number plate may retain the Honorary Consul number plate if the person has maintained their status as Honorary Consul on each renewal of the permit for the motor vehicle for which the plate is issued.


Vehicle weight restriction

6        An Honorary Consul number plate may be issued only for a vehicle that is a passenger motor vehicle.




Schedule A: Depiction of Honorary Consul Number Plate

 

Depiction of Honorary Consul number plate for Nova Scotia



 

 


 

Legislative History
Reference Tables

Honorary Consul Number Plates Regulations

N.S. Reg. 117/2020

Motor Vehicle Act

Note: The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Honorary Consul Number Plates Regulations made under the Motor Vehicle Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force 
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

117/2020

Sep 8, 2020

date specified

Sep 25, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.
Regulation

In force 
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added 
am. = amended

fc. = fee change
ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

                  Editorial Notes and Corrections

 

Note

Effective
date

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.
Regulation

Title

In force
date

Repealed
date

 

 

 

 

Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table. It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.