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Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations

made under Section 25 of the

Off-highway Vehicles Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 323

O.I.C. 2004-138 (effective April 1, 2004), N.S. Reg. 103/2004

amended to O.I.C. 2022-286 (effective November 29, 2022), N.S. Reg. 262/2022



Table of Contents


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Citation

Prescribed fees

Trail permit fees


 


Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations.


Prescribed fees

2        The fees payable to the Registrar for off-highway vehicles are as follows:

 

          (a)    certificate of registration...............................................................................$39.80

 

          (b)    dealer’s license.............................................................................................$33.10

 

          (c)    dealer’s plate................................................................................................$19.85

 

          (d)    dealer’s license renewal................................................................................$33.10

 

          (e)    registration permit.........................................................................................$13.20

 

          (f)     registration permit renewal...........................................................................$13.20

 

          (g)    transfer of ownership....................................................................................$13.20

 

          (h)    duplicate of replacement certificate of registration,

permit or identification number.....................................................................$13.20

 

          (i)     assigned special identification number............................................................$2.30

 

          (j)     search of department records.........................................................................$13.20

 

          (k)    Off-highway Vehicle Infrastructure Fund......................................................$40.00


Trail permit fees

3        (1)    In this Section,

 

                   (a)      “Act” means the Off-highway Vehicles Act;

 

                   (b)     “designated trail” means a designated trail as defined in clause 2(b) of the Off-highway Vehicles Designated Trails and Trail Permits Regulations made under the Act;

 

                   (c)      “snow vehicle” means a snow vehicle as defined in clause 2(2)(e) of the Off-highway Vehicles Safety and Training Regulations made under the Act.

 

          (2)    The fees as set out in the following table are prescribed as payable to the Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia by operators of snow vehicles for the use of designated trail permits issued under the Off-highway Vehicles Designated Trails and Trail Permit Regulations:


Type of Trail Permit

Fee

Full season if purchased before December 15

$170.00

Full Season

$225.00

Full season for 3rd or subsequent snow vehicle registered to person(s) at the same residence

$110.00

Full season—classic (snow vehicle aged 15–29 years on December 1)

$110.00

Full season—vintage (snow vehicle aged 30 years or older on December 1)

$50.00

Dealer Tag

$170.00

3-day Pass

$60.00

 

          (3)    Trail permits for snow vehicles aged 15 years or older must be purchased before December 15th of the current fee year.



 

 


 

Legislative History
Reference Tables

Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations

N.S. Reg. 103/2004

Off-highway Vehicles 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 Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations made under the Off-highway Vehicles Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

103/2004

May 1, 2004

date specified

Apr 6, 2004

46/2006

Apr 1, 2006

date specified

Apr 14, 2006

223/2006

Dec 8, 2006

date specified

Dec 22, 2006

143/2007

Jun 1, 2007

date specified

Mar 30, 2007

436/2007

Nov 13, 2007

date specified

Dec 7, 2007

200/2008

Jul 1, 2008

date specified

Apr 18, 2008

140/2009

Jul 1, 2009

date specified

Apr 14, 2009

116/2011

Jul 1, 2011

date specified

Apr 15, 2011

311/2011

Nov 29, 2011

date specified

Dec 16, 2011

142/2013

Jun 1, 2013

date specified

Apr 12, 2013

266/2013

Jul 23, 2013

date specified

Aug 9, 2013

172/2014

Nov 12, 2014

date specified

Nov 28, 2014

141/2015

Jun 1, 2015

date specified

Apr 8, 2015

127/2019

Sep 3, 2019

date specified

Sep 27, 2019

262/2022

Nov 29, 2022

date specified

Dec 16, 2022

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

2 ........................................................

rs. 143/2007, 200/2008, 140/2009, 116/2011, 142/2013, 141/2015

2(1)..............................................

ad. 46/2006

3........................................................

ad. 223/2006

3(2)..............................................

rs. 436/2007, 311/2011; am. 266/2013; rs. 172/2014, 127/2019, 262/2022

3(3)..............................................

ad. 266/2013, am. 127/2019

 

 

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.

 

 


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