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Regulations under the Regulations Act

made under Section 21 of the

Regulations Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 393

O.I.C. 1999-186 (effective April 21, 1999), N.S. Reg. 42/1999

amended to O.I.C. 2023-332 (November 28, 2023), N.S. Reg. 209/2023



Table of Contents


Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.
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Citation

Title required

Certificate of filing

Failure to comply

Fees

 

Schedule A

Original documents

Consolidated regulations

Minimum charge

Research

 

Schedule “B”

 

Certificate of Filing



 


Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Regulations under the Regulations Act.


Title required

2        All regulations submitted to the Registrar for filing shall contain a title indicating the subject of those regulations.


Certificate of filing

3        A certificate of filing required by subsection 3(1) of the Act shall be in the form prescribed in Schedule “B”.


Failure to comply

4        (1)    If a regulation fails to comply in one or more respects with the requirements of these regulations, the Registrar may file the regulation if the Registrar is of the opinion that there is substantial compliance with these regulations.

 

          (2)    A regulation is not invalid for the reason only that it fails to comply in one or more respects with the requirements of these regulations.


Fees

5        The fees to be charged by the Registrar for supplying copies of regulations are as set out in Schedule “A”.

 


Schedule A

Fees Charged By the Registrar of Regulations

(Section 5 of the Regulations under the Regulations Act)


Original documents

1        (1)    The fee for a copy of an original document filed with the Registrar is

 

(a)     for a photocopy......................................................................$0.36 per page


                   (b)     for a faxed copy.....................................................................$0.67 per page

 

          (2)    The fee for certification of a copy of an original document filed with the Registrar is an additional $2.61.


Consolidated regulations

2        (1)    The fee for a copy of a consolidation of an individual set of regulations is

 

                   (a)      for a hard copy

 

                              (i)      by photocopy...............................................................$0.40 per page

 

                              (ii)     by fax..........................................................................$0.72 per page

 

                   (b)     for an electronic copy

 

                              (i)      [repealed]

 

                              (ii)     by e-mail.....................................................................$0.27 per page

 

          (2)    The Registrar may limit the choice of format in which the electronic information is sent.

 

          (3)    In this Section, “page” means a page of text as formatted by the Office of the Registrar, whether copied in single- or double-sided format.


Minimum charge

3        The fees prescribed in Sections 1 and 2 are subject to a $5.83 minimum charge.


Research

4        The fee for historical or archival research is $13.26 per day, plus fees for any copies of documents provided.

 


Schedule “B”

Certificate of Filing

(Subsection 3(1) of the Regulations Act)


Title of regulation:

________________________________________________

Act (full citation and Section):

________________________________________________

Regulation-making authority:

________________________________________________

Date made:

________________________________________________

 

 

If approval of the regulation by another authority is required:

 

Approved by:

______________________

______________________

 

Date of approval:

______________________

______________________

 


Attach certificate (s) of approval.

 


I certify that the attached regulation as herein described is a true copy of the regulation as it was made.


Dated at ___________, ________________.


 

Signed: ________________________

(Print name)

(Title or position)



 


 

Legislative History
Reference Tables

Regulations under the Regulations Act

N.S. Reg. 42/1999

Regulations 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 Regulations under the Regulations Act made under the Regulations Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

42/1999

Apr 22, 1999

date made

May 7, 1999

108/2004

Apr 1, 2004

date specified

Apr 6, 2004

153/2007

Apr 1, 2007

date specified

Mar 30, 2007

210/2008

Apr 1, 2008

date specified

Apr 18, 2008

150/2009

Apr 1, 2009

date specified

Apr 14, 2009

126/2011

Apr 1, 2011

date specified

Apr 15, 2011

153/2013

Apr 1, 2013

date specified

Apr 12, 2013

153/2015

Apr 1, 2015

date specified

Apr 8, 2015

209/2023

Nov 28, 2023

date specified

Dec 15, 2023

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

Schedule A.......................................

rs. 108/2004, 153/2007, 210/2008, 150/2009, 126/2011, 153/2013, 153/2015

. Schedule A, 2(1)(b)(i)....................

rep. 209/2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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