Utility and Review Board Regulations
made under Section 40 of the
Energy and Regulatory Boards Act
S.N.S. 2024, c. 2, Sch A
O.I.C. 92-1209 (December 10, 1992), N.S. Reg. 270/1992
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Citation
Location of hearings
Public notice of hearing
Parties to certain proceedings
Attendance and participation by any person
Interested person
Keeping records
Publication of order
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Utility and Review Board Regulations.
Location of hearings
2 The Board shall hear all matters before it in or near the municipality in which the matter
arose in respect of the application, appeal or other matter or proceeding, unless otherwise
determined by the Board.
Public notice of hearing
3 (1) This Section shall apply to an application, appeal or other matter or proceeding
before the Board in respect of which the Board is performing the duties as are
conferred upon it by the Heritage Property Act, the Insurance Act, Section 27A of
the Motor Carrier Act, the Municipal Boundaries and Representation Act, the
Planning Act, the School Boards Act and the Shopping Centre Development Act.
(2) The person initiating the application, appeal or other matter or proceeding before
the Board shall give notice of any hearing by advertising in one or more
newspapers circulating in the municipality in which the matter arose in respect of
the subject-matter of the hearing for three consecutive weekly insertions preceding
the date of the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Board.
Parties to certain proceedings
4 (1) Parties to any application or appeal or other matter or proceeding before the Board
under the Planning Act, the Heritage Property Act or the Shopping Centre
Development Act include
(a) the applicant or appellant;
(b) in the case of an appeal where the appellant is not the applicant whose
application resulted in the decision under appeal, that applicant;
(c) the person responsible for the decision or act that is appealed;
(d) any municipality and any board, commission, committee or agency thereof
that may be affected.
(2) Parties in the case of any appeal pursuant to the Assessment Act and the Deed
Transfer Tax Act include the Director of Assessment and the municipality in which
the assessment was made.
Attendance and participation by any person
5 Any person may attend at a hearing and be heard on any matter before the Board, but
may not participate in the hearing except as permitted by the Board.
Interested person
6 The Board shall permit any person who is determined by the Board to have a real and
substantial interest in the subject-matter of the proceeding to participate in the hearing.
Keeping records
7 A full and complete record shall be kept of all hearings before the Board and all
testimony shall be recorded.
Publication of order
8 The Clerk shall ensure that every order made by the Board pursuant to the Municipal
Boundaries and Representation Act, the School Boards Act and the Village Service Act is
published in the Royal Gazette pursuant to the provisions of the Regulations Act.
The following regulations are not
yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation: