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Agricultural Weed Control Regulations

made under Section 21 of the

Agricultural Weed Control Act

S.N.S. 2025, c. 4, Sch. A

O.I.C. 2026-327 (effective September 22, 2026), N.S. Reg. 211/2026

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

Definitions

Moving contaminated material

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Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Weed Control Regulations.

Definitions

2        (1)    In these regulations,

 

“Act” means the Agricultural Weed Control Act.

 

          (2)    In the Act and its regulations,

 

“inspector” means a person appointed as an inspector by the Minister.

Moving contaminated material

3        A person must not move or transport any contaminated material unless the contaminated material has been treated with treatment methods designated by the Minister in the Noxious Weeds Regulations made under the Act.

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Agricultural Weed Control Regulations	N.S. Reg. 211/2026
Agricultural Weed Control 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 Agricultural Weed Control Regulations made under the Agricultural Weed Control Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
211/2026	Sep 22, 2026	date specified	Oct 2, 2026

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 = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted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 unless specifically referenced.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

	Note	Effective date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S. Regulation	Title	In force date	Repealed date
57/1968	Weed Control Regulations	Apr 9, 1968	Sep 22, 2026

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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