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Alteration of First Schedule to the Companies Act (Tables B and C)

made under Section 5 and subsection 8(2) of the

Companies Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 81

and

Section 5 of the

Business Electronic Filing Act

S.N.S. 1995-96, c. 3

O.I.C. 2015-96 (effective April 1, 2015), N.S. Reg. 81/2015

amended to O.I.C. 2018-244 (effective January 1, 2019), N.S. Reg. 159/2018

Table B

Fees Payable to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies

under subsections 5(1) and 8(2) of the Companies Act

and Section 5 of the Business Electronic Filing Act

 

1     For incorporation of company.................................................................................$200.00

 

2     For registering change of company’s name.............................................................$199.35

 

3     For certificate under Section 17................................................................................$68.55

 

4     For providing certified or stamped copy of

 

                (a)    articles of association..............................................................................$24.95

 

                (b)    amalgamation certificate and supporting documents................................$24.95

 

                (c)    any other document................................................................................$12.45

 

5     For photocopy of the following documents:

 

                (a)    articles of association..............................................................................$24.95

 

                (b)    amalgamation certificate and supporting documents................................$24.95

 

                (c)    any other document................................................................................$12.45

 

6     For filing notice of share purchase under subsection 51(11)......................................$68.55

 

7     For filing any Order of Court....................................................................................$68.55

 

8     For filing management or dissident’s information circular.........................................$68.55

 

9     For filing documents in support of amalgamation....................................................$200.00

 

10   For filing documents striking name from register under Section 137.......................$137.05

 

11   For certificate of status for company.........................................................................$37.40

 

12   For issuance of exemption order under Section 124................................................$336.40

 

13   For filing documents of discontinuance under Section 133......................................$137.05

 

14   For filing documents of continuance under Section 133..........................................$200.00

 

15   For every search in person not involving the federal database

(Newly Updated Automated Name Search system) or

Registry Information System (REGIS)........................................................................$6.25

 

16   For every search by mail not involving the federal database

(Newly Updated Automated Name Search system) or Registry

Information System (REGIS)....................................................................................$12.45

 

17   For providing company profile from electronically stored information......................$12.45

 

18   For direct access to electronically stored information, monthly rate of.....$66.30 (plus HST)

plus, for each hour of online access......................................................... $2.65 (plus HST)

 

19   For search of proposed company name using the federal database

(Newly Updated Automated Name Search system), either at the

request of the submitting party or as the Registrar considers appropriate

 

                (a)    for full database search.........................................................$66.30 (plus HST)

 

                (b)    for Atlantic provinces search including federal

trade names and trade marks.................................................$53.09 (plus HST)

 

20   For reserving company name based on Newly Updated

Automated Name Search system search performed

outside the Office of the Registrar...........................................................$13.26 (plus HST)

Table C

Fees Payable to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies

by a Company Not Having a Capital Divided into Shares

under subsections 5(1) and 8(2) of the Companies Act

and Section 5 of the Business Electronic Filing Act

 

1     For registration of company....................................................................................$200.00

 

2     For registering change of company’s name...............................................................$68.55

 

3     For providing any certificate other than original certificate of incorporation..............$12.45

 

4     For filing any Order of Court....................................................................................$12.45

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Alteration of First Schedule to the Companies Act (Tables B and C)	N.S. Reg. 81/2015
Companies 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 Alteration of First Schedule to the Companies Act (Tables B and C) made under the Companies Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
81/2015	Apr 1, 2015	date specified	Apr 8, 2015
159/2018	Jan 1, 2019	date specified	Sep 28, 2018

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
Table B, item 1.................................		am. 159/2018
item 9...........................................		am. 159/2018
item 14.........................................		am. 159/2018
Table C, item 1.................................		am. 159/2018

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
83/2013			Apr 1, 2015

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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