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Adoption Records Regulations

made under Section 46 of the

Adoption Records Act

S.N.S. 2021, c. 1

O.I.C. 2022-108 (effective May 1, 2022), N.S. Reg. 80/2022

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Representative under Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act

Representative to provide order to Minister

Definition of “cultural heritage”

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Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Adoption Records Regulations.

Definitions

2        In these regulations,

 

“Act” means the Adoption Records Act;

 

“Minister” means the Minister of Community Services;

 

“representation order” means a representation order as defined in the Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act.

Representative under Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act

3        A representative appointed under the Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act may, if authorized to do so under the representation order, do any of the following on behalf of the person they represent:

 

                   (a)      request disclosure of non-identifying information described in subsection 8(1) of the Act;

 

                   (b)     apply for disclosure of identifying information described in any of the following provisions:

 

                              (i)      subsection 9(1) of the Act,

 

                              (ii)     subsection 11(1) of the Act,

 

                              (iii)    subsection 13(1) of the Act,

 

                              (iv)    subsection 14(1) of the Act,

 

                              (v)     subsection 14(2) of the Act;

 

                   (c)      file a disclosure veto;

 

                   (d)     file a contact notice;

 

                   (e)      request search, support or reunion services.

Representative to provide order to Minister

4        A representative acting under Section 3 must provide the Minister with a copy of their representation order.

Definition of “cultural heritage”

5        For the purposes of subsections 8(1) and 9(3) of the Act, “cultural heritage” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

 

                   (a)      the name of an Elder present at an adoption recognized as a customary adoption under the Children and Family Services Act or any predecessor Act;

 

                   (b)     the band of origin for an adopted Mi’kmaw child.

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Adoption Records Regulations	N.S. Reg. 80/2022
Adoption Records 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 Adoption Records Regulations made under the Adoption Records Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
80/2022	May 1, 2022	date specified	May 6, 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
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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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