Ministerial CSAP Act Regulations
made under Section 65 of the
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act
S.N.S. 2023, c. 10
N.S. Reg. 175/2024 (effective August 15, 2024)
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Citation
Definitions
Form of oath of office for Conseil member
Appeal of censure
Mandatory content for procedural bylaw
Mandatory content for code of ethics
Report on salaries and expenses
Financial management system
Schedule A: Conseil Member Oath of Office
Schedule B: Mandatory Provisions for Procedural Bylaw
Member leaving meeting early
Quorum
Motion to censure a Conseil member
Schedule C: Mandatory Provisions for Code of Ethics
Code of ethics supplements law
Treatment of other members
Confidentiality of information
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Ministerial CSAP Act Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
“Act” means the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act;
“adjudicator” means an adjudicator appointed to hear an appeal from a decision of
the Conseil to censure a member;
“appeal” means an appeal to an adjudicator made under subsection 31(2) of the
Act;
“member” means a member of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial;
“Minister” means the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Form of oath of office for Conseil member
3 The oath of office prescribed for subsection 27(1) of the Act for a member is the oath of
office set out in Schedule A.
Appeal of censure
4 (1) A member making an appeal must deliver a notice of appeal in writing to both the
Conseil and the Minister no later than 20 days after the date of the Conseil decision
to censure.
(2) On receiving a notice of appeal under subsection (1), the Minister must appoint an
adjudicator who is a practising member, in good standing, of the Nova Scotia
Barristers’ Society to hear the appeal.
(3) An adjudicator must be paid any remuneration and reimbursement of expenses the
Minister determines.
(4) During the hearing of an appeal, an adjudicator must give both the Conseil and the
member who has been censured an opportunity to be heard.
(5) No later than 30 days after the last day of the appeal hearing, an adjudicator must
sign their decision and deliver a copy of the decision and the reasons for decision
to all of the following:
(a) the member who appealed the censure;
(b) the Conseil;
(c) the Minister.
Mandatory content for procedural bylaw
5 A bylaw regulating the proceedings of the Conseil and providing for the preservation of
order at its meetings required by subsection 36(1) of the Act must contain, at a
minimum, the provisions set out in Schedule B, or provisions to like effect.
Mandatory content for code of ethics
6 A code of ethics required by clause 12(al) of the Act must contain, at a minimum, the
provisions set out in Schedule C.
Report on salaries and expenses
7 (1) The Conseil must report and publish annually the totals of all payments made by
the Conseil to or on behalf of its employees as required by the Public Sector
Compensation Disclosure Act.
(2) The Conseil must report and publish annually the totals of all payments made by
the Conseil to or on behalf of its members, including all of the following:
(a) honoraria, stipends, allowances and other compensation as defined in the
Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act;
(b) payments for expenses, including expenses related to travel, conferences,
meetings and professional development seminars;
(c) the name of the member;
(d) the amount of payment provided, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit
of the member.
(3) A copy of the report under subsection (2) must be made available at the office of
the Conseil for inspection by the public and must be posted annually on the
Conseil’s website and remain available for inspection or posted for a minimum
period of 7 years.
Financial management system
8 The Financial Handbook, as prescribed by the Minister from time to time, is approved as
the financial management system respecting estimates, bookkeeping and accounting to
be adopted by the Conseil, and the form of and the manner in which all estimates, books
of account, registers, records, vouchers, receipts and other books and documents relating
to the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenditures of the Conseil must be kept, and the
manner in which all of its funds and moneys must be accounted for.
Schedule A: Conseil Member Oath of Office
(subsection 27(1) of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act)
I, (full name of member), (swear or affirm)
• that I am not disqualified under any law from being a member of the Conseil scolaire
acadien provincial, and if I become disqualified during my term of office, I will
immediately notify the secretary of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
• that I will truly, faithfully, impartially and to the best of my ability execute the duties of
my office of as a member of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
• that I have not received, and I will not receive, any payment or reward or promise of
payment or reward for the exercise of any partiality or other undue execution of the
duties of my office as a member of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
• that I will disclose any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, as required by and in
accordance with the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
• that I will abide by and duly observe the provisions of the code of ethics and the
procedural bylaw adopted by the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial.
Sworn (or affirmed) at ________________________________
in the County/Regional Municipality of___________________
on _______________________, 20___,
before me
__________________________________
Judge/Justice of the Peace
Schedule B: Mandatory Provisions for Procedural Bylaw
(subsection 36(1) of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act)
Member leaving meeting early
(1) A Conseil member must not leave a meeting before the meeting ends without doing one
of the following:
(a) informing the Chair or the Secretary before the meeting begins that they plan to
leave early;
(b) obtaining permission from the Chair during the meeting to leave early;
(c) obtaining a resolution from the Conseil during the meeting permitting them to
leave early.
(2) A Conseil member who leaves a meeting early without meeting the requirements of
subsection (1) is considered to be absent without reasonable excuse for the entire Conseil
meeting and the absence is deemed to be an absence for the purposes of Section 30 of
the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act.
Quorum
(3) If a quorum is lost during a meeting, the Chair must direct that the Conseil stand in
recess for 15 minutes, after which the Chair must call the meeting back to order and the
Secretary must record the names of any members who fail to return to the meeting
without meeting the requirements of subsection (1).
(4) A Conseil member who leaves a meeting without meeting the requirements of
subsection (1) must not be counted in the number of eligible voters to determine a
quorum for the remainder of the meeting.
(5) If a quorum cannot be established 15 minutes after the Conseil recesses because of a loss
in quorum, the Chair must adjourn the meeting.
Motion to censure a Conseil member
(6) A motion to censure a Conseil member is a main motion that is debatable and
amendable and requires a majority 2/3 vote of all members of the Conseil, but the
motion may not be reconsidered.
(7) A motion to censure a Conseil member must be debated in camera and voted on in
public.
(8) A motion for censure must be in writing and signed by the members who moved and
seconded the motion, and must include all of the following:
(a) a statement of all of the following:
(i) the alleged violation of the Conseil’s code of ethics,
(ii) the specific grounds for the allegation,
(iii) the proposed censure under subsection 31(1) of the Conseil scolaire acadien
provincial Act;
(b) any supporting documentation.
(9) To include a motion for censure on the agenda for a regular meeting, a Conseil member
must submit the motion to the Secretary at least 7 days before the date of the meeting.
(10) The Secretary must immediately deliver the motion to the Conseil member who is the
subject of the motion for censure.
(11) A Conseil member who is the subject of a motion for censure may provide a written
response to the notice of motion and the Secretary must distribute the response to the
other members of the Conseil before the regular meeting at which the motion is to be
considered.
(12) A Conseil member who is the subject of a motion for censure has the right to speak to
the motion when the motion for censure is under debate.
(13) During the debate of a motion to censure, a Conseil member may bring a motion to
extend the time limits of debate that are otherwise prescribed for debates in a procedural
bylaw, and the motion requires a majority 2/3 vote of all members present.
(14) The Chair or the Vice-Chair must relinquish the chair to another member of the Conseil
in any of the following circumstances:
(a) when the Chair or the Vice-Chair is the subject of a motion for censure;
(b) to participate in the debate of a motion for censure;
(15) A Conseil member who is the subject of a motion for censure may vote on the motion.
(16) The presiding member must call a roll call vote for a motion for censure.
(17) The minutes of a meeting at which a Conseil member is censured under subsection 31(1)
of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act must contain all of the following
information:
(a) the full name of the Conseil member being censured;
(b) the nature of the censure;
(c) the reasons for the censure.
Schedule C: Mandatory Provisions for Code of Ethics
(clause 12(al) of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act)
Code of ethics supplements law
(1) This Code of Ethics operates along with and as a supplement to existing Provincial
statutes governing the conduct of Conseil members, including all of the following:
• the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act,
• the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act,
• the Municipal Elections Act,
• the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
(2) The Criminal Code (Canada) also governs the conduct of Conseil members.
Treatment of other members
(3) A Conseil member must show respect for others in their verbal and non-verbal language
and work with fellow Conseil and staff members in a spirit of co-operation, regardless of
personal differences of opinion, treating all with courtesy and respect and encouraging
the free exchange of diverse views.
(4) A Conseil member must not pursue any procedure calculated to embarrass another
Conseil or staff member.
Confidentiality of information
(5) A Conseil member must respect the strict confidentiality of any private information
acquired by virtue of their office, in either oral or written form, and must not do any of
the following, except when required by law or authorized by the Conseil to do so:
(a) disclose the information by any means to any person other than another member of
the Conseil;
(b) use the information for personal or other gain.
(6) In subsection (5), “private information” includes all of the following:
(a) information in the possession of the Conseil or a Conseil member that the Conseil
or the Conseil member is either prohibited from disclosing or is required to refuse
to disclose under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or
other legislation, including personal information and information that is supplied in
confidence as those terms are used in the Freedom of Information and Protection
of Privacy Act;
(b) information relating to the content or the substance of deliberations of any matter
that will be discussed or has been discussed at a private meeting held under
subsection 37(2) of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Act, unless the
information has been discussed at a meeting that was open to the public or the
information has been released to the public.
The following regulations are not
yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation: