Fees Regulations
made under Section 15 of the
Housing Supply and Services Act
S.N.S. 2022, c. 36
N.S. Reg. 61/2023 (effective March 31, 2023)
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Citation
Definitions
Prescribed fees
Request for copy of record of security interest
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Fees Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
“Act” means the Housing Supply and Services Act;
“debtor” means
(i) a person who owes payment or performance of an obligation secured
or unsecured, whether or not that person owns or has rights in the
collateral, and
(ii) the transferee of a debtor’s interest in the collateral;
“Department” means the Department of Municipal Affairs and Housing;
“Minister” means the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing;
“security interest” means an interest in property, including personal and real
property, that secures payment or performance of an obligation.
Prescribed fees
3 The Minister may charge a debtor the fees set out in the following table for the purposes
of Part I of the Act:
Description
|
Fee
|
First request for preparation and execution of a release of a security
interest per release document
|
$19.30
|
Second request for preparation and execution of a release of a security
interest per release document
|
$51.55
|
Third request of preparation and execution of a release of a security
interest per release document
|
$77.30
|
Preparation and execution of a renewal of a security interest per renewal
document
|
$53.10
|
Preparation and execution of a postponement of a security interest per
postponement request
|
$53.10
|
Preparation and execution of an assumption of a security interest per
assumption document
|
$53.10
|
Preparation and execution of a satisfaction and release of a judgment per
release document
|
$79.60
|
Fee if a cheque from a debtor or paid on behalf of a debtor is returned due
to non-sufficient funds
|
$13.30
|
Copy of a record that secures the security interest granted by the debtor to
the Department
|
$32.20
|
Preparation and execution of a release [of] a member from [a] cooperative
group per release document
|
$51.55
|
Request for copy of record of security interest
3 A debtor may obtain a copy of a record that secures a security interest granted by the
debtor to the Department by doing all of the following:
(a) making a request in writing to the Department that specifies the subject
matter of the record requested with sufficient details to enable an individual
familiar with the subject matter to identify the record;
(b) paying the fee set out in Section 2 for each record.
The following regulations are not
yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation: