The Accessibility Planning Toolkit for Prescribed Public Sector Bodies
Under the Accessibility Act, municipalities, universities, and other organizations—including villages, regional libraries, and government agencies—may be prescribed as public sector bodies. (Prescribed means identifed in the Accessibility Act General Regulations.) Once prescribed, these organizations—including municipalities and villages—must do the following:
- establish an Accessibility Advisory Committee
- develop an accessibility plan within one year
The act states that accessibility plans must be updated every three years. As accessibility standards are implemented, those standards should be integrated into your plan.
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Appendixes
- Appendix A - Sample Terms of Reference for an Accessibility Advisory Committee (PDF 51 KB)
- Appendix B - Sample Call for Applicants for an Accessibility Advisory Committee (PDF 43 KB)
- Appendix C - Sample Application for Accessibility Advisory Committee members (PDF 35 KB)
- Appendix D - Suggested consultation activities (PDF 78 KB)
- Appendix E - Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings and Events (PDF 45 KB)
- Appendix F - The Interim Accessibility Guidelines for Indoor and Outdoor Spaces (PDF 50 KB)
Prescribed public sector bodies
Those prescribed as of April 1, 2021
- Municipalities
- Villages
- Regional Libraries
- Post-secondary Institutions (degree granting universities and the Nova Scotia Community College)
Those prescribed as of April 1, 2022
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
- Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority
- Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
- Develop Nova Scotia
- Events East
- Housing Nova Scotia
- IWK Health Centre
- Nova Scotia Business Inc.
- Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation
- Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
- Nova Scotia Museum
- Regional Centres for Education
- Tourism Nova Scotia
Contact
Phone: 902-424-8280
Toll-free (within Nova Scotia): 1-800-565-8280
TTY: 902-424-2667
TTY toll-free (within Nova Scotia): 1-877-996-9954
accessibility@novascotia.ca
Related legislation
Related information
- Access by Design 2030
- Accessibility Act review
- Accessibility Act: compliance overview
- Accessibility Advisory Board
- Accessibility resources
- Government of Nova Scotia Accessibility Plan
- Nova Scotia Post-Secondary Accessibility Framework (PDF)
- Nova Scotia Public Libraries Joint Accessibility Framework (PDF)
- Prevalence of disabilities in Nova Scotia
- Small Business ACCESS-Ability Grant Program
- What We Heard: Accessibility in Nova Scotia