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Accessibility Act General Regulations

made under Section 71 of the

Accessibility Act

S.N.S. 2017, c. 2

O.I.C. 2019-335 (effective December 2, 2019), N.S. Reg. 197/2019

amended to O.I.C. 2024-262 (effective July 2, 2024), N.S. Reg. 128/2024

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Designation of public sector bodies

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Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Accessibility Act General Regulations.

Definitions

2        In these regulations,

 

“Act” means the Accessibility Act.

Designation of public sector bodies

3        The following are prescribed as public sector bodies under the Act:

	Name of public sector body	Date
•	Acadia University	April 1, 2021
•	Atlantic School of Theology
•	Cape Breton University
•	Dalhousie University
•	Mount Saint Vincent University
•	Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
•	Nova Scotia Community College
•	Saint Mary’s University
•	St. Francis Xavier University
•	Université Sainte Anne
•	University of Kings College
•	a regional municipality, a county or district municipality, a town
•	a regional public library
•	a village continued under the Municipal Government Act
•	Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority	April 1, 2022
•	Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
•	Build Nova Scotia
•	an education entity as defined in the Education Act
•	Events East Group
•	a health authority as defined in the Health Authorities Act
•	Invest Nova Scotia
•	Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
•	Nova Scotia Museum
•	Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency	April 1, 2025

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Accessibility Act General Regulations	N.S. Reg. 197/2019
Accessibility 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 Accessibility Act General Regulations made under the Accessibility Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
197/2019	Dec 2, 2019	date specified	Dec 20, 2019
3/2021	Jan 12, 2021	date specified	Jan 29, 2021
128/2024	Jul 2, 2024	date specified	Jul 12, 2024

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
3 ........................................................		rs. 3/2021, 128/2024

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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