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Business Registry Regulations
made under Section 4, subsections 5(1) and 10(2) and Section 16 of the
Business Electronic Filing Act
S.N.S. 1995-96, c. 3
O.I.C. 2000-24 (effective February 2, 2000), N.S. Reg. 14/2000
as amended to O.I.C. 2022-130 (effective May 10, 2022), N.S. Reg. 97/2022
Table of Contents
Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.
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Citation
Definitions
Designated enactments
NSBR Administrator
Filing information by entering in database
Filing information, documents or forms requiring signature
Time and date of filing
Business Identifier System
BN registration locations
Required business information
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Business Registry Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
(a) “Act” means the Business Electronic Filing Act;
(b) “BN” means the Business Number assigned to a business by the Canada
Customs and Revenue Agency, which consists of a 9-digit root number,
plus a program account identifier made up of 2 characters, plus a 4-digit
sequence number;
(c) “designated enactment” means an enactment designated under Section 3;
(d) “NSBR” means the Nova Scotia Business Registry;
(e) “NSBR Administrator” means the person authorized by the Minister
pursuant to subsection 9(4) of the Act to perform the functions and services
described in subsection 4(1) with respect to the designated enactments.
Designated enactments
3 The enactments set out in the following table are designated under Section 4 of the Act:
Enactment
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Designated Portions
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Amusement Devices Safety Act
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all
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Animal Protection Act |
all |
Beaches Act
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all
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Beaches and Foreshores Act
|
all
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Building Code Act
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all
|
Cemetery and Funeral Services Act
|
all
|
Children and Family Services Act
|
Section 15
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Regulations under the Children and Family Services
Act:
|
|
|
Children and Family Services Regulations
|
Sections 8 and 13 to 30
|
Collection and Debt Management Agencies Act
|
all
|
Companies Act
|
all
|
Condominium Act
|
all
|
Consumer Reporting Act
|
all
|
Corporations Registration Act
|
all
|
Credit Union Act
|
all
|
Crown Lands Act
|
all
|
Day Care Act
|
all
|
Direct Sellers’ Regulation Act
|
all
|
Electrical Installation and Inspection Act
|
all
|
Elevator and Lifts Act
|
all
|
Embalmers and Funeral Directors Act
|
all
|
Environment Act
|
all
|
Farm Registration Act
|
all
|
Fire Safety Act
|
all
|
Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act
|
Part V, Aquaculture
|
Fur Industry Act
|
all
|
Gaming Control Act
|
Parts I and II
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Regulations under the Gaming Control Act:
|
|
|
Atlantic Lottery Regulations
|
all
|
|
Bingo Regulations
|
all
|
|
Bingo Suppliers Regulations
|
all
|
|
Carnival and Charitable Gaming Regulations
|
all
|
|
Casino Regulations
|
all
|
|
Ticket Lottery Regulations
|
all
|
|
Video Lottery Regulations
|
all
|
Health Protection Act
|
Part I
|
Health Protection Act
|
Part II
|
Regulations under the Health Protection Act (Part II):
|
|
|
Food Safety Regulations
|
all
|
Homes for Special Care Act
|
all
|
Insurance Act
|
all
|
Labour Standards Code
|
all
|
Land Titles Clarification Act
|
all
|
Limited Partnerships Act
|
all
|
Liquor Control Act
|
Sections 14, 46A, 48, 49 and
75 and subsection 47(1)
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Regulations under the Liquor Control Act:
|
|
|
Regulations respecting liquor licensing
|
all
|
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Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation Regulations
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Sections 41, 45 and 46
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Meat Inspection Act
|
all
|
Regulations under the Meat Inspection Act:
|
|
|
Meat Inspection Regulations
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all
|
Mortgage Regulations Act
|
all
|
Motor Vehicle Act
|
all
|
Occupational Health and Safety Act
|
all
|
Regulations under the Occupational Health and Safety
Act:
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|
|
Occupational Safety General Regulations
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all
|
Partnerships and Business Names Registration Act
|
all
|
Pay Equity Act
|
all
|
Petroleum Products Pricing Act
|
all
|
Pipeline Act
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Sections 7 and 11
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Regulations under the Pipeline Act:
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|
|
Gas Plant Facility Regulations
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Sections 6, 7, 15, 16 and 18
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Remembrance Day Act
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all
|
Revenue Act
|
all
|
Safe Body Art Act
|
all
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Regulations under the Sales Tax Act:
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|
|
Sales Tax Act Regulations
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Sections 14 to 25
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Smoke-free Places Act
|
all
|
Snow Sport Helmet Act
|
all
|
Societies Act
|
all
|
Special Places Protection Act
|
Sections 14 to 19 and
Section 22
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Tanning Beds Act
|
all
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Technical Safety Act
|
all
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Theatres and Amusements Act
|
all
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Tobacco Access Act
|
all
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Tourist Accommodations Registration Act
|
all
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Trust and Loan Companies Act
|
all
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Volunteer Fire Services Act
|
all
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Water Resources Protection Act
|
all
|
Wilderness Areas Protection Act
|
all
|
Wildlife Act
|
all
|
Workers’ Compensation Act
|
all
|
NSBR Administrator
4 (1) The NSBR Administrator shall supervise, administer and monitor the operation of
the NSBR and perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Minister.
(2) The Minister may designate a person to act on behalf of the NSBR Administrator
in the Administrator's absence.
Filing information by entering in database
5 (1) The NSBR Administrator shall accept, register, maintain, store and reproduce any
information, forms or documents that are required to be filed by businesses under a
designated enactment, in electronic or other machine-readable format by direct
electronic transmission or by key data entry.
(2) For the purposes of the Act and any designated enactments, the electronic database
or databases are deemed to be the official record required to be kept under those
enactments.
Filing information, documents or forms requiring signature
6 Any information, forms, or documents that are required to be signed by a person for
filing under a designated enactment may be filed with the NSBR if signed by electronic
signature approved by the NSBR Administrator, or by electronically transmitted or
reproduced signature.
7 Any forms that businesses are required to file under the Act or a designated enactment
that are required to be signed under this Act or a designated enactment may be filed
without signatures if the NSBR Administrator has established a procedure to ensure that
the forms accurately represent the information contained on a signed version of the form
or in such circumstances where the NSBR Administrator considers that it is appropriate
to accept the filing without signature.
Time and date of filing
8 When information, forms or documents are filed in electronic format or by direct
electronic transmission they are deemed to be filed at the time and on the date the
electronic system confirms receipt of the information form or document and assigns the
time and date of filing.
Business Identifier System
9 (1) A business required to be registered under a designated enactment shall register for
a BN.
(2) The business shall use the assigned BN for all matters pertaining to the designated
enactments under which it is registered.
BN registration locations
10 The following locations are designated as access channels where clients can register for a
BN:
(a) the Access Nova Scotia office in
(i) Antigonish,
(ii) Bridgewater,
(iii) Dartmouth,
(iv) Halifax,
(v) Kentville,
(vi) Sydney,
(vii) Truro,
(viii) Yarmouth;
(b) Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Tax Services Offices (TSO's) in
Canada;
(c) Department of Business and Consumer Services, Halifax;
(d) Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia office in
(i) Halifax,
(ii) Sydney.
Required business information
11 The following information about businesses is required for administering and enforcing
the Act and a business must provide this information to the Minister on request:
(a) the legal name and the operating or business name used;
(b) the BN;
(c) the Registry of Joint Stock Companies number and status;
(d) the civic address;
(e) the telephone number;
(f) the fax number;
(g) the type and nature of the business;
(h) an accounting of all money owing to the NSBR;
(i) a list of all Provincial licenses, permits, registrations and certifications held
by the business and all of the following information for each of them:
(i) the date it was issued,
(ii) the expiry date,
(iii) its status,
(iv) the amount of outstanding balance owed by the business.
Legislative History
Reference Tables
Business Registry Regulations
|
N.S. Reg.
14/2000
|
Business Electronic Filing 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 Business Registry Regulations made under the Business Electronic Filing Act includes all of the
following regulations:
|
|
|
|
14/2000
|
Feb 2, 2000 |
date specified |
Feb 25, 2000 |
145/2002 |
Nov
28, 2002
|
date
specified
|
Dec
13, 2002
|
170/2003 |
Oct 1,
2003
|
date
specified
|
Oct
17, 2003
|
169/2004 |
Jun 1,
2004
|
date
specified
|
Jun
11, 2004
|
25/2005 |
Mar 1,
2005
|
date
specified
|
Mar
18, 2005
|
66/2006 |
May 4,
2006
|
date specified
|
May
26, 2006
|
13/2007 |
Jan
12, 2007
|
date
specified
|
Feb 2,
2007
|
14/2007 |
Jan
12, 2007
|
date
specified
|
Feb 2,
2007
|
15/2007 |
Jan
12, 2007
|
date
specified
|
Feb 2,
2007
|
63/2007 |
Feb
26, 2007
|
date
specified
|
Mar
16, 2007
|
216/2007 |
Apr
16, 2007
|
date specified
|
Apr
27, 2007
|
262/2008 |
Apr
29, 2008
|
date
specified
|
May 9,
2008
|
32/2011 |
Apr 1,
2011
|
date
specified
|
Mar
11, 2011
|
149/2012 |
Jul
24, 2012
|
date
specified
|
Aug
10, 2012
|
197/2012 |
Oct
23, 2012
|
date
specified
|
Nov 2,
2012
|
16/2014 |
Jan
30, 2014
|
date specified
|
Feb
21, 2014
|
30/2016 |
Feb
23, 2016
|
date
specified
|
Mar 4,
2016
|
175/2017 |
Dec
12, 2017
|
date
specified
|
Jan 5,
2018
|
176/2017 |
Dec
12, 2017
|
date
specified
|
Jan 5,
2018
|
228/2018 |
Feb 1,
2019
|
date
specified
|
Jan 4,
2019
|
17/2020 |
Apr 1,
2020
|
date specified
|
Feb
14, 2020
|
5/2022 |
Jan 18, 2022 |
date specified |
Feb 11, 2022 |
| 97/2022 |
May 10, 2022 |
date specified |
May 20, 2022 |
The following regulations are not yet in force and
are not included in the current consolidation:
*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 |
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|
2(c)................................................... |
am. 145/2002 |
3 ........................................................ |
am. 145/2002; rs. 13/2007; am. 14/2007, 63/2007,
216/2007, 262/2008, 32/2011, 149/2012, 197/2012, 16/2014, 30/2016, 175/2017,
176/2017, 228/2018, 17/2020, 5/2022, 97/2022 |
3(ha)................................................. |
ad. 170/2003 |
3(ia).................................................. |
ad. 145/2002; ra. as 3(ib) 25/2002 |
3(ia).................................................. |
ad. 25/2002 |
3(ib).................................................. |
ra. from 3(ia) 25/2002
|
3(ka)................................................. |
ad. 66/2006
|
3(kb)................................................. |
ad. 66/2006
|
3(pa)................................................. |
ad. 169/2004
|
11...................................................... |
ad. 15/2007
|
|
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|
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Note that changes to headings are not
included in the above table.
Editorial Notes and Corrections
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|
|
1 |
The reference in the table in s. 3 to the Day Care
Act should be read as a reference to the Early Learning and Child Care
Act in accordance with an amendment to the title of the Act made by the Day
Care Act, S.N.S. 2018, c. 33, s. 2, as proclaimed in force by N.S. Reg.
163/2020. |
Oct 27, 2020 |
2 |
The reference in the table in s. 3 to the Collection
Agencies Act should be read as a reference to the Collection and Debt
Management Agencies Act in accordance with an amendment to the title of
the Act made by the Debt Collection and Management Reform (2012) Act, S.N.S.
2012, c. 40, s. 2, as proclaimed in force by N.S. Reg. 4/2021.
(corrected by
N.S. Reg. 5/2022) |
May 1, 2021 |
3 |
The Mortgage Brokers’ and Lenders’ Registration Act referred to in the table in s. 3 is repealed and replaced by the Mortgage
Regulations Act, S.N.S. 2012, c. 11, as proclaimed in force by N.S. Reg.
112/2020.
(corrected by
N.S. Reg. 5/2022) |
Nov 1, 2021 |
Repealed and Superseded
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.