Pension Benefits Act Fees Regulations
made under Section 136 of the
Pension Benefits Act
S.N.S. 2011, c. 41
N.S. Reg. 216/2015 (May 14, 2015, effective June 1, 2015)
amended to N.S. Reg. 105/2021 (effective July 1, 2021)
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Citation
Definitions
Fees must accompany documents
Fees payable to the Superintendent
Fees payable to the Board
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Pension Benefits Act Fees Regulations.
Definitions
2 (1) In these regulations,
“Act” means the Pension Benefits Act;
“Pension Benefits Regulations” means the Pension Benefits Regulations made
under the Act.
(2) A term defined in the Pension Benefits Regulations has the same meaning when
used in these regulations.
Fees must accompany documents
3 All fees must accompany any required documents on application, filing, submission or
request unless otherwise required by these regulations.
Fees payable to the Superintendent
4 The fees payable to the Superintendent and prescribed for applications, filing of
documents, approval of documents and making copies of documents under the Act and
the Pension Benefits Regulations are as set out in the following table:
Description
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Section
of Act
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Section of
Regulations
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Fee
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Minimum
total fee
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Maximum
total fee
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Application fees
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application for registration
of a pension plan, payable
per each member of the
pension plan in the Province
or a designated jurisdiction
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19(3)
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28(2)
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$5.80
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$116.65
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$8,749.75
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Filing fees
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filing of an annual
information return for a
pension plan, payable per
each member of the pension
plan in the Province or a
designated jurisdiction
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31(1)
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65(2)
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$5.80
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$116.65
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$8,749.75
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filing of an annual
information return
submitted to the
Superintendent later than 6
months after the end of the
pension plan’s fiscal year,
per each member of the
pension plan in the Province
or a designated jurisdiction
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31(1)
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65(2)
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$8.75
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$175.00
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$13,124.60
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filing of a valuation report
submitted to the
Superintendent after the
date for filing the valuation
report under the Pension
Benefits Regulations, per
each member, former
member and retired member
of the pension plan in the
Province or a designated
jurisdiction
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31(2)
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-
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$8.75
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$175.00
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$13,124.60
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Fees for approval of documents by Superintendent
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approval of a certified copy
of a financial institution’s
specimen LIF contract
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136(1)
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207(1)(a)
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$1,166.65
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-
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-
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approval of a certified copy
of a subsequent amendment
to a financial institution’s
specimen LIF contract
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136(1)
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207(1)(b)
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$291.65
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-
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-
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Copies of documents from Superintendent
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copy of document
prescribed in the Pension
Benefits Regulations as the
records of a pension plan
that an administrator is
required to make available
under subsection 42(1) of
the Act:
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43(3)
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-
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paper copy
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$0.55
per page
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$5.80
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-
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electronic copy
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$5.80
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-
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Fees payable to the Board
5 The fees payable to the Board and prescribed for making copies of documents under the
Act and the Pension Benefits Regulations are as set out in the following table:
Description
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Section
of Act
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Section of
Regulations
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Fee
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Minimum
total fee
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Maximum
total fee
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Copy of record of proceeding before Board
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certified copy of the record
of a proceeding before the
Board under Section 114 or
115 of the Act upon
request of a party to the
proceeding who desires to
appeal to the Supreme
Court of Nova Scotia
|
116(2)
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-
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$0.55
per page
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$5.80
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-
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Legislative History
Reference Tables
Pension Benefits Act Fees Regulations
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N.S. Reg.
216/2015
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Pension Benefits Act
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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 Pension Benefits Act Fees Regulations made
under the Pension Benefits Act includes all of the following regulations:
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216/2015
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Jun 1,
2015 |
date
specified |
May
29, 2015 |
105/2021 |
Jul 1, 2021 |
date specified |
Jul 16, 2021 |
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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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Note that changes to headings are not
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Editorial Notes and Corrections
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.