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Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains

made under Section 4 of the

Public Trustee Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 189

O.I.C. 2020-113 (effective March 31, 2020), N.S. Reg. 51/2020

The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health and Wellness [and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice] dated [March 18], 2020, is pleased to authorize the Public Trustee to manage unclaimed remains in the Province of Nova Scotia with authority to

 

                   (a)      determine when human remains are unclaimed;

 

                   (b)     assume responsibility for unclaimed remains;

 

                   (c)      investigate whether the deceased had an estate;

 

                   (d)     make disposition arrangements and payment for disposition of unclaimed remains; and

 

                   (e)      recover costs of disposition from the deceased’[s] estate in accordance with the Public Trustee Act, effective March 31, 2020.

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains	N.S. Reg. 51/2020
Public Trustee 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 Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains made under the Public Trustee Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
51/2020	Mar 31, 2020	date specified	Apr 24, 2020

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 = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted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
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Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

	Note	Effective date
1	The paragraph in the original text that reads “ recover costs of disposition from the deceased’s estate in accordance with the Public Trustee Act” designated as clause (e) for the purposes of the consolidation.
2	Description “[Date of Order]” replaced with actual date for the purposes of the consolidation.

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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