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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



 


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


 

 


 

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.