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Designations of Correctional Facilities

made under clauses 3(1)(b) and (d) of the

Correctional Services Act

S.N.S. 2005, c. 37

N.S. Reg. 2/2012 (May 10, 2011)

amended to N.S. Reg. 22/2020 (effective January 29, 2020)


Table of Contents


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Citation

Definition

Cape Breton Correctional Facility

Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

[Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility]

Nova Scotia Youth Centre

Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

Temporarily housing female offenders

Temporarily housing youth offenders


 

Citation

1     These regulations may be cited as the Designations of Correctional Facilities.


Definition

2     In these regulations,

 

“Act” means the Correctional Services Act;

 

Correctional Services Regulations” means the Correctional Services Regulations made under the Act.

 

3     [repealed]


Cape Breton Correctional Facility

4     (1)    The Cape Breton Correctional Facility, located at 136 Gardiner Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

 

       (2)    The Cape Breton Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult offenders only.

 

       (3)    Despite subsection (2) and subject to Section 10, the Cape Breton Correctional Facility may be used for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including adult female offenders serving intermittent sentences.


Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

5     (1)    The Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility, located at 136 Gardiner Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia is designated as a correctional facility.

 

       (2)    The Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility is designated for housing youth offenders who are in open custody or secure custody or who have been remanded into custody.

 

       (3)    Despite subsection (2) and subject to Section 10, the Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility may be used for temporarily housing adult offenders.


Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

6     (1)    The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at Lot 920, Burnside Industrial Park, Gloria McCluskey Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility, including the 24 cells for offenders suffering from mental illnesses (the “MIO Unit”) and the 12-bed health unit, and including all support and other ancillary spaces within and for the MIO Unit and the health unit.

 

       (2)    The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult offenders only.


[Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility]

7     (1)    The Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at 10202 Sherbrooke Road, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

 

       (2)    The Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult male offenders only.

 

       (3)    Despite subsection (2), the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility may be used

 

                (a)    subject to Section 10, for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including adult female offenders serving intermittent sentences; and

 

                (b)    subject to Sections 10 and 11, for temporarily housing youth offenders.


Nova Scotia Youth Centre

8     (1)    The Nova Scotia Youth Centre, located at 1442 Country Home Road, Waterville, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

 

       (2)    The Nova Scotia Youth Centre is designated for housing youth offenders who are in open custody or secure custody or who have been remanded into custody.

 

       (3)    Despite subsection (2), the Nova Scotia Youth Centre may be used for housing adult male offenders, but only if the following requirements are met:

 

                (a)    the requirements respecting separate housing in the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada); and

 

                (b)    for female youth offenders, the requirements respecting female offenders in Sections 41 and 42 of the Act and Sections 74 to 77 of the Correctional Services Regulations.


Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

9     (1)    The Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at 227 Forest Street, RR #4, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

 

       (2)    The Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult male offenders only.

 

       (3)    Despite subsection (2), the Southwest [Nova Scotia] Correctional Facility may be used

 

                (a)    subject to Section 10, for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including adult female offenders serving intermittent sentences; and

 

                (b)    subject to Sections 10 and 11, for temporarily housing youth offenders.


Temporarily housing female offenders

10   Temporarily housing female offenders in correctional facilities that are not designated for female offenders is permitted only if

 

                (a)    prior permission has been granted by the Executive Director or the Executive Director’s designate; and

 

                (b)    the requirements respecting female offenders in Sections 41 and 42 of the Act and Sections 74 to 77 of the Correctional Services Regulations can be met.


Temporarily housing youth offenders

11   Temporarily housing youth offenders in correctional facilities that are not designated for youth offenders is permitted only if

 

                (a)    prior permission has been granted by the Executive Director or the Executive Director’s designate and the following requirements can be met:

 

                         (i)     the requirements respecting separate housing in the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada); and

 

                         (ii)    for female youth offenders, the requirements respecting female offenders in Sections 41 and 42 of the Act and Sections 74 to 77 of the Correctional Services Regulations; or

 

                (b)    a youth justice court judge or justice makes an order under Section 30 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada).


 

 


Legislative History
Reference Tables

Designations of Correctional Facilities

N.S. Reg. 2/2012

Correctional Services 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 Designations of Correctional Facilities made under the Correctional Services Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

2/2012

May 15, 2011

date specified

Jan 27, 2012

54/2012

Feb 23, 2012

date specified

Mar 9, 2012

218/2014

Jan 5, 2015

date specified

Jan 9, 2015

219/2014

Jan 12, 2015

date specified

Jan 9, 2015

220/2014

Feb 2, 2015

date specified

Jan 9, 2015

244/2016

Nov 4, 2016

date specified

Nov 25, 2016

22/2020

Jan 29, 2020

date specified

Feb 28, 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

3 ........................................................

rep. 219/2014

4(2)...................................................

am. 54/2012

4(3)...................................................

rep. 54/2012;

ad. 244/2016

5(3)...................................................

am. 54/2012

7 ........................................................

rep. 219/2014;

ad. 220/2014

8(1)-(2).............................................

am. 244/2016

8(3) ..................................................

ad. 218/2014; rep. 244/2016
ad. 22/2020

9(3)...................................................

rs. 54/2012

9(3)(a)...............................................

am. 244/2016

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

101/2006

Designation of Antigonish Correctional Facility

Jul 1, 2006

May 15, 2011

102/2006

Designation of Cape Breton Correctional Facility

Jul 1, 2006

May 15, 2011

172/2006

Designation of Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

Aug 26, 2008

May 15, 2011

38/2007

Designation of Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

Jan 17, 2007

May 15, 2011

103/2006

Designation of Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

Jul 1, 2006

May 15, 2011

104/2006

Designation of Cumberland Correctional Facility

Jul 1, 2006

May 15, 2011

105/2006

Designation of Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

Jul 1, 2006

May 15, 2011

106/2006

Designation of Nova Scotia Youth Facility

Jul 1, 2006

May 15, 2011

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.