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House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations

made under Section 27 of the

House of Assembly Management Commission Act

S.N.S. 2010, c. 5

N.S. Reg. 43/2013 (effective February 23, 2013)

amended to N.S. Reg. 22/2024 (effective January 25, 2024)



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

Purpose

Interpretation

Expense Claims

Principles

Presumptions

Member responsibility

Restrictions on claims

Member personal liability

Monthly reports

Statements

Speaker requirements

Disagreement with Clerk decision

Documentation

Processing of claims

Constituency Offices

Eligibility for office expenses

Eligibility for constituency office accommodation

Nature and location

Barrier-free requirements

Leasing requirements

Renting from associated person

Office operations, supplies and communications

Donations

Standard office allocation

Support staff

Election period restrictions

House Indemnity-Allowance-Travel-Expense

Indemnity, allowance and salary

Outside member allowance

Leased premises

Non-outside member and outside member of Executive Council allowance

Committee chairs and vice-chairs

Committee expenses

House leaders, whips and caucus chairs

Installment payments

Caucus

Caucus offices

Caucus and task force meetings

Caucus chairs—expenses

Leader of Opposition and Leader of Recognized Party

Expenses within the Province

Special travel

Living allowance

Motor vehicle

Deputy Speaker

Expenses respecting duties

Independent Member

Support services

Constituency Matters

Franking and travel

Services

Attendance at Halifax

Attendance at Ottawa

Attendance outside the Province other than Ottawa

Attendance at authorized parliamentary or legislative meetings

Expenses of critics

General

Restriction

Calculation of travel expense

Out-of-Province travel

Annual adjustment

No recovery upon ceasing to be member

Request for reimbursement

Limitation on reimbursement

Forms

Payment approval

Application



 


Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations.


Purpose

2        The purpose of these regulations is

 

                    (a)    to provide resources to members to assist them in fulfilling their public duties and responsibilities as members, for the benefit of the residents of the Province;

 

                    (b)    to promote accountability in, and transparency with respect to, the expenditure of public funds; and

 

                    (c)    to facilitate public understanding of the use of public funds in fulfillment of members’ obligations.


Interpretation

3        (1)     In these regulations, unless otherwise provided,

 

                    (a)    “Act” means the House of Assembly Management Commission Act;

 

                    (b)    “associated person” means a person who does not deal with the member at arm’s length as provided by the Income Tax Act (Canada);

 

                    (ba)  “barrier-free requirements” means the barrier-free access and design requirements applicable to offices under the Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations, as amended from time to time;

 

                    (c)    “Clerk” means the Chief Clerk of the House;

 

                    (d)    “member” means a member of the House;

 

                    (e)    “outside member” means an outside member as defined by the House of Assembly Act;

 

                    (f)     “recognized party” means a party that is represented by two or more members and is a recognized party in accordance with the Elections Act;

 

                    (g)    “year” means the fiscal year of the Province as defined in the Finance Act.

 

          (2)     Other words and expressions have the same meaning as in the House of Assembly Management Commission Act and the House of Assembly Act.

 

          (3)     For the purpose of clause 19B(2)(b) and subsections 27(3) and 43(1), (4) and (6), a member ceases to be a member at the end of the month in which

 

                    (a)    the member dies or resigns; or

 

                    (b)    an election is held for the member’s electoral district if the member does not re-offer or is defeated.

 

          (4)     For the purpose of subsection 43(3), a person becomes a member at the beginning of the month in which the election, at which the person was elected, was held.


Expense Claims


Principles

4        (1)     All claims and invoices submitted by or on behalf of a member or to provide resources to a member and all payments and reimbursements made under these regulations must

 

                    (a)    be submitted and made in accordance with the intent and purpose of the Act and these regulations;

 

                    (b)    be documented and supported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

                    (c)    not relate to political parties’ activities; and

 

                    (d)    not give or relate to a personal benefit to any member or an associated person of a member.

 

          (2)     Subject to directives and approval of the Commission, the Clerk and staff of the House shall develop and maintain proper administrative and financial policies and procedures with respect to documentation to be provided in support of claims and invoices submitted for reimbursement or payment.

 

          (3)     The policies and procedures referred to in subsection (2) must be included in a manual.

 

          (4)     The Commission shall periodically review the adequacy of the policies and procedures being applied by the Clerk and staff of the House and may direct changes that it considers appropriate to those policies and procedures to improve controls and accountability.


Presumptions

5        (1)     Where the Commission makes a direction or requires an action, that direction or requirement must be made in writing or evidenced by written minutes of the proceedings or decision of the Commission.

 

          (2)     Where in these regulations an expense claim is permitted, that claim must be made for the time and amount permitted under these regulations or as directed or limited by the Commission.

 

          (3)     Where the Clerk or Speaker makes a ruling that approves additional expenditures greater than that authorized under these regulations, the Clerk or Speaker shall report the approval at the next meeting of the Commission and a notation of that approval must be recorded in the minutes of the Commission.


Member responsibility

6        (1)     A member making or incurring an expenditure is the person responsible for compliance with requirements for claims, payments and reimbursements of expenses under the Act and these regulations.

 

          (2)     A member is not relieved of the member’s responsibility under subsection (1) because

 

                    (a)    the member has delegated that responsibility to a constituency assistant or another person; or

 

                    (b)    a claim has been accepted for payment by an official of the House or has been paid.

 

          (3)     A member may be required to certify to the Clerk, the Commission or an auditor of the House that an expense that the member is claiming or has claimed payment or reimbursement for has been actually incurred in compliance with the Act, these regulations and the directives of the Commission.

 

          (4)     A member is responsible for maintaining appropriate records as prescribed in the operating and procedures manual, operating the member’s constituency office and engaging and training support staff in a manner that will facilitate compliance with the Act, the regulations, directives and the manual.

 

          (5)     A member

 

                    (a)    who is entitled to claim reimbursement under the Act and these regulations for expenses or for daily amounts or mileage in accordance with any policies relating to ministers, ministerial assistants or other officers; and

 

                    (b)    engages in activity or travels in circumstances where the activity or travel relates both to constituency business and business governed by those policies,

 

shall prorate the claim based on the proportion of time spent on constituency business wherever such expenditures are easily identifiable, but in no case shall submit claims from two sources for any individual expenditure.


Restrictions on claims

7        (1)     A claim for a payment or reimbursement must be made in respect of the year in which the expenditure was made or incurred, and must be submitted and received by the Clerk not more than ninety days after the end of that year. Subsection 7(1): amended December 19, 2012.

 

          (2)     An expenditure is considered to have been made or incurred when the goods and services to which that expenditure relates have been received.

 

          (2A)  Notwithstanding subsection (2), an expenditure for advertising is considered to have been made or incurred on the date of the invoice for the advertising.

 

          (3)     Subject to subsection (1), a claim for payment or reimbursement may not be made more than six months after the date on which the expenditure was made.

 

          (4)     Subject to subsections (1) and (3), a claim for payment of travel expenses may include the period between the date of the election at which the member was elected and the date the member became a member.


Member personal liability

8        (1)     Where a member makes an expenditure that exceeds the maximum allowed for that category of expenditure in a year, the member is personally responsible for payment of that expenditure.

 

          (2)     Where through inadvertence or otherwise a claim made by a member is paid from public funds and it is discovered that

 

                    (a)    the claim should not have been paid or honoured because it was in excess of the maximum allowed for that category of expenditure; or

 

                    (b)    the claim was paid in error,

 

the member is liable for repayment of the over-payment and must, upon request, immediately pay the amount due to the Crown in right of the Province.

 

          (3)     A request pursuant to subsection (2) must be made within six months of the claim being paid or honoured.

 

          (4)     A member is personally responsible for and cannot claim for payment or reimbursement for the payment of late fee charges by vendors on overdue accounts or overdraft interest charges by financial institutions.

 

9        [repealed]


Monthly reports

10      (1)     Before the twenty-first of each month, the Clerk shall prepare and provide to each member a written report outlining for the preceding month

 

                    (a)    all reimbursements made to the member; and

 

                    (b)    all payments made on the member’s behalf as authorized by the member,

 

together with

 

                    (c)    a statement highlighting the total amount spent by the member during the current year in each category of claim;

 

                    (d)    [repealed]

 

                    (e)    a detailed report of expenditures for that month, sorted by expense category, that reconciles with the reimbursements and payments referred to in clauses (a) and (b).

 

          (2)     The expenditure amount permitted for a year is considered to be allocated in equal monthly amounts throughout the year.

 

          (3)     A member may request approval of the Speaker to make expenditures in advance for ongoing considerations, such as the purchase of advertising that is repeated over a period of months, or for the purchase of a block of flights if savings will result.

 

          (4)     [repealed]

 

          (5)     An electronic system accessible by a member from which the member may obtain the information required under subsection (1) satisfies the requirements of that subsection.


Statements

11      (1)     Twice in each year the Clerk shall prepare a statement detailing individual expenditures, including the date, description and amount of the transaction, and summarizing by category of expenditure the amounts paid in respect of which claims were made and paid that each member is entitled to access.

 

(2)The Clerk shall provide each statement prepared under subsection (1) to

 

                    (a)    the caucus office of the member to whom the statement relates; or

 

                    (b)    the independent member to whom the statement relates,

 

for review.

 

          (3)     Within twenty-one days, or such further time as the Speaker may permit due to extenuating circumstances, of receipt of a statement under this Section, a member may state in writing to the Speaker objections that the member has with respect to its accuracy.

 

          (4)     Failure to object to the statement within the time specified under subsection (3) is deemed to be an acceptance by the member of its accuracy.

 

          (5)     [repealed]

 

          (6)     Where an objection is filed by the member, the Clerk shall communicate with the member to resolve the issues identified and, where resolved, revise the statement accordingly.

 

          (7)     Where the member and the Clerk cannot reach an agreement on the issues identified, the objection must be filed with the Commission for its review and decision within forty-five days of receipt and the Clerk shall revise the statement in accordance with the decision.

 

          (8)     Section 13 applies only to the revised statement.

 

12      [repealed]


Speaker requirements

13      (1)     The Clerk shall maintain and file a copy of statements prepared under Section 11 in the Office of the Speaker and make them available for inspection by any person within a reasonable time after a request by that person for inspection.

 

          (2)     The Clerk shall post for public access and inspection a copy of each statement on a website maintained and operated by or on behalf of the Office of the Speaker as soon as a system is in place so to do.

 

          (3)     A statement prepared under Section 11 need not be maintained by the member or the Clerk for public inspection after five years following the end of the year to which the statement relates.


Disagreement with Clerk decision

14      (1)     A member who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Clerk made under these rules may appeal that decision to the Commission.

 

          (2)     A decision of the Commission with respect to an appeal under subsection (1)

 

                    (a)    must be made not more than thirty days or, where circumstances warrant, forty-five days after receipt of the member’s appeal by the Commission; and

 

                    (b)    is final,

 

and the decision and reasons for that decision must be recorded in the minutes of the Commission.

 

          (3)     The Commission shall determine and direct the procedure to be followed for dealing with an appeal contemplated under this section.


Documentation

15      (1)     A member shall claim payment or reimbursement in respect of an expense or an allowance in the manner and on the forms prescribed by the Clerk or the Commission or as directed by the Commission.

 

          (2)     A form prescribed by the Clerk or the Commission must contain a provision whereby the member is required personally to certify that the expenses to which the claim relates were actually incurred in compliance with the Act, these regulations and applicable directives of the Commission.

 

          (3)     A member’s claim may not be paid unless, in the opinion of the Clerk, there is sufficient documentation supplied verifying that each expenditure of the member was incurred.

 

          (4)     A member’s claim, except a daily allowance or mileage claim, may not be paid unless it is supported by the original invoice together with a signed receipt or other instrument evidencing payment, such as a credit card or debit card voucher or cancelled cheque.

 

          (4A)  A member’s claim for payment or reimbursement in respect of an expense for placing an advertisement or communication must include for

 

                    (a)    a printed advertisement, in a newspaper or magazine, on a banner, in a pamphlet or some other like medium, the copy of the proof provided by the member for publishing;

 

                    (b)    an advertisement in an electronic publication such as a website, television or newsletter, a printed copy of the electronic page where the advertisement appeared showing the name of the publication; and

 

                    (c)    an audio advertisement, a transcript of the spoken words.

 

          (4B)  Notwithstanding subsection (4A), where a member is unable to provide the supporting documentation, the member may submit a claim providing reasons for the absent documentation and personally undertake to provide the supporting documentation as soon as it becomes available.

 

          (5)     Where an original document is unavailable, a copy, photocopy, faxed copy, electronic copy or statement itemizing the expenditure may be accepted by the Clerk upon provision of an explanation, in writing, for the absence of the original.

 

          (6)     Where a member makes a claim for an accommodation expense for the rental of apartment, no original invoice is required so long as proof of payment and a copy of the lease for the apartment are submitted.

 

          (7)     The copy of the lease must be submitted at the beginning of the lease period and at each renewal or upon any change in the rental rate.

 

15A   (1)     The Clerk shall make the documentation referred to in Section 15 available for inspection and copying by the Auditor General and any other auditor employed by the Commission on behalf of the House.

 

          (2)     The Clerk shall retain the documentation for seven years.


Processing of claims

16      (1)     The Clerk shall ensure that the processing of member claims, including their acceptance[,] verification and approval for payment under these rules is undertaken in accordance with proper principles of internal control.

 

          (2)     Wherever possible, the Office of the Speaker shall ensure reimbursement to the member for an expense claim within seven days of receipt.


Constituency Offices


Eligibility for office expenses

17      A member may seek reimbursement for the provision of eligible office expenses in order to conduct the member’s constituency business as a component part of eligible constituency expense.


Eligibility for constituency office accommodation

18      (1)     Subject to Sections 43 and 43A, the constituency office expenses referred to in Section 17 includes accommodation expenses, for or related to the rental of permanent or temporary offices, such as

 

                    (a)    rent;

 

                    (b)    utilities;

 

                    (c)    taxes;

 

                    (d)    insurance;

 

                    (e)    security;

 

                    (f)     janitorial services and cleaning supplies;

 

                    (g)    maintenance, snow removal, sanding, salting and parking, if not covered in the lease agreement;

 

                    (h)    necessary renovations or a necessary move to respond to municipal, provincial and federal regulation respecting the provision of a safe, healthy and accessible workplace and public space;

 

                    (ha)  a constituency office accommodation move if necessary to respond to requirements set out in these regulations respecting constituency office space; and

 

                    (i)     signage identifying the office as the member’s constituency office without any reference to a political party.

 

          (2)     [repealed]

 

          (3)     A member, who is unable to establish and operate an office to adequately serve the member’s constituents, may claim expenses for the rental of meeting rooms.

 

          (4)     A member, who has a constituency office, may also claim expenses for the rental of meeting rooms.

 

          (5)     A member may not use a constituency office for or to further partisan political activities.

 

          (6)     Following a general election or by-election, a new member who was not a member in

 

                    (a)    the preceding General Assembly of the House in the case of a general election; or

 

                    (b)    the present General Assembly of the House in the case of a by-election,

 

is, in addition to the constituency office accommodation funding, entitled to claim amounts associated with the start-up of the member’s office in an amount of not more than $2,550.00 to defray expenses as may be determined by the Commission if the expenditures are made within six months of the member being declared elected or by the end of the fiscal year during which the member was declared elected, whichever is later.

 

          (7)     A member may make arrangements with the Office of the Speaker for it to pay directly any regular recurring payment and charge the member’s constituency account.

 

          (8)     Rules regarding the implementation of arrangements described in subsection (7) must be included in the policy and procedure manual.


Nature and location

19      (1)     The member shall research and locate appropriate office space, such space to include

 

                    (a)    a private area for the member;

 

                    (b)    space for a constituency assistant;

 

                    (c)    a waiting area;

 

                    (d)    access to public washrooms; and

 

                    (e)    a separate meeting room if possible.

 

          (2)     The space should be on a public transit route if possible.

 

          (3)     The space must comply with the barrier-free requirements as provided in Section 19A.

 

          (4)     No member may be reimbursed and no payment may be made by the Office of the Speaker for constituency office accommodation expenses for constituency office space that does not comply with the barrier-free requirements as provided in Section 19A except as permitted under that Section.

 

          (5)     [repealed]

 

          (6)     [repealed]

 

          (7)     [repealed]

 

          (8)     [repealed]

 

          (9)     [repealed]


Barrier-free requirements

19A   (1)     The constituency office space of a member who is elected at or after the next general election must comply with the barrier-free requirements within 12 months after the member is elected.

 

          (2)     Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a member

 

                    (a)    is elected at the next general election;

 

                    (b)    was a member immediately before that election; and

 

                    (c)    is continuing to occupy constituency office space used by the member immediately before that election,

 

the space must comply with the barrier-free requirements within 36 months after the member is elected.

 

          (3)     Where the constituency office space of a member, or the office space that a member proposes to occupy as constituency office space, does not comply with the barrier-free requirements, the Speaker may waive compliance with the barrier-free requirements to the extent that the Speaker considers the non-compliance to be merely technical in nature.

 

          (4)     Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), temporary constituency office space that does not comply with the barrier-free requirements may be leased for a member for up to 12 months if

 

                    (a)    the member prepares a compliance plan setting out how the member will, within 12 months of the date of the plan, arrange for constituency office space that complies with the barrier-free requirements;

 

                    (b)    the member files the compliance plan with the Speaker’s Administration Office;

 

                    (c)    the Speaker determines that the compliance plan is likely to result in the member being able to arrange for constituency office space that complies with the barrier-free requirements; and

 

                    (d)    the space is leased on a month-to-month basis.

 

          (5)     Where the constituency office space of a member who files a compliance plan with the Speaker’s Administration Office fails to comply with the barrier-free requirements within 12 months of the date of the plan, the member must provide the Speaker with an explanation of why the compliance plan did not work and, where the Speaker finds the explanation to be reasonable, the member may file another compliance plan under subsection (4).

 

          (5A)  The Speaker may refer any decision to be made by the Speaker under this Section to the Commission for decision.

 

          (5B)  The Speaker and the Commission may retain such expertise as they may consider necessary or advisable to assist in making a decision under this Section.

 

          (6)     A compliance plan that is filed with the Speaker's Administration Office is a public document and must be posted on the House of Assembly's website.


Leasing requirements

19B    (1)     The agreed rent for constituency office space must be at fair market rates for similar space in the area.

 

          (2)     A lease contract for constituency office space must

 

                    (a)    be prepared between the member and the owner of the office space or an authorized agent of the owner; and

 

                    (b)    subject to subsection (3), stipulate that the lease is terminable within one month after the member ceases to be a member and at the end of that month a further two months[’] rent is payable.

 

          (3)     A lease contract that does not comply with clause (2)(b) may be entered into if required to obtain constituency office space that complies with the barrier-free requirements and the Speaker approves the lease.

 

          (4)     A member who was not a member in the preceding session of the House must utilize the previous member's constituency office if the office was built or leased under a lease that does not comply with clause (2)(b), unless the office is in a location that is, in the opinion of the Speaker, unsuitable for the new member.


Renting from associated person

20      (1)     A lease of office accommodation for a member may not be entered into with a landlord who is an associated person of the member.

 

          (2)     Subject to subsection 19B(4) and notwithstanding subsection (1), a member may operate a constituency office from the member's residence in the member's constituency if permitted under Section 19A, but is not entitled to claim reimbursement by way of rent or charge for the use of the space in, or the cost of any renovations to, the member's residence.


Office operations, supplies and communications

21      (1)     Subject to Sections 43 and 43A, a member may claim expenses to cover the costs of operating a constituency office including expenses for

 

                    (a)    office supplies;

 

                    (aa)   safety boots, a hard hat, a reflective vest, eye protection and any other personal protective equipment that is reasonably necessary or advisable for the personal use of the member on visiting construction or work sites;

 

                    (b)    printing;

 

                    (c)    photocopies;

 

                    (d)    newspapers, including subscriptions to on-line publications;

 

                    (e)    telephones, facsimile machines and answering machines or services;

 

                    (f)     staff professional development;

 

                    (g)    database maintenance;

 

                    (h)    advertising, including constituency office hours, contact telephone numbers for the member, email addresses, notices of constituency meetings and advertising messages of welcome or congratulations;

 

                    (ha)  advertising employment opportunities for constituency assistants;

 

                    (i)     constituency communications including

 

                              (i)      business cards,

 

                              (ii)     greeting, sympathy or holiday cards to be sent to constituents or others relating to the member's constituency work,

 

                              (iii)    supplies to create certificates, including specialized paper, document holders or framing, and

 

                              (iv)    the dissemination of information, that meets the standard of parliamentary language, directed to the member’s constituents in the form of constituency newsletters and flyers, a website or any other medium, including website design and hosting;

 

                    (ia)   interpretation, translation or other services required to communicate with a constituent;

 

                    (ib)   travel for professional development if approval of the Speaker is obtained before incurring the expense;

 

                    (ic)   courses for the member or the member’s constituency assistant if approval of the Speaker is obtained before incurring the expense;

 

                    (j)     rental of the office space and those expenses authorized in Section 18;

 

                    (ja)   no more than four constituency open houses annually and the annual cost of the total number of open houses, other than the advertising costs for the event, not exceeding $1,000.00;

 

                    (k)    two tickets to any event related to the member’s constituency work, but not events related to the member’s political party;

 

                    (ka)  employing one or more constituency assistants or other staff in addition to the full-time constituency assistant or full-time equivalent under Section 24;

 

                    (l)     where required and approved by the Commission, the services of part-time constituency assistants, or summer students, to be compensated on the payroll system of the Crown in right of the Province through the Office of the Speaker; and

 

                    (m)   any other items, including office equipment, directed by the Commission.

 

          (2)     The expenses claimed pursuant to clause (1)(k) for attendance at an event may include fund-raising dinners where a portion of the ticket price is allocated as a charitable donation but

 

                    (a)    where a charitable donation receipt is issued, it must be marked void and filed with the member’s records; and

 

                    (b)    in no case, shall a member claim the donation as a tax deduction or credit.

 

          (3)     Advertising may not include solicitations of membership in or monetary contributions to any political party or notices of political-party meetings and other political-party events. amended September 28, 2010


Donations

22      (1)     Subject to Sections 43 and 43A, a member is entitled to be reimbursed for donations if they consist of

 

                    (a)    memberships in community or other service organizations, not to exceed $510.00 per membership per annum; and

 

                    (b)    certificates, cards, plaques, frames for certificates and such other items as the Commission may, by directive, approve to allow members to commemorate and recognize significant events within a constituency and in the lives of constituents.

 

          (2)     For greater certainty, a member may not be reimbursed under Section 22 for a donation that is a sponsorship or a gift.


Standard office allocation

23      (1)     Subject to Sections 43 and 43A, a member is entitled to acquire, as assets of the Crown in right of the Province, and seek reimbursement for office furniture, equipment and services for the member’s constituency office based on a standard office allocation approved by directive of the Commission and may include

 

                    (a)    authorized office furniture and equipment described in an approved list;

 

                    (b)    telephone and facsimile services;

 

                    (c)    computer equipment described in an approved list;

 

                    (d)    backup drives;

 

                    (e)    personal data-communication devices and services;

 

                    (f)     photocopier, printer and scanner services;

 

                    (g)    Internet services and cable television; and

 

                    (h)    other items that may be approved by a directive of the Commission.

 

          (2)     All purchases within the standard office allocation remain the property of the Crown in right of the Province and must be identified by appropriate markings as assets of the Crown in right of the Province.

 

          (3)     A member may not personally fund, in whole or in part, the purchase of assets of the Crown in right of the Province.

 

          (4)     The Clerk shall maintain and update an inventory report of all assets of the Crown in right of the Province entrusted to each member, being assets acquired after October 27, 2009.

 

          (5)     A member is personally responsible for all items in an inventory and shall account on an annual basis or on demand to the Speaker for the items listed in the member’s inventory report.

 

          (6)     Assets required to be marked in accordance with subsection (2) must be disposed of in accordance with the applicable asset disposal directives issued by the Department of Public Works and by the Chief Information Officer, or any other department responsible and any other person responsible for making asset disposal directives.

 

          (7)     Where a member wishes to dispose of a House asset or have it written off, the member shall submit a request to the Clerk identifying the item and stating the reason for the request.

 

          (8)     The member shall return the item to the House to be disposed of or otherwise comply with the Clerk’s directions, at which time the item will be removed from the member’s inventory.

 

          (9)     When disposing of computing devices, the member may exercise one of the following options:

 

                    (a)    repurchase the device at the then fair-market value as determined by the Clerk or a person designated by the Clerk, for the item; or

 

                    (b)    allow the item to be disposed of in accordance with the asset disposal process.

 

          (10)   A new member shall takeover the furniture, furnishings and equipment utilized by the outgoing member for that constituency, that are assets of the Crown in right of the Province, if they are readily available to the new member and are of reasonable quality and state of repair as determined by the new member.

 

          (11)   Subject to subsection (11A), the outgoing member shall turn over the furniture, furnishings and equipment referred to in subsection (10) to the new member within one month of the outgoing member ceasing to be a member.

 

          (11A)Where the new member does not takeover [take over] all the furniture, furnishings and equipment referred to in subsection (10), the outgoing member shall within one month of ceasing to be a member dispose of in accordance with subsection (6) any of the furniture, furnishings and equipment not required to be taken over to the new member pursuant to subsection (10).

 

          (12)   Where an asset is to be replaced, the member shall follow the asset disposal process or otherwise comply with the Clerk’s directions, whereupon the member is entitled to acquire a replacement item.

 

          (13)   [repealed]


Support staff

24      (1)     A member is entitled to engage the services of one full-time constituency assistant or the full-time equivalent.

 

          (2)     The Commission shall, by directive, set the salaries and benefits for constituency assistants.

 

          (3)     An employment contract of a constituency assistant must be in a form authorized by the Commission and be between the member and the constituency assistant.

 

          (4)     Constituency assistant salaries and benefits must be paid directly to constituency assistants by the Office of the Speaker, pursuant to the pay levels and benefits as exist as at March 1, 2010, until altered by directive of the Commission.

 

          (5)     Where the constituency assistant attends training, a meeting or event on behalf of the member, or carries out an activity that is necessary for the operation of the member’s constituency office, at the member’s request,

 

                    (a)    the constituency assistant may present a claim for travelling expenses in accordance with Section 50 and accommodation and meals at the rate specified for civil servants;

 

                    (b)    the claim must be signed by the member indicating the member’s approval of the travel and the expenditure on the member’s constituency account; and

 

                    (c)    the claim must be submitted to the Office of the Speaker for disbursement directly to the constituency assistant.

 

          (6)     Where a member considers it necessary to engage a temporary replacement for a constituency assistant due to vacation, illness, or other temporary absence, the member may do so upon notice to the Office of the Speaker and completion of the appropriate forms to enable payment to that employee on the payroll system of the Crown in right of the Province through the Office of the Speaker.

 

          (7)     Payroll services, including proper deductions for the constituency assistants and temporary replacements, must be arranged by the Office of the Speaker.


Election period restrictions

24A   (1)     In this Section, “election period” means the period of time between the dissolution of the House, or the occurrence of a vacancy for which a writ for an election is issued, and when a candidate is declared elected.

 

          (2)     During an election period for an electoral district, a person who was the member for the electoral district at any time within three months preceding the commencement of the election period may not

 

                    (a)    advertise, make donations, engage in constituency communications, engage additional constituency assistant services or utilize any telecommunications for which the member is or was reimbursed other than under clause 21(1)(e), or for such activity during the election period claim reimbursement at any time;

 

                    (b)    claim reimbursement for attendance during the election period at an event described in clause 21(1)(k); or

 

                    (c)    utilize a constituency office, furniture, equipment including equipment reimbursed for under clause 21(1)(e) or any employee for partisan purposes.


House Indemnity-Allowance-Travel-Expense


Indemnity, allowance and salary

25      (1)     Each member is entitled to receive a member’s indemnity in twenty-six equal instalments, each instalment being paid at equally spaced intervals throughout the year.

 

          (2)     Where as at June 9, 2010, a member of the House of Assembly, the Chief Clerk or the Sergeant-at-Arms is drawing his or her indemnity, allowance or salary other than as provided in subsection 25(1) of the Regulations as enacted by subsection (1), subsection (1) does not apply until the first pay period following December 31, 2010. amended by Regulation 2010A, July 7, 2010


Outside member allowance

26      Each member is entitled to receive $50.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each day that the member is in attendance at the House while the House is in session.

 

26A   (1)     For attending the House while it is in session, each outside member, except the Premier or a member of the Executive Council having charge of a department or the Leader of the Opposition or a leader of a recognized party, who does not have an accommodation rental in the Halifax-Dartmouth metropolitan area is entitled to reimbursement for expenses for either

 

                    (a)    sleeping accommodation charges, with proper receipts, not exceeding the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed; or

 

                    (b)    travel by the shortest and most convenient route between the place where the outside member is ordinarily resident and the place where the House ordinarily sits at the rate set out in Section 50, unless the outside member is in receipt of a vehicle allowance.

 

          (2)     Where the outside member normally travels by motor vehicle on a daily basis between the Halifax-Dartmouth metropolitan area and the member’s constituency to attend sittings of the House, only the first trip made during a week that the House is sitting is counted as one of the fifty-two trips referred to in Section 49 and the member is entitled to be reimbursed in accordance with clause (1)(b) for each additional trip made during the week.


 

26B    Payments may be made pursuant to Sections 26 and 26A in respect of a holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday if the Speaker determines that travel on the holiday, Saturday or Sunday is necessary for the purpose of attending a sitting of the House on the following day.

 

26C   A member may not submit a claim for travel more often than once every two weeks in respect of payments to be made pursuant to Sections 26 and 26A.


Leased premises

27      (1)     An outside member, other than the Premier or a member of the Executive Council having charge of a department, the Leader of the Opposition or the leader of a recognized party, is entitled to be reimbursed in a total amount not exceeding $1,499.00 per month for accommodation expenses in the Halifax-Dartmouth metropolitan area accounted for by proper receipts.

 

          (1A)  Where the maximum amount that may be claimed pursuant to subsection (1) is not claimed in any month the unclaimed balance may be claimed in a subsequent month.

 

          (2)     Where a member is reimbursed for accommodation expenses pursuant to this Section, the member may not be reimbursed for sleeping accommodation charges pursuant to Sections 26A or 44.

 

          (3)     A member may be reimbursed for accommodation expenses pursuant to this Section for necessary termination expenses after the member ceases to be a member, but not exceeding the allowable reimbursement for three months.

 

          (4)     Accommodation expenses in subsection (1) consists of

 

                    (a)    accommodation rental or hotel accommodations at a rate not exceeding the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed;

 

                    (b)    the cost of the parking at or near the accommodation rental unit of one vehicle;

 

                    (c)    the cost of utilities provided to the accommodation rental unit;

 

                    (d)    a security deposit;

 

                    (e)    the cost of keys or other security devices or services;

 

                    (f)     the cost of Internet, cable television and telephone service;

 

                    (g)    the cost of tenant insurance; and

 

                    (h)    the cost of the rental of appliances or furnishings.

 

          (4A)  With the prior approval of and for a reason acceptable to the Speaker, where a member who has not ceased to be a member, moves from one accommodation rental to another accommodation rental, the member may claim reimbursement for the moving expenses associated with the move.

 

          (5)     An outside member who enters into an accommodation rental agreement is entitled on a one-time basis to be reimbursed for the cost, not exceeding $2,550.00, of

 

                    (a)    appliances, not exceeding the cost of $400.00 each, that are reasonably necessary for an accommodation rental, including a kettle, coffee maker, toaster oven, mini-fridge, microwave oven, heater, dehumidifier, water cooler and vacuum cleaner;

 

                    (b)    [repealed]

 

                    (c)    furnishings;

 

                    (d)    utensils and cookware; and

 

                    (e)    linens,

 

when these items are not provided in the rental accommodation and the expenditures are made within six months of the member being declared elected or becoming an outside member or by the end of the fiscal year during which the member was declared elected or became an outside member, whichever is later.

 

          (6)     Notwithstanding subsection (5), a member shall not be reimbursed for the cost of televisions, radios, CDs, DVDs, DVRs or other forms of entertainment systems or machines for an accommodation rental.

 

          (6A)  All assets purchased pursuant to subsection (5), with the exception of linens and mattresses, are the property of the Crown in right of the Province and must be identified by appropriate markings as assets of the Crown in right of the Province.

 

          (6B)  Within one month of ceasing to be a member, assets required to be marked in accordance with subsection (6A) must be disposed of in accordance with the applicable asset disposal directives issued by the Department of Public Works and the Chief Information Office, or any other department responsible and any other person responsible for making asset disposal directives.

 

          (7)     Notwithstanding the approval of any amount claimed under this Section, the Commission shall, as soon as possible, initiate a review of fair-market rates for apartment rental and utilities, and other like services, and entertain all options for providing appropriate accommodation to outside members while attending the business of the House, its committees or to their duties as members. amended by Regulation 2010A, July 7, 2010


Non-outside member and outside member of Executive Council allowance

28      (1)     A non-outside member may claim reimbursement for an overnight hotel stay in Halifax at a rate not exceeding the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed when, because of

 

                    (a)    inclement weather;

 

                    (b)    time of day; or

 

                    (c)    any other reason acceptable to the Speaker,

 

the member

 

                    (d)    is unable to return to the member’s ordinary residence following a sitting of the House, a meeting of one of its committees or a caucus meeting; or

 

                    (e)    needs to be in Halifax for the night before a sitting of the House, a meeting of one of its committees or a caucus meeting.

 

          (2)     On May 1, 2015, and every subsequent May 1st thereafter, each non-outside member who has claimed reimbursement in accordance with subsection (1) shall

 

                    (a)    where the House of Assembly is sitting, provide to the Speaker, who shall table in the House; or

 

                    (b)    where the House is not sitting, file with the Clerk of the House

 

a report setting out the dates and the reason in each case for the overnight hotel stays for the fiscal year ending on March 31st in the year the report is tabled.


Committee chairs and vice-chairs

29      (1)     The chair of each standing committee, each select committee and each special committee of the House is entitled to payment as follows:

 

                    (a)    Public Accounts Committee—$3,152.00;

 

                    (b)    all other committees of the House—$2,101.00;

 

          (2)     The vice-chair of each standing committee, each select committee and each special committee of the House is entitled to payment of $525.00.

 

          (3)     Subsection (1) does not apply to the Speaker or a member of the Executive Council.

 

          (4)     A payment respecting a position referred to in subsection (1) or (2) must be paid in two instalments after September 30th and March 31st for the six-month period ending on that day.

 

          (5)     Where more than one member holds a position referred to in subsection (1) or (2) during any six-month period, the payment to each member must be reduced proportionally to the percentage of the period that the member serves in the position.

 

          (6)     No payment respecting a position referred to in subsection (1) or (2) may be paid if the committee for which it is payable has not met during the period or, where subsection (5) applies, the part of the period to which the payment relates. amended January 11, 2011


Committee expenses

30      (1)     The chair and each member of each standing, select and special committee of the House and the Commission for each day on which the chair and a member attends a meeting of a committee or the Commission when the House is not sitting or the meeting is held outside the Halifax-Dartmouth metropolitan area is entitled to receive reimbursement for:

 

                    (a)    $50.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each day the committee or the Commission meets;

 

                    (b)    actual expenses incurred in respect of accommodation; and

 

                    (c)    travelling expenses calculated in accordance with Section 50.

 

          (2)     Sleeping accommodation charges incurred and claimed pursuant to subsection (1) must

 

                    (a)    be accompanied by proper receipts;

 

                    (b)    not be for more than one night’s accommodation; and

 

                    (c)    not exceed the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed.

 

          (3)     Other expenses incurred pursuant to subsection (1) may not be for more than two days.

 

          (4)     Payments may be made pursuant to this Section in respect of a holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday if the Speaker determines that travel on the holiday, Saturday or Sunday is necessary for the purpose of attending a committee or Commission meeting on the day following. amended October 19, 2010


House leaders, whips and caucus chairs

31      (1)     The House Leader is entitled to a payment of $10,506.00.

 

          (2)     The Deputy House Leader is entitled to a payment of $5,253.00.

 

          (3)     The person recognized by the Speaker as occupying the position of House Leader of the Official Opposition is entitled to a payment of $10,506.00.

 

          (4)     The person recognized by the Speaker as occupying the position of Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition is entitled to a payment of $5,253.00.

 

          (5)     The person recognized by the Speaker as occupying the position of house leader of a recognized party is entitled to a payment of $10,506.00.

 

          (6)     The person recognized by the Speaker as occupying the position of deputy house leader of a recognized party is entitled to a payment of $5,253.00.

 

          (7)     The whip of each recognized party is entitled to a payment of $5,253.00.

 

          (8)     The caucus chair of each recognized party is entitled to a payment of $10,506.00.

 

          (9)     Where a member holds more than one of the positions described in this Section, the member may only receive payment for the highest-paying position held.


Installment payments

32      (1)     A payment respecting a position referred to in Section 31 must be paid in twenty-six equal instalments, each instalment being paid at equally spaced intervals throughout the year.

 

          (2)     Payments made under subsection (1) commence upon the Office of the Speaker being advised by the caucus chair that a member is the holder of the position and cease upon the earlier of the day on which the holder of the position dies or the caucus chair of the holder of the position advises the Office of the Speaker that the member has ceased to be the holder of the position.


Caucus


Caucus offices

33      (1)     In this Section, “member” does not include the Speaker, the Premier or other member of the Executive Council, the Leader of the Opposition or the leader of a recognized party.

 

          (2)     Each caucus office is entitled, for support services including employment positions, to

 

                    (a)    for the fiscal year 2011-12, $449,595.00 plus $44,287.29 times the number of caucus members determined at the beginning of the year;

 

                    (b)    for the fiscal year 2012-13, $445,099.05 plus $43,844.42 times the number of caucus members determined at the beginning of the year; and

 

                    (c)    for the fiscal year 2013-14 and subsequent fiscal years, $440,648.06 plus $43,405.98 times the number of caucus members determined at the beginning of the year,

 

and a pro-rated proportion of $44,287.29, $43,844.42 or $43,405.98 as applicable for the remainder of the year for each additional member the caucus gains during the year.

 

          (2A)  Section 52 does not apply to the amounts set out in subsection (2).

 

          (3)     For greater certainty, the entitlement under this Section is not reduced for the loss by a caucus of a member during the year.

 

          (4)     The expenditure of the entitlement under this Section is subject to any guidelines adopted from time to time by the Commission.

 

          (5)     For greater certainty, the sums referred to in this Section do not include the offices of the Leader of the Opposition or a leader of a recognized party. amended April 27, 2011


Caucus and task force meetings

34      (1)     Members of the Government Caucus, members of the caucus of the Official Opposition and members of the caucus of each recognized party are eligible for reimbursement, pursuant to subsections (3) and (4), for a maximum of four trips to attend caucus meetings held in the Province outside the former City of Halifax during the year.

 

          (2)     In lieu of each of one or more of the caucus meetings referred to in subsection (1), members of the Government Caucus, members of the Caucus of the Official Opposition and members of the caucus of each recognized party may be reimbursed in accordance with subsections (3) and (4) for a trip to attend a task force meeting anywhere within the Province where the task force meets in one location only and is for a maximum of two nights.

 

          (3)     A member attending a caucus meeting pursuant to subsection (1) or a task force meeting pursuant to subsection (2) is entitled to receive reimbursement for

 

                    (a)    $50.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each day the caucus meets;

 

                    (b)    actual expenses incurred in respect of accommodation; and

 

                    (c)    travelling expenses calculated in accordance with Section 50.

 

          (4)     Sleeping accommodation charges incurred and claimed pursuant to subsection (3) must

 

                    (a)    be accompanied by proper receipts; and

 

                    (b)    not exceed the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed.


Caucus chairs—expenses

35      Where the chair of a caucus is an outside member, that member is entitled to claim and to be paid, in addition to any other expenses allowed the chair, the same allowance and reimbursement authorized for an outside member for twelve return trips between the place where the chair is ordinarily resident and the former City of Halifax.


Leader of Opposition and Leader of Recognized Party


Expenses within the Province

36      The Leader of the Opposition and the leader of a recognized party, in carrying out official duties within the Province, are entitled to be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses for accommodation, meals, travel and incidentals in a total amount not exceeding $42,024.00 accounted for by proper receipts.


Special travel

37      In addition to the entitlement authorized by Section 45, the Leader of the Opposition and the leader of a recognized party are entitled to be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred for accommodation, meals, travel and incidentals incurred by the Leader or leader and one assistant in carrying out official duties outside the Province on two separate occasions during the year, except that on each occasion reimbursement may not exceed expenses incurred for travel that includes more than three nights’ accommodation.


Living allowance

38      The Leader of the Opposition and the leader of a recognized party, as outside members, are entitled to receive an allowance equivalent to that provided pursuant to the Executive Council Act to members of the Executive Council for living expenses within the former City of Halifax.


Motor vehicle

39      The Leader of the Opposition and the leader of a recognized party are entitled to payment of the same motor vehicle operation expenses as a member of the Executive Council. amended October 19, 2010


Deputy Speaker


Expenses respecting duties

40      Each Deputy Speaker is entitled to be reimbursed in a total amount not exceeding $4,202.00 for expenses incurred in carrying out duties as Deputy Speaker accounted for by proper receipt.

 

40A   (1)     Where there is more than one Deputy Speaker, each Deputy Speaker is entitled, in addition to the salary paid under the House of Assembly Act, to a payment in an amount such that the sum of that salary and that payment is $12,500.00.

 

          (2)     A payment pursuant to subsection (1) must be paid in twenty-six equal instalments, each instalment being paid at equally spaced intervals throughout the year.

 

          (3)     Payments made under subsection (1) commence upon there becoming more than one Deputy Speaker and cease upon the day on which there ceases to be more than one Deputy Speaker.


Independent Member


Support services

41      (1)     In this Section, “independent member” means a member who is not a member of a caucus that receives financial support pursuant to Section 33.

 

          (2)     An independent member is entitled to be provided with

 

                    (a)    office space not exceeding three hundred square feet;

 

                    (b)    one administrative assistant at the same classification as the member’s constituency assistant;

 

                    (c)    office furniture and equipment necessary to furnish and equip the office for the member and one administrative assistant;

 

                    (d)    one telephone line; and

 

                    (e)    reasonable postage.

 

          (3)     Where there is any question arising from subsection (2) in respect of the office of the independent member concerning

 

                    (a)    the selection of space;

 

                    (b)    the level of administrative assistant within the assigned classification;

 

                    (c)    the selection or amount of furniture; or

 

                    (d)    reasonable postage,

 

such question must be determined by the Speaker.

 

          (4)     [repealed]


Constituency Matters


Franking and travel

42      (1)     Subject to Sections 43 and 43A, each member of the House is entitled to be reimbursed

 

                    (a)    in substitution for the franking privilege and for expenses incurred on account of postage or equivalent forms of distribution; and

 

                    (b)    for expenses incurred on account of travel within the member’s constituency or in relation to the member’s duties as a member.

 

          (2)     [repealed]

 

          (3)     Expenses incurred on account of travel in this Section includes travel from the member’s ordinary residence to the member’s constituency office.

 

          (3A)  For travel over 250 kilometres one-way in relation to the member’s duties as a member, the member is permitted to claim expenses for meals, with receipts, at the same rate as is paid to civil servants when they travel, if there are available funds in the member’s franking and travel allowance.

 

          (4)     [repealed]

 

          (5)     The amounts reimbursed pursuant to clause (1)(a) must be accounted for by proper receipt.

 

          (6)     The amounts reimbursed pursuant to clause (1)(b) are to be paid at the rate set out in Section 50 and must be accounted for by a proper log of the mileage with the dates and destinations of a trip and the number of kilometres actually and reasonably travelled in connection with the trip.

 

          (7)     A member shall make the member’s vehicle travel log available for inspection by the Chief Clerk, the Speaker, the Commission and an auditor appointed by the Commission within the three year period following the date when a particular trip was undertaken. amended April 27, 2011


Services

43      (1)     In this Section, “expenses” means expenses incurred by a member prior to the time a member ceases to be a member, or within one month after the member ceases to be a member, regardless of when the expense is to be paid by the member except that a member must not be reimbursed for expenses incurred by a member prior to the time a member ceases to be a member, or within one month after the member ceases to be a member, if those expenses are required to be paid more than one month after the member ceases to be a member. Nothing herein in any way affects severance payments to a constituency assistant payable under a written contract.

 

          (2)     [repealed]

 

          (3)     Each member of the House is entitled to be reimbursed in a total amount, net of sales tax, not exceeding $5,454.00 per month for expenses accounted for by proper receipt and incurred on account of those items and services in that member’s constituency as more specifically set out in Sections 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 21, 22, 23 and 42.

 

          (4)     Each member of the House is entitled, upon ceasing to be a member of the House, to be reimbursed for the member’s constituency office rent for two months in addition to the last month reimbursed pursuant to subsection (3) if the office is not utilized by another member pursuant to subsection 19B(4) and notice to terminate the lease has been given at the earliest opportunity to the landlord.

 

          (5)     Where the maximum amount that may be claimed pursuant to subsections (3) is not claimed in any month the unclaimed balance may be claimed in a subsequent month.

 

          (6)     Each member of the House is entitled to receive the sum, net of sales tax, not exceeding $4,282.00 per month, for expenses accounted for by proper receipt and incurred on account of services in that member’s constituency in accordance with subsection (3) for one month after the member ceases to be a member.

 

          (7)     Expenses incurred for the lease or the lease-purchase of office furniture and equipment are expenses for which a member may be reimbursed pursuant to this Section.

 

          (8)     Furniture and equipment acquired pursuant to this Section on or after October 28, 2009, is the property of the Crown in right of the Province.

 

          (9)     Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section, a member shall normally submit not more than one expense claim in a month in respect of all payments made pursuant to this Section for a month.

 

          (10)   Nothing contained in this Section means that the Office of the Speaker may not make a payment on account of expenses to the person or organization performing or providing the service on behalf of the member at the member’s request. amended September 28, 2010

 

43A   (1)     [repealed]

 

          (2)     Instead of the amount set out in subsection 43(3),

 

                    (a)    the members for

 

                              (i)      Antigonish,

 

                              (ii)     Argyle,

 

                              (iii)    Cape Breton East,

 

                              (iv)    Chester–St Margaret’s,

 

                              (v)     Cumberland North,

 

                              (vi)    Hants East,

 

                              (vii)   Hants West,

 

                              (viii)  Kings West,

 

                              (ix)    Lunenburg West,

 

                              (x)     Pictou East,

 

                              (xi)    Pictou West, and

 

                              (xii)   Richmond,

 

are each entitled to be reimbursed in a total monthly amount, net of sales tax, not exceeding $5,547.00 for expenses accounted for by proper receipt and incurred on account of those items and services in that member’s constituency as more specifically set out in Sections 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 21, 22, 23 and 42;

 

                    (b)    the member for

 

                              (i)      Annapolis,

 

                              (ii)     [repealed]

 

                              (iii)    [repealed]

 

is entitled to be reimbursed in a total monthly amount, net of sales tax, not exceeding $5,641.00 for expenses accounted for by proper receipt and incurred on account of those items and services in that member’s constituency as more specifically set out in Sections 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 21, 22, 23 and 42;

 

                    (c)    the members for

 

                              (i)      Colchester North,

 

                              (ii)     Digby–Annapolis,

 

                              (iii)    Eastern Shore, and

 

                              (iv)    Shelburne,

 

are each entitled to be reimbursed in a total monthly amount, net of sales tax, not exceeding $5,735.00 for expenses accounted for by proper receipt and incurred on account of those items and services in that member’s constituency as more specifically set out in Sections 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 21, 22, 23 and 42;

 

                    (d)    the members for

 

                              (i)      Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley,

 

                              (ii)     Cumberland South,

 

                              (iii)    Guysborough–Tracadie,

 

                              (iv)    Inverness,

 

                              (v)     Queens, and

 

                              (vi)    Victoria–The Lakes,

 

are each entitled to be reimbursed in a total monthly amount, net of sales tax, not exceeding $5,829.00 for expenses accounted for by proper receipt and incurred on account of those items and services in that member’s constituency as more specifically set out in Sections 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 21, 22, 23 and 42.

 

          (3)     [repealed]

 

          (3A)  [repealed]

 

          (4)     [repealed]


Attendance at Halifax

44      (1)     Subject to Section 49, each outside member, except the Premier or a member of the Executive Council having charge of a department or the Leader of the Opposition or a leader of a recognized party, is entitled to

 

                    (a)    $50.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each day, including days on which the member is travelling;

 

                    (b)    where the member does not have an accommodation rental in the Halifax-Dartmouth metropolitan area, reimbursement in addition to that authorized by clause (a) for travelling expenses calculated in accordance with Section 50, and expenses for sleeping accommodation at a rate not exceeding the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed, for return trips between the place where the member is ordinarily resident and the former City of Halifax, to attend in Halifax other than to attend a sitting of the House or one of its committees.

 

          (2)     Sleeping accommodation charges incurred and claimed pursuant to subsection (1) must

 

                    (a)    be accompanied by proper receipts;

 

                    (b)    not be for more than two nights’ accommodation unless approved in advance by the Speaker; and

 

                    (c)    not exceed the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed.


Attendance at Ottawa

45      (1)     Each member is entitled to

 

                    (a)    $100.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each travel day and for each meeting day when the travel day is not a meeting day;

 

                    (b)    reimbursement, in addition to that authorized by clause (a), for expenses incurred for economy air travel, reasonable ground transportation and sleeping accommodation,

 

for two return trips between the place where the member is ordinarily resident and the City of Ottawa to attend in Ottawa on constituency business or on business as a caucus critic.

 

          (2)     Sleeping accommodation charges incurred and claimed pursuant to subsection (1) must

 

                    (a)    be accompanied by proper receipts;

 

                    (b)    not be for more than two nights’ accommodation for each trip; and

 

                    (c)    not exceed the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed.

 

          (3)     [repealed]

 

          (3A)  The Speaker may permit reimbursement of unexpected expenses for a trip permitted in accordance with this Section on presentation of receipts and the member’s written reasons for incurring the additional expenses.

 

          (4)     The Government Caucus, the Official Opposition Caucus and the caucus of a recognized party may each designate a member to make two return trips or two members to each make one return trip to attend in Ottawa on constituency business or on business as a caucus critic and subsections (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to each such trip.


Attendance outside the Province other than Ottawa

46      (1)     In substitution for any trip to Ottawa to which a member is entitled, the member may make one return trip between the place where the member is ordinarily resident and another place in North America outside the Province to attend that other place on constituency business or business as a caucus critic if approval of the Speaker is obtained before incurring any of the trip’s expenses and the member is entitled to

 

                    (a)    when the trip is within Canada, $100.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each travel day and for each meeting day, when the travel day is not a meeting day;

 

                    (aa)   when the trip is outside Canada but within North America, $150.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each travel day and for each meeting day, when the travel day is not a meeting day;

 

                    (b)    reimbursement, in addition to that authorized by clause (a), for expenses incurred for economy air travel, reasonable ground transportation and sleeping accommodation for one return trip between the place where the member is ordinarily resident and another place in North America outside the Province to attend that other place on constituency business, if approval of the Speaker is obtained before incurring the expenses.

 

          (2)     Sleeping accommodation charges incurred and claimed pursuant to subsection (1) must

 

                    (a)    be accompanied by proper receipts;

 

                    (b)    not be for more than two nights[’] accommodation unless approved in advance by the Speaker; and

 

                    (c)    not exceed the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed.

 

          (2A)  The Speaker may permit reimbursement of unexpected expenses for a trip permitted in accordance with this Section on presentation of receipts and the member’s written reasons for incurring the additional expenses.

 

          (3)     [repealed]


Attendance at authorized parliamentary or legislative meetings

47      (1)     Each member is entitled to

 

                    (a)    when the trip is within the Province, $50.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each travel day and for each meeting day when the travel day is not a meeting day;

 

                    (aa)   when the trip is outside the Province but within Canada, $100.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each travel day and for each meeting day when the travel day is not a meeting day;

 

                    (ab)  when the trip is outside Canada, $150.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each travel day and for each meeting day when the travel day is not a meeting day;

 

                    (b)    reimbursement in addition to that authorized by clause (a) , (aa) or (ab) for expenses incurred for economy air travel, reasonable ground transportation and sleeping accommodation, if the sleeping accommodation charges are

 

                              (i)      [are] accompanied by proper receipts,

 

                              (ii)     [are] not for more nights’ accommodation than are necessary to attend the planned program for the meeting, and

 

                              (iii)    do not exceed the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed, unless determined otherwise by the Speaker for return trips between the place where the member is ordinarily resident and another place, to attend at that other place a meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association or a meeting of any other parliamentary or legislative group, if approval of the Speaker is obtained before incurring the expenses. amended September 28, 2010

 

          (1A)  A member is entitled to reimbursement of registration fees for a meeting referred to in subsection (1) and, where the trip is outside of Canada, for such other reasonable fees as the Speaker may determine are necessary or advisable, including the cost of vaccinations and travel visas.

 

          (2)     The Speaker may permit reimbursement of unexpected expenses for a trip permitted in accordance with this Section on presentation of receipts and the member’s written reasons for incurring the additional expenses.


Expenses of critics

48      (1)     A member occupying the position of critic of a department or agency of Government is entitled to

 

                    (a)    $50.00 on account of expenses, without receipts, for each day;

 

                    (b)    reimbursement in addition to that authorized by clause (a), for travelling expenses calculated in accordance with Section 50 and expenses for sleeping accommodation charges incurred by the critic,

 

for attending, for each department or agency of which the member occupies the position of critic, not more than four meetings per year within the Province which meetings are necessarily incidental to the duties of the critic, if approval of the Speaker is obtained before incurring the expenses.

 

          (2)     Sleeping accommodation charges incurred and claimed pursuant to subsection (1) must

 

                    (a)    be accompanied by proper receipts; and

 

                    (b)    not exceed the government rate for the establishment where the member stayed.

 

          (3)     Reimbursement pursuant to subsection (1) is limited to three days and two nights for each meeting.

 

          (4)     In lieu of each of one or more of the caucus meetings referred to in subsection 34(1), members of the Government Caucus, members of the Caucus of the Official Opposition and members of the caucus of each recognized party may be reimbursed in accordance with this Section for a meeting referred to in subsection (1) if approval of the Speaker is obtained before incurring the expenses.


General


Restriction

49      Except as authorized by Section 26A, no member may be reimbursed for travel expenses authorized by Sections 26A and 44 in excess of fifty-two return trips in the year between the place where the member is ordinarily resident and the former City of Halifax to attend in Halifax, other than for attendance at a meeting of a select committee, a special committee or a standing committee.


Calculation of travel expense

50      Each outside member of the House, the Leader of the Opposition and a leader of a recognized party entitled under the House of Assembly Act to receive travelling expenses is entitled to be reimbursed out of the General Revenue Fund of the Province for claimed travelling expenses incurred for travel by the shortest and most convenient route between the place where the member is ordinarily resident and the place where the House ordinarily sits or the Committee is meeting at

 

                    (a)    the same rate per kilometre as is paid to civil servants;

 

                    (b)    the cost of economy air travel plus reasonable ground transportation; or

 

                    (c)    the cost of another means of transportation not exceeding the amount that could be claimed under clause (a).


Out-of-Province travel

51      Members of the House are entitled to reimbursement for health-insurance premiums for out-of-Province travel on House business, if such premiums are necessary to maintain coverage.


Annual adjustment

52      (1)     Subject to the approval of the Commission, the fixed amounts set out in the regulations, except the amount in clause 50(a), are increased on April 1st of each year by the increase in the Consumer Price Index for Nova Scotia or the core Consumer Price Index for Canada, whichever is lower, for the previous year, rounded to the nearest dollar.

 

          (2)     [repealed]

 

          (3)     [repealed]


No recovery upon ceasing to be member

53      Where

 

                    (a)    a member dies or resigns; or

 

                    (b)    there is a general election during the year and a member does not reoffer or is defeated,

 

no recovery of any amounts paid to the member pursuant to this regulation may be made as a result of the member not being a member for the remainder of the year.

 

53A   When an outside member ceases to be a member in accordance with Section 53, the member may claim the expenses for two trips from the member’s ordinary residence to the Halifax-Dartmouth metropolitan area to vacate the member’s rental accommodation and to vacate the member’s personal caucus office.


Request for reimbursement

54      A person who makes a request for payment or reimbursement shall

 

                    (a)    make the request in writing on the form provided by the House of Assembly Management Commission;

 

                    (b)    make the request within six months from the time the payment or claim for which reimbursement is made was incurred or became eligible to be paid;

 

                    (c)    sign the request and certify that the request is correct; and

 

                    (d)    forward the request to the Office of the Speaker.


Limitation on reimbursement

55      (1)     Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, no member may claim for reimbursement an expense

 

                    (a)    for which the member is reimbursed pursuant to another regulation or enactment;

 

                    (b)    paid to an associated person;

 

                    (c)    paid to a person living in the same dwelling, as a member of the same household;

 

                    (d)    paid to any business or on account of property in which the member or those persons mentioned in clause (b) or (c) have an ownership interest.

 

          (2)     Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, no member may claim for reimbursement for meals or other food or refreshment for any day if the member is entitled for that same day to the amount set out in

 

                    (a)    Section 26;

 

                    (b)    [repealed]

 

                    (c)    clause 30(1)(a);

 

                    (d)    clause 34(3)(a);

 

                    (e)    clause 44(1)(a);

 

                    (f)     clause 45(1)(a);

 

                    (g)    subsection 46(1);

 

                    (h)    subsection 47(1); or

 

                    (i)     clause 48(1)(a).


Forms

56      (1)     The Clerk may prescribe any forms the Clerk considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of these regulations.

 

          (2)     Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commission may, by directive, prescribe any forms the Commission considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of these regulations.


Payment approval

57      (1)     Directions for payment of indemnities, allowances, payments or reimbursements and approval of requests for payment or reimbursement must be issued or made by the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker or a person designated by the Speaker.

 

          (2)     The person who approves a request for payment or reimbursement has the authority to reduce or increase the amount of the payment or reimbursement claimed where that person determines that the amount claimed is in error.

 

          (3)     A member’s expense claim form and private vehicle usage report must be completed in their entirety, including detailed expenditures, as required by the Office of the Speaker for reimbursement. amended October 19, 2010


Application

58      This regulation applies on and after June 9, 2010.


 

 


 

Legislative History
Reference Tables

House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations

N.S. Reg. 43/2013

House of Assembly Management Commission 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 House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations made under the House of Assembly Management Commission Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

43/2013

Feb 27, 2013

date filed

Mar 8, 2013

217/2013

May 30, 2013

date specified

Jun 28, 2013

280/2013

Aug 14, 2013

date specified

Sep 6, 2013

341/2013

Dec 19, 2013

date specified

Jan 10, 2014

34/2014

Feb 27, 2014

date specified

Mar 21, 2014

107/2014

Nov 1, 2013

date specified

Jul 25, 2014

108/2014

Jul 10, 2014

date specified

Jul 25, 2014

8/2015

Jan 15, 2015

date specified

Feb 6, 2015

41/2015

Mar 3, 2015

date specified

Mar 20, 2015

322/2015

Sep 10, 2015

date specified

Oct 2, 2015

150/2016

Jul 28, 2016

date specified

Aug 19, 2016

253/2016

Nov 29, 2016

date specified

Dec 23, 2016

62/2017

Apr 4, 2017

date specified

Apr 28, 2017

198/2018

Nov 13, 2018

date specified

Dec 7, 2018

169/2020

Oct 28, 2020

date specified

Nov 20, 2020

75/2021

May 7, 2021

date specified (date of filing)

May 21, 2021

76/2021

May 7, 2021

date specified (date of filing)

May 21, 2021

77/2021

Jul 17, 2021

date specified (date that House of Assembly dissolved)

May 21, 2021

183/2022

Jul 13, 2022

date specified (date of filing)

Jul 29, 2022

226/2022

Oct 1, 2022

date specified

Oct 21, 2022

248/2022

Nov 3, 2022

date specified

Nov 18, 2022

21/2023

Jan 26, 2023

date specified (date of filing)

Feb 10, 2023

91/2023

May 24, 2023

date specified (date of filing)

Jun 16, 2023

92/2023

May 24, 2023

date specified (date of filing)

Jun 16, 2023

179/2023

Sep 28, 2023

date specified (date of filing)

Oct 20, 2023

22/2024

Jan 25, 2024

date specified (date of filing)

Feb 9, 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(1)(ba).............................................

ad. 280/2013

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

am. 280/2013, 183/20226

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

am. Jan 11, 20111, 150/2016, 179/2023

7(1)...................................................

am. Dec 19, 20121

7(2A)................................................

ad. 179/2023

7(4)...................................................

ad. 34/2014

8(1)...................................................

am. 179/2023

8(2)...................................................

rs. 8/2015; am. 179/2023

8(4)...................................................

ad. 217/2013

9........................................................

rep. 21/2023

10(1)(d).............................................

rep. 179/2023

10(4).................................................

rep. 179/2023

11(2).................................................

rs. 179/2023

11(3).................................................

am. 179/2023

11(4).................................................

am. 179/2023

11(5).................................................

rep. 179/2023

11(8).................................................

am. 179/2023

12......................................................

rep. 179/2023

15(4A)-(4B)......................................

ad. 217/2013

15A...................................................

ad. 21/2023

18(1).................................................

am. 169/2020, 179/2023

18(1)(h) ......................................

am. 253/2016

18(1)(ha) .....................................

ad. 253/2016

18(2).................................................

rep. 76/2021

18(6).................................................

am. 183/2022, 22/2024

18(6)(a)-(b)..................................

ad. 183/2022

19(1).................................................

am. 280/2013, 169/2020, 76/2021

19(2).................................................

am. 169/2020, 76/20213

19(3).................................................

rs. 280/2013

19(4).................................................

rs. 280/2013; am. 169/2020

19(5)-(8)...........................................

rep. 280/2013

19(9).................................................

am. Oct 19, 20101

19A...................................................

ad. 280/2013

19A(3)..........................................

am. 76/2021

19A(4)(a).....................................

am. 76/2021

19A(4)(c).....................................

am. 76/2021

19A(5)..........................................

am. 76/2021

19A(5A)-(5B)..............................

ad. 76/2021

19B...................................................

ad. 280/2013

19B(1)..........................................

am. 76/2021

19B(2)(a)......................................

am. 76/20214

19B(2)(b).....................................

am. 183/2022

19B(3)..........................................

am. 75/2021, 183/2022

20(2).................................................

am. Oct 19, 20101; rs. 280/2013

21(1).................................................

am. 179/2023

21(1)(aa)......................................

ad. 92/2023

21(1)(ia).......................................

ad. 198/2018

21(1)(ib)-(ic)................................

ad. 169/2020

21(1)(ja).......................................

ad. 150/2016; am. 91/2023

21(1)(k)........................................

rs. 107/2014, 108/2014

21(1)(ka)......................................

ad. 179/2023

21(1)(l).........................................

am. 179/2023

21(3).................................................

am. Sep 28, 20101

22......................................................

ra. 22(1) 107/2014

22(1)............................................

ra. from 22 107/2014; am. 179/20238

22(2)............................................

ad. 107/2014

23(1).................................................

am. 179/2023

23(2).................................................

am. 179/2023

23(3).................................................

am. 179/2023

23(4).................................................

am. 179/2023

23(6).................................................

rs. 107/2014; am. 62/2017, 183/2022

23(8)-(9)...........................................

rs. 62/2017

23(10)...............................................

am. 169/2020, 179/2023

23(11)...............................................

am. 8/2015, 62/2017; rep. 169/2020
ad. 183/2022

23(11A)............................................

ad. 183/2022

23(12)...............................................

am. 62/2017

23(13)...............................................

am. Oct 19, 20101; rep. 62/2017

24(5).................................................

am. 217/2013

24(5)(a).........................................

am. 183/2022

24(6).................................................

am. 179/2023

24(7).................................................

am. Sep 28, 20101, 183/2022

24A(2)(a)..........................................

am. 179/2023

24A(2)(c)..........................................

am. by Regulation 2010B, Sep 28, 20101, 179/2023

25(2).................................................

am. by Regulation 2010A, Jul 7, 20101

26......................................................

rs. 107/2014

26(7)............................................

am. Jan 11, 20111

26A...................................................

ad. 107/2014

26A(1)(a).....................................

am. 150/2016

26B-26C...........................................

ad. 107/2014

27(1A)..............................................

ad. 217/2013

27(2).................................................

am. 150/2016

27(4)(a).............................................

rs. 107/2014; am. 150/2016

27(4)(b)-(c).......................................

am. 107/2014

27(4A) .............................................

ad. 253/2016

27(5).................................................

rs. 107/2014; am. 22/2024

27(5)(a)........................................

rs. 179/2023

27(5)(b)........................................

rep. 179/2023

27(6).................................................

rs. 107/2014

27(6A)..............................................

ad. 107/2014; am. 179/2023

27(6B)...............................................

ad. 183/2022

27(7).................................................

am. by Regulation 2010A, Jul 7, 20101

28......................................................

rs. 107/2014, 108/2014

28(1)............................................

am. 150/2016, 253/2016

28(1)(c)........................................

am. 62/2017

28(1)(e)........................................

am. 62/2017

28(2)............................................

rs. 150/2016

29(6).................................................

am. Jan 11, 20111

30(1)(a).............................................

rs. 107/2014

30(4).................................................

am. Oct 19, 20101

31(10)...............................................

rep. 226/2022

31(11)...............................................

am. Oct 19, 20101; rep. 226/2022

32......................................................

am. Jan 11, 20111; rs. 226/2022

34(2).................................................

am. 179/2023

34(3)(a).............................................

rs. 107/2014

34(3)(c).............................................

am. 169/2020

39......................................................

am. Oct 19, 20101

40A...................................................

ad. 248/2022

41(2).................................................

am. Oct 19, 20101

41(2)(b).......................................

am. 169/2020

41(3)(b).............................................

am. 169/2020

41(4).................................................

rep. 169/2020

42(1).................................................

am. 41/2015, 179/2023

42(2).................................................

rep. 41/2015

42(2)(a)(i)-(iii)............................

rs. 341/2013

42(2)(a)(iv)-(vii).........................

ad. 341/2013

42(2)(b)(i)-(ii).............................

rs. 341/2013

42(2)(b)(iii)-(iv)..........................

rep. 341/2013

42(2)(c)(i)-(iii)............................

rs. 341/2013

42(2)(d)(i)-(vi)............................

rs. 341/2013

42(2)(d)(vii)-(x)..........................

ad. 341/2013

42(3).................................................

ad. 107/2014; am. 179/2023

42(3A)..............................................

ad. 107/2014; am. 169/2020

42(4).................................................

rep. 41/2015

42(6).................................................

am. 183/2022

42(7).................................................

am. Apr 27, 20111

43(1).................................................

am. 169/2000

43(2).................................................

rep. 169/2020

43(3).................................................

am. 280/2013, 41/2015, 179/2023

43(4).................................................

rep. 107/2014
ad. 75/2021; am. 179/2023

43(5).................................................

am. 150/2016

43(6).................................................

am. 169/2020

43(8).................................................

am. 179/2023

43(10)...............................................

am. Sep 28, 20101

43A...................................................

ad. 41/2015

43A(1)..........................................

rep. 179/2023

43A(2)..........................................

am. 179/2023

43A(2)(a)......................................

am. 179/2023

43A(2)(b)......................................

am. 183/2022, 179/2023

43A(2)(c)......................................

am. 179/2023

43A(2)(d)......................................

am. 179/2023

43A(3)-(3A).................................

rep. 179/2023

43A(4)..........................................

ad. 322/2015; rep. 179/2023

44(1)(a).............................................

rs. 107/2014; am. 179/2023

44(1)(b).............................................

am. 107/2014, 150/2016

45(1)(a).............................................

rs. 107/2014

45(1)(b).............................................

rs. 179/2023

45(3).................................................

rep. 179/2023

45(3A)..............................................

ad. 107/2014

45(4).................................................

am. 179/2023

46(1).................................................

am. 179/2023

46(1)(a)........................................

rs. 107/2014

46(1)(aa)......................................

ad. 107/2014

46(1)(b)........................................

am. 179/2023

46(2).................................................

rs. 179/2023

46(2A)..............................................

ad. 107/2014

46(3).................................................

rep. 179/2023

47......................................................

am. Sep 28, 20101; ra. as 47(1) 107/2014

47(1)............................................

ra. from 47 107/2014

47(1)(a)........................................

rs. 107/2014

47(1)(aa)......................................

ad. 107/2014

47(1)(ab)......................................

ad. 107/2014

47(1)(b).......................................

am. 179/2023

47(1A).........................................

ad. 179/2023

47(2)............................................

ad. 107/2014

48(1).................................................

am. 179/2023

48(1)(a)........................................

rs. 107/2014

49......................................................

am. 150/2016

50(a).................................................

rs. 107/2014; am. 169/2020

50(b).................................................

am. 169/2020, 179/2023

50(c).................................................

ad. 169/2020

52(1).................................................

am. 41/2015, 183/2022

52(2).................................................

am. Apr 27, 20111; rep. 183/2022

52(3).................................................

ad. 41/2015; rep. 183/2022

53A...................................................

ad. 107/2014

55(2)(a).............................................

am. 107/2014, 150/2016, 183/20227

55(2)(b).............................................

rep. 150/2016

55(2)(g)-(h).......................................

rs. 183/2022

57(3).................................................

am. Oct 19, 20101

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

 

Note

Effective
date

1

N.S. Reg. 43/2013 includes all amendments made by the Commission up to and including amendments made December 19, 2012 (amendments made by the Commission on July 7, 2010, September 28, 2010, October 19, 2010, January 11, 2011, April 27, 2011, and December 19, 2012).

 

2

The reference to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in s. 23(6) should be read as a reference to the Department of Transportation and Active Transit in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-56 under the Public Service Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Feb 23, 2021

3

The amendment to s. 19(2) by N.S. Reg. 76/2021 contains instructions to strike out text that was previously struck out by N.S. Reg. 169/2020.  The duplicate amendment has not been applied for the purposes of this consolidation.

May 7, 2021

4

The amendment to s. 19B(2)(a) by N.S. Reg. 76/2021 does not contain instructions to strike out the quotation marks surrounding the struck-out text. The quotation marks have been removed with the struck out text for the purposes of this consolidation.

May 7, 2021

5

The reference to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in s. 23(6) should be read as a reference to the Department of Public Works in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-209 under the Public Service Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Aug 31, 2021

6

The amendment to s. 3(3) by N.S. Reg. 183/2022 contains instructions to strike out “(3)” and substitute “(4)”, but does not specify which of the two instances of “(3)” should be amended. The amendment has been applied to the second instance of “(3)” for the purposes of this consolidation.

July 13, 2022

7

The amendment to s. 55(2)(a) by N.S. Reg. 183/2022 contains instructions to strike out and replace text that was previously struck out and replaced by N.S. Reg. 107/2014. The duplicate amendment has not been applied for the purposes of this consolidation.

July 13, 2022

8

The amendment to s. 22 by N.S. Reg. 179/2023 contains instructions to amend the text but does not indicate whether this amendment should be applied to subsection (1) or (2).  The amendment has been applied to subsection (1) for the purposes of this consolidation.

Sep 28, 2023

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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.