Any contractor who installs any kind of elevating device in Nova Scotia.

Note: This includes passenger and freight elevators, escalators, dumb-waiters, man-lifts, lifts for the physically disabled, rope tows, pony lifts, chair ski lifts, T-bar lifts, gondola lifts, and reversible ropeways (except those units listed in Section 3 of Elevators and Lifts Act) and Section 5 of the Elevators and Lifts General Regulations.

Labour, Skills, and Immigration

Technical Safety Division
Elevators and Lifts Inspection Services
Labour, Skills, and Immigration

902-424-5400
1-800-952-2687

Email:  ELA@novascotia.ca

An application form can be obtained from the Manager, Elevators and Lifts Inspection Services, Technical Safety Division, Labour, Skills, and Immigration.

When completed, it is submitted to the Department, for approval by the Manager, Elevators and Lifts Inspection Services.

If all requirements are met and the application is approved, the registration will be sent to the applicant by mail.

Immediate
Provided that all the items that must accompany the application have been received

This registration is valid until December 31 of the calendar year in which it is issued.   It can be renewed.  It is the responsibility of the Registration holder to contact the Department before it expires; NO NOTICE of renewal will be sent out by the Department.

a. For Initial Registration of a Contractor: $265.40
b. For Annual Registration of a Contractor: $132.70

None

1. The types of elevators and lifts which do not require this licence are listed in Section 3 of the Nova Scotia Elevators and Lifts Act.
   
   
2. Please refer to the clauses, definitions and limitations set out by the Act and Regulations, or contact Labour, Skills, and Immigration .

Elevators and Lifts Act and Regulations, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 2002, Chapter 4, Section 23.