In force date of regulations: As of November 28, 2023*, the date a regulation comes into force is determined by subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act. A regulation comes into force on the date it is filed unless the regulation states that it comes into force on a later date, or the Act that the regulation is made under authorizes the regulation to come into force on a date earlier than the date it was filed or authorizes another method of coming into force. *Date that subsections 3(4) and (5) of

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2022,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Regulations Act, were proclaimed in force. Volume 48, No. 9 May 3, 2024

Part II Halifax, Nova Scotia Regulations under the Regulations Act Published by Authority Contents Act Reg. No.

Page Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act Municipality of the District of Argyle Aquaculture Development Area Designation . . . . . 82/2024 173 Hospitals Act Hospitals Regulations–amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84/2024 176 Petroleum Products Pricing Act Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81/2024 173 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83/2024 176 Public Highways Act Spring Weight Restriction Regulations Effective Date Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80/2024 172 171

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 48, No. 9 N.S. Reg. 80/2024 Made: April 11, 2024 Filed: April 11, 2024 Spring Weight Restriction Regulations Effective Date Order Order dated April 11, 2024 made by the Executive Director, Maintenance and Operations, Department of Public Works pursuant to subsection 20(1) of the Public Highways Act In the matter of subsection 20(1) of

Chapter 371 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Highways Act - and - In the matter of an order made by the Executive Director of Maintenance and Operations, Department of Public Works, under subsection 20(1) of the Public Highways Act Order I, Guy Deveau, Executive Director of Maintenance and Operations, Department of Public Works, as delegated by the Minister of Public Works under subsection 20(1) of

Chapter 371 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Highways Act (“the Act”), hereby order that the Spring Weight Restriction Regulations, N.S. Reg. 31/2018, made under subsection 20(1) of the Act are effective in the counties listed in Column 1 of the following table during the period set out in Column 2 of the table opposite the names of the counties.

Effective Dates for Spring Weight Restriction Regulations Column 1: Counties Column 2: Weight Restriction Periods Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queens, Lunenburg, Digby, Annapolis and Kings 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2024 to 11:59 p.m., April 14, 2024 Halifax, Hants and Colchester South (portion of Colchester County south of Highway 104 and bounded by Folly River in the west and the Pictou County line in the east) 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2024 to 11:59 p.m., April 14, 2024 Cumberland, Pictou and Colchester North (portion of Colchester County not included in Colchester south) 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2024 to 11:59 p.m., April 28, 2024 Antigonish, Guysborough, Richmond, Inverness, Victoria and Cape Breton 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2024 to 11:59 p.m., April 28, 2024 Dated and made at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 11, 2024. sgd.

Guy Deveau Guy Deveau, P. Eng. Executive Director, Maintenance and Operations Department of Public Works 172

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 48, No. 9 N.S. Reg. 81/2024 Made: April 11, 2024 Filed: April 11, 2024 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated April 11, 2024 made by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board’s website at the following address: https://nsuarb.novascotia.ca/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] N.S. Reg. 82/2024 Made: January 16, 2024 Approved: April 12, 2024 Filed: April 12, 2024 Municipality of the District of Argyle Aquaculture Development Area Designation Order in Council 2024-147 dated April 12, 2024 Designation made by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and approved by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 56 of the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture dated January 16, 2024, and pursuant to

Section 56 of

Chapter 25 of the Acts of 1996, the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act, is pleased to approve the designation by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture of an aquaculture development area for shellfish and marine plant aquaculture, to be known as the Municipality of the District of Argyle Aquaculture Development Area, in the form set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, effective on and after April 12, 2024.

Schedule “A” In the matter of

Section 56 of

Chapter 25 of the Acts of 1996, the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act - and - In the matter of the designation of an aquaculture development area to be known as the Municipality of the District of Argyle Aquaculture Development Area I, Kent Smith, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to

Section 56 of 173

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Chapter 25 of the Acts of 1996, the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act (the “Act”), hereby designate 53 areas of subaquatic land under marine waters and their water columns, described in Appendix A and identified in green as Individual ADA Marine Areas with corresponding respective ID numbers 8001 to 8053 on the map attached as Appendix B, as an aquaculture development area for shellfish aquaculture and marine plant aquaculture to be known as the Municipality of the District of Argyle Aquaculture Development Area.

As required by subsection 56(5) of the Act, a copy of the plan and description of the area designated shall be registered in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the area is located. This designation is effective on and after the later of the date it is approved by the Governor in Council and the date a copy of the plan and description is registered in the registry of deeds. Dated and made January 16th, 2024, at Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia. sgd.

Kent Smith Honourable Kent Smith Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Appendix A Description of the Municipality of the District of Argyle Aquaculture Development Area All those certain areas of subaquatic land under marine waters and their water columns located in the County of Yarmouth, Province of Nova Scotia, being more particularly described in a plan and description registered in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the area is located, containing a total area of 784 hectares more or less. 174

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 48, No. 9 N.S. Reg. 83/2024 Made: April 19, 2024 Filed: April 19, 2024 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated April 19, 2024 made by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board’s website at the following address: https://nsuarb.novascotia.ca/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] N.S. Reg. 84/2024 Made: April 18, 2024 Filed: April 19, 2024 Hospitals Regulations–amendment Order in Council 2024-152 dated April 18, 2024 Amendment to regulations made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 17 of the Hospitals Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Seniors and Long Term Care and the Minister of Health and Wellness dated April 4, 2024, is pleased, effective on and after April 18, 2024, (

a) pursuant to

Section 77 of

Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2010, the Finance Act, to authorize the Minister of Seniors and Long Term Care entering into a net debt obligation with St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre, on the terms and conditions approved by the Executive Council, subject only to such variations as do not materially change the nature of the net debt obligation; (

b) pursuant to

Section 16 of

Chapter 197 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Health Services and Insurance Act, to approve the Minister of Health and Wellness making grants to St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre for the purpose of the replacement of St. Anne collaborative health centre; and (

c) pursuant to clauses 4(1)(

a) and 17(

b) of

Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Hospitals Act, to (

i) approve the collaborative health centre component of the St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre as a hospital, and (ii) amend the Hospitals Regulations, N.S. Reg. 53/2015, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2015-77 dated March 24, 2015, to add the collaborative health centre component of the St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre to the list of approved hospitals, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation. 176

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Schedule “A” Amendment to the Hospitals Regulations made by the Governor in Council under

Section 17 of

Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Hospitals Act The Hospitals Regulations, N.S. Reg. 53/2015, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2015-77 dated March 24, 2015, are amended by adding the following row to the table in

Schedule A— Approved Hospitals: Collaborative Health Centre operated by St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre 2313 Highway 206, Arichat 177