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Intimate Images and Cyber-protection General Regulations

made under subsection 15(2) of the

Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act

S.N.S. 2017, c. 7

O.I.C. 2018-191 (effective July 5, 2018), N.S. Reg. 126/2018

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Agency powers

Agency’s authority and duties in regard to personal information

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Intimate Images and Cyber-protection General

Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act ;

“personal information” means personal information as defined in the Freedom of

Information and Protection of Privacy Act .

Agency powers

3 For the purpose of clause 12(1)(

g) of the Act, it is prescribed as another service of the

agency that the agency may advise a person or the person’s parent or guardian if the

agency receives

(

a) any communication indicating that the person might be named as a

respondent in an application under

Section 5 of the Act; or

(

b) a request for voluntary dispute-resolution services involving the person as a

potential disputant.

Agency’s authority and duties in regard to personal information

(1) The agency may collect personal information related to intimate image distribution

without consent or cyber-bullying from any person or public body, including police

agencies and schools.

(2) The agency must not disclose any personal information it collects unless at least 1

of the following applies:

(

a) the individual the information is about consents to the disclosure;

(

b) in the agency’s opinion, the disclosure is necessary for the agency to exercise

the powers and provide the services set out in

Section 12 of the Act and in

Section 3; or

(

c) the disclosure is required by law.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Intimate Images and Cyber-protection General

Regulations

N.S.

Reg. 126/2018

Intimate Images and Cyber-protection 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 Intimate

Images and Cyber-protection General Regulations made under the Intimate

Images and Cyber-protection Act includes all of

the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

126/2018

Jul 5, 2018

date specified

Jul 20, 2018

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

..........................................................

Note that changes to

headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in

this table. It may not reflect the

entire history of regulations on this subject matter.