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Emergency 911 Cost Recovery Fee Regulations

made under

Section 14 of the

Emergency “911” Act

S.N.S. 1992, c. 4

O.I.C. 2001-44 (effective February 2, 2001), N.S. Reg. 8/2001

amended to O.I.C. 2019-198 (effective February 2, 2001), N.S. Reg. 107/2019

Effective October 1, 2026, these regulations are amended by N.S. Reg. 107/2026.

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

E911 cost recovery fee

Agreements

E911 Cost Recovery Fund

E911 Cost Recovery Committee

Offence

Application

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Emergency 911 Cost Recovery Fee Regulations.

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Emergency “911” Act ;

“Competitive Local Exchange Carrier” or “CLEC” means a company that provides

local telecommunication services in competition with the ILEC in the Province;

“E911” means enhanced 911 and relates to the establishment by the Act of “911"

as the primary emergency telephone number for use in the Province and the

Province-wide system for the reporting of emergencies to emergency services

agencies;

“E911 cost recovery fee” means the monthly fee established by

Section 3;

“E911 Cost Recovery Committee” or “Committee” means the committee

established in

Section 6;

“E911 Cost Recovery Fund” or “Fund” means the fund established in

Section 5;

“fiscal year” means the period from and including April 1 to and including March

31 in the next year;

“Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier” or “ILEC” means a company that provides

local telecommunication services and that operates the E911 platform or switching

station that connects the Province at its designated PSAPs, which, at the coming

into force of these regulations is Maritime or its successors or assigns;

“PSAP” means a public safety answering point including a primary or secondary

public safety answering point;

“Telecommunications Carrier” or “TC” includes the ILEC, CLECs, and Wireless

Service Providers;

“TC Subscriber” means

(

i) an end user subscriber who is located within the Province’s

boundaries and who subscribes to the exchange service of the ILEC

or any CLEC, or,

(ii) in the case of wireless technology, an end user subscriber who is

assigned a telephone number associated with a geographic location

within the Province’s boundaries and who subscribes to a WSP

access service;

“Wireless Service Provider” or “WSP” means a provider of wireless

telecommunications services that is registered to conduct business in the Province

and whose wireless telecommunications services include access to the system.

E911 cost recovery fee

(1) The E911 cost recovery fee is hereby established to support the development,

establishment, implementation and maintenance of the NS 911 service and to

recover costs for any services or materials provided in the course of the

administration of the Act or these regulations.

(2) The amount of the fee is $0.43 per month per

(

a) single-line residential access line;

(

b) single-line business access line;

(

c) multi-line outgoing access line;

(

d) Centrex telephone number; and

(

e) wireless telephone number,

payable to the Province each month by each TC subscriber.

(3) Where the billing period for which the TC subscriber has received access to the

system is less than one full calendar month, the amounts prescribed shall be

prorated to reflect the number of days in the month for which access was provided.

(4) Every TC subscriber shall pay the E911 cost recovery fee.

Agreements

(1) The Minister, or the Committee, may enter into agreements with any person,

including a TC, for any matter related to these regulations.

(2) Prior to the execution of any agreement by the Committee under subsection (1), a

copy of the proposed agreement shall be approved by the Minister.

E911 Cost Recovery Fund

(1) There is hereby established a special fund as defined in clause 2(1)(

n) of the

Provincial Finance Act to be known as the E911 Cost Recovery Fund.

(2) The Fund shall consist of the money remitted to the Committee from the

collection of the E911 cost recovery fee and any income accruing from such

money.

(3) The Fund shall be used to provide the NS 911 service and without limiting the

generality of the foregoing, the Fund may be used by the Province for

(

a) the management, administration and operation of the E911 program

including civic addressing, public education and training components of the

E911 program;

(

b) the acquisition, installation, maintenance and operation of PSAP equipment;

(ba) the acquisition, installation, maintenance and operation of communications

facilities and equipment related to the NS 911 service other than PSAP

equipment;

(

c) the maintenance, support and upgrading of databases owned and managed

by the Province and related to the administration of the E911 System;

(

d) the maintenance, support and upgrading of digitized civic address mapping;

(

e) the development, installation and maintenance of signage to assist in the

reporting of, and response to, emergencies;

(

f) support to the facilities responsible for the receipt and triage of calls

reporting poison-related emergencies to the E911 System;

(

g) support to municipalities in the administration of civic addressing programs;

(ga) support to municipalities for emergency preparedness activities, including

the establishment of emergency communication hubs;

(

h) the payment of any costs, charges, audits, taxes, fees or other expenses

incurred in the administration and management of the Fund; and

(

i) the payment of such other things as the Minister may direct, in respect of

the provision of the NS 911 service.

(4) Subject to the approval of the Minister, the Committee shall administer and

manage the Fund.

(5) The Minister shall authorize expenditures from the Fund for the provision of the

NS 911 service.

E911 Cost Recovery Committee

(1) The E911 Cost Recovery Committee is hereby established to advise the Minister

respecting the administration of the collection and remittance of the E911 cost

recovery fee and the administration of the distribution of the money from the Fund

for the provision of the NS 911 service.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Committee shall provide

advice to the Minister on matters including but not limited to

(

a) collecting and remitting the E911 cost recovery fee;

(

b) overseeing and auditing the money collected and remitted into the Fund and

any income accruing from such money;

(

c) authorizing expenditures from the Fund for the provision of the NS 911

service;

(

d) paying out of the Fund any costs, charges, audits, taxes, fees and other

expenses involved in the administration and management of the Fund;

(

e) doing any other matter or thing which relates to, or is incidental to the

administration and management of the Fund or the E911 cost recovery fee.

(3) The Minister may enter into agreements with the Committee or establish policies

respecting any matter necessary for the prudent and efficient administration and

operation of the Committee.

(4) The Minister shall appoint the Committee members for a term not to exceed 5

years.

(5) Despite subsection (4), the Minister may appoint and remove any or all of the

members at any time, and the appointment or removal shall be effective on the date

specified for the appointment or removal.

(6) The Minister shall appoint as Committee members individuals who have suitable

qualifications and experience and who have demonstrated suitable interest.

(7) The Minister shall appoint one Committee member to be the Chair of the

Committee.

(8) The Minister shall appoint one member from the Union of Nova Scotia

Municipalities.

(9) Committee members not employed by the Public Service of the Province shall be

reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as

committee members and shall be remunerated for services provided in the carrying

out of their duties at a rate to be determined by the Minister.

(10) The Committee shall cause to be kept proper books of accounting respecting

(

a) all money received and expended by the Committee in respect of the Fund

and any matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure of money

occurred; and

(

b) the assets and liabilities of the Fund.

(11) The accounts of the Fund shall, from time to time, and at least annually, be audited

by an auditor licensed under the Public Account[ant]s Act and copies of the audit

report shall be filed with the Minister on or before June 30 following the end of the

fiscal year.

(12) The Committee shall submit an annual report to the Minister which shall include

but is not limited to

(

a) a

summary of work performed by the Committee during that fiscal year;

(

b) an annual audited financial statement showing the assets and liabilities of

the Fund and the receipts and expenditures of the Fund for that fiscal year;

and

(

c) any other information requested by the Minister.

(13) No action for damages may be commenced or maintained and no cause of action

lies against the Committee or its members if the action arises out of any act or

omission of the Committee or its members while carrying out duties or exercising

powers pursuant to these regulations in good faith.

Offence

7 Any person who fails to comply with any provision of these regulations is guilty of an

offence.

Application

8 These regulations shall not apply before April 1, 2002, to any wireless working

telephone number for which a TC subscriber is not billed monthly for services provided

by the WSP, which is commonly referred to as “prepaid wireless services”.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Emergency 911 Cost Recovery Fee Regulations

N.S. Reg. 8/2001

Emergency “911” 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 Emergency 911 Cost Recovery Fee Regulations made

under the Emergency “911” Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

8/2001

Feb 2, 2001 1

date specified

Feb 23, 2001

107/2019

Feb 2, 2001

date specified

Jul 19, 2019

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

2 ........................................................

am. 107/2019 (clause lettering removed)

2, defn . of “E911 cost

recovery fee”

am. 107/2019

2, defn . of “E911 Services” ..............

rep. 107/2019

2, defn . of “E911 System” ................

rep. 107/2019

2, defn . of “Minister” .......................

rep. 107/2019

2, defn . of “Wireless Service

Provider” ........................................................

am. 107/2019

3(1) ...................................................

am. 107/2019

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

am. 107/2019

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

am. 107/2019

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

ad. 107/2019

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

ad. 107/2019

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

am. 107/2019

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

am. 107/2019

6(1) ...................................................

am. 107/2019

6(2)(c) ...............................................

am. 107/2019

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

S. 3(4) is effective April 1, 2001

The title of the Emergency

Measures Act referred to in s. 2(

k) is changed to the Emergency Management Act by S.N.S. 2005,

c. 48, s. 1, effective on proclamation.

Dec 20, 2005

The Provincial

Finance Act referred to in s. 5(1) was repealed by the Finance Act , S.N.S. 2010, c. 2.

Special funds are continued under

Section 83 of the Finance Act .

Aug 1, 2010

The reference in s. 2(

k) to the Minister responsible

for the Emergency Measures Act should be read as a reference to the Minister of Municipal Affairs in

accordance with amendments to the Act made by S.N.S. 2019, c. 15.

The reference in s. 2(

k) to the Minister responsible

for the Emergency Measures Act should be read as a reference to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and

Housing in accordance with O.I.C. 2019-150 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

(S. 2(

k) repealed by N.S. Reg. 107/2019)

Jun 3, 2019

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.