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Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations

made under

Section 25 of the

Off-highway Vehicles Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 323

O.I.C. 2004-138 (effective April 1, 2004), N.S. Reg. 103/2004

amended to O.I.C. 2026-132 (effective April 14, 2026), N.S. Reg. 96/2026

Table of Contents

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Citation

Prescribed fees

Trail permit fees

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations .

Prescribed fees

2 The fees payable to the Registrar for off-highway vehicles are as follows:

(

a) certificate of registration ..................................................................... $39.80

(

b) dealer’s license ................................................................................... $33.10

(

c) dealer’s plate ...................................................................................... $19.85

(

d) dealer’s license renewal ...................................................................... $33.10

(

e) registration permit .............................................................................. $13.20

(

f) registration permit renewal ................................................................. $13.20

(

g) transfer of ownership .......................................................................... $13.20

(

h) duplicate of replacement certificate of registration, permit or

identification number ......................................................................... $13.20

(

i) assigned special identification number .................................................. $2.30

(

j) search of department records .............................................................. $13.20

(

k) Off-highway Vehicle Infrastructure Fund ........................................... $40.00

Trail permit fees

(1) In this Section,

(a) “Act” means the Off-highway Vehicles Act ;

(b) “designated trail” means a designated trail as defined in clause 2(

b) of the

Off-highway Vehicles Designated Trails and Trail Permits Regulations

made under the Act;

(c) “snow vehicle” means a snow vehicle as defined in clause 2(2)(

e) of the

Off-highway Vehicles Safety and Training Regulations made under the Act.

(2) The fees as set out in the following table are prescribed as payable to the

Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia by operators of snow vehicles for the

use of designated trail permits issued under the Off-highway Vehicles Designated

Trails and Trail Permit Regulations :

Type of Trail Permit

Fee

Full season if purchased before December 15

$175.43

Full Season

$263.15

Full season for 3rd or subsequent snow vehicle

registered to person(

s) at the same residence

$131.57

Full season—classic (snow vehicle aged 15–29 years

on December 1)

$131.57

Full season—vintage (snow vehicle aged 30 years or

older on December 1)

$43.85

Dealer Tag

$175.43

1-day Pass

$43.85

3-day Pass

$78.94

7-day Pass

$131.57

(3) Trail permits for snow vehicles aged 15 years or older must be purchased before

December 15th of the current fee year.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations

N.S. Reg.

103/2004

Off-highway Vehicles 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 Off-highway Vehicles Fees Regulations made

under the Off-highway Vehicles Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

103/2004

May 1,

date

specified

Apr 6,

46/2006

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

14, 2006

223/2006

Dec 8,

date

specified

Dec

22, 2006

143/2007

Jun 1,

date

specified

Mar

30, 2007

436/2007

Nov

13, 2007

date

specified

Dec 7,

200/2008

Jul 1,

date

specified

Apr

18, 2008

140/2009

Jul 1,

date

specified

Apr

14, 2009

116/2011

Jul 1,

date

specified

Apr

15, 2011

311/2011

Nov

29, 2011

date

specified

Dec

16, 2011

142/2013

Jun 1,

date

specified

Apr

12, 2013

266/2013

Jul

23, 2013

date

specified

Aug 9,

172/2014

Nov

12, 2014

date

specified

Nov

28, 2014

141/2015

Jun 1,

date

specified

Apr 8,

127/2019

Sep 3, 2019

date specified

Sep 27, 2019

262/2022

Nov 29, 2022

date specified

Dec 16, 2022

96/2026

Apr 14, 2026

date specified

May 1, 2026

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

rs . 143/2007, 200/2008,

140/2009, 116/2011, 142/2013, 141/2015

2(1) ..............................................

ad. 46/2006

3 ........................................................

ad. 223/2006

3(2) ..............................................

rs . 436/2007, 311/2011; am.

266/2013; rs . 172/2014, 127/2019, 262/2022, 96/2026

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

ad. 266/2013 , am.

127/2019

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.