OIC Number: 2014 - 439

Date of Order: Oct 21, 2014

Statute: Maintenance and Custody Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated September 22, 2014, and pursuant to Sections 54A and 55 of

Chapter 160 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Maintenance and Custody Act (the "Act"), is pleased, effective on and after November 1, 2014, to: (

a) pursuant to

Section 55 of the Act, (

i) repeal the Administrative Recalculation of Child Maintenance Regulations, N.S. Reg. 66/2010, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2010-182, dated April 2010; (ii) make new regulations respecting the administrative recalculation of child maintenance, to include recalculation of support orders under the Divorce Act (Canada) and to ensure that the entire Province benefits from the program, in the form set forth in

Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation; and (

b) pursuant to

Section 54A of the Act, authorize the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to enter into an agreement, in the form set out in

Schedule "B", attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation, or to like form and effect, with the Government of Canada.

Department(s): Justice and Attorney General