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Standards for Quantification, Reporting and Verification

of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Adoption Regulations

made under

Section 8A(1)(

c) of the

Environment Act

S.N.S. 1994-95, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 20/2018 (effective February 15, 2018)

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Standards for Quantification, Reporting and

Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Adoption Regulations.

Adopted standard

2 The Standards for Quantification, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas

Emissions developed by the Department of Environment, as amended or replaced from

time to time, are adopted by the Minister of Environment under clause 8A(1)(

c) of the

Environment Act as a standard setting out the standard methods for quantification,

reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions required under the Quantification,

Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations made under

Section

112Q of the Environment Act .

Public availability

3 The standard adopted by these regulations must be available to the public, clearly

identifying amendments and effective dates, as follows:

(

a) on the Department of Environment’s website, which, as of the date these

regulations are in force, is at

https://climatechange.novascotia.ca ; and

(

b) at the offices of the Department of Environment, which, as of the date these

regulations are in force, is at 1903 Barrington Street, Suite 2085, Halifax, Nova

Scotia.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Standards for Quantification, Reporting and

Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Adoption Regulations

N.S. Reg.

20/2018

Environment 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 Standards for Quantification, Reporting and Verification

of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Adoption Regulations made under the Environment Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

20/2018

Feb 15, 2018

date specified 1

Feb 16, 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

Date that the Quantification, Reporting and

Verification Regulations , N.S. Reg 29/2018 come into force.

References to the Department and Minister of

Environment should be read as references to the Department and Minister of

Environment and Climate Change in accordance with Order in Council 2021-60

under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Feb 23, 2021

The Quantification, Reporting and Verification

Regulations referred to in s. 2 are repealed by N.S. Reg. 250/2024.

Dec 11, 2024

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.