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Black Beauty Culture Hair Innovator (Natural Hair Care Practitioner) Trade

Regulations

made under subsection 17A(1) of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 76/2022 (effective April 21, 2022)

amended to N.S. Reg. 144/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)

Table of Contents

Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care

practitioner) trade

Ratio of journeypersons to apprentices for black beauty culture hair innovator (natural

hair care practitioner) trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care

practitioner) trade

Black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care practitioner) certificate through

trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Black Beauty Culture Hair Innovator (Natural

Hair Care Practitioner) Trade Regulations.

Definitions

(1) In these trade regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care practitioner) trade” means

the occupation of consulting on, designing and performing hair care services on

natural or synthetic hair, typically associated with, but not limited to, individuals of

African descent, including all of the following, but not involving the application of

chemicals:

(

i) analyzing hair and scalp, performing styling, including, but not

limited to, braids, locs, twists and incorporating extensions, weaves,

hair pieces and wigs;

(ii) the cutting, straightening, curling and drying of hair using mechanical

or other means when necessarily incidental to the services set out in

subclause (i);

“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

General Regulations made under the Act.

(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in

these regulations.

Term of apprenticeship for black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care

practitioner) trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair

care practitioner) trade consists of all of the following:

(a) 1800 documented hours of the combination of practical experience and the

portion of technical training spent learning the skills of the designated trade

as described in clause 26(1A)(

a) of the General Regulations and as

approved by the Director;

(

b) related technical training as described in clause 26(1A)(

b) of the General

Regulations and as approved by the Director;

(

c) a certification examination.

(2) Any probationary period included in a term of apprenticeship for the black beauty

culture hair innovator (natural hair care practitioner) trade as permitted by

subsection 12(2) of the General Regulations must be no longer than 3 months.

4 [repealed]

Wage

schedule for apprentices in black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care

practitioner) trade

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the

minimum wage for each hour worked by a black beauty culture hair innovator

(natural hair care practitioner) apprentice in each level of their term of

apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a black beauty culture hair innovator

(natural hair care practitioner) journeyperson in the same place of employment, as

set out in the following table:

Wages for Black Beauty Culture Hair Innovator

(Natural Hair Care Practitioner) Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Level of

Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0-1800

80%

(2) An employer must not employ a black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair

care practitioner) apprentice at a wage for actual hours worked that is lower than

the wage that would be paid at the minimum wage rate prescribed in the Minimum

Wage Order (General) made under the Labour Standards Code .

Black beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care practitioner) certificate through

trade qualification

6 The period of employment in the designated trade that is required by paragraph

30(1)(a)(ii)(

B) of the General Regulations for a person who does not hold a certificate of

apprenticeship and is applying for a certificate of qualification in the black beauty culture

hair innovator (natural hair care practitioner) trade is 2700 hours.

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

7 For the purposes of subsections 34(2) and (3) of the General Regulations, which require

an apprentice or journeyperson to keep their identity card in their possession when

practising the designated trade and produce it on request, a person is practising the black

beauty culture hair innovator (natural hair care practitioner) trade while the person is

doing any of the following:

(

a) for an apprentice,

(

i) acquiring practical experience in the trade, or

(ii) learning the skills of the trade during the technical training portion of

apprenticeship training;

(

b) for a journeyperson, performing the duties of the trade as defined in these

regulations or their duties as set out in the General Regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Black Beauty Culture Hair Innovator (Natural Hair

Care Practitioner) Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

76/2022

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications 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 Black Beauty Culture Hair Innovator (Natural Hair Care

Practitioner) Trade Regulations made under the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

76/2022

Apr 21, 2022

date filed

May 6, 2022

144/2022

Jul 6, 2022

date filed

Jul 15, 2022

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

4 ........................................................

rep. 144/2022

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.