In force date of regulations: As of March 5, 2005*, the date that a regulation comes into force is determined by subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act. The date that a regulation is filed and any specified effective dates are important in determining when the regulation is in force. *Effective November 28, 2023, subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act was replaced. (See subsection 3(5) of

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2022,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Regulations Act.)

Part II – Regulations Volume 50, No. 7 April 3, 2026 Halifax, Nova Scotia Published Under the Authority of the Attorney General Contents Act Reg. No.

Page Environment Act Fees Regulations–amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85/2026 162 Natural Products Act Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations–amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83/2026 160 Petroleum Products Pricing Act Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79/2026 158 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80/2026 158 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82/2026 160 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84/2026 161 Public Highways Act Spring Weight Restriction Regulations–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81/2026 159 157

N.S. Reg. 79/2026 - 80/2026 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 50, No. 7 N.S. Reg. 79/2026 Made: March 12, 2026 Filed: March 12, 2026 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated March 12, 2026 made by the Nova Scotia Energy Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Energy Board’s website at the following address: https://nserbt.ca/nseb/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] N.S. Reg. 80/2026 Made: March 13, 2026 Filed: March 13, 2026 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated March 13, 2026 made by the Nova Scotia Energy Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Energy Board’s website at the following address: https://nserbt.ca/nseb/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] 158

N.S. Reg. 81/2026 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 50, No. 7 N.S. Reg. 81/2026 Made: March 17, 2026 Filed: March 17, 2026 Spring Weight Restriction Regulations–amendment Order dated March 17, 2026 Amendment to regulations made by the Director of Operations Services, Department of Public Works, pursuant to subsection 20(1) of the Public Highways Act In the matter of subsection 20(1) of

Chapter 371 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Highways Act -and- In the matter of an amendment to the Spring Weight Restriction Regulations made by the Director of Operations Services, Department of Public Works Order I, Darcey MacBain, Director of Operations Services, Department of Public Works, as delegated by the Minister of Public Works under subsection 20(1) of

Chapter 371 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Highways Act, hereby amend the Spring Weight Restriction Regulations, N.S. Reg. 31/2018, made by the Executive Director of Maintenance and Operations, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, on February 21, 2018, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”. Dated and made at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 17, 2026. sgd. Darcey MacBain Darcey MacBain Director of Operations Services Department of Public Works

Schedule “A” Amendment to the Spring Weight Restriction Regulations made by the Director of Operation[s] Services, Department of Public Works, under subsection 20(1) of

Chapter 371 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Highways Act

Schedule A to the Spring Weight Restriction Regulations, N.S. Reg. 31/2018, made by the Executive Director of Maintenance and Operations, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, by order dated February 21, 2018, is amended by (

a) in item 4 under the heading “Colchester County”, striking out “Crowes Mill Road, 3.9 km” and substituting “Trunk 4 Masstown Connector Roundabout, 14.7 km”; and (

b) repealing item 42 under the heading “Pictou County”. 159

N.S. Reg. 82/2026 - 83/2026 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 50, No. 7 N.S. Reg. 82/2026 Made: March 19, 2026 Filed: March 19, 2026 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated March 19, 2026 made by the Nova Scotia Energy Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Energy Board’s website at the following address: https://nserbt.ca/nseb/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] N.S. Reg. 83/2026 Made: March 17, 2026 Approved: March 19, 2026 Filed: March 20, 2026 Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations–amendment Order dated March 19, 2026 Amendment to regulations made by the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia and approved by the Natural Products Marketing Council pursuant to

Section 9 of the Natural Products Act Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Amendment to the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations made under the Natural Products Act I certify that on March 17, 2026, the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia, pursuant to

Section 9 of

Chapter 308 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Natural Products Act, as delegated by

Section 3 of the Delegation of Regulation-making Powers to Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations, N.S. Reg. 67/2018, carried a motion to amend the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations, N.S. Reg. 124/2023, made by the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia on June 6, 2023, and approved by the Natural Products Marketing Council on June 20, 2023, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”, effective on and after April 1, 2026. Signed at Grafton, in the County of Kings, Nova Scotia, on March 19, 2026. Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia per: sgd. Mike Foster Mike Foster General Manager 160

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 50, No. 7 Approved by the Natural Products Marketing Council at Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, on March 19, 2026. Natural Products Marketing Council per: sgd. Danielle Dorn Kouwenberg Danielle Dorn Kouwenberg Manager

Schedule “A” Amendment to the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations made by the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia pursuant to

Section 9 of

Chapter 308 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Natural Products Act

Section 10 of the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations, N.S. Reg. 124/2023, made by the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia on June 6, 2023, and approved by the Natural Products Marketing Council on June 20, 2023, is amended by adding the following subsection immediately after subsection (1): (1A) Each registered producer must pay to the Commodity Board a disease insurance plan levy, on a quarterly basis, of $0.010954 for each hatching egg produced in the Province that results in a salable chick that is marketed by the producer. N.S.

Reg. 84/2026 Made: March 20, 2026 Filed: March 20, 2026 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated March 20, 2026 made by the Nova Scotia Energy Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Energy Board’s website at the following address: https://nserbt.ca/nseb/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] 161

N.S. Reg. 85/2026 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 50, No. 7 N.S. Reg. 85/2026 Made: March 24, 2026 Filed: March 24, 2026 Fees Regulations–amendment Order dated March 24, 2026 Amendment to regulations made by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change pursuant to clause 8A(1)(

a) of the Environment Act In the matter of clause 8A(1)(

a) of

Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act -and- In the matter of an amendment to the Fees Regulations made by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Order I, Timothy Halman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to clause 8A(1)(

a) of

Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act, hereby amend the Fees Regulations, N.S. Reg. 176/2015, made by the Minister of Environment by order dated March 24, 2015, to update the fee

schedule in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”. This order is effective on and after the date it is filed with the Registrar of Regulations. Dated and made March 24, 2026, at Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia. sgd. T. Halman Honourable Timothy Halman Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Schedule “A” Amendment to the Fees Regulations made by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change under clause 8A(1)(

a) of

Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act 1 The Fees Regulations, N.S. Reg. 176/2015, made by the Minister of Environment by order dated March 24, 2015, are amended by repealing

Section 13 and substituting the following Sections: Application fee for initial motive fuel wholesaler and fuel oil wholesaler approval 13 The application fee for an initial motive fuel wholesaler and fuel oil wholesaler approval for 1 year under the Motive Fuel and Fuel Oil Approval Regulations is as follows: (

a) motive fuel wholesaler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1993.50 (

b) fuel oil wholesaler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $132.65 Application fee for 10-year motive fuel retailer and fuel oil retailer approval 13A The application fee for a 10-year motive fuel retailer and fuel oil retailer approval under the Motive 162

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 50, No. 7 Fuel and Fuel Oil Approval Regulations is as follows: (

a) motive fuel retailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $436.00 (

b) fuel oil retailer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $436.00 2 The regulations are further amended by repealing

Section 16. 3

Section 17 of the regulations is repealed and the following

Section substituted: Application fee for renewal of fuel oil wholesaler approval 17

(1) The application fee for the renewal of a fuel oil wholesaler approval per year is as follows: (

a) if the volume is less than 50 000 L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13.30 (

b) if the volume is greater than 50 000 L, subject to the minimum fee set out in subsection (2), the application fee for the renewal of a fuel oil wholesaler approval per year under the Motive Fuel and Fuel Oil Regulations is calculated based on the total fuel oil volume sold at the rate per litre of $0.000130.

(2) The minimum application fee for applying to renew a fuel oil wholesaler approval per year for a volume greater than 50 000 L is $132.65. 163