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Community Economic Development Fund Regulations

made under

Section 30 of the

Community Economic Development Fund Act

S.N.S. 2014, c. 9

O.I.C. 2015-320 (September 25, 2015), N.S. Reg. 332/2015

amended to O.I.C. 2023-23 (effective January 24, 2023), N.S. Reg. 17/2023

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Maximum economic development incentive by Department

Criteria for approving economic development incentives

Applications for economic development incentives

Amendments to economic development incentives

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Community Economic Development Fund

Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations, “Act” means the Community Economic Development Fund Act .

Maximum economic development incentive by Department

3 The consent of the Treasury and Policy Board is required for any decision of the

Department approving any 1 economic development incentive that is more than $3

million.

Criteria for approving economic development incentives

4 In considering applications for economic development incentives, the Department may

only approve economic development incentives to organizations if all of the following

are met:

(

a) the purpose of the organization is consistent with the objects and purposes

of the Fund;

(

b) the profits, if any, of the organization are used for the benefit of the public

and not for private shareholders.

Applications for economic development incentives

(1) An application for an economic development incentive must be in writing in a

form required by the Department and must include any information the

Department requires to satisfactorily assess the application.

(2) [repealed]

(3) Subject to the Act and these regulations, the Department may approve or reject an

application for an economic development incentive in any manner it considers

appropriate.

Amendments to economic development incentives

(1) A request for an amendment to an economic development incentive must be in

writing in a form required by the Department and must include any information the

Department requires to satisfactorily assess the request.

(2) [repealed]

(3) Subject to the Act and these regulations, the Department may approve or reject a

request for an amendment to an economic development incentive in any manner it

considers appropriate.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Community Economic Development Fund Regulations

N.S. Reg. 332/2015

Community Economic Development Fund 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 Community Economic Development Fund Regulations made under the Community Economic Development Fund Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

332/2015

Sep 25, 2015

date specified

Oct 16, 2015

17/2023

Jan 24, 2023

date specified

Feb 10, 2023

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

1 .......................................................

am. 17/2023 1

2........................................................

am. 17/2023 2

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

am. 17/2023 3

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

am. 17/2023

5(2)...................................................

rep. 17/2023

5(3)...................................................

am. 17/2023

6(2)...................................................

rep. 17/2023

6(3)...................................................

am. 17/2023

7........................................................

rep. 17/2023

8........................................................

rep. 17/2023

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Title of regulations amended from Invest Nova Scotia Regulations .

Jan 24, 2023

The title of the Act is changed from the Invest Nova Scotia Board Act to Community Economic Development Fund Act by

An Act to Amend

Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2014, the Invest Nova Scotia Board Act , S.N.S. 2022, c. 49.

Jan 24, 2023

The amendment to s. 3 by N.S. Reg. 17/2023 contains instructions to strike out the word “Board” wherever it appears and substitute “Department”, but s. 3 contains a reference to the Treasury and Policy Board. The amendment has been applied by retaining the “Board” in Treasury and Policy Board and not substituting it with “Department” for the purposes of this consolidation.

Jan 24, 2023

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.