Indicator Regulations
N.S. Reg. 328/2015
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Change of Sex Indicator Regulations
made under clauses 51(1)(fd) and (fe) of the
Vital Statistics Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 494
O.I.C. 2015-316 (effective September 22, 2015), N.S. Reg. 328/2015
amended to O.I.C. 2019-179 (effective July 9, 2019), N.S. Reg. 98/2019
Table of Contents
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Citation
Definitions
Professions prescribed for statement in support of application
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Change of Sex Indicator Regulations .
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
“Act” means the Vital Statistics Act ;
“physician” means medical practitioner as defined in the Medical Act or the
equivalent under the legislation of a jurisdiction other than the Province;
“psychologist” means registered psychologist or candidate as defined in the
Psychologists Act or the equivalent under the legislation of a jurisdiction other than
the Province;
Professions prescribed for statement in support of application
3 (1) [repealed]
(2) The following are prescribed as professions whose members are authorized to
provide a written statement required by clause 25(2)(
c) of the Act to support an
application by a person who is under the age of 16 to change the sex shown on the
person’s birth registration:
(
a) physician;
(
b) psychologist.
Legislative History
Reference Tables
Change of Sex Indicator Regulations
N.S. Reg.
98/2019
Vital Statistics 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 Change of Sex Indicator Regulations made
under the Vital Statistics Act includes all of the
following regulations:
N.S.
Regulation
In force
date*
How in force
Royal Gazette
Part II Issue
328/2015
Sep 22, 2015
date specified
Oct 2, 2015
98/2019
Jul 9, 2019
date specified
Jul 19, 2019
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 = repealed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 = repealed and substituted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. 98/2019
2, defn. of “nurse practitioner” .........
rep. 98/2019
2, defn. of “psychologist” .................
rs. 98/2019
2, defn. of “registered nurse” ...........
rep. 98/2019
2, defn. of “social worker” ...............
rep. 98/2019
3(1) ...................................................
rep. 98/2019
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.