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Part II Regulations under the Regulations Act Printed by the Queen's Printer Halifax, Nova Scotia Vol. 29, No. 1 January 7, 2005 Contents Act Reg. No. Page Court Officials Act C e r t i f i c a t i o n o f T r a n s c r i p t s R e g u l a t i o n s ....................................... 251/2004 11 Gas Distribution System Municipal Taxation Act Proclamation, S. 15, S.N.S. 2004, c. 27 ........................................ 247/2004 6 Justice Administration Amendment

(2004) Act S. 32(1), S.N.S. 2004, c. 6 –

Part X ........................................... 252/2004 14 The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia Act,

An Act to Dissolve The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia and to Repeal

Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1973 Proclamation, S. 4, S.N.S. 2004, c. 51 ......................................... 250/2004 9 Municipal Government Act,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998 Proclamation, S. 5, S.N.S. 2004, c. 44 ......................................... 246/2004 5 The Nova Scotia Drama League,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1951,

An Act to Incorporate Proclamation, S. 7, S.N.S. 2004, c. 54 ......................................... 244/2004 2 Ombudsman Act D e s i g n a t i o n o f A g e n c i e s R e g u l a t i o n s ......................................... 253/2004 15 Optometry Act N o v a S c o t i a A s s o c i a t i o n o f O p t o m e t r i s t s B y - l a w s – a m e n d m e n t ....................245/2004 3 Vital Statistics Act,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989 Proclamation, S. 3, S.N.S. 2004, c. 48 ......................................... 248/2004 7 Wildlife Act F i s h i n g R e g u l a t i o n s – a m e n d m e n t ............................................ 249/2004 8

N.S. Reg. 244/2004 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 2 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. N.S. Reg. 244/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Proclamation, S. 7, S.N.S. 2004, c. 54 Order in Council 2004-508 dated December 21, 2004 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 7 of

An Act to Amend

Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1951,

An Act to Incorporate The Nova Scotia Drama League The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage dated December 2, 2004, pursuant to

Section 7 of

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1951,

An Act to Incorporate The Nova Scotia Drama League, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1951,

An Act to Incorporate The Nova Scotia Drama League, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004. PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA Sgd: Myra A. Freeman G/S ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, OR WHOM THE SAME MAY IN ANY WISE CONCERN, GREETING: A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS in and by

Section 7 of

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1951,

An Act to Incorporate The Nova Scotia Drama League, it is enacted as follows: 7 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. AND

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1951,

An Act to Incorporate The Nova Scotia Drama League, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004; NOW KNOW YE THAT WE, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1951,

An Act to Incorporate The Nova Scotia Drama League, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS, Our Trusty and Well Beloved Her Honour the Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia.

N.S. Reg. 244/2004 - 245/2004 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. 3 AT Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 21st day of December, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and four and in the fifty-third year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND: Sgd: Michael G. Baker Provincial Secretary Minister of Justice and Attorney General N.S. Reg. 245/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists By-laws Order in Council 2004-509 dated December 21, 2004 Amendment to regulations made by the Council of the Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists and approved by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 6 of the Optometry Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health dated November 30, 2004, and pursuant to

Section 6 of

Chapter 328 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Optometry Act, is pleased to approve of amendments made by the Council of the Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists to the by-laws respecting optometrists, N.S. Reg 65/91, approved by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 91-421 dated April 9, 1991, to increase the minimum number of continuing education hours required of optometrists, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, effective on and after January 1, 2005.

Schedule “A” Certificate I hereby certify that the Council of the Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists at its meeting on November 30, 2002, carried a motion to amend the Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists’ by-laws made by the Council on November 5, 1995, and approved by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 92-1052, N.S Reg. 219/92; O.I.C. 2000-281, N.S. Reg. 96/2000, in the manner attached. Dated at North Sydney on this 12 day of September, 2003. Council of the Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists Per: sgd: T. Pottle Dr. Thomas Pottle, President

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 4 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. Amendments to the By-laws Respecting Optometrists made by the Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists pursuant to subsection 6(1) of

Chapter 328 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Optometry Act The regulations respecting optometrists, N.S. Reg. 65/91, made by the Nova Scotia Association of Optometrists and approved by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 91-421 dated April 9, 1991, are amended by repealing Sections 41 and 42 and substituting the following Sections: 41

(1) Effective January 1, 2005, except as provided in subsection (2), each member must complete at least 45 hours of approved continuing education in optometry every 3 years, in 3-year periods set by the Board.

(2) A member must complete the following hours of approved continuing education for the 3-year period during which they graduate from a school, college or examining body designated in accordance with subsection 21(1): (a) 22.5 hours, if they graduate in the 1 st year of a 3-year period; (b) 11.25 hours, if they graduate in the 2 nd year of a 3-year period; (c) 0 hours, if they graduate in the 3 rd year of a 3-year period.

(3) If a member earns more than the approved continuing education hours required for a 3-year period, the member may carry over up to 9 of those excess hours to the following 3-year period, except a member to which subsection (2) applies may carry over up to (a) 4.5 of those excess hours to the following 3-year period, if they graduated in the 1 st year of a 3-year period; (b) 2.25 of those excess hours to the following 3-year period, if they graduated in the 2 nd year of a 3-year period; and (c) 0 hours, if they graduated in the 3 rd year of a 3-year period. 42 Approved continuing education consists of lectures, courses, seminars, workshops, services, studies, and achievements that serve to promote and improve the proficiency of optometrists in all matters relating to the practice of their profession and are listed and published by the Board as continuing education approved for the purpose of meeting the requirements of

Section 41.

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. 5 N.S. Reg. 246/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Proclamation, S. 5, S.N.S. 2004, c. 44 Order in Council 2004-511 dated December 21, 2004 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 5 of

An Act to Amend

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations dated November 24, 2004, pursuant to

Section 5 of

Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that

Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004. PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA Sgd: Myra A. Freeman G/S ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, OR WHOM THE SAME MAY IN ANY WISE CONCERN, GREETING: A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS in and by

Section 5 of

Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, it is enacted as follows: 5 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. AND

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that

Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004; NOW KNOW YE THAT WE, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that

Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS, Our Trusty and Well Beloved Her Honour the Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia.

N.S. Reg. 246/2004 - 247/2004 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 6 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. AT Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 21st day of December, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and four and in the fifty-third year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND: Sgd: Michael G. Baker Provincial Secretary Minister of Justice and Attorney General N.S. Reg. 247/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Proclamation, S. 15, S.N.S. 2004, c. 27 Order in Council 2004-512 dated December 21, 2004 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 15 of Gas Distribution System Municipal Taxation Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations dated November 24, 2004, pursuant to

Section 15 of

Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2004, the Gas Distribution System Municipal Taxation Act, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that

Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2004, the Gas Distribution System Municipal Taxation Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004. PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA Sgd: Myra A. Freeman G/S ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, OR WHOM THE SAME MAY IN ANY WISE CONCERN, GREETING: A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS in and by

Section 15 of

Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2004, the Gas Distribution System Municipal Taxation Act, it is enacted as follows: 15 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. AND

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that

Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2004, the Gas Distribution System Municipal Taxation Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004;

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. 7 NOW KNOW YE THAT WE, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that

Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2004, the Gas Distribution System Municipal Taxation Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS, Our Trusty and Well Beloved Her Honour the Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia.

AT Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 21 st day of December, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and four and in the fifty-third year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND: Sgd: Michael G. Baker Provincial Secretary Minister of Justice and Attorney General N.S. Reg. 248/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Proclamation, S. 3, S.N.S. 2004, c. 48 Order in Council 2004-513 dated December 21, 2004 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 3 of

An Act to Amend

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations dated December 9, 2004, pursuant to

Section 3 of

Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that

Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act, come into force on and not before January 1, 2005. PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA Sgd: Myra A. Freeman G/S ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, OR WHOM THE SAME MAY IN ANY WISE CONCERN,

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 8 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. GREETING: A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS in and by

Section 3 of

Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act, it is enacted as follows: 3 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. AND

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that

Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act, come into force on and not before January 1, 2005; NOW KNOW YE THAT WE, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that

Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act, come into force on and not before January 1, 2005, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS, Our Trusty and Well Beloved Her Honour the Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia.

AT Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 21 st day of December, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and four and in the fifty-third year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND: Sgd: Michael G. Baker Provincial Secretary Minister of Justice and Attorney General N.S.

Reg. 249/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Fishing Regulations Order in Council 2004-515 dated December 21, 2004 Amendment to regulations made by the Governor in Council pursuant to subsection 113(1) of the Wildlife Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries dated November 24, 2004, and pursuant to subsection 113(1) of

Chapter 504 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Wildlife Act, is pleased to amend the Fishing Regulations, N.S. Reg. 29/88, made by the Governor in

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. 9 Council by Order in Council 88-131 dated February 9, 1988, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, effective on and after January 1, 2005.

Schedule “A” Amendments to the Fishing Regulations made by Governor in Council pursuant to subsection 113(1) of

Chapter 504 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, the Wildlife Act 1 Subsection 3(1) of the Fishing Regulations, N.S. Reg. 29/88, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 88-131 dated February 9, 1988, is amended by (

a) striking out “$15.98” in cl ause (

a) and substituting “$20.98”; (

b) striking out “$42.60” in cl ause (

b) and substituting “$47.60”; (

c) striking out “$26.63” in cl ause (

c) and substituting “$31.63”; (

d) striking out “$5.00” in cl ause (

d) and substituting “$10.00”; (

e) striking out “$111.83” in cl ause (

e) and substituting “$116.83”; (

f) striking out “$21.30” in clause (

f) and substituting “$26.30”; and (

g) striking out “$42.60” in cl ause (

g) and substituting “$47.60”. 2

Section 3 is further amended by adding the follo wing subsection immediately after subsection (1): (1A) Each fee listed in subsection (1) includes a $5.00 fee to be deposited into the Nova Scotia Sportfish Habitat Fund, a special fund established under the Provincial Finance Act. N.S. Reg. 250/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Proclamation, S. 4, S.N.S. 2004, c. 51 Order in Council 2004-517 dated December 21, 2004 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 4 of

An Act to Dissolve The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia and to Repeal

Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1973, The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Justice dated December 16, 2004, pursuant to

Section 4 of

Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Dissolve The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia and to Repeal

Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1973, The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia Act, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that

Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Dissolve The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia and to Repeal

Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1973, The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia Act, come into force on and not before January 1, 2005.

N.S. Reg. 250/2004 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 10 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA Sgd: Myra A. Freeman G/S ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, OR WHOM THE SAME MAY IN ANY WISE CONCERN, GREETING: A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS in and by

Section 4 of

Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Dissolve The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia and to Repeal

Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1973, The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia Act, it is enacted as follows: 4 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. AND

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that

Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Dissolve The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia and to Repeal

Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1973, The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia Act, come into force on and not before January 1, 2005; NOW KNOW YE THAT WE, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that

Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2004,

An Act to Dissolve The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia and to Repeal

Chapter 128 of the Acts of 1973, The Ladies Golf Association of Nova Scotia Act, come into force on and not before January 1, 2005, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS, Our Trusty and Well Beloved Her Honour the Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia.

AT Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 21 st day of December, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and four and in the fifty-third year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND: Sgd: Michael G. Baker Provincial Secretary Minister of Justice and Attorney General

N.S. Reg. 251/2004 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. 11 N.S. Reg. 251/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Certification of Transcripts Regulations Order in Council 2004-519 dated December 21, 2004 Regulations made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 11 of the Court Officials Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Justice dated December 1, 2004, and pursuant to

Section 11 of

Chapter 373 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Court Officials Act, is pleased to make regulations respecting the certification of the transcripts of court proceedings in the form set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, effective on and after December 21, 2004.

Schedule “A” Regulations Respecting the Certification of Transcripts of Court and other Proceedings made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 11 of

Chapter 373 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989 the Court Officials Act Citation 1 These regulations may be cited as the Certification of Transcripts Regulations.

Definitions 2 In these regulations (a) “Act” means the Court Officials Act; (b) “court transcriber” means a person appointed under the Act to transcribe proceedings or a person who has been certified as a court transcriber; (c) “proceeding” has the same meaning as in the Civil Procedure Rules; and (d) “transcript” means a typewritten transcription of a proceeding and includes any part of a transcription. Recording of court proceedings 3( 1 ) A court transcriber or another person authorized by a court administrator may record a proceeding using any device for recording sound that is of a type approved by the Minister of Justice.

(2) A court transcriber may record a proceeding in any form of shorthand. Certification of the record of court proceedings 4( 1 ) A transcript from shorthand or a sound recording made under

Section 3 must be certified by a court transcriber to be a true and accurate transcription of the contents of the recording (

a) in Form 1, when signed by a court transcriber, or (

b) in Form 2, when signed by 2 or more court transcribers.

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(2) A court transcriber who prepares and certifies a transcript under subsection (1) (

a) is not required to be the person who recorded the proceeding, if the proceeding is recorded by an approved type of sound recording device in accordance with subsection 3(1); (

b) must be the person who recorded the proceeding if the proceeding is recorded by shorthand in accordance with subsection 3(2). Official Record 5( 1 ) For the purposes of

Section 9 of the Act, a transcript is a record of a proceeding which, when certified in accordance with these regulations, becomes the official record of the proceeding.

(2) An official record of a proceeding is admissible as evidence and is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the record is a true and accurate transcription of the recording of the proceeding. Form 1 Certification of the Transcript of a Proceeding by a Court Transcriber (pursuant to clause 4(1)(

a) of the Certification of Transcripts Regulations) I, hereby certify that I have transcribed the attached (name) document from ___________________________ and that it is a true and accurate transcription of the following (shorthand or a sound recording ) proceeding: ______________________________________________________________________________. (case name and number, if applicable) _____________________________________ Signature _____________________________________ Registration number __________________________ Date __________________________, Nova Scotia (Town or municipality) Form 2 Certification of the Transcript of a Proceeding by Court Transcribers (pursuant to clause 4(1)(

b) of the Certification of Transcripts Regulations) We, the undersigned hereby certify that we have transcribed the attached document from and that it is a true and accurate transcription of the following proceeding: _________________________________________________________________________________________ (case name and number, if applicable) Pages _______ to ________ transcribed from ____________________________ (shorthand or a sound recording)

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Web version. 13 by: _________________________________________________ Name _________________________________________________ Signature _________________________________________________ Registration number ____________________________ ___________________________, Nova Scotia Date (Town or municipality) Pages _______ to ________ transcribed from ____________________________ (shorthand or a sound recording) by: _________________________________________________ Name _________________________________________________ Signature _________________________________________________ Registration number ____________________________ ___________________________, Nova Scotia Date (Town or municipality) Pages _______ to ________ transcribed from ____________________________ (shorthand or a sound recording) by: _________________________________________________ Name _________________________________________________ Signature _________________________________________________ Registration number ____________________________ ___________________________, Nova Scotia Date (Town or municipality) Pages _______ to ________ transcribed from ____________________________ (shorthand or a sound recording) by: _________________________________________________ Name _________________________________________________ Signature _________________________________________________ Registration number ____________________________ ___________________________, Nova Scotia Date (Town or municipality)

N.S. Reg. 252/2004 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 14 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. N.S. Reg. 252/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Proclamation, S. 32(1), S.N.S. 2004, c. 6 –

Part X Order in Council 2004-520 dated December 21, 2004 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to subsection 32(1) of Justice Administration Amendment

(2004) Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Justice dated December 1, 2004, pursuant to subsection 32(1) of

Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2004, the Justice Administration Amendment

(2004) Act, and subsection 3(7) of

Chapter 235 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Interpretation Act, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that

Part X of

Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2004, the Justice Administration Amendment

(2004) Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004. PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA Sgd: Myra A. Freeman G/S ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, OR WHOM THE SAME MAY IN ANY WISE CONCERN, GREETING: A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS in and by subsection (1) of

Section 32 of

Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2004, the Justice Administration Amendment

(2004) Act, it is enacted as follows: 32

(1) This Act, except Sections 3, 4, 6 and 27 to 29, comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. AND

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that

Part X of

Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2004, the Justice Administration Amendment

(2004) Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004; NOW KNOW YE THAT WE, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that

Part X of

Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2004, the Justice Administration Amendment

(2004) Act, come into force on and not before December 21, 2004, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS, Our Trusty and Well Beloved Her Honour the Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia.

N.S. Reg. 252/2004 - 253/2004 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. 15 AT Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 21st day of December, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and four and in the fifty-third year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND: Sgd: Michael G. Baker Provincial Secretary Minister of Justice and Attorney General N.S. Reg. 253/2004 Made: December 21, 2004 Filed: December 22, 2004 Designation of Agencies Regulations Order in Council 2004-521 dated December 21, 2004 Regulations made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 28 of the Ombudsman Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Justice dated December 1, 2004, and pursuant to

Section 28 of

Chapter 327 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Ombudsman Act, is pleased to make regulations designating agencies for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Ombudsman Act in the form set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, effective on and after December 21, 2004.

Schedule “A” Regulations Respecting the Designation of Agencies made pursuant to

Section 28 of

Chapter 327 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Ombudsman Act Citation 1 These regulations may be cited as the Designation of Agencies Regulations.

Definitions 2 In these regulations, “Act” means the Ombudsman Act. Child welfare agencies 3 All agencies established under the Children and Family Services Act, including but not limited to the agencies listed below, are designated as agencies for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Act: Children’s Aid Society & Family Services of Colchester County Children’s Aid Society of Cape Breton-Victoria Children’s Aid Society of Halifax Children’s Aid Society of Inverness-Richmond Children’s Aid Society of Pictou County Children’s Aid Society of Shelburne County

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 16 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. Family & Children’s Services of Annapolis County Family & Children’s Services of Cumberland County Family & Children’s Services of Hants County Family & Children’s Services of Kings County Family & Children’s Services of Lunenburg County Family & Children’s Services of Queens County Family & Children’s Services of Yarmouth County Mi’kmaw Family & Children’s Services of Nova Scotia Licensed child-caring facilities 4 All child-caring facilities licensed under the Children and Family Services Act, including but not limited to the facilities listed below, are designated as agencies for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Act: Barnett House Bridges Program Children’s Response Program Chisholm Treatment Centre Cogswell House Cumberland Community Homes Dayspring Children’s Centre Harmony House Residential Services Hawthorne House Hebron Residential Centre Janus Program Johnson House Jubien House King’s Regional Rehabilitation Centre Mullins House Nexus The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Raven Crest Residential Services Reconnect Residential Services Reigh Allen Centre Residential Centre (New Waterford) Sullivan House Windsor Residential Resource Centre Nursing homes and homes for the aged 5 All nursing homes and homes for the aged licensed under the Homes For Special Care Act, including but not limited to the homes listed below, are designated as agencies for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Act: South Shore District Health Authority (DHA 1) Harbour View Haven Hillside Pines Mahone Nursing Home North Queen’s Nursing Home Queens Manor Rosedale Home for Special Care Shoreham Village South West Nova District Health Authority (DHA 2) Nakile Home for Special Care Roseway Manor Inc.

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. 17 Surf Lodge Community Continuing Care Centre Tidal View Manor Tideview Terrace Villa Acadienne Ville Saint Joseph-du-Lac Annapolis Valley District Health Authority (DHA 3) Annapolis Royal Nursing Home Evergreen Home for Special Care Grand View Manor Mountain Lea Lodge Northhills Nursing Home Ltd.

Wolfville Nursing Home Colchester East Hants Health Authority (DHA 4) Cedarstone Enhanced Care The Mira Willow Lodge Cumberland Health Authority (DHA 5) Bayview Memorial Health Centre East Cumberland Lodge Gables Lodge Limited High-Crest Springhill Home for Special Care Ltd.

South Cumberland Community Care Centre Pictou County Health Authority (DHA 6) Glen Haven Manor Maritime Odd Fellows Home (IOOF) Shiretown Nursing Home Valley View Villa Guysborough Antigonish-Strait Health Authority (DHA 7) Canso Seaside Manor High-Crest Sherbrooke Home for Special Care Milford Haven Corporation Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home Richmond Villa St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre Cape Breton District Health Authority (DHA 8) Aite Curam Alderwood Rest Home Harbourstone Enhanced Care Foyer Pére Fiset Highland Manor Inverary Manor R.C.

Macgillivray Guest Home Society Maple Hill Manor Miner’s Memorial Manor Waterford Heights Glace Bay Health Care Facility Northside Harbor View Facility Cape Breton Regional Health Care Complex

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 29, No. 1 18 © NS Registry of Regulations. Web version. Northside Community Guest Home Seaview Manor Taigh Na Mara Facility Taigh Solas (CBHC) The Cove Guest Home Victoria Haven Nursing Home Capital District Health Authority (DHA 9) Arborstone Enhanced Care Duncan MacMillan Home for the Aged Dykeland Lodge Maplestone Enhanced Care Glades Lodge Haliburton Place Melville Lodge Musquodoboit Valley Home for Special Care (Braeside) Northwoodcare Inc. Oakwood Terrace Ocean View Manor Parkstone Enhanced Care Saint Vincent’s Guest House Scotia Nursing Homes Ltd.

The Birches Windsor Elms United Church Senior Citizens’ Home Residential care facilities 6 All residential care facilities licensed under the Homes for Special Care Act, including but not limited to the facilities listed below, are designated as agencies for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Act: South Shore District Health Authority (DHA 1) Hillsview Acres Lohnes Rest Home South West Nova District Health Authority (DHA 2) Au Logis d’Meteghan Ltd. Cottage Celeste Glo Estates Mary’s Abide-A-While Home Ltd. Pont du Marais Boarding Home Annapolis Valley District Health Authority (DHA 3) Grace Haven New Visions Home for Seniors Saunders Rest Home Tibbetts (Canning) Home for Special Care Tibbetts Home (Wilmot) Wedgewood House Wolfville Elms Colchester East Hants Health Authority (DHA 4) Bennett’s Rest Home Karlaine Place Maplewood Manor Townsview Estates

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Web version. 19 Westside Villa Cumberland Health Authority (DHA 5) Centennial Villa Chignecto Manor Cole’s Family Care The White Birches Retirement Residence Victoria Manor Pictou County Health Authority (DHA 6) High Crest Place Shiretown (Blue Wing) Sunset Haven Home Guysborough Antigonish-Strait Health Authority (DHA 7) Highland Crest Home Cape Breton District Health Authority (DHA 8) Charlotte’s Guest Home The Heritage House Jones Manor My Cape Breton Home for Seniors Capital District Health Authority (DHA 9) Hilltop Villa Victoria Park Guest Home Melville Gardens School boards 7 All school boards established under the Education Act, including but not limited to the boards listed below, are designated as agencies for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Act: Annapolis Valley Regional School Board Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board Chignecto-Central Regional School Board Conseil scolaire acadien provincial Halifax Regional School Board South Shore Regional School Board Strait Regional School Board Tri-County Regional School Board Hospitals 8 The Isaak Walton Killam Health Centre established under the Isaak Walton Killam Health Centre Act is designated as an agency for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Act. Community colleges 9 The Nova Scotia Community College established under the Community Colleges Act is designated as an agency for the purpose of clause 2(

a) of the Act.