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Regulations Amending the

Schedule to the Act Listing Criminal Offences

made under

Section 14 of the

Victims’ Rights and Services Act

S.N.S. 1989, c. 14

O.I.C. 2008-185 (effective April 7, 2008), N.S. Reg. 243/2008

amended to O.I.C. 2024-371 (effective October 22, 2024), N.S. Reg. 213/2024

Table of Contents

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Citation

Additions to

Schedule

Deletions from

Schedule

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Regulations Amending the

Schedule to the Act

Listing Criminal Offences .

Additions to

Schedule

2 The following descriptions of criminal offences are added to the

Schedule to the Victims’

Rights and Services Act :

(a) “87 pointing a firearm”, immediately after “86 dangerous use of firearms”;

(b) “155(1) incest”, “160(2) compelling the commission of bestiality”, “160(3)

bestiality in presence of or by child”, “162 voyeurism”, “162.1 publication,

etc., of an intimate image without consent”, and “163.1 child pornography”,

immediately after “153 sexual exploitation”;

(c) “172.1 luring a child”, immediately after “170 parent or guardian procuring

sexual activity”;

(d) “264 criminal harassment” and “264.1 uttering threats” immediately after “262

impeding attempt to save life”;

(e) “279.01 trafficking in persons”, “279.011 trafficking of a person under the age

of eighteen years”, “279.02 material benefit—trafficking” and “279.03

withholding or destroying documents—trafficking”, immediately after “279

kidnapping”;

(f) “318 advocating genocide”, “319(1) public incitement of hatred” and “319(2)

wilful promotion of hatred”, immediately after “281 abduction of a person

under 14”;

(g) “430(1) mischief” immediately after “423 intimidation”.

Deletions from

Schedule

3 The following descriptions of criminal offences are deleted from the

Schedule to the

Victims’ Rights and Services Act :

(a) “65 taking

part in a riot”;

(b) “249(1)(

b) dangerous operation of vessels”;

(c) “437 false fire alarm”.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Regulations Amending the

Schedule to the Act Listing

Criminal Offences

N.S. Reg.

243/2008

Victims’ Rights and Services 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 Regulations Amending the

Schedule to the Act Listing

Criminal Offences made under the Victims’ Rights and

Services Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

243/2008

Apr 7, 2008

date specified

Apr 25, 2008

213/2024

Oct 22, 2024

date specified

Oct 18, 2024

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

2-3 .....................................................

rs. 213/2024

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.