In force date of regulations: As of November 28, 2023*, the date a regulation comes into force is determined by subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act. A regulation comes into force on the date it is filed unless the regulation states that it comes into force on a later date, or the Act that the regulation is made under authorizes the regulation to come into force on a date earlier than the date it was filed or authorizes another method of coming into force. *Date that subsections 3(4) and (5) of

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2022,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Regulations Act, were proclaimed in force. Volume 48, No. 3 February 9, 2024

Part II Halifax, Nova Scotia Regulations under the Regulations Act Published by Authority Contents Act Reg. No.

Page House of Assembly Management Commission Act House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22/2024 40 Municipal Government Act Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual–replacement (dispensed from publication) . 21/2024 39 Petroleum Products Pricing Act Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20/2024 39 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23/2024 41 Regulations Act Attorney General order dispensing with publication of the Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Summary Proceedings Act

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19/2024 38 37

N.S. Reg. 19/2024 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 48, No. 3 N.S. Reg. 19/2024 Made: December 12, 2023 Filed: January 17, 2024

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations–amendment Order dated December 12, 2023 Amendment to regulations made by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice pursuant to

Section 8 of the

Summary Proceedings Act Order Made under

Section 8 of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act I, Brad Johns, Attorney General and Minister of Justice for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to

Section 8 of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act, effective on and after the date of this order, hereby (

a) amend

Schedule 9A to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, made by order of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated October 4, 2011, to designate certain offences under the Air Quality Regulations as

summary offence ticket offences, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”; and (

b) order and direct that the penalty to be entered on a summons in respect of an offence set out in amendments to the schedules to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, as set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”, is the out-of-court settlement amount listed in the out-of-court settlement column set out opposite the description for the offence, and includes the charge provided for in, and in accordance with, Sections 8 and 9 of the Act. Dated and made December 12, 2023, at Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia. sgd. Brad Johns Honourable Brad Johns Attorney General and Minister of Justice

Schedule “A” Amendment to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations made by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice pursuant to

Section 8 of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act

Schedule 9A to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, made by order of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated October 4, 2011, is amended under the heading “Air Quality Regulations” by repealing items 5 and 6 and substituting the following items: 5 Failing to submit report on or before March 31 on sulphur throughput 6(2) $697.50 6 Failing to submit plan on or before March 31 indicating how excess emissions will be recovered 6(5)(b) $697.50 38

N.S. Reg. 20/2024 - 21/2024 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 48, No. 3 N.S. Reg. 20/2024 Made: January 18, 2024 Filed: January 18, 2024 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated January 18, 2024 made by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review 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 Utility and Review Board’s website at the following address: https://nsuarb.novascotia.ca/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] N.S.

Reg. 21/2024 Made: January 24, 2024 Filed: January 25, 2024 Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual–replacement Order dated January 24, 2024 Repeal of regulations and regulations made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing pursuant to Sections 451 and 520 of the Municipal Government Act Ministerial Order for Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual Regulations In the matter of

Section 451 and

Section 520 of

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act -and- In the matter of the regulations known as the Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual Order I, John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, pursuant to

Section 451 and

Section 520 of

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, hereby repeal the regulations known as the Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual, N.S. Reg. 130/2021, made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing by Ministerial Order dated October 22, 2021, and make regulations respecting financial reporting and accounting, also to be known as the Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual, in the form attached as

Schedule “A”, effective on and after February 1, 2024. Dated at Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, on January 24, 2024. sgd. John Lohr Honourable John Lohr Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing 39

N.S. Reg. 21/2024 - 22/2024 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 48, No. 3 [Please note: Publication of the Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on January 25, 2024, has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 18, 2024, and published on page 41 of this issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. The Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual is available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Office of the Registrar of Regulations’ website at the following address: https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/rxam-z.htm#mga.] N.S.

Reg. 22/2024 Made: January 24, 2024 Filed: January 25, 2024 House of Assembly Management Regulations–amendment Order dated January 25, 2024 Amendment to regulations made by the House of Assembly Management Commission pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the House of Assembly Management Commission Act House of Assembly Management Commission Amendment to the House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations I certify that the House of Assembly Management Commission, pursuant to subsection 27(1) of

Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2010, the House of Assembly Management Commission Act, at a meeting held on January 24, 2024, amended the House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations, N.S. Reg. 43/2013, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”, effective on filing. Signed at Halifax, in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia on January 25, 2024. per: sgd. James Charlton James Charlton Chief Clerk, House of Assembly

Schedule “A” Amendments to the House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations made by the House of Assembly Management Commission pursuant to subsection 27(1) of

Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2010, the House of Assembly Management Commission Act 1 Subsection 18(6) of the regulations is amended by adding “if the expenditures are made within six months of the member being declared elected or by the end of the fiscal year during which the member was declared elected, whichever is later” immediately after “Commission”. 2 Subsection 27(5) of the regulations is amended by (

a) striking out “A newly elected” and substituting “An”; and (

b) adding “and the expenditures are made within six months of the member being declared elected or becoming an outside member or by the end of the fiscal year during which the member was declared elected or became an outside member, whichever is later” immediately after “accommodation” the last time it occurs. 40

N.S. Reg. 23/2024 Royal Gazette

Part II - Regulations Vol. 48, No. 3 N.S. Reg. 23/2024 Made: January 25, 2024 Filed: January 26, 2024 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated January 25, 2024 made by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review 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 Utility and Review Board’s website at the following address: https://nsuarb.novascotia.ca/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDER Pursuant to

Section 4 of

Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Regulations Act

Whereas subsection 4(3) of the Regulations Act allows the Attorney General, on the recommendation of the Registrar of Regulations, to order the dispensation of the publication of a regulation in prescribed circumstances; And

Whereas the Municipal Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual and Schedules made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing pursuant to Section[s] 451 [and 520] of

Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, is of such length and complexity to render publication in the Royal Gazette

Part II unpractical; And

Whereas the Registrar of Regulations has recommended dispensing with the publication of the Municipal Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual and Schedules in the Royal Gazette

Part II; Therefore, I Hereby Order the dispensation of the publication in the Royal Gazette

Part II of the Municipal Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual and Schedules made under the Municipal Government Act by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing [by order] dated January 24, 2024. This Order is effective on and after the date it is filed with the Registry of Regulations. Dated this 18th day of January, 2024. sgd. Brad Johns Honourable Brad Johns Minister of Justice and Attorney General 41