OIC Number: 2013 - 21

Date of Order: Jan 22, 2013

Statute: Insurance Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister responsible for the Insurance Act dated December 7, 2012, and pursuant to Sections 5, 113E and 159 of

Chapter 231 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Insurance Act, is pleased, effective on and after April 1, 2013, to (

a) pursuant to

Section 159 of the Act, make new regulations respecting diagnostic and treatment protocols for minor injuries sustained in automobile accidents, in the form set forth in

Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation; (

b) pursuant to

Section 159 of the Act, amend the Automobile Insurance Contract Mandatory Conditions Regulations, N.S. Reg. 181/2003, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2003-456 dated October 31, 2003, to accord with new regulations respecting diagnostic and treatment protocols for minor injuries sustained in automobile accidents, in the manner set forth in

Schedule "B" attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation; and (

c) pursuant to

Section 5 and

Section 113E of the Insurance Act, amend the Automobile Accident Minor Injury Regulations, N.S. Reg. 94/2010, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2010-254 dated June 22, 2010, to accord with new regulations respecting diagnostic and treatment protocols for minor injuries sustained in automobile accidents, in the manner set forth in

Schedule "C" attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation.

Department(s): Insurance Act