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Designations of Correctional Facilities

made under clauses 3(1)(

b) and (

d) of the

Correctional Services Act

S.N.S. 2005, c. 37

N.S. Reg. 2/2012 (May 10, 2011)

amended to N.S. Reg. 22/2020 (effective January 29, 2020)

Table of Contents

Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.

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Citation

Definition

Cape Breton Correctional Facility

Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

[Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility]

Nova Scotia Youth Centre

Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

Temporarily housing female offenders

Temporarily housing youth offenders

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Designations of Correctional Facilities .

Definition

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Correctional Services Act ;

“ Correctional Services Regulations ” means the Correctional Services Regulations

made under the Act.

3 [repealed]

Cape Breton Correctional Facility

(1) The Cape Breton Correctional Facility, located at 136 Gardiner Road, Sydney, Nova

Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

(2) The Cape Breton Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult offenders

only.

(3) Despite subsection (2) and subject to

Section 10, the Cape Breton Correctional

Facility may be used for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including adult

female offenders serving intermittent sentences.

Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

(1) The Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility, located at 136 Gardiner Road, Sydney,

Nova Scotia is designated as a correctional facility.

(2) The Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility is designated for housing youth offenders

who are in open custody or secure custody or who have been remanded into custody.

(3) Despite subsection (2) and subject to

Section 10, the Cape Breton Youth Detention

Facility may be used for temporarily housing adult offenders.

Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

(1) The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at Lot 920, Burnside

Industrial Park, Gloria McCluskey Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is designated

as a correctional facility, including the 24 cells for offenders suffering from mental

illnesses (the “MIO Unit”) and the 12-bed health unit, and including all support and

other ancillary spaces within and for the MIO Unit and the health unit.

(2) The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult

offenders only.

[Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility]

(1) The Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at 10202 Sherbrooke Road,

Pictou County, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

(2) The Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult male

offenders only.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility may be used

(

a) subject to

Section 10, for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including

adult female offenders serving intermittent sentences; and

(

b) subject to Sections 10 and 11, for temporarily housing youth offenders.

Nova Scotia Youth Centre

(1) The Nova Scotia Youth Centre, located at 1442 Country Home Road, Waterville,

Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

(2) The Nova Scotia Youth Centre is designated for housing youth offenders who are in

open custody or secure custody or who have been remanded into custody.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the Nova Scotia Youth Centre may be used for housing adult

male offenders, but only if the following requirements are met:

(

a) the requirements respecting separate housing in the Youth Criminal Justice Act

(Canada); and

(

b) for female youth offenders, the requirements respecting female offenders in

Sections 41 and 42 of the Act and Sections 74 to 77 of the Correctional

Services Regulations .

Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

(1) The Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at 227 Forest Street, RR

#4, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.

(2) The Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult

male offenders only.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the Southwest [Nova Scotia] Correctional Facility may be

used

(

a) subject to

Section 10, for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including

adult female offenders serving intermittent sentences; and

(

b) subject to Sections 10 and 11, for temporarily housing youth offenders.

Temporarily housing female offenders

10 Temporarily housing female offenders in correctional facilities that are not designated for

female offenders is permitted only if

(

a) prior permission has been granted by the Executive Director or the Executive

Director’s designate; and

(

b) the requirements respecting female offenders in Sections 41 and 42 of the Act

and Sections 74 to 77 of the Correctional Services Regulations can be met.

Temporarily housing youth offenders

11 Temporarily housing youth offenders in correctional facilities that are not designated for

youth offenders is permitted only if

(

a) prior permission has been granted by the Executive Director or the Executive

Director’s designate and the following requirements can be met:

(

i) the requirements respecting separate housing in the Youth Criminal

Justice Act (Canada); and

(ii) for female youth offenders, the requirements respecting female offenders

in Sections 41 and 42 of the Act and Sections 74 to 77 of the

Correctional Services Regulations ; or

(

b) a youth justice court judge or justice makes an order under

Section 30 of the

Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada).

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Designations of Correctional Facilities

N.S. Reg.

2/2012

Correctional 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 Designations of Correctional Facilities made under

the Correctional Services Act includes all of the

following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

2/2012

May 15, 2011

date specified

Jan 27, 2012

54/2012

Feb

23, 2012

date specified

Mar 9,

218/2014

Jan 5,

date specified

Jan 9,

219/2014

Jan

12, 2015

date specified

Jan 9,

220/2014

Feb 2,

date specified

Jan 9,

244/2016

Nov 4,

date specified

Nov

25, 2016

22/2020

Jan

29, 2020

date specified

Feb

28, 2020

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

3 ........................................................

rep. 219/2014

4(2) ...................................................

am. 54/2012

4(3) ...................................................

rep. 54/2012 ;

ad. 244/2016

5(3) ...................................................

am. 54/2012

7 ........................................................

rep. 219/2014 ;

ad. 220/2014

8(1)-(2) .............................................

am. 244/2016

8(3) ..................................................

ad. 218/2014 ; rep. 244/2016

ad. 22/2020

9(3) ...................................................

rs . 54/2012

9(3)(a) ...............................................

am. 244/2016

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

101/2006

Designation

of Antigonish Correctional Facility

Jul 1,

May 15, 2011

102/2006

Designation

of Cape Breton Correctional Facility

Jul 1,

May 15, 2011

172/2006

Designation

of Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

Aug

26, 2008

May 15, 2011

38/2007

Designation

of Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility

Jan

17, 2007

May 15, 2011

103/2006

Designation

of Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

Jul 1,

May 15, 2011

104/2006

Designation

of Cumberland Correctional Facility

Jul 1,

May 15, 2011

105/2006

Designation

of Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility

Jul 1,

May 15, 2011

106/2006

Designation

of Nova Scotia Youth Facility

Jul 1,

May 15, 2011

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.