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Municipal Assistance Regulations

made under

Section 18 of the

Social Assistance Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 432

O.I.C. 81-665 (effective May 12, 1981), N.S. Reg. 76/1981

as amended to O.I.C. 1999-464 (effective October 1, 1999), N.S. Reg. 93/1999

Table of Contents

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[Definitions]

Standards of administrative organization

Standards of assistance

Projected operational plan

Reimbursement—assistance and administration

Reimbursement—homes for special care and regional rehabilitation centres

General reimbursement requirements

Commencement

Appendix “A”

[Definitions]

1 In these regulations[,]

(a) “Act” means

Part II [Part I] of the Social Assistance Act ;

(b) “agency” means an organization approved by the Minister to provide

Municipal Social Services;

(c) “applicant” means a person who applies for assistance under the Act;

(d) “assets” means cash, bonds, stocks, debentures or other assets that can be

converted readily into cash and includes the beneficial interest in assets held

in trust and available to be used for maintenance and may include the

amount remaining to be paid under a mortgage or agreement for sale, or the

cash surrender value of a life insurance policy;

(e) “assistance” means the provision of money, goods or services to a person in

need, including

(

i) items of basic requirement: food, clothing, shelter, fuel, utilities,

household supplies and personal requirements,

(ii) items of special requirement: furniture, living allowances, moving

allowances, special transportation, training allowances, special school

requirements, special employment requirements, funeral and burial

expenses and comforts allowances. The Director may approve other

items of special requirement he deems essential to the well being of

the recipient, [ sic ]

(iii) health care services: reasonable medical, surgical, obstetrical, dental,

optical and nursing services which are not covered under the Hospital

Insurance Plan or under the Medical Services Insurance Plan,

(iv) care in homes for special care,

(

v) social services, including family counselling, homemakers, home

care and home nursing services,

(vi) rehabilitation services;

(f) “child in voluntary care” means

(

i) a child approved for placement or placed by a children's services

agency under the Children's and Family Services Act in a facility or

in the home of a person other than his natural parent or guardian, and

whose parent or guardian is unable to support the child without

assistance, or

(ii) a child who is placed in a home for special care and whose parent or

guardian is unable to support the child without assistance;

(g) “Committee” means a Social Services Committee of a municipal unit or

units appointed or acting pursuant to the Act;

(h) “dependent” means a person defined by the municipal social services policy

as being dependent upon the applicant for the provision of food, clothing

and shelter;

(i) “Director” means the Director of Municipal Social Services, Department of

Social Services, Province of Nova Scotia;

(j) “home” means a home for special care as defined in the Homes for Special

Care Act ;

(k) “income” means earned income as defined by the municipal social services

policy and includes unearned income as defined in these regulations;

(l) “income maintenance payment” means a payment made to a person by

Canada or Nova Scotia in respect of loss or presumed loss of income by

reason of unemployment, loss of the principal family provider, illness,

disability or age;

(m) “municipal social services policy” means written directives relating to the

granting of assistance issued by a Municipal Council and approved by the

Minister;

(n) “recipient” means a person who qualifies for and receives assistance under

the Act, these regulations and the municipal social services policy;

(o) “resident” means a person in need who is being cared for in a home;

(p) “Social Services Director” means a person

(

i) appointed by a Committee with the approval of the Municipal

Council and the Minister,

(ii) appointed by the Minister, or

(iii) approved by the Minister and appointed by an agency under the

terms of a contract entered into between an agency and the

Committee with the approval of the Municipal Council for the

purpose of administering and managing all matters that are the

responsibilities of Committees;

(q) “unearned income” shall include income maintenance payments such as Old

Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Canada Pension, Family

Benefits, Workers' Compensation, War Veteran's Allowance,

Unemployment Insurance, income from insurance, income from alimony

and maintenance payments, income from stocks and bonds, income from

training allowances, and any other income not directly resulting from

employment.

Standards of administrative organization

(1) The Social Services Director of the Committee shall

(

a) provide applications for assistance in the form prescribed or approved by the

Minister;

(

b) record on a budget form prescribed or approved by the Minister, the

financial information required to be recorded on such budget form;

(

c) determine the immediate and continuing eligibility of each applicant;

(

d) provide assistance in accordance with the provisions of the Act, these

regulations and the municipal social services policy;

(

e) interview the applicant and keep a written

summary on file of the interview;

(

f) give the applicant a clear indication of his responsibility to inform the Social

Services Director of any change in his circumstances;

(

g) give the applicant notice of his right to appeal and a copy of the procedures

for filing an appeal;

(

h) require an applicant who is employable to produce acceptable evidence that

he has made a reasonable effort to obtain employment;

(

i) require an applicant to provide the information required to determine his

eligibility for assistance;

(

j) ensure that the applicant has no other reasonable source of income which

can be used for his financial needs;

(

k) grant assistance to those persons who are eligible effective

(

i) the date of the application, if the person meets the eligibility

requirements of the Act, these regulations and the municipal social

services policy on that date, or

(ii) the day the person meets the eligibility requirements of the Act, the

regulations, and the social services policy;

(

l) review semi-annually a recipient's circumstances to determine if the

recipient continues to be eligible for assistance and keep a written

summary

of the review on file;

(

m) make available to the public at a reasonable cost the municipal social

services policy;

(

n) make available lists of persons who are receiving or have received

assistance under

Part II [Part I] of the Act only to those persons who require

the information to perform their lawful duty;

(

o) permit all records and files relating to the granting of assistance and the

claims for reimbursement to be reviewed by a person or persons authorized

by the Minister to make such a review;

(

p) comply with the procedures and practices prescribed by the Minister, the

municipal unit, the Director or persons authorized to prescribe procedures

and practices, as they pertain to financial procedures and internal controls.

(2) The Social Services Director may grant assistance in an emergency situation

without complying with the requirements of clauses (

a) to (

l) inclusive of

subsection (1).

(1) A municipal unit will be considered to have an organized social services

department if

(

a) the municipal unit has made provision to grant assistance through a

municipal social services department established pursuant to Sections 20 or

22 of the Act;

(

b) the person in charge of the social services department and other members of

the staff who are engaged in social service work possess the qualifications

prescribed in subsection (2);

(

c) the office of the social services department is readily accessible and open

during reasonable hours to applicants and recipients of assistance;

(

d) the records of the social services department are kept in accordance with the

requirements set out in these regulations or as directed by the Minister or the

person designated by the Minister to administer the Act and these

regulations;

(

e) the social services department places emphasis on rehabilitation and social

services;

(

f) the appointment of the Social Services Director and of each member of the

staff of the social services department who is engaged in social service

work, has been approved by the Minister.

(2) The Social Service Director and every member of the staff of a social services

department engaged in municipal social service work shall

(

a) be in good physical and mental health;

(

b) provide adequate references respecting character and suitability for the

office;

(

c) attend such courses of training as prescribed by the Minister and shall also

either

(

i) be an employee of the Municipal Social Services Department, the

Provincial Department of Social Services or an agency and be a

professionally trained social worker, or

(ii) have had work experience in an allied field, sufficient in the opinion

of the Minister to qualify him for the office, and

(iii) have satisfactorily completed in-service training as prescribed by the

Minister.

Standards of assistance

(1) Assistance shall be provided on the budget deficit system whereby a person's

financial needs are calculated pursuant to these regulations and the municipal

social services policy as approved pursuant to these regulations. Where the needs

exceed the income, assistance shall be granted in the amount by which the needs

are in excess of the income.

(2) For the purpose of calculating a person's budget deficit, the municipal unit will take

into account the recipient's items of basic requirements as specified in the

municipal social services policy and the income, assets and resources available to

him to meet such requirements to provide adequately for himself or for himself and

his dependents.

(3) The Director may permit, waive or modify the provisions regarding the calculation

of the budget deficit where this would promote the rehabilitation of the applicant or

recipient.

(4) The municipal unit shall obtain the approval of the director before granting

assistance for the return of transients to their province of origin.

(5) Where a special needs allowance is granted pursuant to the Family Benefits

Regulations , to a recipient who is blind, deaf, or who is disabled because of a

spinal cord injury or its equivalent, the municipal unit shall not include the special

needs allowance in the calculation of income.

(6) Income from the Child Tax Benefit component of the Canada Child Tax Benefit,

the Nova Scotia Child Benefit and the Goods and Services Tax Credit shall not be

considered as income for the purpose of these regulations.

(7) Financial compensation received by individuals pursuant to the Memorandum of

Understanding regarding Compensation for Survivors of Institutional Abuse shall

not be considered as income or as an asset for the purpose of determining a

persons’ eligibility for assistance pursuant to the Act and these regulations but any

income generated from the compensation shall be considered as income for the

month in which it is received for the purpose of determining a person’s eligibility

for such assistance.

(8) Where

(

a) assistance is paid to or on behalf of a person pursuant to the Act by the

Minister on behalf of a municipality in respect of the obligations of the

municipality under the Social Assistance Act ;

(

b) the person has been overpaid in respect of benefits paid to the person or on

behalf of the person pursuant to the Family Benefits Act ; and

(

c) the person is no longer in receipt of benefits under the Family Benefits Act ,

the Director may recalculate the assistance paid to the recipient by reducing the

assistance paid to the recipient or on behalf of the recipient in such a manner and in

such amounts as the Director or person acting on behalf of the Director may

determine.

Projected operational plan

(1) Each municipal unit shall prepare and submit to the Minister not later than

September 15th in each year, a “projected operational plan” (hereinafter called the

“plan”) for the ensuing fiscal year, which shall include

(

a) a list of all personnel, both professional and clerical, employed by the social

services department stating the job title, employment experience, and salary

of each employee as of June 30th and the proposed salary for the ensuing

fiscal year;

(

b) a list of each proposed new position to be filled during the ensuing fiscal

year with the job title, qualifications, proposed salary and date the position

is expected to be filled;

(

c) a statement of the estimated operating costs of the social services

department for the ensuing year, including all administrative expenses as

defined in

Section 6 of these regulations;

(

d) a statement of the estimated income to the social services department for the

ensuing year from all sources exclusive of the reimbursement for assistance

costs and administrative expenses;

(

e) a statement of the estimated costs of assistance to be expended during the

ensuing year by the municipal unit;

(

f) a copy of the municipal social services policy approved by the Council

respecting the programs the municipal unit proposes to carry out during the

ensuing year, including the application of assets and the scales of assistance

approved by the Council to be granted to the applicants and recipients.

(2) A full and complete explanation shall accompany the financial statement.

(3) The Minister may approve or withhold approval of a plan or the costs set out in the

plan, in whole or in part.

(4) Where the Minister approves the plan, he shall so advise the municipal unit.

(5) Where the Minister withholds approval of a plan, in whole or in part, he shall

forthwith inform the municipal unit of the reasons why the plan was not approved,

and shall give the municipal unit an opportunity to submit an amended or new plan

for approval.

(6) Reimbursement shall not be made in respect to any expenditures made by a

municipal unit under a plan which the Minister has not approved.

(7) Notwithstanding subsection (6), the Minister may reimburse a municipal unit for

expenditures not provided for in the plan if the Minister is satisfied that the

expenditures were reasonably necessary and could not reasonably have been

foreseen or provided for in the plan.

(8) An application by a municipal unit for reimbursement by the Minister shall be in

such form and contain such information as the Minister may prescribe.

Reimbursement—assistance and administration

(1) Where a municipal unit has an organized social services department, and complies

with the standards of administrative organization and the standards of assistance

set out in these regulations and the projected operational plan of the unit has been

approved by the Minister, the Minister may reimburse the unit for assistance

furnished to a person in need by paying to the unit a percentage of the amount

furnished not greater than the percentage prescribed in Appendix “A” for the unit.

(2) Where a municipal unit does not have an organized social services department, but

has complied with the standards of administrative organization except for

Section

3 and the standards of assistance set out in these regulations, and the projected

operational plan has been approved, the Minister may reimburse the unit for

assistance granted to a person in need by paying to the unit sixty-six and two-thirds

percent of the amount granted.

(3) Where a municipal unit has provided assistance to a person in an amount greater

than the person's budget deficit, the Minister may reimburse the unit for the

appropriate proportion of its expenditures if he is satisfied that in the circumstances

the provision of the amount of assistance was necessary.

(4) Subject to these regulations, the Minister may reimburse a municipal unit with an

organized social services department by paying to the unit in respect of its

administrative expenses a percentage of the amount of such expenses not greater

than the percentage prescribed in Appendix “A” for the unit.

(5) For the purpose of this Section, administrative expenses include payments made by

a municipal unit or jointly by municipal units for any of the following expenses:

(

a) the payment of salaries of members of the staff of the municipal unit,

whether professional or clerical, for services performed in the administration

of the social services department, at the rates not above those set out by the

Department of Human Resources for similar positions;

(

b) the payment of travelling expenses incurred in [the] administration of the

social services department including

(

i) operation and repairs of a motor vehicle owned by the municipal

unit,

(ii) a standard mileage allowance or rate as approved by the Minister for

the use of a motor vehicle owned by a member of the staff of the

municipal unit,

(iii) taxi and bus fare, and

(iv) the purchase price of a motor vehicle owned by the municipal unit,

where provision is made for the amortization of the purchase price

over a reasonable period of time;

(

c) the payment of the cost of necessary books and periodicals, printing,

stationery, advertising, postage, expressage and the cost of necessary

equipment and furnishings for a social services office;

(

d) the payment by a municipal unit or jointly by municipal units to an

approved agency or the Department of Community Services for the

administration of the social services department of the unit or units;

(

e) the payment of any other expenses that, in the opinion of the Minister, are

reasonably required for the efficient and proper administration of the social

services department; and

(

f) the expenses incurred in attending such conferences or in-service training as

are approved by the Minister.

(6) A municipal unit claiming reimbursement for assistance expenditures paid to

persons in need shall submit a claim at least once a month and the claim for any

month or part of a month shall be submitted within thirty days of the end of the

period for which the claim is being made.

(6A) The Minister may refuse to reimburse a municipal unit on claims which are not

submitted within the time period prescribed in this subsection [(6)].

(7) No reimbursement will be provided for administrative expenses relating to salaries

of social services department personnel whose appointment has not been made in

accordance with the procedures established by the Minister.

(8) Where a municipal unit provides for the maintenance of a child in voluntary care

as defined by the Children and Family Services Act , for a period of time which is

consistent with that Act, the Minister may reimburse the unit by paying to the unit

a percentage of the amount provided not greater than the percentage prescribed in

Appendix “A” for the unit.

6A

(1) A municipal unit shall pay a comforts allowance to persons in need residing in a

home at the rate of $105.00 per month.

(2) Where a municipal unit does not comply with subsection (1), the Minister may

provide the comforts allowance to the person in need and may deduct the cost

thereof from any assistance payable to the municipal unit by the Minister.

Reimbursement—homes for special care and regional rehabilitation centres

(1) Subject to these regulations, where a municipal unit maintains a resident in a

home, in whole or in part, the unit shall be responsible to pay the home on behalf

of the resident the per diem fee rate which has been fixed, established or prescribed

pursuant to the Homes for Special Care Act and regulations for each day the

resident is maintained in the home where the unit has paid the said amount, the

Minister shall reimburse the unit by paying to the unit a percentage of the amount

which the unit paid the home, not less than 66 2/3 percent of the difference

between the amount charged by the home and the revenue received by or on behalf

of the resident from any source other than the municipal unit.

(1A) For the purpose of subsection (1), revenue does not include revenue from the

husband, wife, father, mother, son or daughter of a resident in a home for the aged

or a nursing home.

(1B) The reimbursement calculated pursuant to the provisions of subsections (1) and

(1A) shall be reduced by the amount by which the total of the calculated

reimbursement and the revenue received from all sources, including the revenue

described in subsection (1A), exceeds the per diem rate approved by the Minister.

(2) Where the municipal unit of settlement pays a comforts allowance, not exceeding the

monthly amount approved by the Minister to a person in need in a home for special

care or in a hospital, the Minister may reimburse the municipal unit for sixty-six and

two-thirds percent of the allowance if the balance in the person's comforts allowance

account does not exceed the amount approved by the Minister.

(3) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the Minister is not bound to

reimburse a municipal unit for expenditures made for the purpose of maintaining a

resident in a home or a centre unless he is satisfied that

(

a) the person in respect of whom the expenditures were made is a person in need

of placement in a home as determined by the classification committee

established under the Homes for Special Care Act ;

(

b) the home where the person is maintained is a suitable place for the care of the

person;

(

c) the person is maintained in a home approved or licensed under the Homes for

Special Care Act ; and

(

d) that medical, social services and financial assessment reports are completed as

required by the Director.

(4) A municipal unit claiming reimbursement for assistance expenditures paid to

persons in homes for special care shall submit a claim at least once a month and the

claim for any month or part of a month shall be submitted within thirty days of the

end of the period for which the claim is being made. The Minister may refuse to

reimburse a municipal unit on claims which are not submitted within the time period

prescribed in this subsection.

(1) For the purposes of this

Section and

Section 7, a “centre” is a Regional

Rehabilitation Centre licensed under the Homes for Special Care Act and

regulations as a Regional Rehabilitation Centre.

(2) Notwithstanding

Section 7, the Minister shall reimburse the municipal unit operating

a centre at one hundred percent of the difference between the per diem rate approved

by the Minister for the centre and the revenue received by the municipal unit on the

person's behalf from sources other than a municipal unit for each day that the person

is maintained in the centre.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person is deemed admitted to a centre as an

approved resident as of the day the person actually becomes a resident in the centre

and continues to be an approved resident until the date specified by the classification

committee established under the Homes for Special Care Act as the discharge date.

(4) The classification committee shall, immediately following its decision respecting

discharge, give written notice of the discharge date to the resident and the clerk of

the municipality in which the resident has a settlement where the municipality may

be responsible for maintenance and care of the resident.

(5) If a resident is not removed within thirty days of the discharge date, the municipality

of settlement shall assume payment of one hundred percent of the cost of

maintaining the resident.

(6) The expenses of conveying a person to a centre shall be paid

(

a) by the municipal unit in which the person has a settlement; or

(

b) by the Province where the person does not have a settlement in the Province.

General reimbursement requirements

9 The Minister may decide that a municipal unit is not eligible to receive reimbursement for

expenditures incurred in providing assistance to persons in need if the municipal unit has

granted assistance in a manner or an amount which is inconsistent with or contrary to the

provisions of the Canada Assistance Plan, the regulations and the policies made pursuant

to the Canada Assistance Plan.

Commencement

10 These regulations shall come into force and apply on and after the 12th day of May, 1981.

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Appendix “A”

(Municipal Assistance Regulations)

For the purposes of

Section 6, the following percentages are hereby prescribed:

City of Dartmouth

City of Halifax

[repealed]

Town of Amherst

Town of Annapolis Royal

Town of Antigonish

Town of Bedford

Town of Berwick

Town of Bridgewater

Town of Canso

Town of Clark's Harbour

Town of Digby

[repealed]

[repealed]

Town of Hantsport

Town of Kentville

Town of Liverpool

Town of Lockeport

Town of Lunenburg

Town of Mahone Bay

Town of Middleton

Town of Mulgrave

Town of New Glasgow

[repealed]

[repealed]

Town of Parrsboro

Town of Pictou

Town of Port Hawkesbury

Town of Shelburne

Town of Springhill

Town of Stellarton

Town of Stewiacke

[repealed]

Town of Trenton

Town of Truro

Town of Westville

Town of Windsor

Town of Wolfville

Town of Yarmouth

Mun. of the County of Annapolis

Mun. of the County of Antigonish

Mun. of the District of Argyle

Mun. of the District of Barrington

[repealed]

Mun. of the District of Chester

Mun. of the District of Clare

Mun. of the County of Colchester

Mun. of the County of Cumberland

Mun. of the District of Digby

Mun. of the District of Guysborough

Mun. of the County of Halifax

Mun. of the District of East Hants

Mun. of the District of West Hants

Mun. of the County of Inverness

Mun. of the County of Kings

Mun. of the District of Lunenburg

Mun. of the County of Pictou

Mun. of the County of Queens

Mun. of County of Richmond

Mun. of Dist of Shelburne

Mun. of the District of St. Mary's

Mun. of the County of Victoria

Mun. of the District of Yarmouth

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Town of Bridgetown

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Municipal Assistance Regulations

N.S. Reg. 76/1981

Social Assistance 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 Municipal Assistance Regulations made under the Social Assistance Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

76/1981

May 12, 1981

date specified

Jun 4, 1981

222/1982

Sep 1, 1982

date specified

Nov 18, 1982

200/1982

Sep 14, 1982

date specified

Oct 7, 1982

58/1984

Mar 20, 1984

date made

Apr 5, 1984

44/1984

Mar 6, 1984

date made

Mar 22, 1984

16/1985

Jan 1, 1985

date specified

Feb 7, 1985

55/1985

Mar 12, 1985

date made

Apr 4, 1985

162/1986

Jul 1, 1986

date specified

Jul 31, 1986

14/1987

Dec 31, 1986

date specified

Feb 12, 1987

97/1988

Apr 1, 1988

date specified

May 19, 1988

78/1989

Jan 1, 1989

date specified

Jun 29, 1989

307/1990

Dec 1, 1990

date specified

Dec 14, 1990

11/1991

Jan 15, 1991

date specified

Feb 8, 1991

12/1991

Jan 22, 1991

date made

Feb 8, 1991

274/1992

Jan 1, 1993

date specified

Jan 8, 1993

5/1993

Jan 1, 1993

date specified

Feb 5, 1993

113/1995

Aug 1, 1995

date specified

Aug 18, 1995

106/1996

Jun 1, 1996

date specified

Jul 5, 1996

16/1997

Feb 11, 1997

date specified

Feb 28, 1997

74/1998

Jul 1, 1998

date specified

Oct 9, 1998

93/1999

Oct 1, 1999

date specified

Oct 22, 1999

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

1(

q) defn . of “unearned income”......

am. 58/1984

4(1)...................................................

rs . 97/1988

4(6)...................................................

ad. 58/1984 ; am. 307/1990; rs . 5/1993, 74/1998

4(7)...................................................

ad. 106/1996

4(8)...................................................

ad. 16/1997 ; rs . 93/1999

6(1)...................................................

rs . 16/1985

6(4)...................................................

rs . 16/1985

6(8)...................................................

rs . 16/1985

6(9)...................................................

ad. 16/1985 ; rep. 113/1995

6A.....................................................

ad. 222/1982 ; rs . 274/1992

7(1)...................................................

rs . 16/1985, 55/1985, 162/1986, 14/1987; am. 11/1991; am. 12/1991 4

7(1 A)-( 1B)........................................

ad. 44/1984

7(1C).................................................

ad. 16/1985 3 ; rs . 55/1985; rep. 162/1986

7(3)(c)...............................................

am. 200/1982

Appendixes

Appendix “A”...................................

ad. 16/1985

Items 3, 13, 14, 24, 25, 33, 44.....

am. 113/1995

Item 64........................................

rs . 113/1995

Item 65........................................

ad. 78/1989

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

S. 6(6) in original text contains 2 sentences. Second sentence redesignated as s. 6(6A) for the purposes of this consolidation and cross-reference in that subsection updated accordingly.

The references to

Part II of the Social Assistance Act should be read as references to

Part I of the Act in accordance with the renumbering of the part by the statute revision of 1989. (Part I of the Act was repealed by S.N.S. 1977, c. 63, s. 1.)

Second 7(1A) added by N.S. Reg. 16/1985, renumbered as 7(1C) for the purposes of this consolidation.

( Corrected by N.S. Reg 55/1985 .)

N.S. Reg. 12/1991 amends N.S. Reg. 11/1991 (O.I.C. 91-45) to replace

Schedule “A” to the O.I.C.; however, the replacement

schedule is identical to the amendments made by 11/1991.

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

13/1953

Mothers’ Allowance Regulations made under the Mothers’ Allowance Act , S.N.S. 1930, c. 4.

Jul 15, 1953

Apr 1, 1960 (S.N.S. 1960, c. 59)

17/1956

Provincial Assistance Regulations made under the Social Assistance Act , S.N.S. 1956, c. 7.

May 25, 1956

Mar 5, 1959

29/1959

Provincial and Municipal Assistance Regulations made under the Social Assistance Act , S.N.S. 1958, c. 13.

Mar 5, 1959

Mar 14, 1960

32/1960

Provincial and Municipal Assistance Regulations made under the Social Assistance Act , S.N.S. 1958, c. 13.

Mar 14, 1960

Sep 22, 1966

59/1966

Municipal Assistance Regulations made under the Social Assistance Act , S.N.S. 1966, c. 13.

Sep 22, 1966

May 19, 1981

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.