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Designated Agents and Authorized Persons Regulations

made under

Section 51 of the

Vital Statistics Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 494

O.I.C. 2019-179 (effective July 9, 2019), N.S. Reg. 101/2019

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Eligibility requirements for agent or authorized person

Person may designate agent or authorized person

Application by agent or authorized person

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Designated Agents and Authorized Persons

Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations, the following

definitions apply:

“Act” means the Vital Statistics Act ;

“agent or authorized person” means a person referred to in clause 37(2)(

c) or (

d) of

the Act who is designated in accordance with these regulations to apply for a birth

certificate on behalf of the person who made the designation;

“application” means an application for a birth certificate under subsection 37(2) of

the Act.

Eligibility requirements for agent or authorized person

(1) To be designated as an agent or authorized person, a person must meet all of the

following:

(

a) they are a natural person who is at least 19 years old;

(

b) except as provided in subsection (2), they have known the person making

the designation for at least 1 year.

(2) Clause (1)(

b) does not apply to any of the following persons:

(

a) a person who the Registrar is satisfied has an existing relationship with the

person making the designation;

(

b) a member of the House of Assembly;

(

c) a member of the council of the band in which the person making the

designation is a member.

(3) In subsection (2),

“band” means a band as defined in the Indian Act (Canada);

“council”, in relation to a band, means a council of the band as defined in the

Indian Act (Canada).

Person may designate agent or authorized person

(1) A person who wishes to apply for a birth certificate, other than by applying online,

may designate a person who meets the eligibility requirements of

Section 3 as an

agent or authorized person to apply on that person’s behalf.

(2) To designate a person as an agent or authorized person, a person must submit a

written designation to the Registrar, in a form prescribed by the Minister, that

includes all of the following:

(

a) the full name, contact information and signature of the person making the

designation;

(

b) the full name and contact information of the designated person;

(

c) the length of time that the designated person has known the person making

the designation;

(

d) if the length of time referred to in clause (

c) is under 1 year, a description of

the nature of the relationship between the designated person and the person

making the designation;

(

e) a statement that the person consents to the designated person applying on

their behalf.

Application by agent or authorized person

(1) An application by an agent or authorized person must be in writing and

accompanied by a statutory declaration, in the form prescribed by the Minister, that

includes all of the following:

(

a) the full name and contact information of the agent or authorized person;

(

b) the full name of the person on whose behalf the application is being made;

(

c) the length of time the agent or authorized person has known the person on

whose behalf the application is being made;

(

d) if the length of time referred to in clause (

d) is under 1 year, a description of

the nature of the relationship between the agent or authorized person and the

person on whose behalf the application is being made.

(2) The Registrar may not accept any online application submitted by an agent or

authorized person.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Designated Agents and Authorized Persons Regulations

N.S. Reg.

101/2019

Vital Statistics 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 Designated Agents and Authorized Persons Regulations made

under the Vital Statistics Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

101/2019

Jul 9 ,2019

date specified

Jul 19, 2019

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

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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.