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Adoption Records Regulations

made under

Section 46 of the

Adoption Records Act

S.N.S. 2021, c. 1

O.I.C. 2022-108 (effective May 1, 2022), N.S. Reg. 80/2022

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Representative under Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act

Representative to provide order to Minister

Definition of “cultural heritage”

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Adoption Records Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Adoption Records Act ;

“Minister” means the Minister of Community Services;

“representation order” means a representation order as defined in the Adult

Capacity and Decision-making Act .

Representative under Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act

3 A representative appointed under the Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act may, if

authorized to do so under the representation order, do any of the following on behalf of

the person they represent:

(

a) request disclosure of non-identifying information described in subsection

8(1) of the Act;

(

b) apply for disclosure of identifying information described in any of the

following provisions:

(i) subsection 9(1) of the Act,

(ii) subsection 11(1) of the Act,

(iii) subsection 13(1) of the Act,

(iv) subsection 14(1) of the Act,

(v) subsection 14(2) of the Act;

(

c) file a disclosure veto;

(

d) file a contact notice;

(

e) request search, support or reunion services.

Representative to provide order to Minister

4 A representative acting under

Section 3 must provide the Minister with a copy of their

representation order.

Definition of “cultural heritage”

5 For the purposes of subsections 8(1) and 9(3) of the Act, “cultural heritage” includes, but

is not limited to, all of the following:

(

a) the name of an Elder present at an adoption recognized as a customary

adoption under the Children and Family Services Act or any predecessor

Act;

(

b) the band of origin for an adopted Mi’kmaw child.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Adoption Records Regulations

N.S. Reg.

80/2022

Adoption Records 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 Adoption Records Regulations made under the Adoption Records Act includes all of the following

regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

80/2022

May 1, 2022

date specified

May 6, 2022

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.