OIC Number: 2019 - 179

Date of Order: Jun 25, 2019

Statute: Vital Statistics Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Service Nova Scotia dated April 9, 2018, and pursuant to

Section 51 of

Chapter 494 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Vital Statistics Act , is pleased, effective on and after July 9, 2019, to (

a) repeal the Registration of Domestic Partnerships Regulations , N.S. Reg. 57/2001, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2001-263 dated May 31, 2001; (

b) repeal the regulations respecting returns of births, stillbirths and deaths that occur in hospitals, N.S. Reg. 43/1963, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council dated December 10, 1963; (

c) repeal the regulations respecting vital statistics forms, N.S. Reg. 114/1973, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 73-1340, dated December 11, 1973; (

d) amend the Change of Sex Regulations , N.S. Reg. 328/2015, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2015-316 dated September 22, 2015, to remove the provisions respecting written statements from professionals for applicants 16 years of age and older in the manner set forth in

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

e) amend the Medical Certificate of Death Regulations , N.S. Reg. 7/2013, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2013-3 dated January 15, 2013, to remove a reference to a form prescribed by regulation in the manner set forth in

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

f) amend the regulations respecting fees for searches and transactions, N.S. Reg. 26/1994, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 94-125, dated February 15, 1994, to provide for exemptions from fees for changes of name for residential school survivors and changes of sex indicator for persons issued a certificate of gender identity in the manner set forth in

Schedule “C” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation; and (

g) make new regulations respecting designated agents and authorized persons in the form set forth in

Schedule “D” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation.

Department(s): Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services