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Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains

made under

Section 4 of the

Public Trustee Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 189

O.I.C. 2020-113 (effective March 31, 2020), N.S. Reg. 51/2020

The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health and

Wellness [and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice] dated [March 18], 2020, is pleased

to authorize the Public Trustee to manage unclaimed remains in the Province of Nova Scotia

with authority to

(

a) determine when human remains are unclaimed;

(

b) assume responsibility for unclaimed remains;

(

c) investigate whether the deceased had an estate;

(

d) make disposition arrangements and payment for disposition of unclaimed

remains; and

(

e) recover costs of disposition from the deceased’[s] estate in accordance with

the Public Trustee Act , effective March 31, 2020.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed

Remains

N.S. Reg.

51/2020

Public Trustee 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 Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains made

under the Public Trustee Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

51/2020

Mar 31, 2020

date specified

Apr 24, 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 = repealed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 = repealed and substituted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

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

The paragraph in

the original text that reads “

recover costs of disposition from the

deceased’s estate in accordance with the Public Trustee Act ” designated as clause (

e) for the

purposes of the consolidation.

Description “[Date of Order]” replaced with actual date

for the purposes of the consolidation.

Repealed and Superseded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Repealed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.