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Libraries Act Funding Regulations

made under Sections 15 and 16 of the

Libraries Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 254

O.I.C. 1998-458 (effective September 16, 1998), N.S. Reg. 70/98

as amended to O.I.C. 2001-347 (effective July 19, 2001), N.S. Reg. 92/2001

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Operating grants

French language grants

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Libraries Act Funding Regulations.

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

(a) “approved operating funding level” means the product of the per capita

rate multiplied by the population of the municipalities that are represented

on a regional library board;

(b) “fiscal year” means the year commencing April 1 in each year and ending

March 31 next following;

(c) “Minister” means the Minister of Education;

(d) “municipality” means a town, regional municipality or a municipality of a

county or district;

(e) “per capita rate” means the per capita rate set annually by the Minister for

purposes of calculating the approved operating funding level;

(f) “population of the municipalities” means the population as shown in the

census, or annual projections, last prepared by Statistics Canada of all the

municipalities represented on a regional library board; and

(g) “sharing ratio” means the ratio, determined by the Minister for a regional

library board, that represents the percentage of the approved operating

funding level to be paid by

(

i) the Province,

(ii) the municipalities represented on the regional library board, and

(iii) the regional library board.

Operating grants

(1) The municipalities represented on a regional library board shall, each fiscal year,

collectively pay to the regional library board on which they are represented a total

operating grant equal to the product of the municipalities’ percentage of the

sharing ratio times the approved operating funding level.

(2) The Minister shall, each fiscal year, pay to each regional library board an

operating grant that is equal to the product of the Province’s percentage of the

sharing ratio times the approved operating funding level.

(3) The Minister shall, during the fiscal years 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and

2001-2002, pay to the Eastern Counties Regional Library Board an operating grant

of $18 000 per year, in addition to the Provincial annual operating grant

prescribed under subsection (2).

(3A) The Minister shall, each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year 2002-2003,

pay to each regional library board the municipalities of which have a total

population density of 5 people or less per square kilometre, an equity grant of 5%

of the Provincial annual operating grant prescribed under subsection (2), in

addition to the Provincial annual operating grant prescribed under subsection (2).

(4) Each regional library board shall, each fiscal year, generate an amount of money

that is the product of the regional library board’s percentage of the sharing ratio

times the approved operating funding level.

(5) The payments required to be made under subsections (1), (2) and (4) shall be

made commencing the 1995-1996 fiscal year.

(6) The grants set out in subsections (1) to (3A) shall be paid in quarterly installments

during the fiscal year, one installment in the first month.

(7) The total municipal contribution set out in subsection (1) shall be apportioned

among each participating municipality calculated by taking the share that its

population is of the total population of all municipalities represented on the

regional library board.

French language grants

(1) The Minister shall, each fiscal year, pay to a regional library board, where the

French language speaking population exceeds 10% of the total population of the

area served by the regional library board, a French language operating grant to

assist in the provision of library service in the French language.

(2) The grant specified in subsection (1) shall be

(a) 5% for the fiscal years 1995-1996, 1996-1997 and 1997-1998; and

(b) 10% for the fiscal years 1998-1999 and thereafter,

of the Provincial annual operating grant prescribed in subsection 3(2) and shall be

in addition to the Provincial annual operating grant.

(3) The French language operating grant prescribed in this

Section shall be paid as

required under subsection 3(6).

(4) The French language operating grant prescribed under this

Section shall be

conditional on the preparation of a separate financial statement, in accordance

with subsection 14(2) of the Act, detailing the expenditures made for the French

language library service provided by the regional library board.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Libraries Act Funding Regulations

N.S. Reg.

70/1998

Libraries 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 Libraries Act Funding Regulations made

under the Libraries Act includes all

of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

70/1998

Sep 16, 1998

date made

Oct 9, 1998

92/2001

Jul 19, 2001

date specified

Aug 10, 2001

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

3(3) ...................................................

am. 92/2001

3(3A) ................................................

ad. 92/2001

3(6) ...................................................

am. 92/2001

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

T he

reference to the Minister of Education in s. 2(

c) should be read as a

reference to the Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage in accordance

with

An Act to Amend

Chapter 254 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the

Libraries Act , S.N.S. 2011, c. 65.

Dec 15, 2011

The reference to the Minister of Education in s. 2(

c) should be read as a reference to the Minister of Communities, Culture,

Tourism and Heritage in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-215 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

Aug 31, 2021

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.