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Engagement Programs Content Regulations

made under

Section 204A of the

Municipal Government Act

S.N.S. 1998, c. 18

N.S. Reg. 139/2019 (effective December 3, 2019)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Recording of policy

Mandatory content of engagement program

Limiting engagement program to areas impacted

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Engagement Programs Content Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Municipal Government Act ;

“adoption or amendment” means adoption or amendment of a municipal planning

strategy;

“engagement program” means an engagement program, which a council must

adopt by policy, as required by subsection 204A(1) of the Act for engaging with

abutting municipalities when a council is adopting or amending a municipal

planning strategy.

Recording of policy

3 A policy adopting an engagement program must be recorded in the by-law records of the

municipality.

Mandatory content of engagement program

4 An engagement program must include all of the following:

(

a) a requirement that council solicit comments from abutting municipalities on

the proposed adoption or amendment;

(

b) provisions ensuring that engagement deals with topics associated with the

statements of provincial interest;

(

c) a means for council to consider any comments received from abutting

municipalities; and

(

d) a requirement that engagement with abutting municipalities be completed

before the first notice for a public hearing for considering a proposed

adoption or amendment.

Limiting engagement program to areas impacted

5 An engagement program may provide that engagement with an abutting municipality be

limited to the geographical area or areas or topics that are likely to be impacted by a

proposed adoption or amendment.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Engagement Programs Content Regulations

N.S. Reg.

139/2019

Municipal Government 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 Engagement Programs Content Regulations made

under the Municipal Government Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

139/2019

Dec 3, 2019

date

specified (in force date of S.N.S. 2018, c. 39)

Oct 11, 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

..........................................................

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.