In force date of regulations: As of March 5, 2005*, the date that a regulation comes into force is determined by subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act. The date that a regulation is filed and any specified effective dates are important in determining when the regulation is in force. *Effective November 28, 2023, subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act was replaced. (See subsection 3(5) of

Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2022,

An Act to Amend

Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Regulations Act.)

Part II – Regulations Volume 49, No. 15 July 25, 2025 Halifax, Nova Scotia Published Under the Authority of the Attorney General Contents Act Reg. No. Page

An Act Respecting Temporary Access to Adjacent Land, and to Amend

Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2021, the Joint Regional Transportation Agency Act Proclamation, S. 21, S.N.S. 2025, c. 10–S. 2 to 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139/2025 377 Building Code Act Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133/2025 363 Dairy Industry Act Total Production Quota Regulations–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134/2025 365 Housing Supply and Services Act Proclamation, S. 55(4), S.N.S. 2022, c. 36–S. 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135/2025 374 Labour Standards Code Minimum Wage Order (Construction and Property Maintenance)–amendment . . . . . . . . 137/2025 376 Minimum Wage Order (General)–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136/2025 375 Minimum Wage Order (Logging and Forest Operations)–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138/2025 376 Motor Vehicle Act Health Authority Parking Lots Pilot Project Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129/2025 358 Petroleum Products Pricing Act Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128/2025 358 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices (dispensed from publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130/2025 360

Summary Proceedings Act

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations–amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131/2025 360 –amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132/2025 361 357

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 N.S. Reg. 128/2025 Made: July 3, 2025 Filed: July 3, 2025 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated July 3, 2025 made by the Nova Scotia Energy Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Energy Board’s website at the following address: https://nserbt.ca/nseb/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] N.S.

Reg. 129/2025 Made: July 10, 2025 Filed: July 10, 2025 Health Authority Parking Lots Pilot Project Regulations Order in Council 2025-205 dated July 10, 2025 Regulations made by the Governor in Council pursuant to subsection 307(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Public Works and the Minister of Health and Wellness dated May 21, 2025, and pursuant to

Section 307 of

Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is pleased to make regulations respecting a hospital parking lot pilot project in the form set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, effective on and after July 10, 2025.

Schedule “A” Regulations Respecting [a] Health Authority Parking Lots Pilot Project made by the Governor in Council under subsection 307(1) of

Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act Citation 1 These regulations may be cited as the Health Authority Parking Lots Pilot Project Regulations.

Definitions 2 In these regulations, “designated parking lot” means a vehicle parking area owned, occupied or operated by a health authority to serve any of the following healthcare facilities: 358

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i) Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, (ii) IWK Health Centre, (iii) a healthcare facility designated by the Minister, where the vehicle parking area is clearly identified as a designated parking lot to which these regulations apply by signage at all entrances to the vehicle parking area; “health authority” means a health authority as defined in the Health Authorities Act; “healthcare facility” means a facility owned, occupied or operated by a health authority; “park” means to leave a vehicle standing, whether occupied or not.

Pilot project 3 The Governor in Council hereby authorizes a pilot project, while these regulations are in force, for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of a significant monetary fine in preventing persons from parking in designated parking lots when not attending a healthcare facility, as identified in

Section 4. Parking in designated lot 4

(1) A person must not park in a health authority’s designated parking lot unless they are attending a healthcare facility served by the designated parking lot.

(2) A person is considered to be attending a health authority’s healthcare facility under subsection (1) if they are attending the healthcare facility as 1 of the following persons on the date that they park in the designated lot: (

a) a patient of the health authority; (

b) a visitor to a patient of the health authority; (

c) a member of the medical, dental or scientific staff of the health authority; (

d) an employee of the health authority; (

e) a volunteer of the health authority; (

f) a service provider or prospective service provider of the health authority, or the service provider’s employees; (

g) a person having other business with the health authority. Proof of attending healthcare facility 5 A person may demonstrate that they parked in a health authority’s designated parking lot to attend a healthcare facility by producing any of the following documents to an employee or agent of the health authority on request: (

a) a valid health authority personnel identification document issued to them by a health authority; (

b) a document provided to them by the health authority to demonstrate their attendance at the healthcare facility on the day that they parked in the designated parking lot. 359

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 Penalty 6 The penalty for a violation of

Section 4 of these regulations is a fine of $500.00. N.S. Reg. 130/2025 Made: July 10, 2025 Filed: July 10, 2025 Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices Order dated July 10, 2025 made by the Nova Scotia Energy Board pursuant to

Section 14 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and Sections 16 to 19 of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations [Please note: Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices filed with the Office of the Registrar of Regulations on and after January 23, 2023, will no longer be published in the Royal Gazette

Part II. Publication of the Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices has been dispensed with by order of the Attorney General dated January 23, 2023, and published on page 63 of the February 10, 2023, issue of the Royal Gazette

Part II. Current and historical Prescribed Petroleum Products Prices are available for inspection in person at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations and can be viewed on the Nova Scotia Energy Board’s website at the following address: https://nserbt.ca/nseb/mandates/gasoline-diesel-pricing.] N.S. Reg. 131/2025 Made: July 10, 2025 Filed: July 10, 2025

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations–amendment Order dated July 10, 2025 Amendment to regulations made by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice pursuant to

Section 8 of the

Summary Proceedings Act Order Made under Sections 8 and 8A of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act I, Becky Druhan, Attorney General and Minister of Justice for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to Sections 8 and 8A of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act, hereby (

a) amend

Schedule PT to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, made by order of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated October 4, 2011, to designate an offence under the Health Authority Parking Lots Pilot Project Regulations, as a

summary offence ticket offence, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”; and (

b) order and direct that the penalty to be entered on a summons in respect of an offence set out in amendments to

Schedule PT to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, as set forth 360

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Schedule “A”, is the out-of-court settlement amount listed in the out-of-court settlement column set out opposite the description for the offence, and includes the charge provided for in, and in accordance with, Sections 8 and 9 of the Act. This order is effective on and after the date it is filed with the Registrar of Regulations. Dated and made July 10, 2025, at Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia. sgd. B Druhan Honourable Becky Druhan Attorney General and Minister of Justice

Schedule “A” Amendment to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations made by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice pursuant to Sections 8 and 8A of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act

Schedule PT to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, made by order of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated October 4, 2011, is amended by adding the following heading and item immediately before the heading “Town of Antigonish Parking Meter By-law”: Health Authority Parking Lots Pilot Project Regulations 1 Parking in a designated health authority parking lot other than to attend a health authority facility 4 $536.60 N.S. Reg. 132/2025 Made: July 11, 2025 Filed: July 11, 2025

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations–amendment Order dated July 11, 2025 Amendment to regulations made by the Attorney General and Minster of Justice pursuant to

Section 8 of the

Summary Proceedings Act Order Made under

Section 8 of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act I, Becky Druhan, Attorney General and Minister of Justice for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to

Section 8 of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act, effective on and after the date of this order, hereby (

a) amend

Schedule M-38 to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, made by order of 361

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated October 4, 2011, to designate certain offences under the Town of New Glasgow’s Feeding of Wild Animals By-law and Public Places By-law as

summary offence ticket offences, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”; and (

b) order and direct that the penalty to be entered on a summons in respect of an offence set out in amendments to the schedules to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, as set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”, is the out-of-court settlement amount listed in the out-of-court settlement column set out opposite the description for the offence, and includes the charge provided for in, and in accordance with, Sections 8 and 9 of the Act. Dated and made July 11, 2025, 2025, at Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia. sgd. B Druhan Honourable Becky Druhan Attorney General and Minister of Justice

Schedule “A” Amendment to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations made by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice under

Section 8 of

Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Summary Proceedings Act 1

Schedule M-38 to the

Summary Offence Tickets Regulations, N.S. Reg. 281/2011, made by order of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated October 4, 2011, is amended by adding the following heading and item immediately before the heading “Fires and Burning of Materials By-law:”: Feeding of Wild Animals By-Law: 1 Feeding 1 or more wild animals first offence second offence third or subsequent offence 6 $237.50 $467.50 $697.50 2

Schedule M-38 to the regulations is further amended by adding the following heading and items immediately after item 5 under the heading “Noise Control By-law:”: Public Places By-Law: 1 Interfering with use and enjoyment of public place by other person first offence second offence third or subsequent offence 6 $237.50 $467.50 $697.50 2 Lighting or having fire in public place 7(a) $237.50 3 Camping or tenting in public place first offence second offence third or subsequent offence 7(b) $237.50 $467.50 $697.50 362

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 4 Erecting, placing or maintaining thing in park or public place for temporary or permanent accommodation without advance permission of Council first offence second offence third or subsequent offence 7(c) $237.50 $467.50 $697.50 5 Sleeping in public place during daytime or nighttime (specify) 7(d) $237.50 6 Engaging in begging or passive begging (specify) in public place first offence second offence third or subsequent offence 7(e) $237.50 $467.50 $697.50 7 Using, leaving or depositing shopping cart in public place 7(f) $237.50 8 Cultivating cannabis in public place 7(g) $381.25 N.S.

Reg. 133/2025 Made: July 15, 2025 Filed: July 15, 2025 Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations–amendment Order dated July 15, 2025 Amendment to regulations made by the Minister of Growth and Development pursuant to

Section 4 of the Building Code Act In the matter of

Section 4 of

Chapter 46 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Building Code Act -and- In the matter of an amendment to the Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations Order I, Colton LeBlanc, Minister of Growth and Development for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to

Section 4 of

Chapter 46 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Building Code Act, hereby amend the Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations, N.S. Reg. 198/2024, made by order of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing dated September 20, 2024, to exempt some modular buildings and manufactured homes from the application of

Part 3 of the regulations, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”, effective on and after August 1, 2025. Dated and made July 15, 2025, at Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia. sgd. Colton LeBlanc Honourable Colton LeBlanc Minister of Growth and Development 363

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Schedule “A” Amendment to the Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing [Growth and Development] under

Section 4 of

Chapter 46 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Building Code Act 1 Subsection 2(1) of the Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations, N.S. Reg. 198/2024, made by order of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing dated September 20, 2024, is amended by (

a) repealing the definition of “modular home”; and (

b) adding the following

definitions where they belong in alphabetical order: “modular building” means a finished module or modules of a complete building built in a factory for transport to the site for assembly and certified to CSA standard CSA A277, Procedure for certification of prefabricated buildings, modules and panels by an accredited certification body at the time of manufacture, before it is placed and assembled on the installation site; “modular panel” means a finished

section or panel that is not part of a modular or building that is built in a factory, intended for transport to the site for installation, and is certified to CSA standard CSA A277, Procedure for certification of prefabricated buildings, modules and panels; 2

Section 4 of the regulations is amended by (

a) striking out “A national code” in subsection (2) and substituting “Except as provided in subsection (3), a national code”; and (

b) adding the following subsection immediately after subsection (2):

(3) A manufactured home or a modular building that is built in a factory after August 1, 2025, is exempt from the requirement under the regulations to comply with

Part 3 of these regulations. 3 Subsection 9(1) of the regulations is amended by (

a) striking out the semicolon at the end of clause (

h) and substituting a period; and (

b) repealing clauses (

i) and (j). 4 The regulations are further amended by adding the following

Section immediately after

Section 10: Factory-constructed buildings 10A

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), if a building or a component of a building is assembled in such a manner that it cannot be reviewed on site, an off-site review must be carried out to determine compliance with the Code.

(2) A manufactured home or a modular building is deemed to comply with the Code if it is marked in accordance with clause 7.4 of CSA standard CSA A277, Procedure for certification of prefabricated buildings, modules and panels.

(3) A modular panel that is closed at the factory such that it cannot be inspected on site is deemed to comply with the Code if it is marked in accordance with clause 7.4 of CSA standard CSA 364

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 A277, Procedure for certification of prefabricated buildings, modules and panels. (See Note NS-10A, NSBCR) 5 Subsection 35(1) of the regulations is amended by (

a) striking out “manufactured and modular homes” in clause (

e) and substituting “manufactured homes and modular buildings”; (

b) striking out “manufactured and modular homes” in clause (

f) and substituting “manufactured homes and modular buildings”; and (

c) striking out “NS-9(1)(

i) and (j)” at the end of clause (

g) and substituting “NS-10A”. 6

Section 59 of the regulations is amended by (

a) striking out “Clauses 9(1)(

i) and (j)” and substituting “Section 10A”; and (

b) striking out “NS-9(1)(

i) and (j)” and substituting “NS-10A”. N.S. Reg. 134/2025 Made: June 5, 2025 Approved: July 3, 2025 Filed: July 15, 2025 Total Production Quota Regulations–amendment Order dated July 10, 2025 Amendment to regulations made by the Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia and approved by the Natural Products Marketing Council pursuant to clause 14(1)(

e) of the Dairy Industry Act Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia Amendment to the Total Production Quota Regulations I certify that on June 5, 2025, the Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia, pursuant to clause 14(1)(

e) of

Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2000, the Dairy Industry Act, as delegated by clause 2(1)(

h) of the Delegation of Powers to Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations, N.S. Reg. 136/2001, carried a motion to amend the Total Production Quota Regulations, N.S. Reg. 255/2009, made by the Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia on May 21, 2009, and approved by the Natural Products Marketing Council on July 21, 2009, in the manner set forth in the attached

Schedule “A”, effective on and after September 1, 2025. Signed at Truro, in the County of Colchester, Nova Scotia, on July 10, 2025. Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia per: J Fewer Jo Ann Fewer General Manager 365

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Schedule “A” Amendment to the Total Production Quota Regulations made by the Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia pursuant to clause 14(1)(

e) of

Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2000, the Dairy Industry Act 1

Section 2 of the Total Production Quota Regulations, N.S. Reg. 255/2009, made by the Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia on May 21, 2009, and approved by the Natural Products Marketing Council on July 21, 2009, is amended by (

a) adding the following

definitions immediately after the definition of “Board policy”: “child” of an individual means a person who (

i) is the individual’s biological child, adopted child, or step-child, and (ii) has resided or did reside with the individual for a period of at least two years; “credit” means an unused unit of milk production equal to 1 kg of TPQ, that is created when daily quota is not filled to its maximum potential, including any flexibility granted by the Board to manage milk production as permitted by the provisions in

Section 14 regarding cumulative over- production and cumulative under-production; “credit exchange” means the exchange for the buying and selling of credits administered by the Board in accordance with these regulations; “credit exchange clearing price” means the price at which credits are bought and sold on the credit exchange, as determined under

Section 38; (

b) adding the following subclause [paragraph] immediately after subclause [paragraph] (iv)(

C) in the definition of “new producer”: (

D) a person who holds an interest in TPQ or an interest in milk quota anywhere in Canada; (

c) adding the following definition immediately after the definition of “Provincial total production quota ”: “spouse” means either of two persons who (

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d) adding the words “which is equivalent to a calendar month” immediately after “paying transporters and producers” in the definition of “pay period”. 2 The regulations are further amended by repealing Sections 15A and 15B and substituting the following Sections: Changes in interest in TPQ through corporate amalgamations 15A

(1) Two or more producers that are corporations are not permitted to amalgamate to continue as one corporation.

(2) A producer that is a corporation must not amalgamate with a corporation that is not a producer unless authorized by the Board.

Changes in interest in TPQ through transfer of shares and partnership interests, issuance of shares 15B The following are prohibited: (1) the issuance of shares by a producer that is a corporation, unless the share issuance is authorized by the Board and the recipient of the shares is an existing shareholder of the producer or an immediate family member of a shareholder of the producer; (2) all transfers of shares by a shareholder in a producer that is a corporation, unless the transfer is authorized by the Board and the recipient of the shares is one or more of the following: (

a) an immediate family member of a shareholder of the producer; (

b) an existing shareholder of the producer; (

c) a person who is not (

i) a director, officer, partner, shareholder or spouse of a producer, (ii) a corporation or partnership of which a producer, or a producer’s spouse, is a director, officer, partner or shareholder, (iii) a corporation or partnership that has any directors, officers, partners or shareholders in common with a producer, (iv) a person who holds an interest in TPQ or an interest in milk quota anywhere in Canada; (3) the transfer of a partnership interest in a producer that is a partnership, unless the transfer is authorized by the Board and the recipient of the partnership interest is one or more of the following: (

a) an immediate family member of a partner in the producer; (

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c) a person who is not (

i) a director, officer, partner, shareholder or spouse of [a] producer, (ii) a corporation or partnership of which a producer, or a producer’s spouse, is a director, officer, partner or shareholder, (iii) a corporation or partnership that has any directors, officers, partners or shareholders in common with a producer, (iv) a person who holds an interest in TPQ or an interest in milk quota anywhere in Canada; Considerations for transfers and issuance of shares 15C

(1) The Board must not authorize any transfer of TPQ, transfer of shares or a partnership interest in a producer, or issuance of shares of a producer if the proposed transfer or issuance, either on its own or as part of a series of transactions, would be inconsistent with the intent or purpose of these regulations or the Act.

(2) In assessing a proposed transfer of quota, shares or a partnership interest or an issuance of shares, the Board must consider the real substance of the transaction and in doing so may disregard the outward form. Temporary transfer prohibitions 15D

(1) If the Board considers it advisable or necessary, the Board may temporarily prohibit (

a) a transfer of TPQ under

Section 15; (

b) a transfer of TPQ under

Section 35; (

c) a producer that is a corporation from issuing shares; (

d) a shareholder of a producer that is a corporation from transferring shares.

(2) The Board may not prohibit the transfer of shares under clause (1)(

d) if the recipient is (

a) a new producer and immediate family member of a shareholder of the producer; or (

b) an assisted new producer. 3 Subsection 20(1) of the regulations is repealed and replaced with the following: Offers to buy and sell 20

(1) A producer wishing to participate on a TPQ exchange must submit either 1 offer to buy TPQ or 1 offer to sell TPQ, and the offer must be submitted through the producer portal, or hand delivery [delivered] directly to a DFNS staff member during open office hours on a form approved by the Board and include all of the following information: (

a) whether the offer is to buy or sell TPQ; (

b) the amount of TPQ the offer is for, expressed as a number of kilograms or, for a portion of a kilogram, expressed in hundredths of a kilogram; 368

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c) the offer price per kilogram rounded to the nearest dollar value; (

d) the name of the producer, their signature, if applicable, and their producer registration number; (

e) the month of the TPQ exchange to which the offer applies. (

f) whether it is an initial bid/sell or an amendment. 4 Subsections 20(2), 20(2A) and 20(3) of the regulations are repealed. 5

Section 23 of the regulations is repealed and replaced with the following: Withdrawal or amendment of offer 23 A producer may withdraw or amend an offer by submitting the amendment through the method of submission until the deadline of submission specified in subsection 20(4). 6

Section 24 of the regulations is repealed and replaced with the following: TPQ exchange transactions 24

(1) In this Section, “banking day” means a day between Monday and Friday, inclusive, and on which at least half of the banks in the Province are open for business. (1A) On or before the 3rd-last banking day of the month of a TPQ exchange, each producer with a successful buy offer in that TPQ exchange must pay the Board in full for the quantity of TPQ that the producer bought.

(2) Before the 10th day of the month immediately after the month of a TPQ exchange, the Board must pay producers any money due to them as a result of selling TPQ on that TPQ exchange.

(3) If a producer does not pay as required by subsection (1A), due to a dishonoured payment by the producer’s bank, (

a) the TPQ bought by the producer returns to the Board and may be sold on a later TPQ exchange; and (

b) except as provided in subsection (6), all of the following apply to the producer: (

i) the producer is liable for all costs incurred by the Board resulting from the dishonoured payment and the costs must be paid before any of the producer’s future offers to buy or sell TPQ on the exchange are accepted, (ii) the producer is not eligible to buy TPQ on the exchange for a period of 12 months following full reimbursement of the costs referred to in subclause (i). (3A) If, in the opinion of the Board, it is obvious that a dishonoured payment by a producer is the fault of the banking system and not the fault of the producer, subclause (3)(b)(ii) does not apply to the producer.

(4) No later than 30 days after the date a producer’s payment is due under subsection (1A), the producer may submit a request in writing to the board of directors of the Board requesting that subclause (3)(b)(ii) not apply to the producer. 369

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(5) On receipt of a request from a producer under subsection (4), the board of directors of the Board must give the producer a reasonable opportunity to make submissions either in writing or in person to the board of directors of the Board.

(6) If, after giving the producer a reasonable opportunity to make submissions, the board of directors of the Board is satisfied that the dishonoured payment was the result of circumstances beyond the control of the producer, and not the result of any fault or negligence by the producer, subclause (3)(b)(ii) does not apply to the producer. 7

Section 29 of the regulations is repealed. 8 Subsections 30(3) to 30(6) of the regulations are repealed and the following subsections substituted:

(3) The Board may approve leasing under this

Section in accordance with a policy regarding catastrophe relief as established and amended from time to time by the Board.

(4) A lease must be submitted to the Board in writing on the standard form provided by the Board by the deadline established by the Board.

(5) A TPQ lease is not effective until it is approved by the Board.

(6) Any adjustment to Provincial TPQ made under

Section 12 applies to all TPQ leased.

(7) Subject to the Board’s policy regarding catastrophe relief, a TPQ lease starts at the beginning of a pay period and ends on the last day of that pay period.

(8) Leased TPQ reverts to the lessor on expiry of a lease.

(9) A producer that is leasing in TPQ under this

Section may also purchase credits in accordance with these regulations, up to the maximum number of credits permitted under

Section 36.

(10) A producer that is leasing out their TPQ under this

Section may not participate in the credit exchange. 9

Section 32 of the regulations is amended by (

a) deleting the following words “and any TPQ leased to them under

Section 29 for the current month” in subsection (1); (

b) repealing subsection (2) and replacing it with the following: [(2)] Despite the allowance for carrying over under-production in subsection 14(7), any additional production days that are not utilized in the month in which it is [they are] issued must not be carried forward for future use, unless the Board decides otherwise.” (

c) repealing subsection (3). 10 The regulation[s] are amended by added [adding] the following Sections immediately after

Section 35: Operation of a Credit Exchange 36

(1) Unless a credit exchange is cancelled pursuant to

Section 40, the Board must operate a credit exchange each calendar month, in which credits will be transferred between successful buyers and sellers in that calendar month. 370

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(2) A producer may participate in a credit exchange in a month if (

a) the producer has sold milk to the Board in the month prior to the deadline for submitting offers to the credit exchange; or (

b) the producer has sold all of their TPQ in the preceding month.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the maximum number of credits a producer may offer to buy or sell on a credit exchange is the number of credits equal to 8 days of the producer’s permitted production, calculated as 8 times the producer’s daily TPQ during the month in which the credit exchange occurs.

(4) The number of credits a producer may purchase in a month shall be reduced or prohibited under the following circumstances: (

a) a producer that has incurred one or more penalties in 1 month in the preceding 12 months under the Milk Producer Licensing Regulations [made under the Act] may purchase no more than the number of credits equal to 6 days of the producer’s permitted production for the 2 calendar months following the month in which the penalty occurred; (

b) a producer that has incurred one or more penalties in 2 months in the preceding 12 months under the Milk Producer Licensing Regulations [made under the Act] may purchase no more than the number of credits equal to 3 days of the producer’s permitted production for the 3 calendar months following the month in which the latest penalty occurred; (

c) a producer that has incurred one or more penalties in 3 or more months in the preceding 12 months under the Milk Producer Licensing Regulations [made under the Act] shall be prohibited from purchasing credits for the 4 calendar months following the month in which the latest penalty occurred. Offers to buy and sell 37

(1) A producer wishing to participate on a credit exchange may submit up to 3 bids to either offer to buy credits or offer to sell credits.

(2) The total of the bids submitted under subsection (1) must not exceed the number of credits a producer may offer to buy or sell pursuant to

Section 36.

(3) A producer must not offer to buy and sell credits on the same credit exchange.

(4) A producer may submit offers to buy or sell credits beginning on the first day of each month.

(5) Offers must be submitted via the producer portal, or hand delivery directly to a DFNS staff member during open office hours on a form approved by the Board, and offers must include all of the following information: (

a) whether the offer is to buy or sell credits; (

b) the number of credits the offer is for; (

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d) the producer’s signature, if applicable, name of the producer, and their producer registration number.

(6) Offers submitted by the producer portal must be received by no later than 11:59 p.m. on the second business day after the 15th [day] of the month.

(7) Offers submitted by hand delivery must be received directly by a DFNS staff member by no later than 4:00 p.m. on the second business day after the 15th [day] of the month.

(8) Offers may be withdrawn or amended at any time by the method of submission until the deadline of the method of submission. Clearing the credit exchange 38

(1) Two business days after the deadline for submitting offers to the credit exchange, the Board must operate the credit exchange by matching the volumes and prices that have been submitted by producers’ offers to sell and offers to buy and must determine the point at which offers to buy and offers to sell most closely match on the basis of price and volume according to the following table: Credits $ Price Lowest to Highest Kilograms Offered for Sale at Price Cumulative Sales Difference Cumulative Buys Kilograms Offered to Buy at Price

(2) The procedure described in subsection (1) is known as “clearing” the credit exchange.

(3) The credit exchange clearing price as determined by clearing the credit exchange shall be the price at which all credits are sold and bought on the credit exchange.

(4) Each producer that has submitted an offer to buy credits at or above the credit exchange clearing price shall be a successful buyer, and each producer that has submitted an offer to sell credits at or below the credit exchange clearing price shall be a successful seller.

(5) If the credit exchange is balanced, such that the cumulative number of credits offered for sale at or below the credit exchange clearing price equals the total number of credits offered to buy at or above the credit exchange clearing price, all offers to buy at or above the credit exchange clearing price shall be satisfied by all offers to sell at or below the credit exchange clearing price.

(6) If the cumulative number of credits offered for sale at or below the credit exchange clearing price is less than the cumulative number of credits offered to purchase at or above the credit exchange clearing price, the credits will be sold and purchased as follows: (

a) each successful seller will sell all of the credits they offered for sale; and (

b) each successful buyer will purchase a percentage of the credits (rounded to whole credits) they offered to buy, the percentage being the cumulative number of credits offered to buy at or above the credit exchange clearing price as a percentage of the cumulative number of credits offered to sell at or below the credit exchange clearing price. 372

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(7) If the cumulative number of credits offered for sale at or below the credit exchange clearing price is greater than the cumulative number of credits offered to purchase at or above the credit exchange clearing price, the credits will be sold and purchased as follows: (

a) each successful buyer will purchase all of the credits they offered to buy; (

b) each successful seller will sell a percentage of the credits (rounded to whole credits) they offered to sell, the percentage being the cumulative number of credits offered to sell at or below the credit exchange clearing price as a percentage of the cumulative number of credits offered to buy at or above the credit exchange clearing price. Payment and transfers of credits 39

(1) The Board must transfer credits from successful sellers and to successful buyers in the month of the credit exchange, and the credits transferred shall be effective for that month.

(2) The Board must deduct the payment due for each producer’s purchase of credits in a month from the producer payment for the producer for that month.

(3) The Board must add the payment owing for each producer’s sale of credits in a month to the producer payment for the producer for that month. Cancelling credit exchange 40

(1) The Board may cancel a credit exchange for a particular month in any of the following circumstances: (

a) a computer malfunction or other technological malfunction prevents the credit exchange from operating; (

b) there is a sudden and unforeseen need to decrease milk production in the Province; (

c) any other unforeseen circumstances such that, in the opinion of the Board, cancelling the credit exchange is in the best interests of producers and the dairy industry in the Province.

(2) If the Board cancels a credit exchange (

a) all offers submitted for that exchange are null and void; and (

b) the Board must notify producers of the cancellation immediately following the Board decision. 373

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 N.S. Reg. 135/2025 Made: July 15, 2025 Filed: July 15, 2025 Proclamation, S. 55(4), S.N.S. 2022, c. 36–S. 54 Order in Council 2025-212 dated July 15, 2025 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to subsection 55(4) of the Housing Supply and Services Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Growth and Development dated June 13, 2025, pursuant to subsection 55(4) of

Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2022, the Housing Supply and Services Act, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that

Section 54 of

Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2022, the Housing Supply and Services Act, do come into force on and not before July 15, 2025. L.S. Canada Province of Nova Scotia Charles the Third, by the Grace of God King of Canada and His Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in any wise concern, Greeting! A Proclamation

Whereas in and by subsection 55(4) of

Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2022, the Housing Supply and Services Act, it is enacted as follows: 55(4)

Section 54 comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. And

Whereas it is deemed expedient that

Section 54 of

Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2022, the Housing Supply and Services Act, do come into force on and not before July 15, 2025; Now Know Ye That We, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that

Section 54 of

Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2022, the Housing Supply and Services Act, do come into force on and not before July 15, 2025, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. In Testimony Whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Our Trusty and Well Beloved, Michael John Savage, Chancellor of Our Order of Nova Scotia, Lieutenant Governor in and of Our Province of Nova Scotia.

Given at Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 15th day of July in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-five and in the Third year of Our Reign. By Command: PROVINCIAL SECRETARY ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE 374

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 N.S. Reg. 136/2025 to 138/2025 Made: July 15, 2025 Filed: July 15, 2025 Minimum Wage Order (General)–amendment; Minimum Wage Order (Construction and Property Maintenance)–amendment; Minimum Wage Order (Logging and Forest Operations)–amendment Order in Council 2025-218 dated July 15, 2025 Amendment to regulations made by the Governor in Council pursuant to Sections 50 and 52 of the Labour Standards Code The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration dated June 10, 2025, and pursuant to Sections 50 and 52 of

Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, is pleased, effective on and after October 1, 2025, to (

a) amend the Minimum Wage Order (General), N.S. Reg. 5/1999, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999, to increase the minimum wage, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

b) amend the Minimum Wage Order (Construction and Property Maintenance), N.S. Reg. 202/2003, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2003-507 dated November 28, 2003, to increase the minimum wage, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “B” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; and (

c) amend the Minimum Wage Order (Logging and Forest Operations), N.S. Reg. 5/1999, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999, to increase the minimum wage, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “C” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation. N.S. Reg. 136/2025 Minimum Wage Order (General)–amendment

Schedule “A” Amendment to the Minimum Wage Order (General) made by the Governor in Council under Sections 50 and 52 of

Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Labour Standards Code 1

Section 6 of the Minimum Wage Order (General), N.S. Reg. 5/1999, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999, is amended by (

a) repealing the table in subsection (2) and substituting the following table: Effective Date Rate April 1, 2025 $15.70 October 1, 2025 $16.50 (

b) repealing subsection (2A); and 375

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c) striking out “(2A) or” in subsection (4). 2 Subsection 6A(1) of the regulations is amended by striking out “6(2A) or”. N.S. Reg. 137/2025 Minimum Wage Order (Construction and Property Maintenance)–amendment

Schedule “B” Amendment to the Minimum Wage Order (Construction and Property Maintenance) made by the Governor in Council under Sections 50 and 52 of

Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Labour Standards Code 1

Section 4 of the Minimum Wage Order (Construction and Property Maintenance), N.S. Reg. 202/2003, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2003-507 dated November 28, 2003, is amended by (

a) repealing the table in subsection (3) and substituting the following table: Effective Date Rate April 1, 2025 $15.70 October 1, 2025 $16.50 (

b) repealing subsection (4); and (

c) striking out “(4) or” in subsection (6). 2 Subsection 4A(1) of the regulations is amended by striking out “4(4) or”. N.S. Reg. 138/2025 Minimum Wage Order (Logging and Forest Operations)–amendment

Schedule “C” Amendment to the Minimum Wage Order (Logging and Forest Operations) made by the Governor in Council under Sections 50 and 52 of

Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Labour Standards Code 1

Section 5 of the Minimum Wage Order (Logging and Forest Operations), N.S. Reg. 5/1999, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999, is amended by (

a) repealing the table in subsection (3) and substituting the following table: 376

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 Effective Date Class of Employees Rate April 1, 2025 Time Workers $15.70 per hour Other Workers $3086.60 per month October 1, 2025 Time Workers $16.50 per hour Other Workers $3243.90 per month (

b) repealing subsection (4); (

c) striking out “(4) or” in subsection (6). 2 Subsection 5A(1) of the regulations is amended by striking out “5(4) or”. N.S. Reg. 139/2025 Made: July 15, 2025 Filed: July 15, 2025 Proclamation, S. 21, S.N.S. 2025, c. 10–S. 2 to 20 Order in Council 2025-219 dated July 15, 2025 Proclamation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to

Section 21 of

An Act Respecting Temporary Access to Adjacent Land, and to Amend

Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2021, the Joint Regional Transportation Agency Act The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Public Works dated April 1, 2025, pursuant to

Section 21 of

Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2025,

An Act Respecting Temporary Access to Adjacent Land, and to Amend

Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2021, the Joint Regional Transportation Agency Act, is pleased to order and declare by proclamation that Sections 2 to 20 of

Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2025,

An Act Respecting Temporary Access to Adjacent Land, and to Amend

Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2021, the Joint Regional Transportation Agency Act, do come into force on and not before July 15, 2025. L.S. Canada Province of Nova Scotia Charles the Third, by the Grace of God King of Canada and His Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in any wise concern, Greeting! A Proclamation

Whereas in and by

Section 21 of

Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2025,

An Act Respecting Temporary Access to Adjacent Land, and to Amend

Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2021, the Joint Regional Transportation Agency Act, it is enacted as follows: 377

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Part II - Regulations Vol. 49, No. 15 21 Sections 2 to 20 come into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. And

Whereas it is deemed expedient that Sections 2 to 20 of

Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2025,

An Act Respecting Temporary Access to Adjacent Land, and to Amend

Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2021, the Joint Regional Transportation Agency Act, do come into force on and not before July 15, 2025; Now Know Ye That We, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, do by this Our Proclamation order and declare that Sections 2 to 20 of

Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2025,

An Act Respecting Temporary Access to Adjacent Land, and to Amend

Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2021, the Joint Regional Transportation Agency Act, do come into force on and not before July 15, 2025, of which all persons concerned are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. In Testimony Whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Our Trusty and Well Beloved, Michael John Savage, Chancellor of Our Order of Nova Scotia, Lieutenant Governor in and of Our Province of Nova Scotia.

Given at Our Government House in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this 15th day of July in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-five and in the Third year of Our Reign. By Command: PROVINCIAL SECRETARY ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE 378