Haulage Regulations
N.S. Reg. 23/2003
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Bulk Haulage Regulations
made under clauses 15(1)(
b) and (
e) of the
Dairy Industry Act
S.N.S. 2000, c. 24
N.S. Reg. 23/2003 (effective September 1, 2002)
amended to N.S. Reg. 105/2026 (effective May 1, 2026)
Table of Contents
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Citation
Interpretation
Transporter licence
Transporter acts on behalf of Board
Delivery of milk
Protection of milk
Bulk haulage rates for farm milk pick-up
Bulk haulage charges paid by producers
Other bulk haulage charges
Distributor who transports milk to file
schedule of rates
Transportation agreements
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Bulk Haulage Regulations .
Interpretation
2 In these regulations,
(a) “transporter licence” means a licence issued by the Board in accordance
with
Section 3;
(b) “intermittent route” means a farm milk pick-up route on which milk pick-up
occurs either with no set
schedule or a set
schedule other than every second
day.
Transporter licence
(1) A person carrying on the business of transporting milk from a licensed producer to
a licensed processor must hold a valid transporter licence issued by the Board.
(2) An application for a transporter licence shall be on a form supplied by the Board.
(3) [repealed]
(4) A transporter licence shall be valid for a period of 36 months.
(5) The Board may suspend, revoke or cancel a transporter licence, in whole or in part,
for failure to comply with
(
a) any transportation-related provision of an applicable Act or regulation; or
(
b) an order made or policy established by the Council or by the Board.
Transporter acts on behalf of Board
(1) While transporting milk, a transporter is a bailee acting for and on behalf of the
Board, and the Board obtains title to the milk when accepted by the bulk milk
grader of the transporter.
(2) A transporter is responsible for preservation of the Board’s title to the milk being
transported.
(3) A transporter may represent that it is authorized to transport milk for and on behalf
of the Board, but shall not represent that it is owned by or related to the Board.
Delivery of milk
(1) A transporter licensed to transport milk by tank truck shall deliver milk, skim milk
and cream to a licensed processor on the days required by the processor, including
the period when highway weight restrictions are in effect by order of the Minister
of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, unless accidents or circumstances
beyond the control of the transporter make delivery impossible.
(2) Where the Board is required to ship milk out of Nova Scotia, the Board shall direct
transporters to deliver milk to licensed processors outside Nova Scotia.
Protection of milk
6 A transporter shall
(
a) transport milk without unnecessary delay and in such manner as to protect
the milk from heat, frost, dust and contamination of any kind; and
(
b) comply with all requirements of Provincial health authorities, the Council
and the health authorities of the municipality within which the milk is being
delivered.
Bulk haulage rates for farm milk pick-up
7 The following rates shall be the maximum bulk haulage rates that may be charged to the
Board by a transporter and shall be applicable to all transporters in the Province:
(
a) for farm milk pick-up that occurs on a set
schedule of every second day:
Transporter
Maximum Rate/100 L
Fisher Transport Limited
$2.92
Burghardt Transport Limited
$3.84
(
b) inhibitor truckload dumped administration fee: $250 per contaminated
compartment or load.
(
c) for farm milk pick-up on an intermittent route: $78/hour.
Bulk haulage charges paid by producers
7A The following rates shall be the maximum bulk haulage rates to be charged to a producer
by a transporter and shall be applicable to all transporters in the Province:
(
a) for milk transported from a farm that has milk pick-up every day:
mandatory charge, calculated on all milk, in accordance with a Board policy
established for the purpose of calculating the rate for every day pick-up;
(
b) for a second trip in one day by a bulk milk truck to a farm for milk pick up:
charge of $50 per return trip, in addition to the amount payable by the Board
pursuant to clause 7(a).
(c) [repealed]
Other bulk haulage charges
7B The amounts to be paid by the Board to a transporter for all bulk haulage of milk except
milk transported from farms as set out in
Section 7, including out-of-Province haulage,
shall be determined by the Board by agreement with the transporter, taking into account
the following criteria:
(
a) the pick-up location and destination of the milk, and the distance of the
haul;
(
b) whether the haul is a one-way haul or the transporter has a back-haul of
cargo;
(
c) the cost of fuel, labour, maintenance and other costs of the transporter;
(
d) the availability of other transporters for the haul, and the rates offered by
those transporters.
Distributor who transports milk to file
schedule of rates
8 A distributor who transports milk for or on behalf of a producer shall file with the Board
a
schedule of all rates to be charged for the transportation of the milk.
Transportation agreements
9 A licensed transporter shall have a transportation agreement with the Board that is in
force.
Legislative History
Reference Tables
Bulk Haulage Regulations
N.S. Reg.
23/2003
Dairy Industry 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 Bulk Haulage Regulations made under the Dairy Industry Act includes all of the following
regulations:
N.S.
Regulation
In force
date*
How in force
Royal Gazette
Part II Issue
23/2003
Sep 1,
date
specified
Mar 7,
24/2003
Dec 1,
date
specified
Mar 7,
25/2003
Feb 1,
date
specified
Mar 7,
110/2003
May 1,
date
specified
Jun
13, 2003
147/2003
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug
22, 2003
14/2004
Dec 1,
date
specified
Feb
20, 2004
31/2004
Feb
10, 2004
date
specified
Apr 2,
154/2004
May 1,
date
specified
May
28, 2004
216/2004
Aug 1,
date
specified
Nov
12, 2004
220/2004
Nov 1,
date
specified
Nov
12, 2004
4/2005
Feb 1,
date
specified
Feb 4,
105/2005
Jun 1,
date
specified
Jun
10, 2005
156/2005
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug
19, 2005
207/2005
Nov 1,
date
specified
Nov
11, 2005
1/2006
Feb 1,
date
specified
Feb 3,
58/2006
May 1,
date
specified
Apr
28, 2006
111/2006
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug 4,
199/2006
Nov 1,
date
specified
Nov
10, 2006
24/2007
Feb 1,
date
specified
Feb 2,
222/2007
May 1,
date
specified
Apr
27, 2007
355/2007
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date
specified
Aug 3,
406/2007
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date
specified
Nov 9,
49/2008
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date
specified
Feb 1,
127/2008
May 1,
date
specified
Apr
11, 2008
332/2008
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug 1,
417/2008
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date
specified
Nov 7,
10/2009
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date
specified
Feb
13, 2009
203/2009
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date
specified
May 8,
252/2009
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date
specified
Aug
14, 2009
308/2009
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date
specified
Nov 6,
14/2010
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date
specified
Jan
29, 2010
65/2010
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date
specified
May 7,
113/2010
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date
specified
Jul
30, 2010
153/2010
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date
specified
Nov 5,
6/2011
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date
specified
Jan
28, 2011
167/2011
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date
specified
May 6,
246/2011
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug
12, 2011
294/2011
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date
specified
Nov 4,
31/2012
Feb 1,
date
specified
Feb
10, 2012
85/2012
May 1,
date
specified
May 4,
147/2012
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug
10, 2012
195/2012
Nov 1,
date
specified
Nov 2,
6/2013
Feb 1,
date
specified
Jan
25, 2013
195/2013
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date
specified
May 3,
197/2013
Apr
19, 2013
date
specified
May 3,
260/2013
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug 9,
319/2013
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date
specified
Nov 1,
5/2014
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date
specified
Jan
24, 2014
60/2014
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date
specified
May 2,
110/2014
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date
specified
Aug 8,
151/2014
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date
specified
Oct
17, 2014
6/2015
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date
specified
Feb 6,
194/2015
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date
specified
May 1,
289/2015
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date
specified
Aug 7,
338/2015
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specified
Oct
30, 2015
10/2016
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date
specified
Feb 5,
70/2016
May 1,
date
specified
Apr
29, 2016
146/2016
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug 5,
235/2016
Nov 1,
date
specified
Nov
11, 2016
5/2017
Feb 1,
date
specified
Jan
20, 2017
64/2017
May 1,
date
specified
Apr
28, 2017
65/2017
May 1,
date
specified
Apr
28, 2017
107/2017
Aug 1,
date
specified
Aug 4,
153/2017
Nov 1,
date
specified
Oct
27, 2017
3/2018
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date
specified
Feb 2,
4/2018
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date
specified
Feb 2,
62/2018
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date
specified
Apr
27, 2018
135/2018
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date
specified
Aug 3,
187/2018
Nov 1,
date
specified
Nov 9,
15/2019
Feb 1,
date
specified
Feb
15, 2019
56/2019
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date
specified
Apr
26, 2019
111/2019
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date
specified
Aug 2,
169/2019
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date
specified
Nov 8,
9/2020
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date
specified
Feb
14, 2020
54/2020
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date
specified
Apr
24, 2020
97/2020
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date
specified
Jul
31, 2020
161/2020
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date
specified
Nov 6,
9/2021
Feb 1,
date
specified
Feb
12, 2021
56/2021
May 1,
date
specified
Apr
23, 2021
107/2021
Jul 1,
date
specified
Jul
16, 2021
108/2021
Aug 1,
date specified
Jul
16, 2021
140/2021
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date
specified
Nov
19, 2021
12/2022
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date specified
Feb
11, 2022
72/2022
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date
specified
May 6,
189/2022
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date
specified
Aug
12, 2022
244/2022
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date
specified
Nov
18, 2022
19/2023
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date
specified
Feb
10, 2023
72/2023
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date
specified
May
19, 2023
133/2023
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date
specified
Jul
28, 2023
191/2023
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date
specified
Nov
17, 2023
26/2024
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date
specified
Feb
23, 2023
86/2024
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date
specified
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17, 2024
134/2024
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date
specified
Jul
26, 2024
224/2024
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13/2025
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specified
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82/2025
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specified
May
16, 2025
144/2025
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specified
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221/2025
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specified
Oct
31, 2025
33/2026
Feb 1,
date
specified
Feb 6,
105/2026
May 1,
date
specified
May
15, 2026
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
2 ........................................................
rs.
15/2019
3(3) ...................................................
rep. 64/2017
4(3) ...................................................
am. 64/2017
5(1) ...................................................
am. 64/2017
5(2) ...................................................
am. 64/2017
7 ........................................................
rs. 15/2019
7(a) ..............................................
rs. 24/2003, 25/2003; am. 110/2003, 147/2003, 14/2004,
31/2004, 154/2004, 216/2004, 220/2004, 4/2005, 105/2005, 156/2005, 207/2005,
1/2006, 58/2006, 111/2006, 199/2006, 24/2007, 222/2007, 355/2007, 406/2007,
49/2008, 127/2008, 332/2008, 417/2008, 10/2009, 203/2009, 252/2009, 308/2009,
14/2010, 65/2010, 113/2010, 153/2010, 6/2011, 167/2011, 246/2011, 294/2011,
31/2012, 85/2012, 147/2012, 195/2013, 6/2013, 195/2013, 197/2013; rs.
260/2013, 319/2013, 5/2014, 60/2014, 110/2014, 151/2014, 6/2015, 194/2015, 289/2015,
338/2015, 10/2016, 70/2016, 146/2016, 235/2016, 5/2017; am. 64/2017; rs.
65/2017, 107/2017, 153/2017, 4/2018, 62/2018, 135/2018, 187/2018, 56/2019,
111/2019, 169/2019, 9/2020, 54/2020, 97/2020, 161/2020, 9/2021, 56/2021,
107/2021, 108/2021, 140/2021, 12/2022, 72/2022, 189/2022, 244/2022, 19/2023,
72/2023, 133/2023, 191/2023, 26/2024, 86/2024, 134/2024, 224/2024, 13/2025,
82/2025, 144/2025, 221/2025, 33/2026, 105/2026
7(b) ..............................................
am. 197/2013; rs. 64/2017
7(c) ..............................................
rep. 64/2017
7(c)(i) ...........................................
fc. 1/2006
7(c)(iii) .........................................
fc. 1/2006
7A .....................................................
ad. 64/2017
7A(b) ............................................
am. 3/2018
7A(c) ............................................
rep. 3/2018
7B .....................................................
ad. 64/2017 ; am. 3/2018,
15/2019
10 ......................................................
rep. 64/2017
Note that changes to headings are not
included in the above table.
Editorial Notes and
Corrections:
Note
Effective
date
The reference in subsection 5(1) to the Department of
Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal should be read as a reference to
the Department of Transportation and Active Transit in accordance with O.I.C.
2021-56 under the Public Service Act ,
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.
Feb 23, 2021
The reference in subsection 5(1) to the Department of
Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal should be read as a reference to
the Department of Public Works in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-209 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.