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Bingo Regulations

made under

Section 127 of the

Gaming Control Act

S.N.S. 1994-95, c. 4

O.I.C. 95-256 (April 4, 1995, effective July 1, 1995), N.S. Reg. 37/95

as amended to O.I.C. 2018-17 (January 23, 2018), N.S. Reg. 12/2018

Table of Contents

Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.

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[Citation]

[Definitions]

Licensing

Receipts and expenses

Reporting

Fees and charges

Accounts

Amendment, suspension, cancellation

[Term of licence]

[Hours and days of operation]

Prize values

Rules of play

Advertising

Inspectors or auditors

Conduct and management

Audits

Restrictions

Collection

Offences

Exemption for low-revenue bingo operators

[Citation]

1 These regulations may be cited as the Bingo Regulations .

[Definitions]

2 In these regulations

“accountant” means

(

i) a public accountant within the meaning of the Public Accountants Act , or

(ii) a person who provides services in the nature of the investigation or audit

of accounting records, the preparation of balance sheets, profit and loss

statements and financial statements, bookkeeping, cost accounting,

budget preparation, payroll preparation, preparation of tax returns and

account reconciliation,

but does not include the services of any such public accountant or other such person

acting as a liquidator, receiver, receiver-manager, trustee in bankruptcy or other like

person;

“Act” means the Gaming Control Act ;

“advertising” means any form of notice, the apparent purpose of which is to convey

information to the public in and by newspaper or other printed publication, poster,

circular notice, radio, television or any other form or medium of public

communication;

“bingo” means a licensed lottery scheme that is operated by a charitable or religious

organization in accordance with the following procedure, and includes media bingo:

(

i) a prize is awarded to a person who holds a bingo card or paper issued by

the licensee for a particular game and who successfully completes a

predetermined pattern on the card or paper from numbers generated at

random at that game, and

(ii) before the prize is awarded, the numbers that the person used to complete

the pattern are verified and the person is declared as a winner of the

game;

“bingo caller” means an individual who, on behalf of a licensee, operates the

equipment used for the random selection of numbers, calls the numbers and verifies

wins at a bingo event;

“bingo card or paper” means a card or a sheet or booklet of sheets consisting of

various rows and columns of numbers imprinted with serial and card numbers on

each card or sheet;

“bingo operating equipment” means any equipment used to conduct the game of

bingo including random number selection equipment, bingo balls, number display

boards and bingo cards, paper, verification books and electronic verifier, approved

by the Executive Director;

“card number” means a number, usually printed in the centre space of a bingo card

or paper, that identifies the unique pattern of numbers printed on that bingo card or

paper;

“cash” means legal tender in paper currency or coin;

“cash expenses” means all expenses paid by cash from gross receipts;

“charitable, religious or community objects or purposes” means objects or purposes

for

(

i) the alleviation of poverty or the consequences of poverty,

(ii) education including the advancement of literacy,

(iii) the furthering of religious or societal values, or

(iv) any other purpose beneficial to the community;

“charitable or religious organization” means an organization that performs acts in

furtherance of charitable, religious or community objects or purposes without profit

or personal financial gain to its members;

“checker” means a person authorized by a licensee to verify winning bingo numbers

on a declared card;

“commercial premises” means premises, the owner or lessor of which, is other than a

charitable or religious organization;

“declared card” means a card or paper claimed by a player to be the winning card or

paper for a bingo game;

“electronic verifier” means a computer program that is part of the bingo operating

equipment approved by the Executive Director that lists and illustrates the unique

pattern of numbers and card numbers of each bingo card or paper and is used to

verify the authenticity of every winning bingo card or paper;

“fair value” means the actual value or such sum as a willing buyer would pay and a

willing seller would accept at arm's length;

“gross receipts” means the total revenue derived from all sources in the conduct and

management of a bingo event;

“house rules” means written rules made by a licensee in addition to these

regulations, for the purpose of the conduct and management of bingo by the licensee;

“inspectors or auditors” means inspectors or auditors appointed pursuant to the Act

or these regulations, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or members of

a municipal police force within the meaning of the regulations made pursuant to the

Police Act ;

“licence” means a valid licence issued by the Executive Director under the Act and

these regulations to conduct and manage bingo;

“licensee” means an organization named in a licence as being authorized to conduct

and manage bingo;

“low-revenue bingo operator” means the operator for charitable, religious or

community objects or purposes of a bingo that awards bingo prizes valued at not

more than

(i) $30 000 over a 52 week period, and

(ii) $2500 for any single bingo event;

“media bingo” means bingo that is conducted using any of the following media, or

any similar form of communication:

(

I) notice, newspaper, poster, circular or other printed publication,

(ii) radio or television;

“net operating receipts” means gross receipts less cash prizes, cash payments made

pursuant to subsection 6(6), all other expenses approved by the Executive Director in

the licensee’s application which are incurred in the operation of a bingo event and all

other expenses which, in the opinion of the Executive Director, are attributable to the

conduct and management of a bingo event, including, but not limited to rent, bingo

paper, promotion, administration and building maintenance expenses;

“net receipts” means gross receipts less cash prizes and any cash payments made

pursuant to subsection 6(6), but such cash payments shall not include expenditures

for bingo operating equipment;

“rate of return to the licensee”, in relation to a licensee, means the ratio of the

licensee’s net operating receipts to the licensee’s gross receipts;

“serial number” means a unique number printed in the same manner on every bingo

card or paper by the manufacturer or printer;

“special bingo” means an optional lottery scheme that is played as part of a bingo

event and offers a fluctuating prize, and in which only those players who have paid

an additional fee are eligible to participate;

“verification book” means a book compiled by the manufacturer or printer of bingo

cards or papers, approved by the Executive Director, that lists and illustrates the

unique pattern of numbers and card numbers on each bingo card or paper and is used

to verify the authenticity of every winning bingo card or paper.

Licensing

(1) The Executive Director may, upon application by a religious or charitable

organization, issue a licence to conduct and manage bingo.

deems necessary for the proper administration of these regulations and may refuse to

issue, amend or renew a licence where any requirement in these regulations

concerning an application is incomplete, inaccurate or not fulfilled or where the

Executive Director determines that to issue or renew such licence would not be in

the public interest.

(3) [repealed]

(4) [repealed]

(5) [repealed]

(6) No person or organization shall conduct, manage or advertise a bingo unless the

bingo is authorized under a licence.

(7) No person shall conduct, manage or advertise a bingo in Nova Scotia after July 1,

1995, unless the bingo operating equipment used or to be used in such bingo has

been provided or supplied by or through a licensee under the Bingo Suppliers

Regulations and no such person shall transfer title or possession of such equipment

to another licensee under these regulations.

(8) An applicant for a bingo licence shall provide to the Executive Director evidence of

valid current registration under the Societies Act to carry out charitable, religious or

community objects or purposes or other documentation satisfactory to the Executive

Director as to the charitable, religious or community objects or purposes of the

applicant.

(9) Every applicant for a bingo licence or a renewal of such licence shall forward to the

Executive Director an application showing

(

a) the name of the applicant;

(

b) the address of the applicant;

(

c) the premises in which the bingo is to be held;

(

d) the civic address of the premises;

(

e) the owner of the premises;

(

f) a description of the charitable or religious objects or purposes of the applicant

and the manner in which the applicant intends to fulfil those objects and

purposes;

(

g) the purposes for which the funds raised by the bingo will be used;

(

h) the date and time of the bingo;

(ha) the total value of all prizes to be offered at the bingo;

(

i) the selling price of bingo cards or papers for each bingo game;

(

j) the names and addresses of suppliers of bingo operating equipment;

(k) [repealed]

(

i) the wages, salaries and other monetary considerations to be paid;

(

m) the amount of payment to be made pursuant to subsection 8(1) and any leases

or rental agreements described in subsection 23(5);

(

n) the names, addresses, signatures and telephone numbers of not fewer than two

authorized representatives of the applicant;

(

o) in the case of an application for the renewal of a licence, evidence satisfactory

to the Executive Director that the applicant has fulfilled all requirements of the

previous licence;

(oa) a copy of the house rules intended to be used by the applicant;

(ob) a description of any promotional activities intended to be carried out in

connection with the bingo,

together with the appropriate licence fees required pursuant to

Section 8.

(10) Every application, report or licence required under these regulations shall be in such

form as the Executive Director may approve or prescribe.

(11) [repealed]

(12) For the purposes of the Act, bingo operating equipment is designated goods and

services when supplied for a bingo event.

4 A bingo licence is not transferable or assignable.

5 A licensee shall immediately notify the Executive Director of any changes in its suppliers

of bingo operating equipment.

Receipts and expenses

(1) All net operating receipts from the conduct and management of a bingo shall be

utilized within a reasonable time of their receipt for charitable, religious or

community purposes as set out by the licensee in the application for a licence.

(2) The net operating receipts from the conduct and management of a bingo must

constitute a minimum of 15% of gross receipts.

(3) The Executive Director may suspend or cancel a licence when, in the opinion of the

Executive Director, the licensee’s gross receipts are likely to exceed $150 000 per

annum and the rate of return to the licensee is less than 15%.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection 6(2), the Executive Director may vary the requirement

of a 15% rate of return to the licensee when, in the opinion of the Executive

Director, the licensee’s gross receipts per annum will likely be equal to or less than

$150 000, and the Executive Director is satisfied that the licensee’s bingo operation

is otherwise a benefit to the community.

(5) [repealed]

(6) Wages, salaries and other monetary considerations may be paid, either directly or

indirectly, for supplying bingo cards or papers or for conducting, managing or

assisting in the conduct or management of bingo, provided that such wages, salaries

or other monetary considerations do not exceed the amounts set out in the

application of the licensee.

Reporting

(1) A licensee shall forward to the Executive Director a financial report and required

fees payable to the Department

(

a) respecting a licence issued for a period not greater than 1 day, within 30

calendar days after the date on which the licence expires;

(

b) respecting a licence issued for a period greater than 1 day, within 30 calendar

days after the last working day of each calendar month during such period,

commencing with the month in which the licence is issued; and

(

c) the financial reports required under clauses (

a) and (

b) shall contain all of the

following:

(

i) the date of the bingo,

(ii) except for media bingo, the attendance at each bingo,

(iii) the total gross receipts of each bingo,

(iv) the cash expenses of the bingo,

(

v) the total value of all prizes awarded, including special bingo prizes,

(vi) the total number of cards and papers sold and the selling price of each

card or paper, including the total number and value of any bingo cards or

paper provided free of charge or sold at a reduced price in accordance

with subsection 8(6A),

(vii) the amount of fees calculated as prescribed in

Section 8, together with

payment to the Executive Director of any outstanding fees,

(viii) the total amount deposited to the account of the licensee.

(ix) [repealed]

(2) All licensees shall keep for 3 years, bingo reports which are to be completed

immediately following each bingo and retained to assist in compiling financial

reports referred to in subsection (1).

Fees and charges

(1) Fees for a licence on original issue and renewal are payable to the Department as

follows:

(a) $30.15 for a 1-day to 12-month licence term; or

(b) $90.45 for a 3-year licence term;

(2) Licence prize fees are payable to the Department as follows:

(

a) a licensee shall pay 2.13% of the fair value of all prizes awarded, including

special bingo prizes; and

(b) [repealed]

(3) The Executive Director may determine the fair value of any prizes awarded by a

licensee for purposes of these regulations.

(4) Fees payable pursuant to these regulations are not refundable.

(5) No person shall be charged an admission fee for entrance to a licensed bingo.

(6) No bingo card or paper shall be provided free of charge or sold at a reduced price.

(6A) Despite subsection (6) and subject to the approval of the Executive Director, a

licensee may, in any year, provide bingo cards or paper free of charge or sell bingo

cards or paper at a reduced price in connection with a promotional activity, but the

total value of the items provided free of charge or sold at a reduced price must not

exceed 5% of the rate of return to the licensee for the previous year.

(6B) Despite subsection (6A), the Executive Director may, in the Executive Director's

sole discretion, allow the total value of items provided free of charge or sold at a

reduced price by a licensee to exceed 5% of the rate of return of the licensee for the

previous year.

(7) A licensee who conducts or manages a bingo shall not make any advance or loan of

cash or credit to enable a player to play bingo.

(8) Bingo cards may not be reserved by the licensee for any player, except braille cards

intended for use by visually impaired players.

(9) Visually impaired players may bring and use their own cards if the licensee does not

make them available.

Accounts

(1) A licensee shall maintain, at a deposit-taking financial institution within the

Province, a separate account for all net receipts from the operation of a bingo and

shall deposit the net receipts in such account immediately following each bingo

event.

(2) The licensee shall obtain legible receipts, showing the name and residential address

of the payee, for all cash expenses from gross receipts, and shall keep all receipts for

a period of not less than 3 years and in the event of legal proceedings, the receipts

shall be kept pending the outcome of the proceedings.

(3) Subject to subsection (2), all expenses in relation to a bingo shall be paid by cheque

from the account described in subsection (1).

Amendment, suspension, cancellation

10 The Executive Director may amend, suspend or cancel a licence where

(

a) a licensee provides any incorrect information on its application;

(

b) the licensee does not provide the Executive Director with changes to

information contained in the application within 15 days of the change;

(

c) a licensee breaches any term or condition of the licence or any provision of the

Act or these regulations;

(

d) the Executive Director determines it is in the public interest to amend, suspend

or cancel the licence; or

(

e) financial reports indicate the licensee is not in compliance with the provisions

of subsection 6(1).

[Term of licence]

11 A licence to operate a bingo may be issued for a portion of a day or for a period not to

exceed 3 years.

[Hours and days of operation]

11A(1) Except as otherwise approved by the Executive Director, no bingo shall operate on

any day

(

a) between the hours of 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.; and

(

b) between the hours of 12 midnight and 1 p.m.

(2) No bingo shall operate on Remembrance Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday or

Easter Sunday.

Prize values

(1) Not including special bingo prizes, the total value of all bingo prizes awarded by a

single licensee shall not exceed $20 000 for any day.

(2) Not including special bingo prizes, the total value of all prizes awarded at a single

premises shall not exceed $20 000 for any day.

(3) The total value of all prizes awarded for all special bingo games operated by a single

licensee shall not exceed $20 000 for any day.

(4) A special bingo prize that is not awarded by a licensee at a particular bingo event

may be carried over to the licensee’s next bingo event and increased in value, subject

to the prohibition in subsection (3) against exceeding the $20 000 maximum prize

value.

(5) When a special bingo prize that is carried over to subsequent bingo events reaches

the maximum of $20 000, the licensee shall notify the Executive Director and advise

how the licensee intends to award the prize.

(6) A special bingo prize that reaches the maximum of $20 000 must be awarded within

12 weeks of the date it reaches the maximum.

(7) Only money shall be awarded as a prize for a media bingo game.

Rules of play

12A

(1) Before the start of a bingo, the operator shall set up the number display board and

shall ensure all bingo balls are present and in good condition.

(2) The bingo caller shall display each ball to the players as it is generated at random by

the bingo operating equipment.

(3) Only numbers generated at random by bingo operating equipment shall determine

which and how many players may be awarded a prize for a particular bingo game

and no numbers, once called during a bingo game, shall be returned to the bingo

operating equipment until the game is completed.

(4) All prizes being offered in a bingo game, including a special bingo game, shall be

announced to the players before the start of each game.

(5) A licensee shall establish and implement house rules and shall make them available

to players on request.

(6) A licensee’s house rules shall not be inconsistent with or in contravention of these

following:

(

a) the manner in which all bingo and special bingo games are to be played;

(

b) the manner in which all prizes, including special bingo prizes, are to be

awarded;

(

c) subject to the prohibition in

Section 13 respecting a caller or checker, whether

persons involved in the conduct and management of a bingo event are

permitted to play at that bingo event;

(

d) the procedure to be followed in the event a bingo is cancelled or delayed for

any reason, including a requirement that the licensee notify the Executive

Director in the event of a cancellation or delay.

13 No person, while acting as a bingo caller or while employed as a checker in a bingo game

shall play in that bingo game.

14 No house rule may specify that a valid bingo must include the last number called.

15 Any licensee who conducts and manages a bingo shall include a verification book or

electronic verifier approved by the Executive Director in the bingo operating equipment for

every bingo and shall verify, by reference to the verification book or electronic verifier,

card number, colour of the card or paper and the pattern of numbers claimed to have been

won by any declared card.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (1A) for media bingo, when there is a declared

card, the following shall take place in sequence:

(

a) no further numbers shall be called pending confirmation of the bingo win;

(

b) the bingo machine shall remain operational until the bingo winner has been

verified, unless the ball funnel on the bingo machine has a mechanism that

allows the next bingo ball to be held by the machine;

(

c) a checker shall take the declared card and place it in front of a neutral player

who does not hold a declared card or under a video monitor so that it is visible

to the other players and the checker shall then call back the serial number, card

number, colour of the card or paper and the pattern of numbers claimed to have

won and the bingo caller shall verify them by reference to the bingo operating

equipment;

(

d) upon verification of the bingo winner, the bingo caller shall ask clearly for any

other bingo winners for the game to identify themselves and shall indicate that

it is the last call;

(

e) upon any subsequent bingo winners being identified and clauses (

a) through (

d) being complied with in relation to such subsequent winners, a money prize

shall be divided equally among the winners and in the case of a merchandise

prize, random numbers shall continue to be called until one declared card

holder obtains the first winning number; and

(

f) if no further bingo winners are declared or determined, the bingo caller shall

return all the bingo balls to the bingo machine and state clearly that the game is

closed.

(1A) When there is a declared card during a media bingo game, the following shall take

place in sequence:

(

a) no further numbers shall be called pending verification of the declared card;

(

b) the bingo machine shall remain operational until the declared card has been

verified, unless the ball funnel on the bingo machine has a mechanism that

allows the next bingo ball to be held by the machine;

(

c) if the declared card is not verified as having the predetermined pattern, the

caller shall call numbers until another card is declared;

(

d) if the declared card is verified as having the predetermined pattern, no further

balls shall be called and the caller shall begin the next game;

(

e) the licensee must ensure that all telephone lines, or other means of

communication, as the case may be, remain accessible for at least 30 minutes

following the end of a bingo game to allow additional cards to be declared;

(

f) a declared card verified as having the predetermined pattern completed in the

fewest numbers called shall be declared a winning card;

(

g) if there are multiple winning cards, the prize money shall be divided equally

among the winners.

(2) At any time during a bingo game, players shall have the right to verify the numbers

called during the bingo game.

17 No person who participates in any way in any bingo game shall engage or attempt to

engage in any practice or activity that changes or is intended to change the random

outcome of the game.

Advertising

(1) A licensee shall not advertise bingo prizes, including special bingo prizes, in excess

of the amounts prescribed in

Section 12 for any day.

(2) All bingo advertisements shall clearly state, in size and form approved by the

Executive Director,

(

a) the name of the licensee;

(

b) the date, time and place of the bingo;

(

c) the current lottery licence number and the year issued by the Executive

Director; and

(

d) the total cash value of prizes, including any special bingo prizes, to be awarded

at the bingo.

Inspectors or auditors

(1) The Minister may appoint inspectors or auditors for the administration of the Act

and the regulations.

(2) Inspectors or auditors shall have power to inquire into the conduct and management

of every bingo and shall advise the Executive Director of the results of their

inquiries.

(3) All records relating to the conduct and management of a bingo shall be retained by

the licensee for at least 3 years after the expiration of the term of the licence and the

licensee or former licensee shall make all such records available at the request of the

Executive Director.

(4) Inspectors or auditors may enter at any reasonable time, on or about the premises

occupied by any licensee or the premises where the records of the licensee are kept

or believed to be kept, to determine whether the Act and these regulations are being

and have been complied with or to inspect, audit and examine books of account,

records, documents, receipts and bingo operating equipment.

(5) The person occupying the premises referred to in subsection (4) shall answer all

questions posed by the inspectors or auditors and shall produce such books of

account, records, documents, receipts and bingo operating equipment as may be

required.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), bingo shall be operated in premises owned by a

charitable or religious organization and not in commercial premises.

(2) Where a licensee operated a bingo in rented commercial premises prior to January 1,

1982 and has continuously done so since the licence was first issued, it may continue

to do so.

(1) A licensee shall award all prizes at the time and place and as described in any bingo

advertising made by the licensee.

(2) In the case of a licence forfeited to the Executive Director by the licensee or

suspended or cancelled by the Executive Director, any prizes for which a winner has

not been declared during a bingo game shall accumulate and shall be awarded during

a final bingo.

(1) Except for media bingo, and except as provided in subsection (2), a licensee shall

seat bingo players in the area where the bingo equipment and caller are physically

situated.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of licences issued prior to October 1, 1989

and renewed annually since that date.

Conduct and management

(1) Only personnel under the direct supervision of the licensee shall conduct, manage or

assist in the conduct or management of the bingo.

(2) Only the licensee shall conduct and manage the bingo and handle cash transactions.

(3) A licensee that operates bingo in leased commercial premises shall not involve the

landlord or an agent or employee of the landlord in any aspect of the conduct or

management of the bingo.

(4) Rent paid by the licensee for the rental of commercial premises shall be a fixed

amount and shall not relate to the bingo.

(5) Leases or rental agreements that the licensee may have with the landlord of leased

premises where bingo is operated shall be in writing and shall be filed with the

Executive Director upon application for a licence or renewal of a licence.

Audits

24 A licensee that holds a licence for a period of 90 days or more shall submit a financial

statement to the Executive Director with each application for subsequent renewal of the

licence and the Executive Director may require the applicant, at the expense of the

applicant, to submit such statement of the financial affairs of the applicant in the form of

an independent audit conducted by an accountant.

Restrictions

25 A licensee shall conduct a bingo in the geographical location set out in the application and

authorized in the licence.

26 A licensee shall use only bingo operating equipment approved by the Executive Director in

accordance with the Bingo Suppliers Regulations and the licensee shall, at all times, keep

and maintain the bingo operating equipment in good working order.

Collection

27 Any amounts that are due and payable to the Department pursuant to the Act or these

regulations may be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due

to the Department, and the court may make an Order as to the costs of such action in

favour of or against the Department.

Offences

28 Every person who contravenes any provision of these regulations is guilty of an offence

and is liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $3000 and, in default of

payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

Exemption for low-revenue bingo operators

(1) A low-revenue bingo operator may apply to the Executive Director for an exemption

in such form as the Executive Director may prescribe.

(2) The Executive Director may grant the exemption referred to in subsection (1), which

shall

(

a) exempt the low-revenue bingo operator from the requirements of subsections

3(6) and 3(9),

Section 6,

Section 7, clauses 8(1)(

a) and 8(2)(a), and

Section 24;

and

(

b) satisfy the requirement of subsection 3(2) of the Bingo Suppliers Regulations

for the purpose of purchasing bingo operating equipment from a registered

bingo supplier.

(3) If at any time the holder of an exemption referred to in subsection (1) offers prize

values that exceed those described in the definition of “low-revenue bingo operator”,

the exemption holder shall

(

a) cease to be a low-revenue bingo operator for the purposes of these regulations;

and

(

b) if the exemption holder wishes to continue to operate a bingo, obtain a bingo

licence pursuant to subsection 3(9).

(1) Low-revenue bingo operators shall maintain records respecting the following for a

period of 3 years:

(

a) revenue;

(

b) expenses; and

(

c) prizes awarded.

(2) Low-revenue bingo operators shall make the records maintained pursuant to

subsection (1) available to the Executive Director upon request.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Bingo Regulations

N.S. Reg. 37/1995

Gaming Control 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

Bingo Regulations made under the Gaming Control Act includes all of the following

regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

37/1995

Jul 1,

date

specified (as amended 1 )

Apr

28, 1995

83/1995

May

30, 1995

date

made

Jun

23, 1995

109/1995

Jul

11, 1995

date

specified

Aug 4,

172/1996

Nov 26,

date

made

Dec

20, 1996

23/1997

Feb

25, 1997

date

made

Mar

14, 1997

156/2000

Sep 6,

date

made

Sep

22, 2000

7/2002

Jan

11, 2002

date

made

Jan 25,

73/2004

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr 6,

110/2007

Apr 1,

date

specified

Mar

30, 2007

168/2008

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

18, 2008

110/2009

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr 14,

83/2011

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

15, 2011

109/2013

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

12, 2013

285/2013

Aug

20, 2013

date

specified

Sep 6,

344/2015

Oct

22, 2015

date

specified

Nov

13, 2015

12/2018

Jan

23, 2018

date

specified

Feb 2,

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

am. 285/2013 (clause letters removed), 12/2018

2, defn. of

“approved premises” .......

am. 285/2013; rep.

344/2015

2, defn. of “bingo” ............................

rs. 285/2013

2, defn. of “charitable or religious organization” ..................................

am. 285/2013

2, defn. of “commercial bingo licence” ........................................................

rep. 285/2013

2, defn. of “Commission” .................

rep. 12/2018

2, defn. of “house rules” ...................

am. 285/2013

2, defn. of “licensee” ........................

am. 285/2013

2, defn. of “low revenue charitable bingo operator” ........................................

am. 285/2013

2, defn. of “media bingo” .................

ad. 285/2013

2, defn. of “rate of return to the licensee” ........................................................

ad. 285/2013

2, defn. of “special bingo game” ......

rs. 285/2013

2, defn. of “proceeds” .......................

rep. 109/1995

2(ya) defn. of “net operating receipts” ........................................................

ad. 109/1995 ; rs.

172/1996; ra. as 2(yb) 7/2002

2(ya) defn. of “low revenue charitable bingo operator” ..............................

ad. 7/2002

2(yb) .................................................

ra. from 2(ya) 7/2002

2(

z) defn. of “net receipts” ...............

am. 109/1995; rs. 172/1996

3 ........................................................

am. 12/2018

3(1) ..............................................

am. 285/2013

3(3)-(5) ........................................

rep. 285/2013

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

am. 285/2013

3(8) ..............................................

am. 285/2013

3(9) ..............................................

am. 7/2002

3(9)(a) ..........................................

am. 285/2013

3(9)(b) .........................................

am. 285/2013

3(9)(ha) ........................................

ad. 285/2013

3(9)(k) .........................................

am. 285/2013; rep. 344/2015

3(9)(o) .........................................

am. 285/2013

3(9)(oa)-(ob) ................................

ad. 285/2013

3(11) ............................................

rs. 285/2013; rep.

344/2015

3(12) ............................................

rs. 285/2013

5 ........................................................

am.

12/2018

6 ........................................................

am. 12/2018

6(1) ..............................................

rs. 172/1996

6(2) ..............................................

ra. 6(6) 172/1996

6(2) to 6(4) ..................................

ad. 172/1996

6(5) ..............................................

ad. 172/1996 ; rep. 285/2013

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

ra. from 6(2) 172/1996 ;

am. 285/2013

7(1) ..................................................

am.

12/2018

7(1)(c) ...............................................

am. 285/2013

7(1)(c)(ii) ..........................................

am. 285/2013

7(1)(c)(v) ..........................................

am. 285/2013

7(1)(c)(vi) .........................................

am. 285/2013

7(1)(c)(vii) ........................................

am. 285/2013, 12/2018

7(1)(c)(ix) .........................................

rep. 285/2013

8(1) ...................................................

rs. 156/2000; am. 7/2002, 12/2018

8(1)(a) ..........................................

rs. 7/2002, 285/2013

8(1)(a)(i)-(ii) ...............................

fc. 73/2004, 168/2008, 110/2009, 83/2011,

109/2013

8(1)(b) .........................................

rs. 285/2013

8(1)(b)(i)-(ii) ...............................

fc. 73/2004, 110/2007, 168/2008, 110/2009,

83/2011, 109/2013

8(2) ...................................................

am. 12/2018

8(2)(a) ..........................................

am. 73/2004, 285/2013

8(2)(b) .........................................

am. 73/2004, 110/2007, 168/2008, 110/2009, 83/2011,

109/2013; rep. 285/2013

8(6A)-(6B) ........................................

ad. 285/2013

10 ......................................................

am. 12/2018

11 ......................................................

rs. 7/2002; am. 285/2013

11(2) ............................................

rs. 23/1997

11A ...................................................

ad. 7/2002

11A(1) .........................................

am.

285/2013

12 ......................................................

rs. 285/2013

12(1A) .........................................

ad. 109/1995

12(2) ............................................

am. 344/2015

12(2A) .........................................

ad. 156/2000

12A ...................................................

ad. 285/2013

15 ......................................................

am. 12/2018

16(1) .................................................

am. 285/2013

16(1A) ..............................................

ad. 285/2013

18(1) .................................................

rs. 285/2013

18(2) .................................................

am. 12/2018

18(2)(d) .......................................

am. 285/2013

19(1)-(3) ...........................................

am. 12/2018

20(1)-(2) ...........................................

am. 285/2013

21(2) .................................................

am. 12/2018

22(1) .................................................

rs. 285/2013; am. 344/2015

23(5) .................................................

am. 12/2018

24 ......................................................

am. 12/2018

26 ......................................................

am. 12/2018

27 ......................................................

am. 12/2018

29 ......................................................

ad. 7/2002

29(1) ............................................

am. 285/2013, 12/2018

29(2) ............................................

am. 12/2018

29(2)(a) ........................................

am. 285/2013

29(3) ............................................

am. 285/2013

29(3)(a) ........................................

am. 285/2013

30 ......................................................

ad. 7/2002 ; am.

285/2013

30(2) .................................................

am. 12/2018

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

Effective date of N.S. Reg. 37/1995 changed by O.I.C.

95-431 (N.S. Reg. 83/1995), which amends O.I.C. 95-256 by replacing “May 31,

1995” with “July 31, 1995”.

May 30, 1995

The Nova Scotia Gaming Control Commission and the

Liquor License Board amalgamated as the Alcohol and Gaming Authority by

O.I.C. 97-470 under the Gaming Control

Act , S.N.S. 1984-95, c. 4, the Liquor

Control Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 260, the Theatres and Amusements Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 466 and the

Interpretation Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

(corrected by N.S. Reg. 14/2008, which removed or

replaced all references to the Commission to reflect amendments to the Act

made by S.N.S. 2011, c. 63, proclaimed in force by N.S. Reg. 10/2018)

Jul 15, 1997

The Public Accountants Act referred to in s. 2

is repealed by s. 34 of the Financial Measures

(2019) Act , S.N.S.

2019, c. 4. Refer to the Chartered

Professional Accountants Act , S.N.S. 2015, c. 55 for continued licensing

of public accountants.

Sep 1, 2019

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

169/1989

Bingo

Lotteries Regulations

Aug

24, 1989

Jul 1,

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.