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Extinguishment of Public Highways Procedure Regulations

made under subsection 18(1A) of the

Public Highways Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 371

O.I.C. 2010-106 (effective March 15, 2010), N.S. Reg. 43/2010

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Citation

Definitions

Minister has authority to extinguish

Conditions on extinguishing

Executive Council notified of proposed extinguishment

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Extinguishment of Public Highways Procedure

Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

(a) “Act” means the Public Highways Act ;

(b) “Minister” means the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure

Renewal.

Minister has authority to extinguish

3 The Minister may extinguish the public’s right to use a highway or any part of a highway

in accordance with these regulations.

Conditions on extinguishing

4 To extinguish the public’s right to use a highway or any part of a highway, the Minister

must be satisfied that all of the following conditions are met:

(

a) the highway is no longer required as part of the public highway system;

(

b) the extinguishment will not result in any person losing access to their

property.

Executive Council notified of proposed extinguishment

5 The Minister must notify the Executive Council in writing of any proposed

extinguishment under these regulations at least 1 week before making the extinguishment.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Extinguishment of Public Highways Procedure

Regulations

N.S. Reg.

43/2010

Public Highways 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 Extinguishment of Public Highways Procedure Regulations made

under the Public Highways Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

43/2010

Mar 15, 2010

date specified

Mar 26, 2010

The following regulations are not yet in force and

are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

The reference to the Department of Transportation and

Infrastructure Renewal in s. 2(

b) 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 to the Department of Transportation and

Infrastructure Renewal in s. 2(

b) 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.