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Family Orders Information Release Regulations

made under

Section 7 of the

Family Orders Information Release Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 161

O.I.C. 87-605 (effective May 20, 1987), N.S. Reg. 104/87

as amended to O.I.C. 2017-143 (effective May 26, 2017), N.S. Reg. 85/2017

1 These regulations may be cited as the Family Orders Information Release Regulations .

1A In these regulations

(a) “abducted child” means a child under the age of fourteen years;

[(b)] “authorized official” means

(

i) with respect to records of the Department of Community Services,

a person designated by the Deputy Minister of Community

Services for that purpose,

(ii) with respect to records of the Registry of Motor Vehicles, the

Registrar of Motor Vehicles or, in the Registrar’s absence, another

person designated by the Deputy Minister of Transportation and

Infrastructure Renewal for that purpose,

(iii) with respect to records of the Medical Services Insurance

Registration file, a person designated by the Minister of Health and

Wellness for that purpose;

(c) “designated recipient” means

(

i) the Family Court for the Province of Nova Scotia,

(ii) persons who are on the staff of the Family Court of the Province of

Nova Scotia who are designated by the Minister of Community

Services to apply for information,

(iii) persons who are designated by the Minister of Justice to apply for

information,

(iv) a peace officer investigating a child abduction;

(d) “information” means the information specified in

Section 6 of the Act.

(1) For purposes of these regulations, an application for information shall be in

writing in a form that satisfies an authorized official that the information is needed

to enforce a court order in respect of support or custody or to locate an abducted

child.

(2) An application for information shall, where available, specify the full name, date

of birth, social insurance number and Medical Services Insurance number of the

person in respect of whom the information is sought.

3 The data banks that may be searched for purposes of the Act and these regulations are the

Medical Services Insurance Resident Master File, the records of the Registry of Motor

Vehicles, the records of the Provincial Court Information System and the records of the

Department of Community Services.

4 An authorized official shall release information, where available, to a designated recipient

if the designated recipient makes an application in accordance with the Act and these

regulations.

5 A designated recipient shall use and release information only in accordance with the Act

and these regulations and only for the purpose of enforcing a support or custody order or

locating an abducted child.

6 A designated recipient shall maintain or release information in a confidential manner.

7 The Registrar of Motor Vehicles may waive any fee for the provision of information to a

designated recipient.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Family Orders Information Release Regulations

N.S. Reg.

104/1987

Family Orders Information Release 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 Family Orders Information Release Regulations made

under the Family Orders Information Release Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

104/1987

May 20, 1987

date specified

Jun 4, 1987

163/1989

Aug 8, 1989

date specified

Sep 7, 1989

85/2017

May 26, 2017

date specified

May 12, 2017

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

1 ........................................................

ra. as 1A 85/2017

1 ........................................................

ad. 85/2017

1A .....................................................

ra. from 1 85/2017

1A, defn . of “authorized

official” ....

rs . 85/2017

1A, defn . of “designated

recipient”, (ii) ........................................................

am. 85/2017

2(1) ...................................................

am. 85/2017

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

am. 163/1989, 85/2017

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

am. 85/2017

8 ........................................................

rep. 85/2017

9 ........................................................

am. 163/1989; rep. 85/2017

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

The reference to the Deputy Minister of Transportation in

s. 1(b)(ii) should be read as a reference to the Deputy Minister of

Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in accordance with O.I.C. 2014-432

under the Public Service Act ,

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Oct 20, 2014

The reference to the Deputy Minister of Transportation in

s. 1(b)(ii) should be read as a reference to the Deputy Minister of Transportation

and Active Transit in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-56 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

Feb 23, 2021

The reference to the Deputy Minister of Transportation in

s. 1(b)(ii) should be read as a reference to the Deputy Minister of Public

Works in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-209 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

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.