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Consumer Reporting Regulations

made under

Section 25 of the

Consumer Reporting Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 93

O.I.C. 74-93 (effective April 1, 1974), N.S. Reg. 12/1974

as amended to O.I.C. 2015-96 (effective June 1, 2015), N.S. Reg. 85/2015

1 The Act shall not apply to

(

a) a consumer engaging in a transaction, other than relating to employment, in the

course of carrying on a business, trade or profession; or

(

b) a police officer conducting an investigation in the ordinary course of his duty.

Registration

2 An application for registration as a consumer reporting agency or renewal thereof shall be

in a form as the Director may from time to time specify.

3 Fees payable to the Director are as follows:

(

a) upon application for registration or reinstatement of registration as a consumer reporting agency

$133.35

(

b) for each branch office

$30.90

(

c) upon application for renewal of license

$33.00

(

d) upon letter of application for a duplicate certificate of registration when the original has been lost, stolen or destroyed

$30.90

4 Every registration expires on the 31st day of March in each year.

(1) No person shall be registered as a consumer reporting agency unless the applicant

(

a) if an individual, is of the full age of nineteen years or, if a partnership, if each

member of the partnership is of the full age of nineteen years and further if

each individual or member of the partnership is a Canadian citizen or has been

lawfully admitted to Canada and is ordinarily resident in Canada;

(

b) if a corporation, is incorporated in Canada and registered to do business in

Nova Scotia.

(2) No person shall be registered as a consumer reporting agency unless the applicant

(

a) if an individual, has at least two years of actual related experience in all phases

of consumer reporting;

(

b) if a partnership, if each member of the partnership has at least two years of

actual related experience in all phases of consumer reporting;

(

c) if a corporation, if the principle officers of the corporation and the managers of

the head office and of each branch thereof, have at least two years of actual

related experience in all phases of consumer reporting.

6 Every applicant for registration shall state in the application an address for service in Nova

Scotia and notification of any change shall be made to the Director forthwith.

7 Every person registered as a consumer reporting agency shall operate from a fixed place of

business in Nova Scotia that shall be open to the public during normal business hours.

8 No registrant shall operate a branch office in Nova Scotia unless such branch office has

been authorized by the registration.

9 Where the registration of a consumer reporting agency is revoked or suspended or where

the registrant has voluntarily gone out of business, he shall immediately return his

certificate of registration to the Registrar by registered mail.

10 For the purposes of compliance with subsection (

c) of

Section 15 [of the Act], the

disclosure of any change in the ownership of shares will only be required where the

ownership of twenty-five percent or more of the voting shares is changed.

11 An applicant for registration or for renewal of registration or [of a] registered consumer

reporting agency shall furnish the Director with information or material concerning its

officers, organization and operating practices and procedures and such information will be

furnished within a specified time limit and may require verification by affidavit if so

requested by the Director.

Additional forms

12 A voluntary cancellation of registration under subsection (1) of

Section 7 of the Act shall

be in a form as the Director may from time to time specify.

Definitions

13 The definition of terms as set out in subsection (1) of

Section 2 of the Act shall apply to

these terms where same are used in these regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Consumer Reporting Regulations

N.S. Reg. 12/1974

Consumer Reporting 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 Consumer Reporting Regulations made under the Consumer Reporting Act includes all of the following

regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

12/1974

Feb 1, 1974

date made (note: Act proclaimed in force effective Apr

1 1974)

unpublished 1

164/1980

Oct

28, 1980

date

made

Nov

27, 1980

56/2004

May 1,

date

specified

Apr 6,

90/2007

May 1,

date

specified

Mar

30, 2007

145/2008

Jun 1,

date

specified

Apr

18, 2008

87/2009

Jun 1,

date

specified

Apr

14, 2009

61/2011

Jun 1,

date specified

Apr

15, 2011

87/2013

Jun 1,

date

specified

Apr

12, 2013

85/2015

Jun 1,

date

specified

Apr 8,

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. 164/1980 2

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

fc. 56/2004, 90/2007, 145/2008, 87/2009, 61/2011,

87/2013, 85/2015

3(2) ..................................................

fc. 90/2007, 145/2008, 87/2009, 61/2011, 87/2013,

85/2015

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

fc. 56/2004, 90/2007, 145/2008, 87/2009, 61/2011,

87/2013, 85/2015

3(4) ..................................................

fc. 90/2007, 145/2008, 87/2009, 61/2011, 87/2013,

85/2015

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

am. 164/1980 2

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

Regulations in effect on April 1, 1977, and filed with

the Registrar before March 31, 1978, are exempt from publication under

subsection 24(2) of the Regulations Act .

The amendments made by N.S. Reg. 164/1980 remove the

references to Forms 1, 2 and 3, which were part of the original

regulations. The forms themselves were

not specifically repealed but are no longer published with the

consolidation. Contact the Office of

the Registrar of Regulations for more information or to obtain copies.

The clauses in

Section 3 that were numbered as clauses (1) to (4) have been redesignated as clauses (

a) to (

d) for the purposes of this consolidation.

Amendments to the Consumer

Reporting Act made by S.N.S. 2017, c. 9, repeal the definition of “Director”,

add a definition of “Registrar” (Registrar of Consumer Reporting Agencies) and

replace references to the Director throughout the Act with references to the

Registrar.

Oct 27, 2017

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.