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Utility and Review Board Regulations

made under

Section 40 of the

Energy and Regulatory Boards Act

S.N.S. 2024, c. 2, Sch A

O.I.C. 92-1209 (December 10, 1992), N.S. Reg. 270/1992

Table of Contents

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Citation

Location of hearings

Public notice of hearing

Parties to certain proceedings

Attendance and participation by any person

Interested person

Keeping records

Publication of order

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Utility and Review Board Regulations .

Location of hearings

2 The Board shall hear all matters before it in or near the municipality in which the matter

arose in respect of the application, appeal or other matter or proceeding, unless otherwise

determined by the Board.

Public notice of hearing

(1) This

Section shall apply to an application, appeal or other matter or proceeding

before the Board in respect of which the Board is performing the duties as are

conferred upon it by the Heritage Property Act , the Insurance Act ,

Section 27A of

the Motor Carrier Act , the Municipal Boundaries and Representation Act , the

Planning Act , the School Boards Act and the Shopping Centre Development Act .

(2) The person initiating the application, appeal or other matter or proceeding before

the Board shall give notice of any hearing by advertising in one or more

newspapers circulating in the municipality in which the matter arose in respect of

the subject-matter of the hearing for three consecutive weekly insertions preceding

the date of the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Board.

Parties to certain proceedings

(1) Parties to any application or appeal or other matter or proceeding before the Board

under the Planning Act , the Heritage Property Act or the Shopping Centre

Development Act include

(

a) the applicant or appellant;

(

b) in the case of an appeal where the appellant is not the applicant whose

application resulted in the decision under appeal, that applicant;

(

c) the person responsible for the decision or act that is appealed;

(

d) any municipality and any board, commission, committee or agency thereof

that may be affected.

(2) Parties in the case of any appeal pursuant to the Assessment Act and the Deed

Transfer Tax Act include the Director of Assessment and the municipality in which

the assessment was made.

Attendance and participation by any person

5 Any person may attend at a hearing and be heard on any matter before the Board, but

may not participate in the hearing except as permitted by the Board.

Interested person

6 The Board shall permit any person who is determined by the Board to have a real and

substantial interest in the subject-matter of the proceeding to participate in the hearing.

Keeping records

7 A full and complete record shall be kept of all hearings before the Board and all

testimony shall be recorded.

Publication of order

8 The Clerk shall ensure that every order made by the Board pursuant to the Municipal

Boundaries and Representation Act , the School Boards Act and the Village Service Act is

published in the Royal Gazette pursuant to the provisions of the Regulations Act .

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Utility and Review Board Regulations

N.S. Reg.

270/1992

Energy and Regulatory Boards 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 Utility and Review Board Regulations made

under the Energy and Regulatory Boards Act includes

all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

270/1992

Dec 14, 1992

date specified

Jan 8, 1993

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 School Boards Act , S.N.S. 1991, c. 6 is

repealed by s. 153 of the Education Act , S.N.S. 1996-96, c. 1,

effective on proclamation (N.S. Reg. 12/1996).

Jan 16, 1996

The Deed Transfer Tax Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 121

is repealed by s. 554 of the Municipal Government Act , S.N.S. 1998, c.

Apr 1, 1999

The Municipal Boundaries and Representation Act ,

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 298, is repealed by s. 567 of the Municipal Government

Act , S.N.S. 1998, c. 18.

Apr 1, 1999

The Planning Act , R,S.N.S. 1989, c. 346 is

repealed by s. 571 of the Municipal Government Act , S.N.S. 1998, c. 18.

Apr 1, 1999

The Village Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 493

is repealed by s. 583 of the Municipal Government Act , S.N.S. 1998, c.

Apr 1, 1999

The Shopping Centre Development Act , R.S.N.S.

1989, c. 427 is repealed by s. 31 of the Municipal Law Amendment Act

(2001) , S.N.S. 2001, c. 35, effective on proclamation (N.S. Reg. 27/2002).

Apr 1, 2002

Utility and Review Board Act , S.N.S. 1992, c. 11

repealed and replaced with the Energy

and Regulatory Boards Act ,

S.N.S. 2024, c. 2, Sch. A, effective

on proclamation (N.S. Reg 233/2024). (regulations continued under s.

41(2) of new Act)

Apr 1, 2025

References to the Utility and Review Board should be

read as references to both the Regulatory and Appeals Board and the Energy

Board in accordance with s. 41(3) of the Energy

and Regulatory Boards Act ,

S.N.S. 2024, c. 2, Sch. A.

Apr 1, 2025

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.