Government Administrative Histories
ID AUdepts AUdepartments 111 Treasury Board Office 112 Office of Policy and Priorities 24 Development
35 Finance Department~
36 Fire Marshal
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AUname Treasury Board Office Office of Policy and Priorities Department of Development
Department of Finance
Fire Marshal
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AUstandard Nova Scotia. Treasury Board Office Nova Scotia. Office of Policy and Priorities Nova Scotia. Department of Development
Nova Scotia. Department of Finance
Nova Scotia. Fire Marshal
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AUother
Nova Scotia. Department of Industry / Nova Scotia. Department of Industry and Publicity / Nova Scotia. Department of Trade and Industry
Nova Scotia. Provincial Treasurer / Nova Scotia. Department of the Provincial Treasurer / Nova Scotia. Department of Finance and Economics
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AUadmin The Treasury Board office was established in 2009. Its objects and purposes are to assist the Treasury Board in carrying out its duties under the Executive Council Act. The Office of Policy and Priorities was established in 2009. Its objects and purposes are to assist the Policy and Priorities Committee in carrying out its duties under the Executive Council Act. The Department of Industry was established in 1939 to promote industrial development. In 1941 its mandate was expanded to include government public relations and tourism and the department renamed Industry and Publicity. In 1948 it was renamed Trade and Industry. In 1971 responsibility for information and publicity was assigned to the new Department of Tourism and Trade and Industry was renamed Development. The department's functions were to administer the economic development policies of the Government; coordinate the development activities of the department with the development functions of other departments; collect and conduct analysis of economic and social data and conduct studies relating to economic and social development; maintain liaison with the Government of Canada and its departments concerned with economic development; maintain liaison with industry and with associations and organizations in the private sector concerned with economic development; and promote the trade and commerce of Nova Scotia both within and outside the province. In 1987 Development was superseded by the Departments of Industry, Trade and Technology and Small Business Development. A Provincial Treasurer to superintend public finances was first appointed in 1750. The treasurer was an officer of state and member of the Council and afterwards, like the Attorney General and Provincial Secretary, a department of government. In 1849 the office of treasurer was abolished and replaced by Financial Secretary and Receiver General (cashier). In 1867 these offices were abolished and the treasurer restored. From 1878 to 1946 the Provincial Secretary was ex officio Provincial Treasurer. In 1942 the first modern Provincial Finance Act was passed. In 1962 the Department of the Provincial Treasurer assumed responsibility for developing economic policy and was renamed Finance and Economics. In 1971 the department shed its responsibility for economics and was renamed Department of Finance. In 2006 the pension and investment services branch of the department became a separate and independent agency, the Nova Scotia Pension Agency. Finance has overall responsibility and accountability for the financial management of public money. Through its administration of the Provincial Finance Act, the department prepares the budget and manages the public accounts, maintains the public accounting system, manages the province's investment portfolio and public debt retirement, and audits the financial management practices of the public service. Nova Scotia's first modern Fire Prevention Act of 1919 established the Fire Prevention Board with authority to appoint a provincial officer called the Fire Marshal. From the beginning the Fire Marshal had omnibus powers to inspect premises, investigate fires and issue compliance orders. In 1940 the Fire Prevention Board was abolished and the Fire Marshal became Nova Scotia's chief fire authority. The Fire Marshal promotes, encourages and cooperates with any body or person interested in developing and promoting the principles and practices of fire prevention and the protection of life and property against fire, which includes promoting, encouraging and delivering public fire-safety education programs and training and supporting and assisting others to provide public fire-safety education programs and training; advises persons or organizations interested in developing or promoting the principles and practices of fire suppression, fire prevention, fire- safety education, emergency services and related communication systems and the delivery of those services and systems; investigates conditions under which fires occur; receives such reports as deemed necessary from persons authorized or required to inspect, investigate or examine; maintains a statistical record of all fires reported to the Fire Marshal and collects and disseminates information with respect to fires; studies methods of fire safety; and makes recommendations, including guidelines, respecting fire suppression, fire prevention, fire protection and the training of
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AUrules RAD: 24.19A; 26.3A7. RAD: 24.19A; 26.3A7. RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7
RAD 24.20E2
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AUnotes Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2009 c. 14. Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2009 c. 14. Authority record based on Orders in Council: 25 Oct. 1939, 24 Feb. 1941, 87-1455 (3 Dec. 1987); Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1944 c. 2, 1946 c. 2, 1948 c. 7, 1970-71 c. 56, 1988 c. 30.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1867 c. 1, 1878 c. 20, 1946 c. 2, 1962 c. 43, 1970-71 c. 56; Order in Council 2006-097 (10 Feb. 2006).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1919 c. 30, 1940 c. 2, 1976 c. 9 and 2002 c. 6.
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AUdate AUrelation1 AUalso1 2010/02/02 110 Treasury Board 2010/02/02 109 Policy and Priorities Committee 2009/01/30 46 Department of Industry, Trade and Technology
2003/03/04 76 Nova Scotia Pension Agency
2003/03/05
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AUrelation2 AUalso2 AUrelation3
98 Department of Small Business Development
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72 Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission
67 Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Board
15 Chief Medical Examiner
98 Small Business Development
55 Mines and Energy
70 Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
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Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission
Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Board
Chief Medical Examiner
Department of Small Business Development
Department of Mines and Energy
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
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Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission
Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Board
Nova Scotia. Chief Medical Examiner
Nova Scotia. Department of Small Business Development
Nova Scotia. Department of Mines and Energy
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
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Fishermen's Loan Board of Nova Scotia / Nova Scotia Resources Development Board / Nova Scotia Fisheries Loan Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Mines
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information with respect to fires; studies methods of fire safety; and makes recommendations, including guidelines, respecting fire suppression, fire prevention, fire protection and the training of persons involved in the provision of these services as well as rescue and emergency services and the delivery of these services, the establishment of fire departments and fire brigades, the provision of adequate water supply, and fire-hose couplings and connections for fire-fighting equipment. The Fire Marshal also has the power and authority to enforce compliance with the Fire Safety Act and Regulations and the Fire Code and all other acts relating to the prevention and suppression of fires, including any codes and enactments incorporated by reference therein. The Legal Aid Planning Act of 1971 provided for free advice, assistance and services by members of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society to persons otherwise unable to retain lawyers to represent them in legal proceedings. In 1977 the legal aid program planning process culminated in the establishment of the Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission. The commission is a crown corporation administering the Legal Aid Act and employing barristers to represent clients, free of charge, in all judicial courts. An applicant or client may appeal to the commission concerning refusal, suspension or withdrawal of legal aid; cancellation or amendment of a certificate of legal aid; or required contributions toward the cost of legal aid. The Fishermen's Loan Board was established in 1936 to administer short-term loans to needy fishermen and fishermen's associations in Nova Scotia. In 1944 the board was effectively re- established as a crown agency. In 1972 the Nova Scotia Resources Development Board replaced the Fishermen's Loan Board. In 1978 the Fishermen's Loan Board was re-established. In 1981 the board was renamed Nova Scotia Fisheries Loan Board and in 1996 Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Board. The object and purpose of the board are to make loans and guarantees of loans to fishers, aquaculturists, companies, cooperatives and associations in order to encourage, sustain, improve and develop Nova Scotia's fishing industry. The office of Chief Medical Examiner was established in 1984 to provide for more systematic and professional post mortem examinations and autopsies carried out under the then Fatality Inquiries Act. Since 1995 the Chief Medical Examiner has been required to be not only a general medical practitioner, but also a pathologist with training or experience in forensic pathology. The Small Business Development Corporation was a crown corporation established in 1981 to promote the economic well-being of the province by rendering financial assistance to small business. It administered the Small Business Development Fund. The minister responsible for the corporation was the minister of development. In 1987 the Department of Development was divided into two departments: Industry, Trade and Technology and Small Business Development. The latter assumed responsibility for all matters relating to the development of the small-business sector of the economy, including the Small Business Development Corporation and the Nova Scotia Business Capital Corporation. In 1992 the former Department of Development was reunified and renamed the Department of Economic Development (now Economic and Rural Development.) Mines became a separate department in 1939, when Public Works and Mines was broken up and responsibility for public works transferred to the Department of Highways. The Department of Mines was exclusively responsible for mines and mining, especially in relation to coal. In 1979 the department was restructured and renamed Mines and Energy, with a view to energy and mineral resources conservation and, especially, petroleum resources development. In 1991 Mines and Energy merged with Lands and Forests to form the Department of Natural Resources. The Human Rights Act of 1963 provided for the establishment of a commission to administer the act, but it was not until 1967 that a Human Rights Commission was established. The commission attained substantially its present form in 1969, when a new revised and consolidated Human Rights Act was passed. The mandate of the commission is to enforce and administer the act by investigating complaints of human rights violations and offering programs of public information and education regarding affirmative action and race relations. The act generally prohibits discrimination on any ground. The operational head of the commission is the director of human rights, who is an ex officio commissioner and has the status of a deputy minister. The commissioners are appointed by Cabinet and have the power to empanel boards of inquiry as administrative tribunals, determine whether discrimination has occurred and, if so, what remedies
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RAD 24.17A.
RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7
RAD 24.20E2.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.17A.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1970-71 c. 14, 1977 c. 11.
Authority record based on Order in Council 42-102 (16 July 1936); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1944 c. 4, 1970-71 c. 16, 1978 c. 7, 1981 c. 62, 1996 c. 25 (Part IV).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1984 c. 21, 1994-95 c. 11, 2001 c. 31.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1981 c. 12, 1988 c. 30, 1992 c. 14; Order in Council 87-1455 (3 December 1987).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1939 c. 56, 1978-79, c. 35, 1992 c. 14; Order in Council 91-971 (20 August 1991).
Authority record based on Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission: 25th anniversary, 1967-1992: a history / edited and compiled by Bridglal Pachai. Halifax, N.S.: The Commission, 1992: 225 p.; Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1963 c. 5, 1967 c. 12, 1969 c. 11, 1977 c. 58, 1991 c. 12, 2007 c. 41; Boards of Inquiry Regulations, N.S.R. 221/91.
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2003/03/05
2003/03/05
2003/01/15
2003/03/04 26 Department of Economic and Rural Development
2003/03/04 59 Department of Natural Resources (1991- )
2003/03/05
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94 Department of Public Works and Mines
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77 Nova Scotia Police Complaints Commissioner
44 Housing and Municipal Affairs
32 Executive Council Office
66 Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board
21 Consumer Affairs
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Police Complaints Commissioner
Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs
Executive Council Office
Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board
Department of Consumer Affairs
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Nova Scotia. Police Complaints Commissioner
Nova Scotia. Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs
Nova Scotia. Executive Council Office
Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Consumer Affairs
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Nova Scotia Police Commission
Nova Scotia Farm Board / Nova Scotia. Provincial Farm Loan Board / Nova Scotia Land Settlement Board
Nova Scotia. Consumer Services Bureau
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commissioners are appointed by Cabinet and have the power to empanel boards of inquiry as administrative tribunals, determine whether discrimination has occurred and, if so, what remedies will apply. In 1985 the ethnic services (race relations) division of the Department of Education was transferred to the Human Rights Commission and a coordinator of race relations appointed. In 2007 the Race Relations Division was replaced by Race Relations, Equity and Inclusion. The Police Services Act of 1969 established the Nova Scotia Police Commission, the objects of which were to advise on matters relating to crime prevention, the preservation of peace and order, and promoting the efficiency of police services; and to investigate, inquire into and report on complaints against police and disciplinary matters involving individual police officers. In 2004 the commission was abolished and a complaints commissioner appointed to investigate and attempt to resolve any complaint from a member of the public alleging that a member of a police department breached the code of conduct or that the department itself failed to meet public expectations. In 1996 the Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs was dissolved and responsibility for housing transferred to Municipal Affairs, which was then renamed Housing and Municipal Affairs. The new department was responsible for administering the Housing Act, the Housing Development Corporation Act, the Assessment Act, the Municipal Act, the Municipal Affairs Act, the Regional Municipalities Act, the Towns Act and all other acts relating to municipal affairs. In 2000 the Departments of Business and Consumer Services and Housing and Municipal Affairs were superseded by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. In 1966 the Clerk of the Executive Council (Cabinet) became a civil servant with deputy minister status. The following year the Executive Council Office was created to enable the clerk to discharge the statutory functions. The office examines submissions to Cabinet to ensure conformity with policy and legal requirements; prepares draft orders in council; registers, certifies, distributes, indexes and files orders in council; and liaises with departments, agencies, boards and commissions on matters of concern to Cabinet. The Nova Scotia Farm Board was established in 1919 to provide loans to farmers on the security of farm mortgages. In 1928 the federal government's scheme for establishing a system of long- term mortgage credit for farmers was extended to Nova Scotia and the board, renamed the Provincial Farm Loan Board, empowered to administer it. In 1939 the board was renamed the Nova Scotia Land Settlement Board. In 1967 the Agriculture and Rural Credit Act was passed and the Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board succeeded the Nova Scotia Land Settlement Board. The Farm Loan Board is an agricultural development agency serving the needs of agriculture and forestry through the provision of long-term credit at fixed interest rates. It makes loans to or guarantees loans of a borrower for the purpose of acquiring or improving any farm, plant, machinery or equipment; acquires, holds, leases and disposes of farms or buildings; acquires, holds, leases, subdivides and disposes of agricultural lands; acquires, holds, leases and disposes of livestock, agricultural machinery and equipment; erects buildings, makes permanent improvements and carries on farming operations on farms or other lands owned by the Board; collaborates with the Department of Agriculture regarding the extension of credit to further agricultural production; acquires for the purpose of encouraging agricultural production any land expropriated under the Expropriation Act; and approves or rejects applications for the purchase of farms, stock, agricultural machinery or equipment. The Consumer Services Act of 1968 established the Consumer Services Bureau to initiate, recommend or undertake programs designed to promote and protect the interests of consumers. In 1973 the operations of the bureau were expanded and provision made for the appointment of a minister separate from the Provincial Secretary. In 1975 the bureau was replaced by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The department's core responsibilities were consumer and commercial relations, financial institutions and revenue, residential tenancies and condominiums, rent review, and cinemas and amusements. In 1992 the department was combined with Housing to form the Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs.
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RAD 24.17A
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A.
RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1969 c. 17, 1974 c. 9, 1992 c. 28, 2004 c. 31.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1996 c. 8, 2001 c. 4; Order in Council 2000-485 (28 Sept. 2000).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1966 c. 31, 1992 c. 14; Order in Council 67-601 (8 Aug. 1967).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia 1919 c. 27, 1928 c. 11, 1939 c. 4, 1967 c. 3.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1968 c. 5, 1973 (2nd) c. 5, 1975 c. 62, 1992 c. 14.
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2002/12/11
2003/03/04 43 Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs
2003/01/27
2002/11/07
2002/12/18 43 Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs
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97 Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
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52 Labour Standards Tribunal
87 Premier
54 Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
65 Nova Scotia Environmental Assessment Board
79 Nova Scotia Power Finance Corporation
9 Agriculture Department~
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Labour Standards Tribunal
Premier
Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Environmental Assessment Board
Nova Scotia Power Finance Corporation
Department of Agriculture
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Nova Scotia. Labour Standards Tribunal
Nova Scotia. Premier
Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Environmental Assessment Board
Nova Scotia Power Finance Corporation
Nova Scotia. Department of Agriculture
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Nova Scotia. Executive Council. President
Nova Scotia Law Reform Advisory Commission
Nova Scotia. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries / Nova Scotia. Department of Agriculture and Marketing
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review, and cinemas and amusements. In 1992 the department was combined with Housing to form the Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs. In 1972 Nova Scotia's modern Labour Standards Code was enacted. It covers employee protection, vacation pay, holidays with pay, industrial standards, minimum wage, equal pay for equal work, pregnancy leave and parental leave, bereavement leave and court leave, hours of work, employment of children, termination of employment and protection of pay. The code protects the rights of workers not covered by the Trade Union Act. The act providing for the code also established a Labour Standards Tribunal to resolve disputes relating to its interpretation and application. The Labour Standards Tribunal is to the Labour Standards Code what the Labour Relations Board is to the Trade Union Act. The leader of the party holding the largest number of seats in the House of Assembly is ex officio first minister and head of government. The notion of a first among equals in the Cabinet developed gradually after the achievement of democratic government in 1848, when the lieutenant governor ceased to exercise political power. The post of president of the Executive Council, created by and for the then outgoing Liberal premier in 1860, was not entrenched in legislation until 1966. Until modern times the premier also held senior ministerial office such as attorney general or provincial secretary. The term "premier" first occurs in legislation in 1887, where the post is described as a recognized position. Under the Executive Council Act the premier is chair of the Cabinet, presides at its meetings and is a member of all Cabinet committees, though never chair of one. The premier may also hold departmental office under the Public Service Act, such as intergovernmental affairs. Appointments to the Cabinet are made only on the advice of the premier, who also decides when and for how long the legislature will sit, and when it will be dissolved and a general election held. The Law Reform Act of 1969 established the Nova Scotia Law Reform Advisory Commission as a public body to advise the Attorney General on statute law revision. At the Attorney General's request the commission reviewed particular statutes and recommended revisions, additions or deletions, pointed out new subjects for potential statutory regulation and drafted prospective enactments. The commission also conducted law research projects and investigations both public and private. In 1990 the Law Reform Act was repealed and the Nova Scotia Law Reform Advisory Commission superseded by an independent Law Reform Commission. The objects of the commission are to conduct a continual review of the statute law and recommend the development of new approaches to law-making and concepts of law that serve the changing needs of individuals and society; clarification and simplification of the law; removal of obsolete laws or provisions; improvement of the administration of justice; and review of judicial or administrative-law procedures. In 1995 the Environmental Assessment Act was repealed and the environmental assessment administrator replaced by an independent Environmental Assessment Board. The duties of the board are to review environmental assessment reports, hold public consultations on them and recommend to the minister whether the report should be approved or rejected and whether the project which was the subject of the environmental assessment should or should not proceed. The board's duties include conducting a public hearing or review pursuant to the Environment Act, conducting a ministerial investigation or study, carrying out any ministerial activity relating to alternate dispute resolution, reviewing environmental legislation and regulations, and administering the environmental awards program. The Nova Scotia Power Finance Corporation is the crown corporation continued after the 1992 privatization of Nova Scotia Power to ensure that the guaranteed debt of the former crown corporation was discharged in an orderly and timely manner. In 1885 the Central Board of Agriculture was abolished and the Department of Agriculture established to replace it. Initially under the control of the Provincial Secretary, in 1926 the Department of Agriculture was merged in the new Department of Natural Resources. In 1930 the Department of Natural Resources was broken up, the Department of Agriculture reinstated and a minister of
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RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7
RAD 24.20E2, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7
RAD 24.17A.
RAD 24.17A.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3B1.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1972 c. 10, 1991 c. 14, 2000 c. 35.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1887 c. 31, 1966 c. 31.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1969 c. 14, 1976 c. 37, 1990 c. 17.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1994-95 c. 1 (Part IV); Nova Scotia Environmental Assessment Board Regulations, N.S.R. 27/95.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1992 c. 8 s. 31.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1885 c. 12, 1926 c. 10, 1930 c. 17, 1934 c. 14, 1939 c. 4, 2001 c. 4 and 2006 c. 44; Order in Council 2000-483 (28 September 2000).
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2002/11/29
2003/03/05
2003/02/26
2003/01/10
2003/01/03
2003/02/10 37 Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
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108 Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
93 Public Trustee
101 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
25 Disabled Persons Commission
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Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Public Trustee
Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
Disabled Persons Commission
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Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia. Public Trustee
Nova Scotia. Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
Nova Scotia. Disabled Persons Commission
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Nova Scotia. Workers' Compensation Board
Nova Scotia. Administrator of Estates
Nova Scotia. Sydney Tar Ponds Clean-Up Project
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Agriculture was merged in the new Department of Natural Resources. In 1930 the Department of Natural Resources was broken up, the Department of Agriculture reinstated and a minister of agriculture appointed. In 1934 the department was renamed Agriculture and Marketing. The first modern Agriculture and Marketing Act, passed in 1939, gave the department responsibility for agricultural organizations; encouraging cattle, horse and poultry breeding, and horticulture, seed-growing and dairying; prevention, control and elimination of plant diseases, insects and pests, especially the apple maggot; soil improvement; protection of cranberries, foxberries and blueberries; prevention and treatment of contagious diseases among bees; county and district agricultural exhibitions and fairs; agricultural education; grading, packaging, inspection and sale of natural products; distribution and sale of milk; and settlement of farm lands. In 2000 the department merged with Fisheries and Aquaculture. In 2006 the merged department was dissolved and Agriculture and Fisheries reverted to their former status as separate departments. The Workmen's Compensation Board was established in 1916 to administer the act providing for compensation to workers for injuries sustained and industrial diseases contracted on the job. The gradual introduction of medical care and hospital insurance led to the board's adopting the concept of the mutual accident assurance plan, which not only protects employers against liability but also insures employees against loss of earnings. In 1975 the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (now Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal) was established to hear appeals from the Workmen's Compensation Board. In 1979 the name of both boards was changed from "Workmen" to "Workers". In 1992 a chief executive officer of the Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia (WCB) was appointed, replacing the executive director, and in 1995 a board of directors established. The purpose of the WCB, which is purely regulatory and non-adjudicative, is to provide direction and set corporate policy for the workers compensation system. Its function is to coordinate the workers' compensation system to assist injured workers and their employers by providing timely health care and rehabilitative support in order to help injured workers return to work; and by providing appropriate compensation for work-related disabilities. The WCB is also responsible for worker safety education and accident prevention information for the workplace. In 1909 the Attorney General was first empowered to administer the estates of intestate or heirless persons. In 1969 a separate and independent official administrator was appointed, with the status of a corporation sole. In 1973 the Administrator of Estates was superseded by the Public Trustee and the scope of the office expanded from administering the estates of deceased persons to include managing the estates of minors and incompetent persons. The Public Trustee, who must be a lawyer with ten years' standing, may be guardian, custodian and executor or administrator, as well as trustee. In the summer of 2001 the minister of transportation and public works set up the Sydney Tar Ponds Clean-Up Project to manage provincial government involvement in the clean-up of the Sydney tar ponds estuary and coke ovens contaminated sites. In January 2002 the project was upgraded to a separate and independent agency responsible for coordinating all provincial government activity in the Muggah Creek watershed clean-up. In May 2004 the Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia signed a memorandum of agreement committing the two parties to joint participation in remediating the Sydney tar ponds and coke ovens sites. In September 2004 the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency was designated a special operating agency by Treasury and Policy Board and tasked with carrying out the remediation project. The agency is responsible for day-to-day operations relating to the oversight of many technical aspects of the project including design, contracting and overall project management. The Disabled Persons Commission Act of 1989 established a "central mechanism" to ensure that the concerns of disabled persons about the development of government policies and delivery of government programs and services relating to or affecting them are communicated to and addressed by the appropriate departments. The objects of the commission are to advise and consult with the coordinating committee of Cabinet ministers, established by the act, on meeting the needs and appreciating the abilities of disabled persons; to increase public awareness of the needs
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RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1915 c. 1, 1938 c. 3, 1954 c. 6, 1968 c. 65, 1969 c. 85, 1975 c. 43, 1976 c. 36, 1978-79 c. 38, 1992 c. 35, 1994-95 c. 10.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1909 c. 2, 1929 c. 47, 1967 c. 16, 1973 c. 12. 2008 c. 4 (Part VI).
Authority record based on Orders in Council: 2001-416 (30 Aug. 2001), 2002-14 (18 Jan. 2002), 2004-358 (2 Sept. 2004).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1989 c. 4.
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2002/12/27 84 Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal
2003/03/05
2003/01/03
2003/03/05
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37 Fisheries and Aquaculture Department~
33 Farm Practices Board
40 Health Promotion and Protection Department~
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Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Farm Practices Board
Department of Health Promotion and Protection
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Nova Scotia. Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Nova Scotia. Farm Practices Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Health Promotion and Protection
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Nova Scotia. Department of Fisheries / Nova Scotia. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries / Nova Scotia. Office of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Nova Scotia. Office of Health Promotion / Nova Scotia Health Promotion
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and abilities of disabled persons; to increase awareness of government programs benefitting disabled persons; and to instruct the general public on helping to integrate disabled persons into the social and economic life of the community. Until 1964 fisheries were the responsibility of the Minister of Trade and Industry. In 1964 a separate Department of Fisheries with its own minister was established to protect, conserve and regulate the fisheries and to encourage and develop the fishing industry. In 1983 the minister of fisheries assumed responsibility for aquaculture. In 1996 the Fisheries Act was repealed, a new Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act passed, and the department renamed Fisheries and Aquaculture. In 2000 the department merged with Agriculture and Marketing to form the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. In 2006 Fisheries and Aquaculture was separately re-established as an office, and in 2007 it resumed its former departmental status. The department establishes and administers policies, programs and guidelines pertaining to the administrative development and protection of the fishery and coastal zone aquatic resources; consults with and coordinates the work and efforts of other government departments and agencies respecting any matter relating to the maintenance and development of fishery resources; enters into agreements with the Government of Canada or the government of any other province on matters relating to the management or development of fishery resources; develops scientific databases, especially with respect to determining the impact of various gear types on the fisheries environment and engages in consultations with the Government of Canada to ensure equitable access to fishery resources; gathers, compiles, publishes and disseminates information, including statistical data, relating to the maintenance and development of fishery resources; establishes and assists demonstration programs consistent with the intent of the act; conducts economic analyses to determine the costs and benefits of proposed alterations to traditional harvesting and processing of fisheries resources and aquaculture; convenes conferences and conducts seminars and educational programs relating to the development, management and protection of fisheries resources; gives financial assistance to any person, group, society or association for purposes related to the promotion and enhancement of the fishery; and establishes fees for any services provided in the course of administering the act. The Farm Practices Board is an administrative tribunal established in 2001 to help protect farmers engaged in normal farm practices from being sued for nuisance or negligence. The board is also a mechanism for promoting the establishment of normal farm practices, and administers the Farm Practices Act on behalf of the minister of agriculture. The Office of Health Promotion was established in 2002 to assume responsibility for all matters relating generally to "promoting a culture of good health and general preventative health measures," and specifically to healthy living, addiction prevention, tobacco control, sport, recreation and facility development, proper nutrition, healthy sexuality and injury prevention. Health Promotion absorbed the former Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission. In 2006 the public health branch of the Department of Health and the Chief Medical Officer of Health merged with Nova Scotia Health Promotion to form the Department of Health Promotion and Protection. The department is responsible for promoting healthy eating and improving nutritional health; leading a coordinated population health approach to youth sexual health; increasing physical activity through sport, recreation and facility development; promoting reduction in tobacco use through the implementation of the Province's comprehensive tobacco-control strategy; providing leadership and ensuring inter-sectoral collaboration with respect to the Nova Scotia Injury Prevention Strategy; providing a continuum of addiction-related care and service spanning health promotion, addiction prevention and problem gambling; promoting chronic disease prevention by leading the Province's coordinated and integrated multi-year initiatives; and protecting public health in the areas of communicable-disease prevention and control, environmental health and public health emergency preparedness and response. The Department may also cooperate with other departments and support their work to improve health promotion and protection throughout the Province; and collaborate with private, public and non-profit sectors to strengthen health promotion and protection initiatives in the Province and take advantage of opportunities to create environments that
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RAD 24.18A; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A.
RAD 24.18A.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1964 c. 42, 1977 c. 9, 1983 c. 2, 1996 c. 25, 2001 c. 4, 2006 c. 44; Orders in Council 2000-483 (28 Sept. 2000), 2006-121 (24 Feb. 2006).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2000 c. 3; Farm Practices Board Regulations, N.S.R. 16/2001, 153/2001.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia 2004 c. 16, 2006 c. 44; Orders in Council 2002-593 (19 Dec. 2002), 2002-594 (19 Dec. 2002), 2003-516 (4 December 2003), 2006-116 (24 Feb. 2006).
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2003/03/04
2003/01/29
2003/12/04 39 Department of Health
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99 Solicitor General
5 Advisory Council on Heritage Property
85 Nova Scotia Youth Secretariat
48 Judicial Council
88 Private Career College Board
46 Industry, Trade and Technology
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Department of the Solicitor General
Advisory Council on Heritage Property
Nova Scotia Youth Secretariat
Judicial Council
Private Career College Board
Department of Industry, Trade and Technology
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Nova Scotia. Department of the Solicitor General
Nova Scotia. Advisory Council on Heritage Property
Nova Scotia Youth Secretariat
Nova Scotia. Judicial Council
Nova Scotia. Private Career College Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Industry, Trade and Technology
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Nova Scotia. Solicitor General
Nova Scotia. Provincial Private Trade School Board
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support improved health. The department's core business areas are addiction services, chronic disease and injury prevention, communicable disease prevention and control, health services emergency management, environmental health, healthy development, physical activity, sport and recreation, population health assessment and surveillance, and volunteerism. From 1760 to 1867 the solicitor general was the junior law officer of the crown, serving as deputy or assistant attorney general. The office of Solicitor General was abolished in 1867. In 1987 the office was re-established as a department of government and responsibility for policing and correctional services transferred to it from the Department of the Attorney General. The Solicitor General was also Provincial Secretary and responsible for the provincial firearms office as well as the registry of regulations. In 1993 the Department of the Solicitor General was abolished and its functions resumed by the Department of Justice. The Advisory Council on Heritage Property was established in 1980 to advise the minister responsible for the Heritage Property Act on heritage property matters, in particular, the inclusion of buildings, streetscapes and areas in the provincial heritage property register, applications for permission to alter substantially or demolish a provincial heritage property, and building or other regulations which might affect carrying out the intent and purposes of the act; and to recommend to the minister that a building, streetscape or area of historic, architectural or cultural significance be registered as a provincial heritage property. The Nova Scotia Youth Secretariat was established in 1989 to facilitate the planning, development and delivery of services and programs for youth; heighten awareness of the needs and aspirations of youth; encourage persons and groups interested in providing voluntary services to youth; consult with youth on matters that affect youth, including legislation, regulations, policy or programs; be responsive to the needs and concerns of youth by seeking feedback and advice regarding the improvement of youth programs and services from persons and groups interested in providing voluntary services to youth, by reviewing existing programs and services and by making recommendations as to how those programs and services may be made more responsive to the needs and aspirations of youth; and maintain a high profile by publicizing programs and initiating a dialogue between youth and the Government. It also assists the work of the Youth Advisory Council, a ministerial board which reports to the minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat Act. The Judicial Council was established in 1980 to investigate complaints against a judge of the Provincial Court alleging misbehaviour, neglect of duty or inability to perform duties; to discipline or suspend a judge upon such terms and conditions as the Judicial Council deems appropriate; and to recommend to Cabinet whether a judge should be removed further to the provisions of the Provincial Court Act. The Judicial Council is chaired by the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and has all the powers of a public inquiry. In 1989 the Trade Schools Regulation Act was amended and provision made for a Provincial Private Trade School Board to act as a review and advisory board on certification and registration of private trade schools and courses of study. It was also to recommend criteria for the establishment of standards governing the operation of private trade schools. In 1999 the Provincial Private Trade School Board was superseded by the Private Career College Board. The new board also acts as an appeals tribunal from decisions of the minister suspending or cancelling registration or certification of private career colleges. In 1987 the Department of Development was divided into two new departments: Industry, Trade and Technology and Small Business Development. The function of Industry, Trade and Technology was to administer the government's economic development policies; coordinate its development activities with the development functions of other departments; collect and conduct analysis of economic and social data and conduct studies relating to the economic and social development of the province; liaise with federal government departments concerned with economic development; liaise with private industry and with private-sector associations and organizations concerned with economic development; and promote trade and commerce both within and outside
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RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A.
RAD 24.17A.
RAD 24.18A.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1988 c. 30, 1993 c. 38; Order in Council 87-1455 (3 Dec. 1987).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1980 c. 8.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1989 c. 16, 2004 c. 18.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1980 c. 60, 1986 c. 57, 2000 c. 28 (Part XII).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1989 c. 35, 1998 c. 23.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1988 c. 30, 1992 c. 14; Order in Council 87-1455 (3 December 1987).
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2003/03/05 49 Department of Justice
2003/01/28
2003/02/24
2003/03/04
2003/01/21
2003/03/04 26 Department of Economic and Rural Development
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86 Ombudsman
60 Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
63 Nova Scotia Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation
23 Culture, Recreation and Fitness
34 Film Nova Scotia
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Ombudsman
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
Nova Scotia Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation
Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness
Film Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia. Ombudsman
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
Nova Scotia Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nova Scotia. Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness
Film Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia. Office of the Ombudsman
Public Archives of Nova Scotia / Nova Scotia. Public Archives
Nova Scotia Credit Union Stabilization Fund Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Recreation
Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
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development; liaise with private industry and with private-sector associations and organizations concerned with economic development; and promote trade and commerce both within and outside the province. In 1992 Industry, Trade and Technology merged with Small Business Development to form the Department of Economic Development (now Economic and Rural Development.) The Ombudsman is an independent and permanently-constituted public inquiry commissioner appointed in 1971 as an officer of the House of Assembly to investigate and report on any matter of public complaint other than one relating to proceedings of a judge or deliberations of the Cabinet. The Public Archives was established in 1929 as a crown agency separate from and independent of the public service. The Public Archives commenced operations in 1931 on completion of a building to house it and the appointment of a provincial archivist. Its principal role was to provide a home for historical public records, which had been vested in the province in right of Her Majesty since the first Public Records Act was passed in 1861. In 1966 the Public Records Disposal Act was amended to give the Provincial Archivist a statutory role in scheduling the final disposition of modern government records. Until 1981 the minister unofficially responsible for the Public Archives was the Premier, since 1930 an ex officio member of the executive Board of Trustees. In 1981 the Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness assumed ministerial responsibility for the Public Archives. In 1996 the Government Records Act placed the Provincial Archivist at the head of a new Government Records Committee. In 1997 the Public Archives of Nova Scotia assumed responsibility for records management within government and was renamed Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM). A new Public Archives Act entrenching the position of the Provincial Archivist was passed in 1998, and in 1999 all employees became civil servants. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management is now a division of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage and the Provincial Archivist executive director thereof. The Stabilization Fund of the Nova Scotia Credit Union League (now Credit Union Central of Nova Scotia) was set up about 1963 to protect and stabilize league member credit unions in financial difficulties and to reimburse any losses suffered by members of credit unions being liquidated. In 1969 the Cabinet was authorized to appoint a committee to manage the fund. In 1978 the committee was incorporated and became a board. In 1995 the stabilization fund board was superseded by the Nova Scotia Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation, a statutory crown corporation. The objects of the corporation are to provide insurance against loss of deposits by making payments to the depositors concerned; to assist credit unions by providing funds towards stabilization; and to protect deposits against impairment arising from financial losses or insolvency by developing, promoting and implementing sound business and financial policies and procedures for credit unions and establishing and implementing loss prevention programs and other controls. The Department of Recreation was established in 1973 to initiate, conduct and encourage programs and activities providing for the orderly development of recreation, sport and cultural activities. In 1979 the department's mandate expanded and its name was changed to Culture, Recreation and Fitness. In 1981 the department assumed responsibility for the Public Archives of Nova Scotia (now Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management). In 1987 the department was dissolved and responsibility for culture transferred to the Department of Tourism, renamed Tourism and Culture (now Tourism, Culture and Heritage); for recreation, to the Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission; and for fitness, to the Department of Health. The Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation was established in 1990 to promote and subsidize Nova Scotia's motion picture industry. The objects of the corporation are to assist and promote the development of the private-sector film and video industry in the areas of funding, marketing, promotion, training and education; to create and stimulate employment and investment and encourage the making of film and video productions in Nova Scotia; to assist and coordinate the giving of financial or other assistance by any Government departments, boards, commissions or agencies to the provincial film and video industry; to coordinate the provision of any financial or other assistance by any departments, boards, commissions or agencies from other jurisdictions to the film and video industry; to encourage and promote public acquisition of the Province's film and video heritage from the private sector; and to administer the Nova Scotia Film Development
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RAD 24.20E2; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.17A.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1970-71 c. 3.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1929 c. 1, 1930 c. 56, 1958 c. 12, 1966 c. 69, 1981 c. 57, 1995-96 c. 7, 1998 c. 24, 2001 c. 4; Order in Council 2003-516 (4 December 2003).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1963 c. 22, 1969 c. 36, 1978 c. 4 and 1994 c. 4.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1973 c. 14, 1978-79 c. 47, 1981 c. 57 and 1988 c. 30; Order in Council 87-1455 (3 December 1987).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1990 c. 20, 2008 c. 27.
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2003/03/05
2003/12/04
2003/01/14
2003/03/04 39 Department of Health
2002/11/20
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103 Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage
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106 Treasury and Policy Board
17 Communications Nova Scotia
84 Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal
13 Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
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Treasury and Policy Board
Communications Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
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Nova Scotia. Treasury and Policy Board
Nova Scotia. Communications Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
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Nova Scotia. Management Board / Nova Scotia. Policy Board / Nova Scotia. Priorities and Planning Committee
Nova Scotia. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Canada - Nova Scotia Offshore Oil and Gas Board
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the film and video industry; to encourage and promote public acquisition of the Province's film and video heritage from the private sector; and to administer the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation Fund, which not only benefits local private-sector film and video producers but also supports the making of film and video productions locally. In 2008 the crown corporation's name was changed to Film Nova Scotia. The Treasury Board was first established in 1909 as the finance committee of the Executive Council (Cabinet). Abolished in 1926, it was re-established in 1954. In 1968 it was again abolished and, in 1971, again re-established. The Treasury Board dealt with all matters relating to financial management, estimates, expenditures, financial commitments, terms of employment and classification of employees in the public service, organization of the public service and staff complement, and general administrative policy. By 1979 the scope and mandate of the Treasury Board had expanded so much that it was divided in two. The Policy Board was responsible for all matters relating to development and for recommending resource and social development policies for consideration by the Cabinet. Management Board was responsible for internal operations. It oversaw the budgeting process, reviewed departmental plans and priorities, monitored expenditure, and reviewed and evaluated new and existing programs. It was also responsible for the development and implementation of human resources policy, as well as management information systems. In 1994 Policy Board and Management Board were reunified in a single unit called the Priorities and Planning Secretariat. This committee of Cabinet dealt with all matters relating to the development and recommendation of policies and priorities for consideration by ministers; strategic planning throughout the public service; rationalization of government service delivery; coordinating the application of information technology to government service delivery; examining and reporting matters relating to the development, recommendation and execution of policies governing internal operations, including administrative, budgetary and human resources policy, together with reviews of plans, priorities and performance appraisal of departments, agencies, boards, commissions and crown corporations; and examining and reporting on all matters relating to the financial management, estimates, expenditure and financial commitments of government. In 2001 the powers of the committee were enlarged still further and it was renamed Treasury and Policy Board. It acted as the Cabinet's executive management committee and the chair of the board was ex officio a minister. In 2009 Treasury and Policy Board was divided into a Policy and Priorities Committee and a stand-alone Treasury Board. Communications Nova Scotia is an agency created in April 1996 to succeed and replace the policy and corporate relations branch of the former Department of Supply and Services. The object and purpose of Communications Nova Scotia are to provide a complete range of professional communications services to Government. Communications NS is responsible for advertising, client services, communications support, departmental support, design, displays and signage, editorial services, graphic design contracts, Internet/electronic publishing, media monitoring, new media/multimedia, photography, promotional products/print production, Queen's Printer (Government publications) and video production. The Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board was established in 1975 to hear appeals from decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board. Its rulings in matters of fact were final; its decisions in matters of law were appealable to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. In 1979 its name was changed to Workers' Compensation Appeal Board. In 1996 the board was superseded by the Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal of which the chief appeal commissioner had to be a practising lawyer. In August 1986 the federal and provincial governments signed the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord. This political compromise set aside the issues of resource ownership and jurisdiction and provided for reciprocal federal-provincial legislation called the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Acts, which came into effect in 1990. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board is an independent intergovernmental agency responsible for regulating Nova Scotia's petroleum industry offshore. The Board ensures that offshore operations are safely conducted; protects the environment from and during offshore petroleum exploration and extraction activities; manages offshore oil and gas resources;
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RAD: 24.19A; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1
RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.17A.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1909 c. 3, 1926 c. 1, 1973 c. 49, 1978-79 c. 77, 1993 c. 38, 2001 c. 4, 2009 c. 14; Orders in Council: 18 Oct. 1954, 68-1089 (20 Dec. 1968), 71-273 (30 Mar. 1971).
Authority record based on Order in Council 96-219 (28 Mar. 1996); Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1972 c. 6, 1992 c. 14, 1996 c. 8, 2008 c. 4 (Part V).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1975 c. 43, 1978-79 c. 38, 1992 c. 35, 1994-95 c. 10, 1999 c. 1.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1987 c. 3, 1988 c. 56, 1992 c. 12, 1993 c. 16; Statutes of Canada: 1988 c. 28.
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2010/02/02 109 Policy and Priorities Commitee
2003/02/10 100 Department of Supply and Services
2003/03/05 108 Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
2004/11/23
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110 Treasury Board
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41 Highway 104 Western Alignment Corporation
14 Chief Electoral Officer
31 Environment Department~
82 Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board
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Highway 104 Western Alignment Corporation
Chief Electoral Officer
Department of the Environment
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board
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Nova Scotia. Highway 104 Western Alignment Corporation
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer
Nova Scotia. Department of the Environment
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board
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Elections Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia. Department of Environment and Labour
Nova Scotia. Public Utilities Board / Nova Scotia. Expropriations Compensation Board / Nova Scotia Municipal Board / Nova Scotia Tax Review Board
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reviews industrial benefits and employment opportunities; issues licences for offshore petroleum resources exploration and development; and evaluates petroleum resources and collects and distributes data relating to them. The Highway 104 Western Alignment Corporation was established in 1995 to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain that part of new Highway 104 ("Western Alignment" or "Cobequid Pass"), a toll road through Colchester and Cumberland Counties in northwestern Nova Scotia. The corporation, which commenced business in May 1996, is for all practical purposes a crown corporation. Until 1962 provincial elections were the responsibility of the Provincial Secretary. In 1962 a new Elections Act was passed and a Chief Electoral Officer appointed to administer it. The Chief Electoral Officer is responsible for exercising "general direction and supervision over the administrative conduct of elections" and other functions relating to the conduct of provincial elections. The Chief Electoral Officer is entitled to receive notice and attend all meetings of the advisory Election Commission and make observations and suggestions on any subject under discussion at such meetings. In 2004 the statutory requirement that the Chief Electoral Officer be a lawyer was dropped, but the amending act has not been proclaimed. The Department of the Environment was established in 1973 in order to administer the Environmental Protection Act. The department was responsible for supervising and controlling the management, preservation and protection of the natural world and ensuring that all practical measures were taken to preserve it from degradation; developing, coordinating and implementing policies, planning and programs relating to the preservation and protection of the environment; cooperating with and coordinating the work and efforts of other departments; cooperating with other provinces and federal government departments respecting any matter relating to the preservation and protection of the environment; and conducting research on the preservation and protection of the environment and gathering, publishing and disseminating information about research results. In 2000 the Department of the Environment absorbed the Department of Labour and was renamed Department of Environment and Labour. In 2008 Environment again became a separate department. Its mandate is to promote sustainable development, including pollution prevention; to establish and administer policies, programs, standards, guidelines, objectives, codes of practice, directives and approval processes pertaining to the protection and stewardship of the environment; to consult with and coordinate activities with other departments, Government agencies, municipalities, governments and other persons; to develop policies and plans for the management of wastes; to control the handling of substances which may have an adverse effect; to promote the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded areas of the environment; to establish and assist demonstration programs consistent with the intent of the Environment Act; to conduct economic analyses to determine the costs and benefits of proposed alterations of the environment and assess methods of offsetting the environmental costs associated with those alterations; to establish criteria to be applied by an administrator or a person to whom responsibility is delegated pursuant to the Environment Act in making any decision under the act; to implement policies and programs respecting environmental technologies, innovations and industries; to establish fees for any services provided in the course of administering the act; and to maintain the Environmental Registry. In 1992 the Public Utilities Board, Expropriations Compensation Board, Nova Scotia Municipal Board and Nova Scotia Tax Review Board were combined and continued as the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB). The new board is an administrative and adjudicative tribunal with broad functions, powers and duties under the Public Utilities Act, Expropriation Act, Assessment Act and Revenue Act, among others. From 1994 to 1999 the review officer under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act was a part-time member of the board. In 2003 regulatory control over automobile insurance rates and premiums was removed from the UARB and vested in the new Nova Scotia Insurance Review Board. In 2008 the UARB resumed these responsibilities from the defunct Insurance Review Board.
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RAD 24.18A.
RAD 24.20E2, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3B1
RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1995 c. 4; Registry of Joint Stock Companies ID: 2563992.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1962 c. 4, 2001 c. 43, 2004 c. 6 s. 5.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1972 c. 50, 1973 c. 6, 1994-95 c. 1, 2001 c. 4, 2008 c. 28; Order in Council 2000-484 (28 Sept. 2000).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1992 c. 11, 2003 (2nd Sess.) c. 1, 1995 c. 7; Orders in Council 2003-557 (19 Dec. 2003), 2008-474 (9 Sept. 2008).
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2003/01/13
2003/03/04 28 Election Commission
2002/11/06
2003/02/13
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97 Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations Department~
43 Housing and Consumer Affairs
91 Public Prosecutions
28 Election Commission
57 Natural Products Marketing Council
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Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs
Director of Public Prosecutions
Election Commission
Natural Products Marketing Council
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Nova Scotia. Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Nova Scotia. Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs
Nova Scotia. Director of Public Prosecutions
Nova Scotia. Election Commission
Nova Scotia. Natural Products Marketing Council
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Nova Scotia. Public Prosecution Service
Nova Scotia Marketing Board
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In 2000 the Departments of Housing and Municipal Affairs and Business and Consumer Services were amalgamated to form Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. The department is responsible for access to government services and programs; consumer protection, including residential tenancies; licensed drivers and registered motor vehicles; consumer proposals; geographic information services; condominiums; vital statistics; real property registries, personal property registry, registrar of joint stock companies, Nova Scotia business registry, registry of motor vehicles and deputy registrar general; municipal and provincial-municipal relations; and the provincial tax commissioner. In 2008 assessment services were outsourced to the Property Valuation Services Corporation. In 1992 the Departments of Housing and Consumer Affairs amalgamated. The new department was responsible for collection agencies, consumer protection, reporting and services, direct vendors' licensing and regulation, housing, instalment payment contracts, mortgage brokers' and lenders' registration, real estate brokers' licensing, residential tenancies, relief from fraudulent transactions and part x of the Federal Bankruptcy Act. In 1996 the department disbanded; responsibility for housing was transferred to Municipal Affairs (renamed Housing and Municipal Affairs), and consumer affairs to the new Department of Business and Consumer Services. In 1990, in response to the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution, responsibility for initiating and conducting crown prosecutions under the Criminal Code and provincial statutes was transferred from the Attorney General to an independent Director of Public Prosecutions appointed by the Cabinet. The Director is the head of the public prosecutions service and is responsible for all prosecutions within the jurisdiction of the Attorney General conducted on behalf of the Crown. The Director may conduct all prosecutions independently of the Attorney General except that the Director shall comply with all instructions or guidelines issued by the Attorney General in writing and published pursuant to the Public Prosecutions Act. The Director is, for the purpose of the Criminal Code (Canada) and the Summary Proceedings Act, the Attorney General's lawful deputy in respect of prosecutions; shall advise police officers in respect of prosecutions generally or in respect of a particular investigation which may lead to a prosecution when the police request such assistance; may issue general instructions or guidelines to a chief crown attorney, a regional crown attorney or a crown attorney in respect of all prosecutions or a class of prosecutions, and shall cause such instructions or guidelines to be published; and may issue instructions or guidelines to a chief crown attorney, a regional crown attorney or a crown attorney in a particular prosecution. The Election Commission was established in 1981 to consider reports of investigations by the Chief Electoral Officer or police officers concerning alleged violations of the Elections Act and to determine whether there should be prosecutions thereunder. In 1991 the Commission ceased to exercise any investigative or prosecutorial powers. It is now purely an advisory board on the administration of the Elections Act. The Commission makes recommendations to the Chief Electoral Officer respecting amendments to the act or any related enactment which, in the opinion of the Commission, would improve the elections process or the administration of the act. It also advises the Chief Electoral Officer regarding the administrative conduct of elections The Natural Products Marketing Act of 1946 established the Nova Scotia Marketing Board as a crown agency with plenary powers to regulate the marketing of agricultural products. The scope and meaning of 'natural products' was gradually expanded from poultry, apples and wool to include every edible plant or animal in original or processed form. The board also regulated the activities of specialized commodity marketing boards. In 1967 the Nova Scotia Dairy Commission was established and the board relinquished responsibility for dairy products. In 1982 the board was renamed the Natural Products Marketing Council. In 2001 the Dairy Commission was abolished and the council assumed joint responsibility with Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia for regulating the processing of raw milk and the pricing, packaging, distribution and sale of dairy products.
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RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7,26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3B1
RAD 24.20E2, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2001 c. 4; Order in Council 2000-485 (28 Sept. 2000), 2006 c. 19.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1992 c. 14, 1996 c. 8
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1990 c. 21, 1999 (2nd) c. 16.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1981 c. 21, 1991 c. 4.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1946 c. 10, 1967 c. 38, 1982 c. 41, 1994-95 c. 13, 2000 c. 24, 2002 c. 1 (Part III).
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2002/11/28 12 Department of Business and Consumer Services
2003/03/04 12 Department of Business and Consumer Services
2003/02/26 49 Department of Justice
2003/03/05 14 Chief Electoral Officer
2003/03/05
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44 Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs
42 Department of Housing 44
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Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs
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94 Public Works and Mines
6 Advisory Council on the Status of Women
45 Immigration
74 Nova Scotia Municipal Finance Corporation
90 Provincial Tax Commissioner
113 Review Board under the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act
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Department of Public Works and Mines
Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Office of Immigration
Nova Scotia Municipal Finance Corporation
Provincial Tax Commissioner
Review Board under the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act
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Nova Scotia. Department of Public Works and Mines
Nova Scotia. Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Nova Scotia. Office of Immigration
Nova Scotia Municipal Finance Corporation
Nova Scotia. Provincial Tax Commissioner
Nova Scotia. Review Board under the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act
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Nova Scotia. Commissioner of Public Works and Mines
Nova Scotia. Provincial Tax Commission
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A Commissioner of Public Works and Mines was appointed in 1867 to superintend and manage government buildings and property and to regulate mines and mining. The department gradually became a general provider of services to government, including public printing. In 1921 the commissioner became a minister. Until 1926 Public Works and Mines was responsible for tourism, and until 1931 for public charities and social welfare. In 1939 the department was broken up, with Mines (later Mines and Energy) becoming a separate department and the Department of Highways assuming responsibility for public works. The Advisory Council on the Status of Women was established in 1977 to advise the minister responsible for administering the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act on such matters relating to the status of women as are referred for consideration by the minister, and to bring to the attention of the minister matters of interest and concern to women. The Council may receive and hear petitions and suggestions concerning the status of women; undertake and recommend research on matters relevant to the status of women; recommend and participate in programs concerning the status of women; propose legislation, policies and practices to promote equality of opportunity and status; and publish reports, studies and recommendations. In 1996 the Council absorbed the Women's Directorate, responsible for developing legislation and government policy and programs relating to the status of women. In January 2005 exclusive responsibility for immigration was transferred from the Departments of Education and Economic Development to the new Office of Immigration and a minister of immigration appointed. In February 2006 the chief executive officer of the Office was elevated to deputy minister status. In August 2006 the office assumed responsibility for operating and managing the Nova Scotia Nominee Program. The Office of Immigration takes a lead role in engaging and working with partners in the private, public, academic and non-governmental organization sectors to attract immigrants to, integrate immigrants into and retain immigrants in Nova Scotia; promotes the culture of a welcoming community for immigrants, including by raising public awareness of and education on immigration and diversity issues; markets Nova Scotia as an attractive immigration destination; strengthens immigration and settlement planning, policy and programming in order to improve opportunities to attract, integrate and retain immigrants; ensures planning and capacity for the effective delivery of immigrant settlement and integration programming; facilitates and promotes a coordinated approach within Government to immigration; and develops advice and provides support to Government in policy, planning, research and coordination in matters relating to immigration and settlement. The Nova Scotia Municipal Finance Corporation is a crown corporation set up in 1979 to provide financial assistance to municipalities, municipal enterprises and hospitals through a central borrowing authority. Financial assistance includes providing loans or loan guarantees and purchasing or guaranteeing bonds, debentures, notes or other debt obligations. The office of Provincial Tax Commissioner was created in 1965 to oversee the administration and operation of the various revenue acts on behalf of the minister of finance. In 1977 the commissioner was merged with the controller of revenue in the Department of Finance. In 1980 the commissioner again became separate from the controller. In 1996 the revenue acts were revised and consolidated and provision made for more effective enforcement of revenue measures. The Provincial Tax Commissioner was reassigned to the Department of Business and Consumer Services. The role of the Board is to hear and consider applications under the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act. Its members are appointed from among psychiatrists who are members pursuant to the Medical Act, one of whom must be a psychiatrist with a specialized knowledge of adolescent psychiatry; lawyers who are barristers pursuant to the Barristers' and Solicitors Act and who express an interest in mental health issues; and other persons who express an interest in mental health issues and preferably are, or have been, consumers of mental health services. The Review Board must review the file of each person who is detained under a declaration of involuntary admission and is deemed to have made an application to the Board. The Board is also responsible for
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RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3B1
RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.17A
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1867 c. 1, 1939 c. 56.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1977 c. 3; Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Annual Report for the fiscal years 1998-2000.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia 2005 c. 24; Orders in Council 2005-015 (21 Jan. 2005), 2005-331 (29 July 2005), 2006-116 (24 Feb. 2006), 2006-378 (17 Aug. 2006).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1978-79 c. 5, 1993 c. 32.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1965 c. 43, 1977 c. 44, 1980 c. 45, 1994 c. 29, 1995-96 c. 17, 1996 c. 8, 2001 c. 4 s. 69.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2005 c. 42.
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2003/03/04 55 Department of Mines and Energy
2003/02/24
2009/01/30
2002/12/04
2002/12/13
2011/01/11
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2 Acadian Affairs
62 Nova Scotia Business Incorporated
83 Nova Scotia Voluntary Planning Board
50 Labour and Workforce Development Department~
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Office of Acadian Affairs
Nova Scotia Business Incorporated
Nova Scotia Voluntary Planning Board
Department of Labour and Workforce Development
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Nova Scotia. Office of Acadian Affairs
Nova Scotia Business Incorporated
Nova Scotia Voluntary Planning Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Labour and Workforce Development
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Nova Scotia Business Capital Corporation / Nova Scotia Business Development Corporation
Nova Scotia. Department of Labour and Manpower / Nova Scotia. Department of Labour / Nova Scotia. Department of Environment and Labour
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must review the file of each person who is detained under a declaration of involuntary admission and is deemed to have made an application to the Board. The Board is also responsible for considering the following applications: to review a declaration of involuntary admission or a declaration of renewal; a declaration of competency for involuntary patients pursuant to subsection 58(1) of the Hospitals Act; whether a capable informed consent by a substitute decision-maker has been rendered; a community treatment order or a renewal of a community treatment order; or a certificate of cancellation of leave. The Review Board conducts its reviews as full closed oral hearings. Members of the Board have the powers and privileges of commissioners appointed under the Public Inquiries Act. The decisions of the Board are binding, excepting that a party may appeal on any question of law from the findings of the Board to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. In 1991 the then minister of education, a francophone, was assigned responsibility for reporting to the Cabinet on matters relating to Acadian Affairs. The post has generally been held by a francophone member of the Executive Council. By February 1993 a director of Acadian Affairs had been appointed. In 2004 the French Language Services Act formally established Acadian Affairs as an office of the public service. The objects and purposes of Acadian Affairs are to ensure that the Government is aware of the needs of the Acadian and francophone community; to offer advice and support to departments, offices and agencies of Government and to Crown corporations for the purpose of developing and adopting or providing programs, policies and services that reflect the needs of the Acadian and francophone community; to serve as a central support agency for other departments for French-language services within the Government; to develop partnerships with Acadian and francophone agencies at provincial, national and international levels; to ensure that Acadian and francophone needs are addressed in the development of programs, policies and services; and to recognize the contribution of the Acadian and francophone community. In January 2011 the Office was integrated into the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage for administrative purposes, with the deputy minister becoming its chief executive officer. The Nova Scotia Business Capital Corporation was established in 1988 to combine and supersede the Nova Scotia Resources Development Board, Industrial Estates Limited, Venture Corporations Board, Industrial Loan Board and Industrial Development Board. The object and purpose of the crown corporation was to encourage business development, including tourism or tourism-related businesses, and to promote business growth and employment opportunities by providing financial assistance to business. In 1992 the corporation was renamed Business Development Corporation. In 2000 the Business Development Corporation became Nova Scotia Business Incorporated, the object of which is to promote economic development through business development, retention and expansion, the establishment of new businesses, and trade development and expansion. The Nova Scotia Voluntary Planning Board was established in 1963 to assist and advise the minister of finance in the development and implementation of measures to increase the rate of economic growth by means of voluntary economic planning. Beginning in 1970 the board's mandate expanded well beyond economic planning to embrace most areas of public policy. The board gradually began to act as a public policy forum for the private sector, while maintaining its prime function as an adviser to government on economic policy and its social and environmental impact. The board's committees address matters as diverse as governance and public administration, community development, labour market, workforce and human resources development, energy and environment, natural resources, taxation and public revenue, tourism, culture and heritage, and transportation. The Department of Labour was established in 1932 in response to the employment crisis provoked by the Great Depression. It was initially responsible for the Minimum Wage Board, employment services office, and supervisor of unemployment relief. Subsequently it acquired responsibility for occupational health and safety, industrial relations, labour standards, fire prevention and protection, labour research and pay equity. In 1934 a deputy minister of labour was authorized. In 1980 the department assumed responsibility for labour market programs and occupational training and its name was changed to Labour and Manpower. In 1985 responsibility for manpower and occupational training was transferred to the new Department of Human Resources
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RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1.
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Authority record based on Order in Council 91-230 (26 Feb. 1991); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2004 c. 26; Department of Supply and Services. Directory of Senior Officials: February 1983: updated March 1993; Order in Council 2011-23 (11 January 2011).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1986 c. 4, 1992 c. 14, 2000 c. 30.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1963 c. 12, 2001 c. 4; Anthony Lamport, Common Ground: 25 Years of Voluntary Planning in Nova Scotia (Halifax: N.S. Department of Small Business Development 1988), 224 p.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1932 c. 3, 1934 c. 53, 1980 c. 22, 1986 c. 19, 2001 c. 4, 2008 c. 30; Orders in Council, 85-1303 (26 Nov. 1985) and 2000-484 (28 Sept. 2000).
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2011/01/11
2003/03/04
2002/12/23
2003/03/04 3 Department of Advanced Education and Job Training
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39 Health Department~
53 Lands and Forests
89 Provincial Secretary
26 Economic and Rural Development Department~
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Department of Health
Department of Lands and Forests
Department of Provincial Secretary
Department of Economic and Rural Development
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Nova Scotia. Department of Health
Nova Scotia. Department of Lands and Forests
Nova Scotia. Department of Provincial Secretary
Nova Scotia. Department of Economic and Rural Development
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Nova Scotia. Department of Public Health / Nova Scotia. Department of Health and Fitness
Nova Scotia. Provincial Secretary
Nova Scotia Economic Development / Nova Scotia Economic Renewal Agency / Nova Scotia. Department of Economic Development / Nova Scotia. Department of Economic Development and Tourism / Nova Scotia. Office of Economic Development
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Development and Training (later Advanced Education and Job Training) and Labour resumed its original name. In 2000 Labour was united with Environment to form the Department of Environment and Labour. In 2001 the Labour Department Act was repealed. In 2008 the Department of Labour and Manpower was restored as Labour and Workforce Development. The department is responsible for labour services and labour standards, occupational health and safety, pension services, public safety, workers' adviser program, liquor control, film licensing and classification, amusements and gaming control, apprenticeship, workplace education, the Nova Scotia School for Adult Learning, labour market development, labour mobility and credential recognition. In 1904 the Department of Public Health replaced the Provincial Board of Health. At first under the Provincial Secretary, in 1930 the department acquired its own minister. In 1977 the department was reorganized and renamed Health. In 1987 the Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness was dissolved, responsibility for fitness assumed by Department of Health and the department renamed Health and Fitness. In 1992 "fitness" was struck from the department's name. In 2006 responsibility for public health and the Chief Medical Officer of Health was transferred to the new Department of Health Promotion and Protection. The Department of Health is responsible for insured health services, emergency health services, adult protection, home care, residential care facilities, district health authorities, provincial healthcare centres, health engineering, personal health information management, community health services and psychiatric mental health. In 1926 the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the Commissioner of Forests and Game were combined in the Department of Lands and Forests, of which the Attorney General became minister. The department was responsible for managing, leasing, selling or otherwise disposing of crown lands; conserving and protecting all forests and timberlands, whether publicly or privately owned; and protecting, preserving and encouraging the natural increase of game and game fish. The attorney general remained minister of lands and forests until 1947, when the department received its own minister. In 1987 a new Crown Lands Act was passed and department made responsible for the acquisition, registration, survey and sale or disposition of crown lands as well as their administration, utilization, protection and management, including access to and travel on them, habitats for the maintenance and protection of wildlife, harvesting and renewal of timber resources and forest recreation. In 1991 the Departments of Lands and Forests and Mines and Energy merged to form the Department of Natural Resources. The Provincial Secretary, first appointed in 1720, was responsible for all government record-keeping and for conducting all official correspondence. As a high-ranking minister, the Provincial Secretary was, until 1792, always a member of the Council and, from 1848, always a member of the Cabinet. From 1878 onwards the post was held on an ex officio basis by the Premier and, until 1946, the Provincial Secretary was also the Provincial Treasurer (Minister of Finance). Under the modern Public Service Act the Provincial Secretary became a department of government, responsible for the administration of numerous acts and for all other matters not specifically assigned to a minister. In 1980 the department's responsibilities were distributed among the Departments of Government Services (later Supply and Services), Consumer Affairs and Attorney General (now Justice). In 1993 all residual responsibilities of the Provincial Secretary were transferred to the Department of Justice. The Provincial Secretary as a department of the public service continues to exist statutorily if in no other sense. In 1992 the Departments of Industry, Trade and Technology and Small Business Development amalgamated to form the Department of Economic Development. In 1994 Economic Development assumed responsibility for tourism and was renamed Nova Scotia Economic Renewal Agency. In 1997 the department was renamed Economic Development and Tourism. In 1999 the department shed responsibility for tourism and was again renamed Economic Development. In 2001 the department shed responsibility for business development. In 2002 the department took over the technology and innovation responsibilities of the defunct Technology and Science Secretariat and became an agency, the Office of Economic Development. In April 2007 its departmental status was restored. The functions of Economic Development are to develop, coordinate and implement policies, planning and programming relating to economic development and the economic
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RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1903-04 c. 3, 1962 c. 13, 1977 c. 2, 1988 c. 30, 1992 c. 14, 2006 c. 44; Orders in Council 36-279 (30 December 1930); 87-1455 (3 December 1987).
Authority record based on Wilfred Creighton, Forest-keeping: A History of the Department of Lands and Forests in Nova Scotia, 1926-1960 (Halifax: Nova Scotia Dept. of Government Services, 1988); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1926 c. 4, 1935 c. 4, 1948 c. 14, 1987 c. 5, 1992 c. 14; Order in Council 91- 971 (20 Aug. 1991).
Authority record based on Arthur S. Barnstead, "Development of the Office of Provincial Secretary, Nova Scotia," Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 24 (1938): 1-32; Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1972 c. 6; Orders in Council 79-1558 (4 Dec. 1979), 93-352 (8 Apr. 1993).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1992 c. 14, 1994 c. 5 and 31, 2000 c. 30, 2009 c. 14; Orders in Council: 97-222 (1 April 1997), 1999-399 (16 August 1999), 02-102 (8 Mar. 2002); Office of Economic Development. Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2006/2007: p. 3 note.
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2003/03/04 40 Department of Health Promotion and Protection
2003/03/04 59 Department of Natural Resources (1991- )
2003/03/04
2010/02/02 46 Department of Industry, Trade and Technology
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98 Department of Small Business Development
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69 Nova Scotia Housing Development Corporation
16 Civil Service Employee Relations Board
59 Natural Resources (1991- ) Department~
71 Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation
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Nova Scotia Housing Development Corporation
Civil Service Employee Relations Board
Department of Natural Resources (1991- )
Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation
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Nova Scotia Housing Development Corporation
Nova Scotia. Civil Service Employee Relations Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Natural Resources (1991- )
Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation
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Nova Scotia. Housing Development Board
InNOVAcorp / Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corporation / Research Foundation of Nova Scotia
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growth strategy; to coordinate and implement special projects with communities in economic transition; to promote improvement in and report on the status of the business climate; to assess and set overall priorities regarding Provincial economic development strategic infrastructure projects; to cooperate with and support the work and efforts of other departments and the Government of Canada and its departments respecting matters relating to economic development; to promote maximization of industrial and related benefits in respect of major procurement projects; and to work in conjunction with Nova Scotia Business Incorporated to promote economic development. In 2009 the department's name was changed to Economic and Rural Development to better reflect the role and goals of the department. The Housing Development Board was established in 1983 to continue the housing development functions of the defunct Nova Scotia Housing Commission and approve loans for house-building. By 1986 the new board had proved inadequate. The then minister of housing was accordingly incorporated as the Nova Scotia Housing Development Corporation in order to promote housing development and administer the Housing Development Fund more effectively. The objects of the corporation were to establish housing projects and construct housing accommodation of all types for sale or rent; plan, design, build, own, maintain, manage, and operate housing projects; construct, acquire, renovate and maintain housing of all types and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of it; promote and carry out the construction and provision of more adequate and improved housing for low-income families and individuals, students, elderly persons, families and individuals on social assistance, and people generally in needy circumstances; and improve the quality of housing and furnishings. In 2000 the corporation assumed custody and control of the Housing Development Fund. The minister and deputy minister of community services, respectively, are chair and president of the corporation. In 1978 the Civil Service Collective Bargaining Act was passed and the Civil Service Arbitration Board and Civil Service Joint Council replaced by a new integrated Civil Service Employee Relations Board. The Board is an administrative tribunal which operates as a labour relations board for Government employees. The Board, whose decision is final and binding, may decide whether a person is an employee; whether the parties to a dispute have settled the terms and conditions to be included in a collective agreement; whether a collective agreement has been entered into; whether a person is bound by a collective agreement; whether a collective agreement is in effect; whether a person practises his profession as a condition of employment; whether there has been every reasonable effort to conclude a collective agreement; and whether the Public Service Commission or the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union is guilty of an unfair labour practice. In 1991 the Departments of Lands and Forests and Mines and Energy were superseded by the Department of Natural Resources. The new department, which saw an increasing emphasis on energy and mineral resources conservation and development, was responsible for energy management and energy resources development; forestry and forest management; surveys and land resources; mineral resources, mineral development and mining engineering; game and fishing licences, and enforcement and hunter safety. In 1997 responsibility for petroleum resources was transferred to the Petroleum Directorate (now Department of Energy). Natural Resources is responsible for the development, management, conservation and protection of forests, minerals, parks and wildlife resources and the administration of crown lands. The Research Foundation of Nova Scotia was established in 1946 to examine and conduct research on the utilization of Nova Scotia's natural resources. In 1975 the foundation became a crown corporation and its focus changed to applying science and technology to economic development. In 1995 the foundation was superseded by the Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation, the aim of which is to promote, stimulate and encourage the successful development and commercialization of technology products and services benefitting private industry. The objects of the corporation are to mobilize the necessary resources, nationally and internationally, to allow for technological development and commercialization in priority technology areas; develop, in partnership with the
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RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7
RAD 24.4C8; 24.18A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1983 c. 6, 1986 c. 14, 1990 c. 30, 2000 c. 13.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1967 c. 6, 1978 c. 3.
Authority record based on Orders in Council 91-971 (20 August 1991), 97-719 (19 November 1997), 2002-286 (17 June 2002); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1992 c. 14, 2001 c. 4.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1946 c. 9, 1975 c. 15, 1994-95 c. 5.
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2003/03/05
2003/03/04
2003/03/04 30 Department of Energy
2002/11/27
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53 Department of Lands and Forests 55
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Department of Mines and Energy
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18 Community Services Department~
19 Conflict of Interest Commissioner
42 Housing
68 Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation
76 Nova Scotia Pension Agency
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Department of Community Services
Conflict of Interest Commissioner
Department of Housing
Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation
Nova Scotia Pension Agency
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Nova Scotia. Department of Community Services
Nova Scotia. Conflict of Interest Commissioner
Nova Scotia. Department of Housing
Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation
Nova Scotia Pension Agency
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Nova Scotia. Department of Social Services / Nova Scotia. Department of Public Welfare
Nova Scotia Housing Commission
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private sector, value-added technology services and products available for the local and international marketplace; become a strategic equity partner in joint-venture, private-sector technology initiatives; provide incubator facilities to new technology enterprises and business support services to growing technology organizations; build, in partnership with private industry, technology- based companies with an export orientation; provide a central technology-transfer brokerage and licensing and intellectual-property protection function for new technology; administer industry- oriented programs and services to assist in industry innovation; and provide technology policy advice and guidance to government, as well as be an effective agent for change respecting technology issues. The Department of Public Welfare was created in 1944 to bring under the minister of public health all matters relating to social welfare, including family and children's services, public charities, old age pensions, mothers' allowances, children's aid societies, juvenile court and reform schools. In 1946 a separate minister of public welfare was appointed. In 1973 the department was renamed Social Services, and in 1987 Community Services. The department is responsible for income assistance and employment support, children and family services, child protection, and community supports for disadvantaged adults and disabled persons. In 2000, the department assumed responsibility for the Nova Scotia Housing Development Corporation. In 1987 the Conflict of Interest Act was passed and a judge of the then Trial Division of the Supreme Court designated to investigate alleged conflicts of interest on the part of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and Cabinet ministers. In 1991 a new conflict of interest bill was enacted and its scope enlarged to include all government employees. The commissioner designated under the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act was again a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia or a retired or supernumerary judge of the Supreme Court. The role of the conflict of interest commissioner is not only to conduct private inquiries with all the powers of a public inquiry commissioner, but also to regulate conduct so as to avoid conflicts of interest by MLAs and employees in the public service through full and open disclosure. In 1919 the Nova Scotia Housing Act was enacted to promote the building of private homes and the incorporation of housing companies (building societies), and a Director of Housing appointed. In 1933 the Director of Housing was replaced by the Nova Scotia Housing Commission, with broad powers to encourage better housing and promote and finance house-building. In 1966 the commission was revived, receiving a new and improved mandate to address the needs of low-income families, public, cooperative and rental housing, housing development and urban renewal. In 1983 the commission was succeeded and replaced by the Department of Housing, delivering programs such as land servicing/lot sales, parent apartments, public non-profit housing (seniors, families and special care), senior citizens' assistance, provincial housing emergency repair, rent supplement, second mortgage, small loans assistance, "Access-A-Home" and private non-profit housing. In 1992 the Department of Housing merged with the Department of Consumer Affairs to form the Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs. The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation is a statutory crown corporation established in 1995 to promote and manage casinos and all other forms of legalized gambling, and to maximize revenue from them. The objects of the corporation are to develop, undertake, organize, conduct and manage casinos and other lottery schemes; to provide for the operation of casinos and any business related to operating a casino, including any business offering goods or services to persons playing games of chance in a casino; and to ensure that lottery schemes are conducted and managed in accordance with the Criminal Code and the Gaming Control Act and Regulations. In February 2006 the Pension and Investment Services Branch of the Department of Finance was reconstituted and designated a special operating agency under the Public Service Act. The Nova Scotia Pension Agency is responsible for providing administrative services to support the Public Service Superannuation Plan, the Teachers' Pension Plan, the Members Retiring Allowance Plan, and Sydney Steel Corporation Superannuation funds.
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RAD 24.18A; 26.1B1.
RAD 24.20E2.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.17A.
RAD 24.18A
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1944 c. 2, 1946 c. 2, 1973 c. 54, 1988 c. 30, 2001 c. 4; Orders in Council 87-1455 (3 December 1987), 2000-341 (16 June 2000).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1987 c. 4, 1991 c. 4, 1992 c. 38, 2000 c. 36.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1919 c. 4, 1932 c. 12, 1966 c. 7, 1983 c. 6 and c. 40, 1992 c. 14.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1994-95 c. 4 (Part I).
Authority record based on Order in Council 2006-097 (10 Feb. 2006); Nova Scotia Pension Agency Operating Charter (June 12, 2008).
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2003/03/04
2003/01/22
2002/12/19 43 Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs
2003/03/05
2009/01/30 35 Department of Finance
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105 Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Department~
73 Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
58 Natural Resources (1925-1930)
1 Aboriginal Affairs
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Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
Department of Natural Resources (1925-1930)
Office of Aboriginal Affairs
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Nova Scotia. Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
Nova Scotia. Department of Natural Resources (1925-1930)
Nova Scotia. Office of Aboriginal Affairs
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Nova Scotia. Department of Highways / Nova Scotia. Department of Highways and Public Works / Nova Scotia. Department of Transportation / Nova Scotia. Department of Transportation and Communications / Nova Scotia. Department of Transportation and Public Works
Nova Scotia Liquor Commission
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and Sydney Steel Corporation Superannuation funds. The Department of Highways was established in 1918 to assume responsibility for highways and bridges, other than construction and maintenance, and to act as liaison between the arm's-length Provincial Highway Board and the Cabinet. In 1926 the board was abolished and the department assumed full responsibility for building and maintaining highways and roads, as well as for supervising, managing and controlling their traffic and general use. From 1926 to 1941 the department was also responsible for tourism. In 1939 the Department of Public Works and Mines was broken up and responsibility for public buildings and government property and equipment transferred to the Department of Highways, which was renamed Department of Highways and Public Works. In 1955 the department relinquished responsibility for public works and resumed the name Department of Highways. In 1979 the department assumed overall responsibility for transportation infrastructure, the registry of motor vehicles and telecommunications within government, as well as telecommunications policy planning for the province, and was renamed Department of Transportation. In 1987 the department was renamed Transportation and Communications. In 1996, when the Department of Supply and Services was dissolved, the department resumed responsibility for public works and other government services and was renamed Department of Transportation and Public Works. In October 2007 the department was renamed Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. The department is responsible for the construction, maintenance and operation of all roads, bridges and ferries belonging to or under the control of the province; all public highways and traffic; developing, administering and implementing provincial government policies, plans and programs relating to road, rail, air and marine transport systems; the safe operation of railways under provincial jurisdiction; providing procurement, supply and disposal services to government; superintending and managing all buildings and property belonging to or under the control of the province; managing and controlling the construction and capital improvement of all public buildings and other public works constructed and maintained at provincial government expense; corporate information technology operations; telecommunications; and providing postal services to government. The modern Liquor Control Act was enacted in 1930 and the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission set up to implement government control of the distribution and marketing of alcoholic beverages. In 1946 the commission's responsibility for vendor licensing was transferred to the Tavern License Committee (later Liquor Licence Board). In 2001 the commission was superseded by the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, a crown corporation designed to maximize revenue from sales by expanding and diversifying retail operations. The Department of Natural Resources was established in 1925 and assigned responsibility for agriculture, land settlement, industrial development, public health, vital statistics and statistics generally. It was succeeded and replaced in 1930 by the Departments of Agriculture and Public Health. The post of coordinator of Indian affairs was established in August 1971 in the Department of Public Welfare (now Community Services). The coordinator was responsible for communicating with all other departments having responsibility for or in direct contact with First Nations people. The coordinator was also responsible for communicating with Ottawa and with First Nations people in regard to all matters affecting them. Until 1992 aboriginal affairs were the responsibility of various ministers. In 1993 the Premier became the minister responsible for aboriginal affairs, the coordinator was upgraded to director, and Aboriginal Affairs began to administer financial grants and assistance to First Nations bands and aboriginal organizations. In 1998 a separate and independent Office of Aboriginal Affairs was established, the Premier ceased to be minister and the director was replaced by a deputy minister. In 2000 the deputy minister of aboriginal affairs became chief executive officer of the agency. The object and purpose of Aboriginal Affairs are to facilitate and promote a coordinated approach within government on matters relating to aboriginal people; represent the interests of Nova Scotia in intergovernmental, bilateral and trilateral initiatives and negotiations; and provide research analysis and policy advice on aboriginal issues.
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RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1
RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 24.4C8, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1926 c. 31, 1935 c. 3, 1939 c. 56, 1944 c. 2, 1946 c. 2, 1955 c. 41, 1978-79 c. 35, 1988 c. 30, 1996 c. 8, 2001 c. 4; Orders in Council, 1 June 1918, 87-1455 (3 December 1987), 96-216 (28 March 1996), 2007-553 (23 October 2007).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1930 c. 2, 1946 c. 33, 2001 c. 4 (Part VI).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1926 c. 10, 1931 c. 14.
Authority record based on Department of Public Welfare. Welfare Services in Nova Scotia, 1972; Orders in Council: 93-494 (11 June 1993), 1998-591 (17 Nov. 1998), 2000-337 (16 June 2000); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2001 c. 4.
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2003/07/18 100 Department of Supply and Services
2002/11/12
2003/03/04
2003/03/05
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51 Labour Relations Board
47 Intergovernmental Affairs Department~
64 Nova Scotia Crop and Livestock Insurance Commission
100 Supply and Services
110 Treasury Board
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Labour Relations Board
Department of Intergovernmental Affairs
Nova Scotia Crop and Livestock Insurance Commission
Department of Supply and Services
Treasury Board
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Nova Scotia. Labour Relations Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Intergovernmental Affairs
Nova Scotia Crop and Livestock Insurance Commission
Nova Scotia. Department of Supply and Services
Nova Scotia. Treasury Board
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Nova Scotia Crop Insurance Commission
Nova Scotia. Department of Government Services / Nova Scotia. Department of Public Works
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The Labour Relations Board was created in 1947 as an administrative tribunal to determine questions and resolve disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Trade Union Act. It deals especially with bargaining agent certification, bargaining unit membership and the enforcement of collective agreements. It has broad decision-making authority and exercises all the investigative powers of a public inquiry. The board does not itself mediate, conciliate or arbitrate industrial disputes. From 1967 to 1979 intergovernmental affairs were handled informally by the Executive Council Office. In 1979 a separate Intergovernmental Affairs Office was established within the Executive Council Office to advise the Cabinet on federal initiatives which might have constitutional implications for Nova Scotia or for federal-provincial relations generally. From 1983 to 1991 intergovernmental affairs were the responsibility of the Policy Board and administered as a section of the Cabinet Secretariat. In 1991 the Premier became minister of intergovernmental affairs and a deputy minister was appointed. In 2001 Intergovernmental Affairs became a department, and in 2002 it assumed responsibility for the Protocol Office. IGA manages Nova Scotia's relationship with the federal government, other provincial governments and foreign governments. It collaborates with Nova Scotia government departments in key policy areas such as federal- provincial fiscal arrangements, response to climate change and other environmental issues, natural resources, trade, economic development and innovation; post-secondary education, skills development and training; highways and transportation infrastructure; health care, child welfare and other social issues; and international relations. The Nova Scotia Crop Insurance Commission was established in 1968 to administer crop insurance plans. In 1978 the Crop Insurance Act was amended to include livestock and the commission renamed Nova Scotia Crop and Livestock Commission. The commission administers plans of crop and livestock insurance established by the regulations; conducts surveys and research programs relating to crop and livestock insurance and to obtain statistics; evaluates losses and pay claims under plans of crop and livestock insurance; enters into agreements with or retains persons to solicit and receive applications for insurance, and collect premiums and adjust claims under plans for and on behalf of the Commission; reinsures with any other insurer the risk or any portion thereof under its contracts of insurance under any plan; requires an applicant for crop or livestock insurance or an insured person to furnish information, statements and reports as required; provides any form necessary to administer an insurance plan; calculates and approves premium rates, unit prices, coverage levels and benefit levels for insurance plans established under the regulations; and administers the Crop and Livestock Insurance Act and Regulations. In 1955 Public Works was established as a separate department, responsible for the construction of public buildings and the maintenance of government property and equipment. In 1980 Public Works assumed responsibility for government communications and information and was renamed Government Services. In 1992 the minister assumed formal responsibility for the Communications and Information Act and the department was renamed Supply and Services. The department was responsible for procurement (tendering, purchasing and supply services); publishing, communication services and Queen's Printer; environmental engineering, project management, design and construction services; information technology policy and standards, network services, information systems, computer services and records management; and accommodation services, facilities management and insurance and risk management. In 1996 the department was broken up and its responsibilities distributed among the Department of Transportation and Public Works (now Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal), Communications Nova Scotia and the Technology and Science Secretariat. In 2009, Treasury and Policy Board was divided into a Policy and Priorities Committee and a stand-alone Treasury Board. In general, the mandate of Treasury Board is to ensure that plans and policies for the operation of the government are implemented in a coordinated and fiscally responsible manner. In particular, the board's mandate includes review and analysis of business plans of departments, offices and government agencies and recommendations to the Executive Council on the allocation of financial and other resources to those departments, offices and agencies;
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RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD: 24.19A; 26.3A7.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1947 c. 3, 1972 c. 19.
Authority record based on Orders in Council 79-141 (13 Feb. 1979), 91-242 (5 Mar. 1991) and 2002-389 (29 Aug. 2002); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2001 c. 4.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1968 c. 6, 1978 c. 31, 2004 c. 24 (Part V).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1955 c. 41, 1980 c. 46, 1992 c. 14, 1996 c. 8.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2009 c.14.
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2003/01/17
2003/03/04
2003/01/29
2003/03/04 17 Communications Nova Scotia
2010/02/02 106 Treasury and Policy Board
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105 Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
111 Treasury Board Office 109
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Policy and Priorities Committee
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96 Seniors Department~
95 Review Officer under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
78 Nova Scotia Police Review Board
81 Nova Scotia Securities Commission
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Department of Seniors
Review Officer under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Nova Scotia Police Review Board
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
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Nova Scotia Department of Seniors
Nova Scotia. Review Officer under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Nova Scotia Police Review Board
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
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Nova Scotia Senior Citizens' Commission / Nova Scotia Senior Citizens' Secretariat
Nova Scotia. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Review Office
Nova Scotia Police Commission
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establishment of values, standards, publicly-published policies, results and targets for the administration, operation, management and accountability of government, including areas related to human resources and information technology; making recommendations to the Executive Council on the broad structure and allocation of responsibilities to individual government departments, offices and agencies, and approval of structures and functions within those departments and agencies; examination and reporting to the Executive Council on all matters related to the financial management, commitment of funds, and expenditure of funds provided by the Province to departments, offices and government agencies; examination, reporting, and direction on matters relating to the development, recommendation and execution of policies, programs and plans respecting the management of the internal operations of government, including administrative, expenditure, human resource and information technology policies; establishment of policies, procedures and processes related to the commitment and expenditure of all monies provided by the Province to departments, offices, or government agencies; establishment of reporting requirements to ensure the full reporting and accountability of departments, offices and government agencies for the allocation of and results obtained by the use of financial, human, information technology and capital resources; determination of the management information systems to be used in the ongoing management and operation of departments, offices or government agencies; and taking any action deemed appropriate to ensure the ongoing governance and operation of departments, offices or government agencies in compliance with the Act. Treasury Board is assisted in carrying out its duties by the Treasury Board Office. In 2008 the Senior Citizens Commission (1972) and the Senior Citizens Secretariat (1980) were merged in the new Department of Seniors. The department facilitates the planning, development and coordination of policies, programs and services for seniors in partnership with government departments, seniors and voluntary seniors' groups, and administers the Senior Citizens' Secretariat Act. The Review Officer under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP) was appointed in 1994 to review, on request, decisions by heads of public bodies whether to disclose, in whole or in part, access to government information applied for under FOIPOP, and to recommend whether such decisions be upheld, varied or reversed. In 1999 the Review Officer became a full-time civil servant, independent of the Cabinet and reporting annually to the legislature. The Review Officer is not an information and privacy commissioner with appeal or order powers, but a commissioner for investigations into decisions on FOIPOP requests, when asked to investigate by the requester or a third party affected. By consent the Review Officer performs the same function under the Municipal Government Act. In 1985 the Police Review Board, of which the chair of the Nova Scotia Police Commission was ex officio registrar, was established to conduct hearings on complaints investigated but not resolved by the commission. In 2004 the commission was abolished and the review board continued on a permanent footing to conduct investigations and inquiries in accordance with the new Police Act. It also conducts hearings into unresolved complaints referred to it by the Nova Scotia Police Complaints Commissioner, who is an ex officio member of the board. In 1952 the Securities Act was amended and a Registrar appointed to act as securities regulator. In 1984 responsibility for securities regulation was given to the Public Utilities Board (now Utility and Review Board). In 1987 the new Securities Act was amended before proclamation and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission established to regulate the securities industry; the post of Registrar was discontinued. The commission's principal task is to protect against fraud Nova Scotia resident investors active in the Nova Scotia securities market. The commission functions as both a regulatory agency and an administrative tribunal, exercising quasi-judicial and public inquiry powers. The commission provides investor protection through the enactment of rules and regulations requiring proper disclosure of information to investors and adherence to fair market practices by broker-dealers, investment counsellors and issuers, promoters and underwriters of securities.
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RAD 24.17A, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.20E2, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.17A.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1972 c. 16, 1980 c. 15, 1988 c. 30, 2008 c. 29.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1993 c. 5, 1998 c. 18 (Part XX), 1999 (2nd sess.) c. 11.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1985 c. 33, 2004 c. 31.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1952 c. 66; 1984 c. 11, 1987 c. 52, 1990 c. 15, 1996 c. 32, 2006 c. 46.
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2003/03/05
2003/03/05
2009/01/30
2003/03/05
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38 Gaelic Affairs
29 Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia
102 Tourism
22 Crop and Livestock Insurance Arbitration Board
10 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
92 Public Service Commission Department~
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Office of Gaelic Affairs
Emergency Management Office
Department of Tourism
Crop and Livestock Insurance Arbitration Board
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Public Service Commission
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Nova Scotia. Office of Gaelic Affairs
Nova Scotia. Emergency Management Office
Nova Scotia. Department of Tourism
Nova Scotia. Crop and Livestock Insurance Arbitration Board
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia. Public Service Commission
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Nova Scotia. Civil Defence Coordinator / Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia. Civil Service Commission / Nova Scotia. Department of Human Resources
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A minister responsible for Gaelic Initiatives was appointed in February 2006, and the Office of Gaelic Affairs established in December 2006. Generally speaking, the object and purpose of Gaelic Affairs are the development and promotion of Gaelic language and culture. Its mandate is to develop greater awareness and appreciation for Gaelic language and culture and consult with the Gaelic-speaking population on ongoing Gaelic language programs and development of a Gaelic-language plan and policy directions. The Office of Gaelic Affairs supports the mission of Comhairle na Gàidhlig (the Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia) to create an environment making Nova Scotia a place where Gaelic language and culture thrive. It also offers advice and support to departments, agencies and crown corporations to develop policies and services reflecting the needs of Gaelic speakers. The Civil Defence Act was passed in 1958, mainly to provide for disaster relief, and a civil defence coordinator appointed. In 1964 the act was renamed Emergency Measures Act and in 1966 the coordinator renamed Director, Emergency Measures Organization (EMO). In 1990 the 32-year-old Emergency Measures Act was repealed and replaced by a new act continuing the EMO and modernizing provisions for a prompt and coordinated response to a state of emergency. In 2005, in response to severe weather events over the autumn and winter of 2003-2004, the EMO was again renamed, becoming an office of the public service with its own minister and a chief executive officer. The Emergency Management Office focuses on emergency measures planning and emergency preparedness, response and recovery. The Department of Tourism was established in 1971 to implement policies relating to the development and promotion of the tourism industry; cooperate with other departments and governments, both provincial and federal, in promoting Nova Scotia's tourism industry; cooperate with and develop programs and policies assisting individuals and organizations engaged in the tourism industry; implement policies relating to parks, beaches and recreational areas, including provincial parks; and provide information services relating to the functions and activities of the department. In 1987 the Departments of Culture, Recreation and Fitness and Tourism were superseded by the Department of Tourism and Culture (now Tourism, Culture and Heritage). The Crop and Livestock Insurance Arbitration Board was established in 1997 to hear and determine all disputes between the Crop and Livestock Insurance Commission and an insured person arising out of the adjustment of loss under an insurance contract. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia was established in 1975 to succeed and replace the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts, a private body. The art gallery's mandate is to acquire, preserve and exhibit works of art. In 1985 its mandate was substantially revised and expanded to include advisory, consulting and communication services; promotion of artistic creation, art history scholarship and art appreciation; and retail sales, lending and distribution. The art gallery is administered by an executive board answerable to the minister of tourism, culture and heritage. The Civil Service Commission was established in 1935 as a personnel agency for government departments. In 1952 the Civil Service Commissioner acquired the rank and status of a deputy minister, and in 1980 became a deputy minister. In 1978 the Civil Service Collective Bargaining Act was passed and the Civil Service Commission became the government employer and bargaining agent. In 1994 the commission was replaced by the Department of Human Resources. In 2001 Human Resources reverted to a Public Service Commission headed by a commissioner as chief executive officer reporting directly to the minister. The Public Service Commission administers the Civil Service Act and Regulations; consults with, advises and assists departments in the conduct of departmental personnel activities; provides, upon the request of a department, the Treasury and Policy Board or the minister, management advisory services in such areas as workforce development and strategic talent management and organization studies or proposed reorganization of a department or departments; provides, assists in or coordinates staff training and development programs throughout the Civil Service; evaluates and classifies each position in the Civil Service and determines the qualifications therefor; recruits qualified persons for the Civil Service and establishes lists of persons eligible for appointment; assigns and appoints persons to positions in the Civil Service and specifies the status and the salary payable upon appointment;
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RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.18A; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.17A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7
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Authority record based on Order in Council 2006-523 (4 Dec. 2006); Statutes of Nova Scotia 2008 c. 4 (Part V).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1958 c. 2, 1964 c. 56, 1966 c. 64, 1990 c. 8 and 2005 c. 48.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1970-71 c. 56, 1988 c. 30; Order in Council 87-1455 (3 Dec. 1987).
Authority record based on Order in Council 97-371 (10 June 1997); Arbitration Proceedings Regulations under the Crop and Livestock Insurance Act, N.S.R. 71/97.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1975 c. 3, 1985 c. 34; Order in Council 2003-516 (4 December 2003).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1935 c. 8, 1952 c. 4, 1962 c. 3, 1978 c. 3, 1980 c. 3, 1993 c. 38, 2001 c. 4.
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2009/01/30
2002/11/20
2009/01/30 103 Department of Comunities, Culture and Heritage
2003/03/04
2003/12/04
2002/10/31
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75 Nova Scotia Museum
61 Nova Scotia Boxing Authority
30 Energy Department~
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Nova Scotia Museum
Nova Scotia Boxing Authority
Department of Energy
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Nova Scotia Museum
Nova Scotia Boxing Authority
Nova Scotia. Department of Energy
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Nova Scotia. Provincial Museum
Nova Scotia. Petroleum Directorate
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Service and establishes lists of persons eligible for appointment; assigns and appoints persons to positions in the Civil Service and specifies the status and the salary payable upon appointment; acts as bargaining agent and bargains pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Service Collective Bargaining Act, the Corrections Act and the Highway Workers Collective Bargaining Act; engages competent persons to assist in the performance of the commission's duties; keeps and makes the records necessary for the proper administration of the act and prescribes the use of forms required for carrying out the act and the regulations; administers and interprets collective agreements; develops human resource management policies, programs, procedures, standards and practices for the Civil Service; and provides human resources management, advisory and consulting services to the whole of Government. The Provincial Museum was founded in the autumn of 1868, when the Halifax Mechanics' Institute Museum was formally transferred to the Nova Scotia government. From 1899 to 1931 the curator of the Provincial Museum was also deputy keeper of the public records (provincial archivist). In 1947 the Museum Act was passed and the Nova Scotia Museum of Science replaced the Provincial Museum. In 1951 departmental responsibility for the museum was transferred from the minister of mines to the minister of education. In 1960 the Museum of Science was renamed the Nova Scotia Museum, and its mandate broadened to comprehend natural and applied science and human activities generally. The museum was also empowered to provide grants to museums, heritage organizations and individuals. In 1980 the museum assumed responsibility for conserving provincially significant archaeological and historical remains and palaeontological sites. In 1999 ministerial responsibility for the museum was transferred from the Department of Education to the newly re-created Department of Tourism and Culture (now Tourism, Culture and Heritage). The Nova Scotia Museum comprises the heritage division of the department and is responsible for administering the Heritage Property Act and the Special Places Protection Act. The Nova Scotia Boxing Authority (NSBA) was established in 1975 to regulate professional boxing. In 1981 the authority superseded local boxing commissions. The object and purpose of the authority are to supervise and regulate boxing, establish and enforce uniform rules for the conduct of boxing, provide for the licensing of all persons engaged in or connected with the presentation of boxing contests or exhibitions, provide for and enforce proper medical standards and periodic medical examinations for boxers and officials, and train officials in accordance with nationally established standards. The NSBA, which answers to the minister of health promotion and protection, is now responsible for regulating all combat sports. In 1980 the Petroleum Resources Act was passed and responsibility for it given to Mines and Energy. In March 1995 the successor department, Natural Resources, was reorganized and a Petroleum Development Agency became one of its four high-level operational branches. The PDA was the focal point for government activities relating to the development of onshore and offshore oil and gas. In 1997 the Petroleum Development Agency became a separate and independent agency renamed Petroleum Directorate, and responsibility for petroleum resources was removed from the minister of natural resources. The Petroleum Directorate was responsible for the provincial petroleum industry, including Nova Scotia lands as defined in the Pipeline Act, and for the management of Nova Scotia's petroleum resources and the financial and employment benefits flowing from their development and use. In 2002 the Petroleum Directorate was succeeded and replaced by the Department of Energy. The department is responsible for the supervision, direction and control of all matters relating to energy resources, including oil and gas, electricity and renewable energy and other natural resources when used for the production of energy, including developing and implementing energy policies and programs; conducting research and analysis related to the effective management, including exploration, development and use, of the Province's energy resources; liaising with other governments, departments, organizations, advisory groups, regulators and associations to advance the interests and concerns of the Province and facilitating co-ordinated energy policies, activities and programs; managing the Province's energy resources in order to achieve optimum economic, social and environmental value from the energy sector, including issuing rights to use the Province's oil and gas resources and monitoring the use of these rights; and promoting the efficient, effective and environmentally sound use of energy. The department is also the Government lead with respect to climate-change matters.
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RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7
RAD 24.17A.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
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Authority record based on Harry Piers, "A Brief Historical Account of the Institute of Science," Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science 13 (1910-1914): lxxvii-lxxx; Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1947 c. 10, 1951 c. 59, 1960 c. 9, 1980 c. 17, 2001 c. 4; Orders in Council 1999-399 (16 August 1999), 2003-516 (4 Dec. 2003).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1973 c. 3, 1977 c. 71, 1981 c. 55.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1980 c. 12, 2001 c. 4, 2006 c. 44; Orders in Council 97-719 (19 November 1997), 2002-286 (17 June 2002); Department of Natural Resources. Annual Report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995.
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2003/12/04
2002/12/17
2003/03/04 59 Department of Natural Resources (1991- )
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11 Auditor General
7 African Nova Scotian Affairs
49 Justice Department~
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Auditor General
Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs
Department of Justice
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Nova Scotia. Auditor General
Nova Scotia. Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs
Nova Scotia. Department of Justice
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Nova Scotia. Provincial Auditor
Nova Scotia. Attorney General / Nova Scotia. Department of the Attorney General
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The Audit Act of 1909 created the office of Provincial Auditor as an independent watchdog responsible for auditing the public accounts. In 1926 the Provincial Auditor was discontinued, and the task thereafter performed by a chartered accountant appointed annually by government. By 1942 the office of Provincial Auditor had been re-established as part of the Department of the Provincial Treasurer. In 1950 the Provincial Auditor was given the powers of a public inquiry commissioner. In 1958 the Provincial Auditor was again made independent and renamed Auditor General. In 1973 an Auditor General Act separate from the Provincial Finance Act was passed. Since 1988 the Auditor General and Deputy Auditor General have been required to be professional auditors. The Auditor General is responsible for scrutinizing the government's financial and program management and accounting practices and the expenditure of public money within or outside government. Since 1998 the Auditor General has been required to report annually to the House of Assembly on the financial statements included in the tabled Public Accounts respecting the fiscal year ended. In 2005 the appointment of the Auditor General was made subject to approval by the House of Assembly and the tenure of office limited to a ten-year nonrenewable term. The Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs was provisionally established in 2003 in response to the Final Report on Consultations with the African Nova Scotian Community (July 2001). In 2004 the Public Service Act was amended to establish the Office permanently. Its object and purpose are to create and promote an integrated approach to matters relating to the African Nova Scotian community; to represent Nova Scotia in intergovernmental and other initiatives and negotiations on matters integral to the African Nova Scotian community; to provide the minister responsible with research analysis and policy advice on African Nova Scotia issues; to develop cooperatively communication strategies and public education in order to improve general understanding and appreciation of African Nova Scotia culture, heritage and community identity; and to advocate for the interests and concerns of the African Nova Scotian community. The Office functions as both an advisory council and a secretariat. A "King's attorney" (attorney general) was first appointed in 1749 to conduct all crown prosecutions and provide legal advice to the government. As one the five great officers of state, the Attorney General was usually a member of the governing Council and, after the advent of democratic government in 1848, always a member of the Executive Council (Cabinet). Under the first modern Public Service Act (1900), the Attorney General, the senior law officer of the crown, became a department of government, fully responsible for the administration of law and justice in all its aspects. In 1987 responsibility for policing and correctional services was transferred to the new Department of the Solicitor General. In 1990 responsibility for public prosecutions was transferred to an independent Director of Public Prosecutions. In 1993 responsibility for policing and correctional services reverted to the attorney general and the department was renamed Department of Justice. The attorney general, ex officio, is minister of justice. The attorney general as law officer of the crown is the official legal adviser to, and the legal member of, the Cabinet. As minister of justice the attorney general ensures that the administration of public affairs is in accordance with the law, and has the superintendence of all matters connected with the administration of justice not within the federal jurisdiction. The attorney general advises other ministers on all matters of law concerning their departments or arising in the administration of acts for which they are responsible. The attorney general has the settlement and approval of all instruments issued under the Great Seal. The attorney general has the regulation and conduct of all litigation for or against the crown or any department in respect of any subject within the authority or jurisdiction of the government. The attorney general has the functions and powers that belong to the office of the attorney general of England by law or usage as far as applicable. The attorney general likewise has the functions and powers which, previous to the coming into force of the Constitution Act, 1867, belonged to the office of attorney general of Nova Scotia and which, under the provisions of that act, are within the scope of the powers of the Nova Scotia Government, including responsibility for affairs and matters relating to courts and prosecutions. The attorney general also has such other powers and shall discharge such other duties as are conferred and imposed by any act of the legislature or by order in council made under the authority of an act.
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RAD 24.20E2, 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.18A; 26.3B1.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1909 c. 3, 1926 c. 1, 1942 c. 3, 1950 c. 48, 1958 c. 57, 1970-71 c. 56, 1973 c. 2, 1988 c. 40, 1998 c. 5, 2005 c. 13.
Authority record based on Order in Council 2003-376 (18 August 2003); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2004 c. 45.
Authority record based on Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1900 c. 10 s. 3; Statutes of Nova Scotia 1988 c. 30, 1990 c. 21, 1993 c. 38; Orders in Council 87-1455 (3 December 1987); 93-352 (8 April 1993).
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2003/03/04
2004/03/18
2003/03/04 91 Nova Scotia. Director of Public Prosecutions
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99 Department of the Solicitor General
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80 Nova Scotia Primary Forest Products Marketing Board
56 Municipal Affairs
12 Business and Consumer Services
107 Waterfront Development Corporation
4 Advisory Commission on AIDS
3 Advanced Education and Job Training
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Nova Scotia Primary Forest Products Marketing Board
Department of Municipal Affairs
Department of Business and Consumer Services
Waterfront Development Corporation
Advisory Commission on AIDS
Department of Advanced Education and Job Training
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Nova Scotia Primary Forest Products Marketing Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Municipal Affairs
Nova Scotia. Department of Business and Consumer Services
Nova Scotia. Waterfront Development Corporation
Nova Scotia. Advisory Commission on AIDS
Nova Scotia. Department of Advanced Education and Job Training
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Nova Scotia Pulpwood Marketing Board
Nova Scotia. Department of Vocational and Technical Training / Nova Scotia. Department of Human Resources Development and Training
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The Nova Scotia Pulpwood Marketing Board was established by statute in 1972 to register associations as bargaining agents for producers or buyers of pulpwood and to investigate all matters relating to the marketing of pulpwood. Subsequent legislation in 1986 broadened the mandate of the board and changed its name to Nova Scotia Primary Forest Products Marketing Board. The board organizes, funds and registers bargaining agents; provides for the resolution of bargaining disputes; facilitates and supports the continued development of the forest resources held by private wood lot owners; and enables private woodlot owners to have a fair share of the available market for primary forest products and receive a reasonable return for primary forest products sold. The Department of Municipal Affairs was established in 1935 to provide for provincial government oversight of the management of municipal finances and to regulate municipal borrowing. Until 1946 the Attorney General was the minister of municipal affairs. Over the years the main objects of the department were to provide municipal governments with advice and assistance; administer the various financial assistance programs available to municipalities, as well as acts and regulations affecting municipalities; develop policies and programs meeting municipal infrastructure needs; and foster and maintain good provincial-municipal relations. In 1976 the department assumed responsibility for real property assessment. In 1996 the Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs was dissolved and responsibility for housing transferred to Municipal Affairs, which was then renamed Housing and Municipal Affairs. The Department of Business and Consumer Services was established in 1996, taking over responsibility for consumer affairs from the former Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs. The new department's mandate included the registry of motor vehicles, registry of joint stock companies, provincial tax commissioner, deputy registrar general (vital statistics), consumer and commercial relations, financial institutions, Access Nova Scotia, government bookstore and public enquiries service. The department was intended to provide better, faster and more responsive customer-focused service to clients in all parts of the province. In 2000 the Departments of Business and Consumer Services and Housing and Municipal Affairs were replaced by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. In 1973 the Provincial Finance Act was amended to provide for the registration and incorporation of crown corporations under the Companies Act. The Waterfront Development Corporation Limited was established in 1976. Its fundamental purpose was to redevelop and revitalize sections of the waterfronts of Halifax and Dartmouth through carrying out the Halifax-Dartmouth Waterfront Development Project provided for by the Subsidiary Agreement between Canada and Nova Scotia. The corporation holds considerable real estate in both waterfront areas, making sections available for high-quality private development, and providing public amenities such as green belts and pedways. In 2001 the WDC absorbed the former Bedford Waterfront Development Corporation Limited. The corporation's current mandate is property acquisition, management and development within designated areas in Bedford, Dartmouth and Halifax; marketing and promotion designed to stimulate public use of the waterfronts; and coordination and planning of the waterfronts of Bedford, Dartmouth and Halifax, including the stewardship of harbourfront assets owned by the province. The Advisory Commission on AIDS was established in 1988 with a view to implementing the recommendations of the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS, which reported later the same year. The commission is a coordinating mechanism for the fight against the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and advises the government on issues relating to AIDS and its impact on society. The Department of Human Resources Development and Training was established in 1985 to assume responsibility, formerly held by the Department of Labour (now Labour and Workforce Development), for labour market programs, apprenticeship, and vocational, trades, technical and technological training. In 1986 the department's name was changed to Vocational and Technical Training. In 1987 the department assumed responsibility for post-secondary education and its name was changed again to Advanced Education and Job Training. In 1992 the department was
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RAD 24.17A; 26.3A7.
RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.18A, 26.3B1
RAD 24.18A, 24.5C.
RAD 24.18A.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A1, 26.3B1
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1972 c. 15, 1986 c. 52.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1935 c. 5, 1946 c. 2, 1975 c. 57, 1996 c. 8.
Authority record based on Orders in Council 96-215 (28 Mar. 1996), 2000-485 (28 Sept. 2000); Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1996 c. 8, 2001 c. 4.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1973 c. 49; Order in Council 76-373 (30 Mar. 1976); John Boileau, Where the Water Meets the Land: The Story of the Halifax Harbour Waterfront (Halifax: Saltscapes 2007), 80 p.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1988 c. 2.
Authority record based on Orders in Council 85-1303 (26 Nov. 1985), 87-1455 (3 December 1987); Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1986 c. 19, 1988 c. 30, 1992 c. 14.
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2003/01/13
2009/01/30 44 Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs
2002/12/18 43 Department of Housing and Consumer Affairs
2002/12/24
2003/02/26
2002/11/05 27 Department of Education
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97 Service Nova Scotia and Muncipal Relations
50 Department of Labour and Workforce Development
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20 Conserve Nova Scotia
27 Education Department~
103 Communities, Culture and Heritage Department~
104 Trade Centre Limited
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Conserve Nova Scotia
Department of Education
Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage
Trade Centre Limited
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Nova Scotia. Conserve Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia. Department of Education
Nova Scotia. Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage
Nova Scotia. Trade Centre Limited
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Nova Scotia. Department of Education and Culture
Nova Scotia. Department of Tourism and Culture
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Training. In 1987 the department assumed responsibility for post-secondary education and its name was changed again to Advanced Education and Job Training. In 1992 the department was dissolved and its functions transferred to the Department of Education. Conserve Nova Scotia was established in October 2006 as a special operating agency to promote energy conservation and the efficient and environmentally sound use of energy resources for heat, light and power. The agency is headed by a president and chief executive officer having the status of a deputy minister. Its mandate is to deliver conservation and energy efficiency programs and policies for Nova Scotians; promote and act as a focal point for all forms of conservation and energy-efficiency measures in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors; raise awareness among Nova Scotians of the financial and environmental benefits of making better personal energy-use choices; develop the system for establishing benchmarks, measuring, monitoring and evaluating energy conservation and energy efficiency effects; act as a partner with other like-minded organizations in the public, private or not-for-profit sectors; and conduct public education and social marketing around energy conservation, including reduced energy consumption. Until 1949 the Education Office was under the control of the Council of Public Instruction and presided over by the superintendent of education as secretary to the council. In 1949 the Council of Public Instruction was abolished, a minister of education appointed and the superintendent replaced by a deputy minister. In 1953 the Education Act was revised and consolidated and the modern Department of Education came into existence. From 1985 to 1992 ministerial responsibility for education was divided between the Department of Education and the Department of Advanced Education and Job Training. In 1992 responsibility for post-secondary education and vocational and technical training reverted to the Department of Education. In 1994 the Department of Tourism and Culture was abolished and the Department of Education assumed responsibility for cultural affairs. The department's name was thereupon changed to Education and Culture. In 1996 the Nova Scotia Community College was separated from the department. In 1999 responsibility for cultural affairs and heritage was transferred to the re-created Department of Tourism and Culture, and the name Department of Education restored. In 2008 responsibility for apprenticeship and trades, technical, technological and applied arts training was transferred to the new Department of Labour and Workforce Development. Education is responsible for all matters relating to public schools and teaching, post-secondary education, including financial assistance for students; and the Provincial Library. In 1987 the Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness was dissolved and the minister of tourism assumed responsibility for cultural affairs, which included cultural industries, performing arts, production crafts, heritage property and visual arts. Tourism was renamed Tourism and Culture. In 1994 that department too was dissolved. Tourism was transferred to the Department of Economic Development; parks, beaches and recreational areas to the Department of Natural Resources; and culture to the Department of Education. In 1999 the former Department of Tourism and Culture was re-established. The department is responsible for tourism planning, development, marketing and operations; development of the province's culture sector, including cultural industries; preservation of the province's natural, documentary, cultural and built heritage, including the operation of Museum heritage services; and Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. In 2003, in order to reflect more accurately the department's mandate, Tourism and Culture was renamed Tourism, Culture and Heritage. Trade Centre Limited is a crown corporation established in 1981 to manage and operate the Halifax Metro Centre, the World Trade and Convention Centre and an office tower (World Trade Centre Halifax). In 2000 TCL acquired Exhibition Park, home of the former Atlantic Winter Fair. It now comprises six distinct operating units: Halifax Metro Centre, Atlantic Canada World Trade Centre, World Trade Centre Tower, Events Halifax, Exhibition Park and the World Trade and Convention Centre.
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RAD 24.18A
RAD 24.18A; 26.3A7; 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7, 26.3B1.
RAD 24.18A
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Authority record based on Order in Council 2006-443 (17 Oct. 2006).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1950 c. 52, 1953 c. 4, 1986 c. 19, 1992 c. 14, 1994 c. 31, 1995-96 c. 4, 2001 c. 4, 2008 c. 30; Orders in Council: 29 September 1949, 1999-399 (16 August 1999).
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1988 c. 30, 1994 c. 5 and c. 31, 2001 c. 4; Orders in Council 1999-399 (16 August 1999), 2003-516 (4 Dec. 2003).
Authority record based on Orders in Council: 81-1422 (17 Nov. 1981), 2000-248 (10 May 2000).
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2009/01/30
2010/02/02 3 Department of Advanced Education and Job Training
2003/12/04 102 Department of Tourism
2002/12/27
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23 Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness
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8 Agricultural Marshland Conservation Commission
109 Policy and Priorities Committee
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Agricultural Marshland Conservation Commission
Policy and Priorities Committee
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Nova Scotia. Agricultural Marshland Conservation Commission
Nova Scotia. Policy and Priorities Committee
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Nova Scotia. Marshland Reclamation Commission
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The Marshland Reclamation Commission was established in 1949 to encourage the development and rehabilitation of marshlands, and especially to facilitate the incorporation of owners of areas of marshland as marsh bodies. In 2000 the Marshland Reclamation Act was repealed and the former commission succeeded and replaced by the Agricultural Marshland Conservation Commission. The commission advises the minister of agriculture on matters relating to the conservation and protection of marshland, as well as its development and maintenance; hears appeals under the Agricultural Marshland Conservation Act; studies and examines proposals for the construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, repair, maintenance, conduct or operation of dykes, aboiteaux, breakwaters, etc. and makes recommendations to the minister; and approves rules made by a marsh body relating to works and land within a marshland section. In 2009, Treasury and Policy Board was divided into a Policy and Priorities Committee and a stand-alone Treasury Board. In general, the mandate of the Policy and Priorities Committee is to establish plans and priorities for the operation of the government and to ensure that they are developed in a coordinated manner. In particular, the committee's mandate is to provide leadership in the development and implementation of the core program of the government; communicate the government's priorities to deputy ministers and departments; ensure the coordination of policy agendas across government departments and facilitate horizontal linkages and corporate initiatives; facilitate two-way communications on corporate policy matters between deputy ministers and their departments and the Executive Council; identify and assess emerging policy issues and provide directions for the management of those issues; ensure effective accountability in the formation and implementation of public policy; identify and prioritize policy issues, select policy initiatives and direct action on policy issues and initiatives; and make recommendations to the Executive Council on the broad structure and allocation of responsibilities to individual government departments, offices and government agencies, and approval of structures and functions within the departments and agencies. The Minister of Policy and Priorities is ex officio a member of the committee. The committee is assisted in carrying out its duties by the Office of Policy and Priorities.
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RAD 24.18A, 26.3A7.
RAD: 24.19A; 26.3A7.
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Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 1949 c. 2, 2000 c. 22.
Authority record based on Statutes of Nova Scotia 2009 c. 14.
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2003/02/26
2010/02/02 106 Treasury and Policy Board
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110 Treasury Board 112
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Office of Policy and Priorities
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