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Cosmetology Regulations

made under Section 19 of the

Cosmetology Act

S.N.S. 2012, c. 39

O.I.C. 2020-329 (effective January 4, 2021), N.S. Reg. 184/2020

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Exemption from application of Act

Date certificate of qualification is issued

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Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Cosmetology Regulations.

Definitions

2        In these regulations,

 

“Act” means the Cosmetology Act;

 

“apprentice” means an apprentice as defined in the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;

 

“apprenticeship program” means apprenticeship program as defined in the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act General Regulations made under the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;

 

“certificate of apprenticeship” means a certificate of apprenticeship as defined in the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;

 

“certificate of qualification” means a certificate of qualification as defined in the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;

 

“Cosmetologist (Hairdressing) licence” means a Cosmetologist (Hairdressing) licence issued by the Executive Director in accordance with the Act and by-laws;

 

“hairstylist trade” means the hairstylist trade as defined in the Hairstylist Trade Regulations made under the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;

 

“Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency” means the Agency as defined in the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act.

Exemption from application of Act

3        All of the following persons are exempted from the application of the Act in accordance with clause 5(1)(p) of the Act:

 

                   (a)      an apprentice who is registered in the hairstylist trade apprenticeship program with the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency while they are participating in the apprenticeship program;

 

                   (b)     a person who is issued a certificate of apprenticeship and a certificate of qualification in the hairstylist trade apprenticeship program, until the later of the following dates:

 

                              (i)      the date a Cosmetologist (Hairdressing) licence is issued to the person, or a determination is made that the person does not satisfy the licence application requirements in the by-laws, if the person applies for a licence within 7 days of the date the certificate of qualification is issued or deemed to be issued to the person, or a longer period that the Executive Director may allow, and

 

                              (ii)     the date that is 7 days after the date the certificate of qualification in the hairstylist trade is issued or deemed to be issued to the person, if the person has not applied for a Cosmetologist (Hairdressing) licence by that date.

Date certificate of qualification is issued

4        A certificate of qualification in the hairstylist trade is deemed to have been issued to a person 5 days after the date the certificate of qualification is mailed to the person by the Director of Programs and Operations of the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency.

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Cosmetology Regulations	N.S. Reg. 184/2020
Cosmetology Act
Note:  The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Cosmetology Regulations made under the Cosmetology Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
184/2020	Jan 4, 2021	date specified	Jan 1, 2021

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added am. = amended	fc. = fee change ra. = reassigned		rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected		How affected
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Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

	Note	Effective date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S. Regulation	Title	In force date	Repealed date

Note:  Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table.  It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.

 

 

 

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