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Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains

made under Section 4 of the

Public Trustee Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 189

O.I.C. 2020-113 (effective March 31, 2020), N.S. Reg. 51/2020



The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health and Wellness [and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice] dated [March 18], 2020, is pleased to authorize the Public Trustee to manage unclaimed remains in the Province of Nova Scotia with authority to

 

                   (a)      determine when human remains are unclaimed;

 

                   (b)     assume responsibility for unclaimed remains;

 

                   (c)      investigate whether the deceased had an estate;

 

                   (d)     make disposition arrangements and payment for disposition of unclaimed remains; and

 

                   (e)      recover costs of disposition from the deceased’[s] estate in accordance with the Public Trustee Act, effective March 31, 2020.


 

 


 

Legislative History
Reference Tables

Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains

N.S. Reg. 51/2020

Public Trustee 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 Public Trustee Authorization Respecting Unclaimed Remains made under the Public Trustee Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

51/2020

Mar 31, 2020

date specified

Apr 24, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added
am. = amended

fc. = fee change
ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

 

Note

Effective
date

1

The paragraph in the original text that reads “ recover costs of disposition from the deceased’s estate in accordance with the Public Trustee Act designated as clause (e) for the purposes of the consolidation.

 

2

Description “[Date of Order]” replaced with actual date for the purposes of the consolidation.

 

 

 

 

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.