BILL NO. 75
(as passed, with amendments)
2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015
Municipal Government Act (amended)
and
Halifax Regional Municipality Charter (amended)
CHAPTER 24 OF THE ACTS OF 2015
The Honourable Mark Furey
Minister of Municipal Affairs
First Reading: April 1, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: April 30, 2015
Third Reading: May 11, 2015 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)
Royal Assent: May 11, 2015
An Act to Amend Chapter 18
of the Acts of 1998,
the Municipal Government Act,
and Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2008,
the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Subsection 268(3) of Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:
(a) specifies the intent to create the subdivision, the exemption on which the subdivision is based and the facts that entitle the subdivision to the exemption; and
(b) provides proof of the consent of the person entitled to create the subdivision,
(a) adding "are contiguous, are parcels registered pursuant to the Land Registration Act and" immediately after "that" in the first line;
(b) striking out "appropriate registry of deeds or records a statutory declaration in the land registration office" in the fourth and fifth lines and substituting "parcel registers for the lots"; and
(c) striking out ", the present description of the lots including any property identifiers assigned by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations and the description of the consolidated single lot" in the last four lines.
3 Chapter 18 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 268A the following Sections:
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to subdivide a lot that
(a) has received subdivision approval; or
(b) is a parcel registered pursuant to the Land Registration Act.
268C The Registrar General appointed pursuant to the Land Registration Act may validate a subdivision that is not in compliance with the subdivision approval or exemption requirements of this Part, if the affected lots are parcels registered pursuant to the Land Registration Act and it would not be practicable to rectify, repeal or nullify the subdivision.
(a) specifies the intent to create the subdivision, the exemption on which the subdivision is based and the facts that entitle the subdivision to the exemption; and
(b) provides proof of the consent of the person entitled to create the subdivision,
(a) adding "are contiguous, are parcels registered pursuant to the Land Registration Act and" immediately after "that" in the first line;
(b) striking out "appropriate registry of deeds or records a statutory declaration in the land registration office" in the fourth and fifth lines and substituting "parcel registers for the lots"; and
(c) striking out ", the present description of the lots including any property identifiers assigned by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations and the description of the consolidated single lot" in the last three lines.
6 Chapter 39 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 279 the following Section:
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