Service Nova Scotia

In April 2014, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations was renamed Department of Municipal Affairs, and all responsibilities not related to municipal affairs assigned to the newly created Office of Service Nova Scotia. Service Nova Scotia's responsibilities include access to government services and programs; consumer protection; drivers and vehicles (except determination of permissible vehicle weights and dimensions in relation to travel on public highways); consumer proposals and Part X of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada); geographic information services; condominiums; vital statistics; real property registries, Personal Property Registry, Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Nova Scotia Business Registry, Registry of Motor Vehicles, and Office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics; Part V of the Revenue Act for administrative purposes; liquor control, film licensing and classification, amusement control, and gaming control; and collection of debts for department and governmental units under designated programs.

Notes: Authority based on Statutes of Nova Scotia: 2014 c. 34.

see also Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations