BILL NO. 74

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
50 Elizabeth II, 2001

Government Bill

Costs and Fees Act
(amended)

The Honourable Michael G. Baker, Q.C.
Minister of Justice

First Reading: November 1, 2001

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: November 6, 2001

Third Reading: November 15, 2001 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

Explanatory Note

This Bill permits the Governor in Council to provide for the waiver or reduction of fees and allowances under the Costs and Fees Act, other than party and party costs.

An Act to Amend Chapter 104
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Costs and Fees Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 (1) Section 2 of Chapter 104 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Costs and Fees Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsection:

(1A) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the waiver or reduction of any fee or allowance otherwise payable pursuant to subsection (1) or the regulations, including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, regulations prescribing the circumstances under which the fee or allowance may be waived and designating a person or a class of persons who may waive or reduce the fee or allowance.

(2) Subsection 2(2) of Chapter 104 is amended by adding "or (2)" immediately after "(1)" in the second line.

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BILL NO. 74

(as introduced)

Costs and Fees Act (amended)

Explanatory Note

An Act to Amend Chapter 104 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Costs and Fees Act

Costs and Fees Act
(amended)

An Act to Amend Chapter 104
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Costs and Fees Act