Legislation / NS66
NS66INTRODUCEDOTHERNOVA SCOTIA

Ratepayer Protection Act

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Introduced
Royal assent
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Legislative timeline

  1. 1st
  2. 2nd
  3. Comm.
  4. 3rd
  5. Senate
  6. Assent

Bill overview

Bill NS66, “Ratepayer Protection Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-61-session-3.

Its latest recorded status is “Introduced”.

This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY

What you need to know

The Ratepayer Protection Act, currently at First Reading in the Nova Scotia assembly, aims to protect ratepayers by regulating the rates and services provided by utility companies. This bill would likely establish rules for how utility companies can set their rates, and possibly provide a framework for ratepayers to dispute or appeal rate changes.

AI-generated from official records and reviewed against our editorial guardrails.

Key provisions

  1. 01This Act may be cited as the Ratepayer Protection Act.
  2. 02The Minister responsible for the Utilities and Review Board is responsible for the administration of this Act.
  3. 03The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the protection of ratepayers under this Act.
  4. 04This Act comes into force on a date to be proclaimed by the Governor in Council.
  5. 05The Utilities and Review Board may make rules respecting the protection of ratepayers under this Act.

Vote roll

No division has been recorded for this bill yet.