Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Nova Scotia Department of Mines
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1939
History
The Nova Scotia Dept. of Mines, which once formed part of the Dept. of Public Works, achieved the status of a separate department in 1939 when Public Works was transferred to the Dept. of Highways (3 Geo. VI, c. 56). The specific functions of the Dept. of Mines are prescribed by the Mines Act (R.S.N.S. 1954, Chapter 179), the Coal Mines Regulation Act (R.S.N.S. 1954, Chapter 35), and the Metalliferous Mines regulation Act (R.S.N.S. 1954, Chapter 176).