House of Assembly Tartan Act

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the House of Assembly Tartan Act. 2019, c. 5, s. 1.

Interpretation

2 In this Act, "Tartan" means the House of Assembly Tartan described in the Schedule and registered December 5, 2018, with the Scottish Register of Tartans established by the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 (Scotland). 2019, c. 5, s. 2.

Official Tartan of House of Assembly

3 The Tartan is the official Tartan of the House of Assembly. 2019, c. 5, s. 3.

Colours of Tartan

4 The green in the Tartan represents the legislative chamber where the Assembly meets, the red represents the Red Chamber, the black represents the Speaker's and Clerks' robes, the yellow represents the gold Mace, the white represents the laws passed by the Assembly and the tan represents the sandstone exterior of Province House, the building where the Assembly conducts its business. 2019, c. 5, s. 4.

Tartan as emblem of Assembly

5 The Tartan is an emblem of the Assembly. 2019, c. 5, s. 5.

Use of Tartan

6 The use of the Tartan is governed by this Act. 2019, c. 5, s. 6.

Licence

7 (1) The Speaker of the Assembly may grant a licence to any person to manufacture the Tartan or to apply the design of the Tartan to any article, subject to subsections (2) and (3).

(2) A person who under a licence granted under subsection (1) manufactures the Tartan or applies the design of the Tartan to any article shall mark or attach the name "Nova Scotia House of Assembly Tartan" upon or to the Tartan or the article, or such other identifying mark as may be approved by the Speaker.

(3) The Assembly may make regulations establishing terms and conditions that apply to the granting of a licence under subsection (1).

(4) The exercise of the authority contained in subsection (3) is a regulation within the meaning of the Regulations Act. 2019, c. 5, s. 7.

Prohibitions

8 (1) No person shall, without a licence granted pursuant to Section 7, manufacture the Tartan or apply the design of the Tartan to any article.

(2) No person shall sell or offer for sale the Tartan or any article to which the design of the Tartan has been applied unless the Tartan or the article to which the design of the Tartan has been applied was manufactured by a person granted a licence under Section 7 and that has marked upon or attached thereto the name "Nova Scotia House of Assembly Tartan" or such other identifying mark as has been approved by the Speaker.

(3) No person other than a person who has been granted a licence pursuant to Section 7 shall mark or attach the name "Nova Scotia House of Assembly Tartan" or any identifying mark that has been approved by the Speaker upon or to any article.

(4) No person shall sell or offer for sale any woven material so closely resembling the Tartan as to be mistaken for the Tartan. 2019, c. 5, s. 8.

Offence and penalty

9 Any person who violates Section 8 is guilty of an offence and is liable, upon summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding $5,000. 2019, c. 5, s. 9.

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