Nova scotia

Restrictions Based on Possession or conviction: No person shall possess body armor except the following:

  • Subclause a. the following persons in the course of their lawful employment or duties of a statutory appointment:
      • a police officer,
      • a conservation officer,
      • a special constable or by-law enforcement officer appointed under the Police Act and whose appointment specifies the individual is authorized to possess body armour,
      • a sheriff or deputy sheriff,
      • a correctional services employee,
      • a paramedic,
      • a security agent,
      • a security guard,
      • a provincial civil constable appointed under the Police Services Act and whose appointment specifies the individual is authorized to possess body armour,
      • an employee of the Province, of a municipality within the meaning of the Municipal Government Act or the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, of another province of Canada or of the Government of Canada and whose employer specifies the individual is authorized to possess body armour,
      • a person appointed under an enactment and whose appointment specifies the person is authorized to possess body armour;
  • the following persons:
        • a police cadet while training to be a police officer,
        • an auxiliary police officer in the course of that person's duties as authorized under the Police Act;
    • the following persons in the course of operating a lawful business:
          • a security agency,
          • the owner and the employees of a business who purchase, sell or transport body armour,
          • a person who employs security guards;
      • a person under the lawful custody, care and control of one of the following individual listed in subclauses (a)(i), (ii) or (iv) to (vii) or an individual prescribed by the regulations, who has been directed to wear body armour by that individual in the course of that individual's employment;
      • a prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class of persons who are authorized to possess body armour; or
      • a prescribed person who is authorized by permit to possess body armour on a temporary basis.

      Documentation or Licensing:

      Where to Purchase: Can be purchased from authorized dealers, retailers, or online suppliers.

      Official Government Source: Nova Scotia - Body Armour Control Act 

       

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