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Welcome to RANS!
The Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia (RANS), is a non-profit association that seeks to promote the food and beverage sector and impact the operating environment of the industry in a positive way. Through government advocacy, marketing, promotion, partnerships, education and outreach, RANS has successfully represented the food and beverage sector since 1947.
Our mission is to provide leadership to the hospitality industry through advocacy, partnerships and promotion.
The PASS Program
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The PASS (Patron Accountability Safety
and Service) program was developed by the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia
(RANS) to encourage and promote a safe and comfortable environment for
all patrons that
frequent licensed premises,
as well as its staff members.
The
PASS program is a bar suspension program for participating businesses being
piloted in HRM with assistance from the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) Liquor
Enforcement Unit and the Alcohol and Gaming Division of Service Nova Scotia and
Municipal Relations. The management, maintenance of records, administration and
electronic database will be controlled by RANS.
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An
"Incident Report" shall be completed by the participating bar for all
suspensions of six months or more with a copy e-mailed or faxed to RANS within
24 hours. RANS will maintain an inventory of all incident reports. The maximum
suspension imposed shall be "Indefinite". An Indefinite suspension shall be in effect for a minimum of
12 months from the date of the incident. The Management Committee may review
the indefinite suspension at any time after the initial 12 months has begun.
Incident reports can be found here. Witness reports, should they be required
can be found here.
Persons
suspended from a participating business shall be served a notice of the
suspension. Notice may be provided through a written notice, verbally or electronically. Suspensions in place prior to the
commencement date of this program shall continue to be in effect ONLY at the
participating business which issued the suspension.
Review
meetings will be held by the Management Committee each quarter to review any
contested suspensions. To contest a suspension the person must complete a
Review Form, found here. All parties involved will be notified of the process
in advance of the meeting.
For more information please email pass@rans.ca.
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