The Department of Education provides information regarding the role and responsibilities of parents regarding home education.  The site also contains links to registration forms, curriculum guidelines and the Education Act which governs home education in Nova Scotia:

http://homeschooling.ednet.ns.ca/

The Education Act as it pertains to home education can be found by scrolling down to Statute 128 - 129 in the Education Act document:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/statutes/eductn.htm

The Regulations governing home education under the Education Act can be found by scrolling down to Statute 39 - 43 within the Governor in Council Education Act Regulations document:

http://www.ednet.ns.ca/pdfdocs/legislation/consolidated_act.pdf