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2017-2 - Fish and Wildlife Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2017-2
under the
Fish and Wildlife Act
(O.C. 2017-11)
Filed January 27, 2017
1Section 3.001 of the New Brunswick Regulation 84-133 under the Fish and Wildlife Act is amended by striking out “paragraph 3(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e)” and substituting “paragraph 3(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (i)”.
2The Regulation is amended by adding after section 21.1 the following:
21.11(1)For the purposes of this Regulation, a tag is associated with a resident bear licence if the tag has been activated under subsection (3) in respect of that licence.
21.11(2)At the same time as he or she applies for the licence, an applicant for a resident bear licence shall apply for the activation of a tag in respect of the licence.
21.11(3)On an application under subsection (2), the Minister may activate a tag in respect of a resident bear licence using the unique alphanumeric identifier printed on the tag.
21.11(4)A tag associated with a resident bear licence is not valid if it does not comply with Schedule A.
21.11(5)No person shall hunt bear under a resident bear licence once the tag associated with the licence has been used.
21.11(6)The holder of a resident bear licence who kills a bear shall immediately affix the tag associated with his or her licence to the bear in accordance with Schedule B.
21.11(7)The tag shall remain attached until the bear has been presented for registration.
3Section 21.2 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in paragraph (1)(a) by striking out “resident bear licence and”;
(b) in subsection (1.1) by striking out “a resident bear licence or”;
(c) in subsection (2) by striking out “Every person having killed a bear shall immediately detach the tag from his or her licence” and substituting “The holder of a non-resident bear licence who kills a bear shall immediately detach the tag from his or her licence”.
4Subsection 21.3(3) of the Regulation is amended
(a) by repealing paragraph (a) and substituting the following:
(a) affix or allow to be affixed to a bear a tag associated with a resident bear licence other than the resident bear licence of the person who killed the bear,
(b) by adding after paragraph (a) the following:
(a.1) affix or allow to be affixed to a bear a tag from a non-resident bear licence other than the non-resident bear licence of the person who killed the bear,
5Schedule A of the Regulation is repealed and the attached Schedule A is substituted.
6Schedule B of the Regulation is repealed and the attached Schedule B is substituted.
7This Regulation comes into force on February 1, 2017.
SCHEDULE A
TAG – CLASS I OR CLASS III LICENCE
OR RESIDENT BEAR LICENCE
1Description
A tag associated with a class I or class III licence or a resident bear licence has two parts: a sticker and a metal wire as illustrated below. The Province of New Brunswick galley logo shall be printed on the sticker in the upper right-hand corner. The tag shall be blue in colour and bear a unique alphanumeric identifier assigned by the Minister. The tag shall bear blank spaces on which a hunter may check off the species and record the year and the hunter’s first and last name.
2Illustration
SCHEDULE B
For the purposes of this Regulation, a tag associated with a class I or class III licence or a resident bear licence shall be affixed to a deer or bear, as the case may be, by
a) inserting the metal wire through the skin of the right foreleg of the deer or bear;
b) peeling back the liner of the sticker and placing the wire on half of the sticky side of the sticker; and
c) folding the sticker over the ends of the metal wire and applying pressure.