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2018-56 - Fish and Wildlife Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2018-56
under the
Fish and Wildlife Act
(O.C. 2018-197)
Filed June 25, 2018
1Paragraph 3(3)(b) of New Brunswick Regulation 84-133 under the Fish and Wildlife Act is repealed and the following is substituted:
(b) provides the unique identification number provided under subsection 82.1(4) of the Act to the applicant at the time of his or her registration under section 82.1 of the Act or satisfies the Minister as to the applicant’s identity, residence and age by presenting any identification and other documentation requested by the Minister.
2Section 3.2 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in subsection (1)
(i) in paragraph (a) by striking out “to which is affixed a bear validation sticker issued under subsection (14) to the non-resident or under subsection (16) to an outfitter or the holder of a guide I licence,”;
(ii) in paragraph (b) by striking out “bear validation sticker” and substituting “licence”;
(b) in subsection (14) by striking out “affix to the back of the licence a bear validation sticker, issued to the holder of the licence by the Minister, which shall indicate the one wildlife management zone in which the holder of the licence may hunt bear and coyote” and substituting “indicate on the face of the licence the one wildlife management zone in which the holder of the licence may hunt bear and coyote”;
(c) by adding after subsection (15) the following:
3.2(15.1)The Minister shall provide an outfitter or the holder of a guide I licence, as the case may be, with a unique identification number associated with each non-resident bear licence allocated to the outfitter or the holder of a guide I licence under subsection (15).
(d) by repealing subsection (16) and substituting the following:
3.2(16)The Minister shall indicate on the face of each non-resident bear licence allocated under subsection (15) to an outfitter or the holder of a guide I licence, as the case may be, the one wildlife management zone in which the non-resident who obtains the licence may hunt bear and coyote.
(e) in subsection (17) by striking out “bear validation sticker” wherever it appears and substituting “non-resident bear licence”;
(f) by repealing subsection (18) and substituting the following:
3.2(18)A non-resident bear licence authorizes the holder of the licence to hunt bear and coyote in the wildlife management zone indicated on the face of the licence during the periods authorized under subsection 6(1) in the year in which the licence was issued.
3Subsection 6(2.2) of the Regulation is amended in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “on the bear validation sticker affixed to the licence” and substituting “on the licence”.
4Section 21.2 of the Regulation is repealed and the following is substituted:
21.2(1)For the purposes of this Regulation, a tag is associated with a non-resident bear licence if the tag has been activated under subsection (3) in respect of that licence.
21.2(2)At the same time as he or she obtains a non-resident bear licence, an applicant for a non-resident bear licence, an outfitter or the holder of a guide I licence or the client of an outfitter or the holder of a guide I licence, as the case may be, shall apply for the activation of a tag in respect of the licence.
21.2(3)On an application under subsection (2), the Minister may activate a tag in respect of a non-resident bear licence using the unique alphanumeric identifier printed on the tag.
21.2(4)A tag associated with a non-resident bear licence is not valid if it does not comply with Schedule A.
21.2(5)No person shall hunt bear under a non-resident bear licence once the tag associated with the licence has been used.
21.2(6)The holder of a non-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.
21.2(7)The tag shall remain attached until the bear has been presented for registration.
5Paragraph 21.3(3)(a.1) of the Regulation is repealed and the following is substituted:
(a.1) affix or allow to be affixed to a bear a tag associated with a non-resident bear licence other than the non-resident bear licence of the person who killed the bear,
6Subsection 25.1(2) of the Regulation is repealed.
7The heading “TAG – CLASS I OR CLASS III LICENCE OR RESIDENT BEAR LICENCE” preceding section 1 of Schedule A is repealed and the following is substituted:
8Section 1 of Schedule A of the Regulation is amended by striking out “resident bear licence” and substituting “resident bear licence or non-resident bear licence”.
9Schedule B of the Regulation is amended in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “resident bear licence” and substituting “resident bear licence or non-resident bear licence”.