Acts and Regulations

84-133 - Hunting

Section 3.02
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3.02No person who is 16 or 17 years of age and who has been issued a hunting licence under subsection 3(1) shall hunt under the authority of that licence with a centre-fire or rim-fire rifle .23 calibre or larger or with a shotgun together with shotgun cartridges containing ball, slug or lead shot larger than BB or steel shot larger than F, as the case may be, unless that person is accompanied by an adult at all times.
99-67; 2001-54; 2007-42; 2011-52; 2016-43; 2021-54
3.02A person 16 or 17 years of age who has been issued a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i) shall not hunt under the authority of that licence with a centre-fire or rim-fire rifle .23 calibre or larger or with a shotgun together with shotgun cartridges containing ball, slug or lead shot larger than BB or steel shot larger than F, as the case may be, unless that person remains at all times within visual or auditory contact, without the aid of artificial devices except medically prescribed eyeglasses or hearing aids, of an adult who is the holder of a valid hunting licence issued under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i).
99-67; 2001-54; 2007-42; 2011-52; 2016-43
3.02(1)Notwithstanding subsections 3(3) and (4), the Minister shall not issue a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i) to an applicant who is sixteen or seventeen years of age unless the applicant, or the person purchasing the licence on behalf of the applicant,
(a) provides proof that the applicant has successfully completed in the Province or in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America
(i) a firearm safety and hunter education course approved or recognized by the Minister, or
(ii) if hunting by bow or crossbow, a bow hunter education course approved or recognized by the Minister, and
(b) with respect to a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(h), satisfies the Minister as to the applicant’s identity, residence and age by presenting any identification and other documentation requested by the Minister, and
(c) Repealed: 2001-54
(d) provides proof that the applicant has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting.
3.02(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the applicant, or the person purchasing the licence on behalf of the applicant, provides proof that the applicant has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting by producing, in relation to two previous years, hunting licences issued to the applicant under the Act or any regulation under the Act, or under an act or any regulation under an act substantially similar to the Act in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America or by completing a certificate provided by the Minister stating that the applicant previously held such licences.
3.02(3)A person sixteen or seventeen years of age who has been issued a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i) shall not hunt under the authority of that licence with a centre-fire or rim-fire rifle .23 calibre or larger or with a shotgun together with shotgun cartridges containing ball, slug or lead shot larger than BB or steel shot larger than F, as the case may be, unless that person remains at all times within visual or auditory contact, without the aid of artificial devices except medically prescribed eyeglasses or hearing aids, of another person who
(a) is the holder of a valid hunting licence issued under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i), and
(b) has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting deer or bear.
3.02(4)For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a person provides proof that that person has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting deer or bear by producing, in relation to two previous years, hunting licences issued to that person under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i), or equivalent hunting licences issued to that person under an act or any regulation under an act substantially similar to the Act in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America or by completing a certificate provided by the Minister stating that that person previously held such licences.
3.02(5)Notwithstanding the repeal of paragraphs 3(1)(l) and (m), a licence issued under either of those paragraphs may be used in accordance with subsection (4) for the purposes of paragraph (3)(b).
99-67; 2001-54; 2007-42; 2011-52
3.02(1)Notwithstanding subsections 3(3) and (4), the Minister shall not issue a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i) to an applicant who is sixteen or seventeen years of age unless the applicant, or the person purchasing the licence on behalf of the applicant,
(a) provides proof that the applicant has successfully completed in the Province or in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America
(i) a firearm safety and hunter education course approved or recognized by the Minister, or
(ii) if hunting by bow or crossbow, a bow hunter education course approved or recognized by the Minister, and
(b) with respect to a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(h), satisfies the Minister as to the applicant’s identity, residence and age by presenting any identification and other documentation requested by the Minister, and
(c) Repealed: 2001-54
(d) provides proof that the applicant has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting.
3.02(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the applicant, or the person purchasing the licence on behalf of the applicant, provides proof that the applicant has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting by producing, in relation to two previous years, hunting licences issued to the applicant under the Act or any regulation under the Act, or under an act or any regulation under an act substantially similar to the Act in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America or by completing a certificate provided by the Minister stating that the applicant previously held such licences.
3.02(3)A person sixteen or seventeen years of age who has been issued a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i) shall not hunt under the authority of that licence with a centre-fire or rim-fire rifle .23 calibre or larger or with a shotgun together with shotgun cartridges containing ball, slug or lead shot larger than BB or steel shot larger than F, as the case may be, unless that person remains at all times within visual or auditory contact, without the aid of artificial devices except medically prescribed eyeglasses or hearing aids, of another person who
(a) is the holder of a valid hunting licence issued under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i), and
(b) has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting deer or bear.
3.02(4)For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a person provides proof that that person has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting deer or bear by producing, in relation to two previous years, hunting licences issued to that person under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i), or equivalent hunting licences issued to that person under an act or any regulation under an act substantially similar to the Act in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America or by completing a certificate provided by the Minister stating that that person previously held such licences.
3.02(5)Notwithstanding the repeal of paragraphs 3(1)(l) and (m), a licence issued under either of those paragraphs may be used in accordance with subsection (4) for the purposes of paragraph (3)(b).
99-67; 2001-54; 2007-42; 2011-52
3.02(1)Notwithstanding subsections 3(3) and (4), the Minister shall not issue a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i) to an applicant who is sixteen or seventeen years of age unless the applicant, or the person purchasing the licence on behalf of the applicant,
(a) provides proof that the applicant has successfully completed in the Province or in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America
(i) a firearm safety and hunter education course approved or recognized by the Minister, or
(ii) if hunting by bow only, a bow hunter education course approved or recognized by the Minister, and
(b) with respect to a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(h), satisfies the Minister as to the applicant’s identity, residence and age by presenting any identification and other documentation requested by the Minister, and
(c) Repealed: 2001-54
(d) provides proof that the applicant has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting.
3.02(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the applicant, or the person purchasing the licence on behalf of the applicant, provides proof that the applicant has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting by producing, in relation to two previous years, hunting licences issued to the applicant under the Act or any regulation under the Act, or under an act or any regulation under an act substantially similar to the Act in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America or by completing a certificate provided by the Minister stating that the applicant previously held such licences.
3.02(3)A person sixteen or seventeen years of age who has been issued a hunting licence under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i) shall not hunt under the authority of that licence with a centre-fire or rim-fire rifle .23 calibre or larger, with a shotgun together with shotgun cartridges containing ball, slug or lead shot larger than BB or steel shot larger than F, or by means of a bow having a draw weight of not less than twenty kilograms at or before seventy centimetres draw and an arrow fitted with a broad head, as the case may be, unless that person remains at all times within visual or auditory contact, without the aid of artificial devices except medically prescribed eyeglasses or hearing aids, of another person who
(a) is the holder of a valid hunting licence issued under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i), and
(b) has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting deer or bear.
3.02(4)For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a person provides proof that that person has had at least two previous years’ experience hunting deer or bear by producing, in relation to two previous years, hunting licences issued to that person under paragraph 3(1)(a), (c), (h) or (i), or equivalent hunting licences issued to that person under an act or any regulation under an act substantially similar to the Act in another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America or by completing a certificate provided by the Minister stating that that person previously held such licences.
3.02(5)Notwithstanding the repeal of paragraphs 3(1)(l) and (m), a licence issued under either of those paragraphs may be used in accordance with subsection (4) for the purposes of paragraph (3)(b).
99-67; 2001-54; 2007-42