3.11(1)No person shall hunt antlered deer in the Province during the period of one week beginning the seventh Monday after the first Monday in October unless the person
(a)
is hunting with a muzzle-loading firearm,
(b)
has possession of one of the following licences issued to that person bearing a muzzle-loading firearm authorization also issued to that person:
(i)
in the case of a non-resident, a valid class I licence; or
(ii)
in the case of a resident, a valid class III licence, and
(c)
is hunting in a wildlife management zone referred to in subsection 11.1(4).
3.11(2)No person shall hunt antlerless deer in the Province during the period set out in subsection (1) unless the person
(a)
has possession of a valid class III licence issued to that person bearing the following authorizations also issued to that person:
(i)
an anterlerless deer authorization; and
(ii)
a muzzle-loading firearm authorization, and
(b)
is hunting in the wildlife management zone indicated on the licence.
3.11(3)An applicant for or holder of a class I or III licence may apply to the Minister for a muzzle-loading firearm authorization
(a)
by completing an electronic application accessible through the Department’s website or Service New Brunswick’s website,
(b)
at a Service New Brunswick centre, or
(c)
at the business premises of a vendor appointed under section 84 of the Act.
3.11(4)An applicant for a muzzle-loading firearm authorization shall pay a non-refundable application fee of  $9 if the applicant is a resident and $46 if the applicant is a non-resident.
3.11(5)No person shall make more than one application to the Minister for a muzzle-loading firearm authorization in any year.
3.11(6)The Minister shall issue a muzzle-loading firearm authorization to an applicant unless a tag in respect of the applicant’s class I or III licence, as the case may be, has already been used.
3.11(7)If the Minister issues a muzzle-loading firearm authorization to an applicant, the Minister shall replace the applicant’s class I or III licence, as the case may be, with one that bears the muzzle-loading firearm authorization.
3.11(8)No person shall be issued more than one muzzle-loading firearm authorization in any one year.