Acts and Regulations

2017, c.52 - Exotic Animals Act

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Regulations
49(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing categories of permits which may vary depending on the activity, exotic animal, category of exotic animal, person or class of persons;
(b) exempting persons, classes of persons, activities or classes of activities, exotic animals or categories of exotic animals and species or subspecies of exotic animals from the application of this Act and the regulations or from the application of any provision of this Act or the regulations;
(c) respecting the activities that a permit holder may undertake dependent on the type of permit or category of permit holder;
(d) respecting the eligibility criteria and the terms and conditions to be complied with by a person who is applying for the issuance of a permit, including different terms and conditions for different persons, classes of persons or categories of permits;
(e) respecting the terms and conditions to which a permit is subject, including different terms and conditions for different persons, classes of persons or categories of permits;
(f) prescribing fees for the issuance of a permit;
(g) respecting the ownership, possession, disposal or destruction of an exotic animal, including any notice to be given with respect to the disposal or destruction of an exotic animal;
(h) respecting the importation of an exotic animal into the Province and the exportation of an exotic animal out of the Province;
(i) respecting the release of an exotic animal;
(j) respecting the propagation or transportation of an exotic animal;
(k) respecting the records to be kept, the returns to be made and the information to be given by a permit holder, including requiring different information from different persons or classes of persons;
(l) prescribing additional duties and authority of conservation officers;
(m) prescribing the assessment criteria for the categorization of exotic animals;
(n) prescribing methods of analysis for the purpose of subsection 35(2);
(o) prescribing, in relation to offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(p) defining words and expressions used in this Act but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations or both; and
(q) governing any matter that the Lieutenant‑Governor in Council considers necessary for the administration of this Act.
49(2)Regulations under this Act may contain different provisions for different classes of permits, different persons or classes of persons and different exotic animals and categories of exotic animals.