Acts and Regulations

F-14.1 - Fish and Wildlife Act

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Regulations
118(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the prohibition of hunting, trapping, snaring or the taking of any fish or wildlife, declaring within what period and in what manner the same may be hunted, trapped, snared or taken, and prescribing the maximum number of animals, birds or fish of any species of fish or wildlife and in any described area that a person may take in any one day, year or season;
(a.01) establishing, or delegating to the Minister the authority to establish, an annual quota for a species of wildlife that may be hunted in the Province or within a described area of the Province;
(a.1) respecting the posting of signs on land for the purposes of section 80;
(a.2) defining “signs” for the purposes of section 80;
(a.3) respecting the signs to be posted on land for the purposes of section 80;
(b) respecting the application for, the issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, reinstatement and renewal of and any other matter in relation to the status of licences or classes of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(b.1) respecting the number of licences or classes of licences that may be issued under this Act or the regulations;
(b.2) prescribing the licences for the purposes of subsection 82.1(1);
(b.3) respecting registration under section 82.1, including the manner in which and the procedure and terms and conditions under which a person may be registered, the information required to be submitted for the purposes of registration, prescribing different classes of registrants, the provision of a unique identification number to those required to register and the requirements for the use of that number, as well as the renewal, suspension and cancellation of registrations;
(c) respecting the protection, management and scientific study of any fish or wildlife;
(d) setting apart and designating as wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones any land within the Province;
(e) respecting the proper management of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones;
(e.1) respecting the Wildlife Trust Fund, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the trustee of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the money to be paid into the Wildlife Trust Fund and the purposes for which payments may be made out of the Wildlife Trust Fund;
(e.2) respecting the Wildlife Council, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Council, the composition of and appointments to the Wildlife Council, the term of office of members of the Wildlife Council, the appointment of a chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Wildlife Council, the duties and responsibilities of the Wildlife Council and the remuneration of and reimbursement of expenses of the members of the Wildlife Council;
(f) respecting the establishment, operation, and maintenance of pheasant preserves, and the posting of boundaries of pheasant preserves;
(g) respecting the protection of pheasant preserves and wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves and prescribing the minimum and maximum area for pheasant preserves;
(h) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(h.1) respecting the keeping in captivity or the protection, raising or killing of any exotic wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves or the release, hunting, trapping or snaring of any exotic wildlife under the authority of a pheasant preserve licence, including the adoption for those purposes, and the application to such purposes, activities or exotic wildlife or to the holders of such licences, of any regulations made under this Act in relation to the keeping, protection, raising, killing, release, hunting, trapping or snaring of other wildlife;
(h.2) respecting the exemption of the holders of pheasant preserve licences from the operation of all or any portion of section 38, 38.1 or 90.1, in relation to any purpose, any activity or any exotic wildlife referred to in paragraph (h.1);
(h.3) respecting the hunting, trapping, snaring, removal or relocation of wildlife for the purposes of subsection 34(4);
(h.4) respecting the establishment, management and operation of nuisance wildlife control enterprises;
(h.5) respecting the species or subspecies of wildlife that may be captured, obtained, kept, taken, killed, released or otherwise handled under section 90;
(i) respecting the establishment, management and operation of a wildlife farm on Crown Lands or other lands;
(j) respecting the better management and regulation of Crown waters and the fishing rights pertaining thereto;
(k) respecting the importation into the Province of any fish, wildlife, exotic fish, or exotic wildlife, and prohibiting such importation;
(k.1) excluding from the operation of paragraph 38.1(1)(a) or (b) species or subspecies of exotic wildlife;
(l) respecting the prevention of the destruction of fish;
(l.1) prohibiting the possession of live fish in the Province;
(l.2) prescribing exceptions to the prohibition of the possession of live fish in the Province;
(m) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(n) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(o) respecting the issuing of angling leases;
(o.1) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a lessee other than a band;
(o.2) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a band;
(p) prescribing the waters for which an angling licence is valid;
(q) prescribing tagging requirements for any species of fish or wildlife;
(r) respecting standards, terms, conditions or grounds applying in relation to the refusal, issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, renewal or reinstatement of licences or classes of licences under this Act or the regulations or delegating the authority to establish such standards, terms, conditions or grounds to the Minister, or to an association of persons or a corporation having a special interest respecting the licences;
(s) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(t) respecting the use of guides by non-resident hunters or anglers;
(u) prescribing the colour of external garments and headgear to be worn by hunters and guides accompanying hunters during any open season for any species of wildlife;
(v) respecting the establishment and operation of wildlife registration stations, the examination and tagging of wildlife at such stations and the issuance of registration permits;
(w) respecting the use of, assistance or accompaniment by or training of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons for any of the purposes described in subsection 33(2), including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be hunted or used for any of the purposes set out in paragraphs 33(2)(a) and (b);
(w.01) specifying the periods during which the dog training referred to in paragraph 33(2)(b) may take place;
(w.02) respecting the showing, training, testing or approving referred to in section 33.2 of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons, including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be used for the purposes of a field trial;
(w.1) respecting the buying, the offering for sale or barter or the sale or barter of parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(w.2) prescribing the parts of the carcass of wildlife that may be offered for sale or bartered or that may be sold or bartered;
(w.3) respecting the exportation of pelts, hides or parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(x) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(y) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(z) prescribing containers and the manner of sealing containers for the purpose of paragraph 57(1)(g);
(aa) prescribing a hunter safety test;
(aa.01) prescribing any other thing for the purposes of section 114.1;
(aa.1) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(bb) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations including conservation fees to be paid on the application for or purchase of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(cc) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(cc.1) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act;
(dd) generally for the better administration of this Act.
118(1.1)A regulation under paragraph (1)(e.1) or (e.2) may be made retroactive to any date, including a date before the commencement of this subsection.
118(2)Repealed: 1983, c.8, s.12
1983, c.8, s.12; 1983, c.33, s.31; 1987, c.21, s.23; 1988, c.60, s.10; 1990, c.5, s.5; 1991, c.43, s.30; 1992, c.1, s.9; 1997, c.1, s.40; 2001, c.18, s.15; 2001, c.28, s.8; 2005, c.2, s.3; 2008, c.49, s.21; 2014, c.23, s.9; 2021, c.12, s.7
Regulations
118(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the prohibition of hunting, trapping, snaring or the taking of any fish or wildlife, declaring within what period and in what manner the same may be hunted, trapped, snared or taken, and prescribing the maximum number of animals, birds or fish of any species of fish or wildlife and in any described area that a person may take in any one day, year or season;
(a.1) respecting the posting of signs on land for the purposes of section 80;
(a.2) defining “signs” for the purposes of section 80;
(a.3) respecting the signs to be posted on land for the purposes of section 80;
(b) respecting the application for, the issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, reinstatement and renewal of and any other matter in relation to the status of licences or classes of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(b.1) respecting the number of licences or classes of licences that may be issued under this Act or the regulations;
(b.2) prescribing the licences for the purposes of subsection 82.1(1);
(b.3) respecting registration under section 82.1, including the manner in which and the procedure and terms and conditions under which a person may be registered, the information required to be submitted for the purposes of registration, prescribing different classes of registrants, the provision of a unique identification number to those required to register and the requirements for the use of that number, as well as the renewal, suspension and cancellation of registrations;
(c) respecting the protection, management and scientific study of any fish or wildlife;
(d) setting apart and designating as wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones any land within the Province;
(e) respecting the proper management of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones;
(e.1) respecting the Wildlife Trust Fund, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the trustee of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the money to be paid into the Wildlife Trust Fund and the purposes for which payments may be made out of the Wildlife Trust Fund;
(e.2) respecting the Wildlife Council, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Council, the composition of and appointments to the Wildlife Council, the term of office of members of the Wildlife Council, the appointment of a chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Wildlife Council, the duties and responsibilities of the Wildlife Council and the remuneration of and reimbursement of expenses of the members of the Wildlife Council;
(f) respecting the establishment, operation, and maintenance of pheasant preserves, and the posting of boundaries of pheasant preserves;
(g) respecting the protection of pheasant preserves and wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves and prescribing the minimum and maximum area for pheasant preserves;
(h) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(h.1) respecting the keeping in captivity or the protection, raising or killing of any exotic wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves or the release, hunting, trapping or snaring of any exotic wildlife under the authority of a pheasant preserve licence, including the adoption for those purposes, and the application to such purposes, activities or exotic wildlife or to the holders of such licences, of any regulations made under this Act in relation to the keeping, protection, raising, killing, release, hunting, trapping or snaring of other wildlife;
(h.2) respecting the exemption of the holders of pheasant preserve licences from the operation of all or any portion of section 38, 38.1 or 90.1, in relation to any purpose, any activity or any exotic wildlife referred to in paragraph (h.1);
(h.3) respecting the hunting, trapping, snaring, removal or relocation of wildlife for the purposes of subsection 34(4);
(h.4) respecting the establishment, management and operation of nuisance wildlife control enterprises;
(h.5) respecting the species or subspecies of wildlife that may be captured, obtained, kept, taken, killed, released or otherwise handled under section 90;
(i) respecting the establishment, management and operation of a wildlife farm on Crown Lands or other lands;
(j) respecting the better management and regulation of Crown waters and the fishing rights pertaining thereto;
(k) respecting the importation into the Province of any fish, wildlife, exotic fish, or exotic wildlife, and prohibiting such importation;
(k.1) excluding from the operation of paragraph 38.1(1)(a) or (b) species or subspecies of exotic wildlife;
(l) respecting the prevention of the destruction of fish;
(m) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(n) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(o) respecting the issuing of angling leases;
(o.1) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a lessee other than a band;
(o.2) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a band;
(p) prescribing the waters for which an angling licence is valid;
(q) prescribing tagging requirements for any species of fish or wildlife;
(r) respecting standards, terms, conditions or grounds applying in relation to the refusal, issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, renewal or reinstatement of licences or classes of licences under this Act or the regulations or delegating the authority to establish such standards, terms, conditions or grounds to the Minister, or to an association of persons or a corporation having a special interest respecting the licences;
(s) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(t) respecting the use of guides by non-resident hunters or anglers;
(u) prescribing the colour of external garments and headgear to be worn by hunters and guides accompanying hunters during any open season for any species of wildlife;
(v) respecting the establishment and operation of wildlife registration stations, the examination and tagging of wildlife at such stations and the issuance of registration permits;
(w) respecting the use of, assistance or accompaniment by or training of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons for any of the purposes described in subsection 33(2), including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be hunted or used for any of the purposes set out in paragraphs 33(2)(a) and (b);
(w.01) specifying the periods during which the dog training referred to in paragraph 33(2)(b) may take place;
(w.02) respecting the showing, training, testing or approving referred to in section 33.2 of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons, including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be used for the purposes of a field trial;
(w.1) respecting the buying, the offering for sale or barter or the sale or barter of parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(w.2) prescribing the parts of the carcass of wildlife that may be offered for sale or bartered or that may be sold or bartered;
(w.3) respecting the exportation of pelts, hides or parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(x) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(y) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(z) prescribing containers and the manner of sealing containers for the purpose of paragraph 57(1)(g);
(aa) prescribing a hunter safety test;
(aa.01) prescribing any other thing for the purposes of section 114.1;
(aa.1) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(bb) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations including conservation fees to be paid on the application for or purchase of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(cc) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(cc.1) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act;
(dd) generally for the better administration of this Act.
118(1.1)A regulation under paragraph (1)(e.1) or (e.2) may be made retroactive to any date, including a date before the commencement of this subsection.
118(2)Repealed: 1983, c.8, s.12
1983, c.8, s.12; 1983, c.33, s.31; 1987, c.21, s.23; 1988, c.60, s.10; 1990, c.5, s.5; 1991, c.43, s.30; 1992, c.1, s.9; 1997, c.1, s.40; 2001, c.18, s.15; 2001, c.28, s.8; 2005, c.2, s.3; 2008, c.49, s.21; 2014, c.23, s.9
Regulations
118(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the prohibition of hunting, trapping, snaring or the taking of any fish or wildlife, declaring within what period and in what manner the same may be hunted, trapped, snared or taken, and prescribing the maximum number of animals, birds or fish of any species of fish or wildlife and in any described area that a person may take in any one day, year or season;
(a.1) respecting the posting of signs on land for the purposes of section 80;
(a.2) defining “signs” for the purposes of section 80;
(a.3) respecting the signs to be posted on land for the purposes of section 80;
(b) respecting the application for, the issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, reinstatement and renewal of and any other matter in relation to the status of licences or classes of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(b.1) respecting the number of licences or classes of licences that may be issued under this Act or the regulations;
(c) respecting the protection, management and scientific study of any fish or wildlife;
(d) setting apart and designating as wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones any land within the Province;
(e) respecting the proper management of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones;
(e.1) respecting the Wildlife Trust Fund, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the trustee of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the money to be paid into the Wildlife Trust Fund and the purposes for which payments may be made out of the Wildlife Trust Fund;
(e.2) respecting the Wildlife Council, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Council, the composition of and appointments to the Wildlife Council, the term of office of members of the Wildlife Council, the appointment of a chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Wildlife Council, the duties and responsibilities of the Wildlife Council and the remuneration of and reimbursement of expenses of the members of the Wildlife Council;
(f) respecting the establishment, operation, and maintenance of pheasant preserves, and the posting of boundaries of pheasant preserves;
(g) respecting the protection of pheasant preserves and wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves and prescribing the minimum and maximum area for pheasant preserves;
(h) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(h.1) respecting the keeping in captivity or the protection, raising or killing of any exotic wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves or the release, hunting, trapping or snaring of any exotic wildlife under the authority of a pheasant preserve licence, including the adoption for those purposes, and the application to such purposes, activities or exotic wildlife or to the holders of such licences, of any regulations made under this Act in relation to the keeping, protection, raising, killing, release, hunting, trapping or snaring of other wildlife;
(h.2) respecting the exemption of the holders of pheasant preserve licences from the operation of all or any portion of section 38, 38.1 or 90.1, in relation to any purpose, any activity or any exotic wildlife referred to in paragraph (h.1);
(h.3) respecting the hunting, trapping, snaring, removal or relocation of wildlife for the purposes of subsection 34(4);
(h.4) respecting the establishment, management and operation of nuisance wildlife control enterprises;
(h.5) respecting the species or subspecies of wildlife that may be captured, obtained, kept, taken, killed, released or otherwise handled under section 90;
(i) respecting the establishment, management and operation of a wildlife farm on Crown Lands or other lands;
(j) respecting the better management and regulation of Crown waters and the fishing rights pertaining thereto;
(k) respecting the importation into the Province of any fish, wildlife, exotic fish, or exotic wildlife, and prohibiting such importation;
(k.1) excluding from the operation of paragraph 38.1(1)(a) or (b) species or subspecies of exotic wildlife;
(l) respecting the prevention of the destruction of fish;
(m) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(n) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(o) respecting the issuing of angling leases;
(o.1) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a lessee other than a band;
(o.2) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a band;
(p) prescribing the waters for which an angling licence is valid;
(q) prescribing tagging requirements for any species of fish or wildlife;
(r) respecting standards, terms, conditions or grounds applying in relation to the refusal, issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, renewal or reinstatement of licences or classes of licences under this Act or the regulations or delegating the authority to establish such standards, terms, conditions or grounds to the Minister, or to an association of persons or a corporation having a special interest respecting the licences;
(s) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(t) respecting the use of guides by non-resident hunters or anglers;
(u) prescribing the colour of external garments and headgear to be worn by hunters and guides accompanying hunters during any open season for any species of wildlife;
(v) respecting the establishment and operation of wildlife registration stations, the examination and tagging of wildlife at such stations and the issuance of registration permits;
(w) respecting the use of, assistance or accompaniment by or training of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons for any of the purposes described in subsection 33(2), including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be hunted or used for any of the purposes set out in paragraphs 33(2)(a) and (b);
(w.01) specifying the periods during which the dog training referred to in paragraph 33(2)(b) may take place;
(w.02) respecting the showing, training, testing or approving referred to in section 33.2 of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons, including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be used for the purposes of a field trial;
(w.1) respecting the buying, the offering for sale or barter or the sale or barter of parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(w.2) prescribing the parts of the carcass of wildlife that may be offered for sale or bartered or that may be sold or bartered;
(w.3) respecting the exportation of pelts, hides or parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(x) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(y) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(z) prescribing containers and the manner of sealing containers for the purpose of paragraph 57(1)(g);
(aa) prescribing a hunter safety test;
(aa.01) prescribing any other thing for the purposes of section 114.1;
(aa.1) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(bb) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations including conservation fees to be paid on the application for or purchase of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(cc) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(cc.1) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act;
(dd) generally for the better administration of this Act.
118(1.1)A regulation under paragraph (1)(e.1) or (e.2) may be made retroactive to any date, including a date before the commencement of this subsection.
118(2)Repealed: 1983, c.8, s.12
1983, c.8, s.12; 1983, c.33, s.31; 1987, c.21, s.23; 1988, c.60, s.10; 1990, c.5, s.5; 1991, c.43, s.30; 1992, c.1, s.9; 1997, c.1, s.40; 2001, c.18, s.15; 2001, c.28, s.8; 2005, c.2, s.3; 2008, c.49, s.21
Regulations
118(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the prohibition of hunting, trapping, snaring or the taking of any fish or wildlife, declaring within what period and in what manner the same may be hunted, trapped, snared or taken, and prescribing the maximum number of animals, birds or fish of any species of fish or wildlife and in any described area that a person may take in any one day, year or season;
(a.1) respecting the posting of signs on land for the purposes of section 80;
(a.2) defining “signs” for the purposes of section 80;
(a.3) respecting the signs to be posted on land for the purposes of section 80;
(b) respecting the application for, the issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, reinstatement and renewal of and any other matter in relation to the status of licences or classes of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(b.1) respecting the number of licences or classes of licences that may be issued under this Act or the regulations;
(c) respecting the protection, management and scientific study of any fish or wildlife;
(d) setting apart and designating as wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones any land within the Province;
(e) respecting the proper management of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones;
(e.1) respecting the Wildlife Trust Fund, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the trustee of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the money to be paid into the Wildlife Trust Fund and the purposes for which payments may be made out of the Wildlife Trust Fund;
(e.2) respecting the Wildlife Council, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Council, the composition of and appointments to the Wildlife Council, the term of office of members of the Wildlife Council, the appointment of a chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Wildlife Council, the duties and responsibilities of the Wildlife Council and the remuneration of and reimbursement of expenses of the members of the Wildlife Council;
(f) respecting the establishment, operation, and maintenance of pheasant preserves, and the posting of boundaries of pheasant preserves;
(g) respecting the protection of pheasant preserves and wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves and prescribing the minimum and maximum area for pheasant preserves;
(h) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(h.1) respecting the keeping in captivity or the protection, raising or killing of any exotic wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves or the release, hunting, trapping or snaring of any exotic wildlife under the authority of a pheasant preserve licence, including the adoption for those purposes, and the application to such purposes, activities or exotic wildlife or to the holders of such licences, of any regulations made under this Act in relation to the keeping, protection, raising, killing, release, hunting, trapping or snaring of other wildlife;
(h.2) respecting the exemption of the holders of pheasant preserve licences from the operation of all or any portion of section 38, 38.1 or 90.1, in relation to any purpose, any activity or any exotic wildlife referred to in paragraph (h.1);
(h.3) respecting the hunting, trapping, snaring, removal or relocation of wildlife for the purposes of subsection 34(4);
(h.4) respecting the establishment, management and operation of nuisance wildlife control enterprises;
(h.5) respecting the species or subspecies of wildlife that may be captured, obtained, kept, taken, killed, released or otherwise handled under section 90;
(i) respecting the establishment, management and operation of a wildlife farm on Crown Lands or other lands;
(j) respecting the better management and regulation of Crown waters and the fishing rights pertaining thereto;
(k) respecting the importation into the Province of any fish, wildlife, exotic fish, or exotic wildlife, and prohibiting such importation;
(k.1) excluding from the operation of paragraph 38.1(1)(a) or (b) species or subspecies of exotic wildlife;
(l) respecting the prevention of the destruction of fish;
(m) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(n) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(o) respecting the issuing of angling leases;
(o.1) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a lessee other than a band;
(o.2) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a band;
(p) prescribing the waters for which an angling licence is valid;
(q) prescribing tagging requirements for any species of fish or wildlife;
(r) respecting standards, terms, conditions or grounds applying in relation to the refusal, issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, renewal or reinstatement of licences or classes of licences under this Act or the regulations or delegating the authority to establish such standards, terms, conditions or grounds to the Minister, or to an association of persons or a corporation having a special interest respecting the licences;
(s) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(t) respecting the use of guides by non-resident hunters or anglers;
(u) prescribing the colour of external garments and headgear to be worn by hunters and guides accompanying hunters during any open season for any species of wildlife;
(v) respecting the establishment and operation of wildlife registration stations, the examination and tagging of wildlife at such stations and the issuance of registration permits;
(w) respecting the use of, assistance or accompaniment by or training of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons for any of the purposes described in subsection 33(2), including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be hunted or used for any of the purposes set out in paragraphs 33(2)(a) and (b);
(w.01) specifying the periods during which the dog training referred to in paragraph 33(2)(b) may take place;
(w.02) respecting the showing, training, testing or approving referred to in section 33.2 of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons, including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be used for the purposes of a field trial;
(w.1) respecting the buying, the offering for sale or barter or the sale or barter of parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(w.2) prescribing the parts of the carcass of wildlife that may be offered for sale or bartered or that may be sold or bartered;
(w.3) respecting the exportation of pelts, hides or parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(x) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(y) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(z) prescribing containers and the manner of sealing containers for the purpose of paragraph 57(1)(g);
(aa) prescribing a hunter safety test;
(aa.01) prescribing any other thing for the purposes of section 114.1;
(aa.1) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(bb) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations including conservation fees to be paid on the application for or purchase of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(cc) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(cc.1) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act;
(dd) generally for the better administration of this Act.
118(1.1)A regulation under paragraph (1)(e.1) or (e.2) may be made retroactive to any date, including a date before the commencement of this subsection.
118(2)Repealed: 1983, c.8, s.12
1983, c.8, s.12; 1983, c.33, s.31; 1987, c.21, s.23; 1988, c.60, s.10; 1990, c.5, s.5; 1991, c.43, s.30; 1992, c.1, s.9; 1997, c.1, s.40; 2001, c.18, s.15; 2001, c.28, s.8; 2005, c.2, s.3; 2008, c.49, s.21
Regulations
118(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the prohibition of hunting, trapping, snaring or the taking of any fish or wildlife, declaring within what period and in what manner the same may be hunted, trapped, snared or taken, and prescribing the maximum number of animals, birds or fish of any species of fish or wildlife and in any described area that a person may take in any one day, year or season;
(a.1) respecting the posting of signs on land for the purposes of section 80;
(a.2) defining “signs” for the purposes of section 80;
(a.3) respecting the signs to be posted on land for the purposes of section 80;
(b) respecting the application for, the issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, reinstatement and renewal of and any other matter in relation to the status of licences or classes of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(b.1) respecting the number of licences or classes of licences that may be issued under this Act or the regulations;
(c) respecting the protection, management and scientific study of any fish or wildlife;
(d) setting apart and designating as wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones any land within the Province;
(e) respecting the proper management of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas or wildlife management zones;
(e.1) respecting the Wildlife Trust Fund, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the trustee of the Wildlife Trust Fund, the money to be paid into the Wildlife Trust Fund and the purposes for which payments may be made out of the Wildlife Trust Fund;
(e.2) respecting the Wildlife Council, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the establishment of the Wildlife Council, the composition of and appointments to the Wildlife Council, the term of office of members of the Wildlife Council, the appointment of a chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Wildlife Council, the duties and responsibilities of the Wildlife Council and the remuneration of and reimbursement of expenses of the members of the Wildlife Council;
(f) respecting the establishment, operation, and maintenance of pheasant preserves, and the posting of boundaries of pheasant preserves;
(g) respecting the protection of pheasant preserves and wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves and prescribing the minimum and maximum area for pheasant preserves;
(h) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(h.1) respecting the keeping in captivity or the protection, raising or killing of any exotic wildlife within the boundaries of pheasant preserves or the release, hunting, trapping or snaring of any exotic wildlife under the authority of a pheasant preserve licence, including the adoption for those purposes, and the application to such purposes, activities or exotic wildlife or to the holders of such licences, of any regulations made under this Act in relation to the keeping, protection, raising, killing, release, hunting, trapping or snaring of other wildlife;
(h.2) respecting the exemption of the holders of pheasant preserve licences from the operation of all or any portion of section 38, 38.1 or 90.1, in relation to any purpose, any activity or any exotic wildlife referred to in paragraph (h.1);
(h.3) respecting the hunting, trapping, snaring, removal or relocation of wildlife for the purposes of subsection 34(4);
(h.4) respecting the establishment, management and operation of nuisance wildlife control enterprises;
(h.5) respecting the species or subspecies of wildlife that may be captured, obtained, kept, taken, killed, released or otherwise handled under section 90;
(i) respecting the establishment, management and operation of a wildlife farm on Crown Lands or other lands;
(j) respecting the better management and regulation of Crown waters and the fishing rights pertaining thereto;
(k) respecting the importation into the Province of any fish, wildlife, exotic fish, or exotic wildlife, and prohibiting such importation;
(k.1) excluding from the operation of paragraph 38.1(1)(a) or (b) species or subspecies of exotic wildlife;
(l) respecting the prevention of the destruction of fish;
(m) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(n) Repealed: 2001, c.28, s.8
(o) respecting the issuing of angling leases;
(o.1) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a lessee other than a band;
(o.2) respecting the terms and conditions of angling leases issued to a band;
(p) prescribing the waters for which an angling licence is valid;
(q) prescribing tagging requirements for any species of fish or wildlife;
(r) respecting standards, terms, conditions or grounds applying in relation to the refusal, issuance, holding, replacement, substitution, amendment, suspension, renewal or reinstatement of licences or classes of licences under this Act or the regulations or delegating the authority to establish such standards, terms, conditions or grounds to the Minister, or to an association of persons or a corporation having a special interest respecting the licences;
(s) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(t) respecting the use of guides by non-resident hunters or anglers;
(u) prescribing the colour of external garments and headgear to be worn by hunters and guides accompanying hunters during any open season for any species of wildlife;
(v) respecting the establishment and operation of wildlife registration stations, the examination and tagging of wildlife at such stations and the issuance of registration permits;
(w) respecting the use of, assistance or accompaniment by or training, testing or approval of any dog or type or breed of dog by a person or by an association of persons for any of the purposes described in subsection 33(2), including establishing the species or subspecies of any wildlife or exotic wildlife, except bear, moose or deer, that may be hunted or used for any of the purposes set out in paragraphs 33(2)(a) to (c);
(w.1) respecting the buying, the offering for sale or barter or the sale or barter of parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(w.2) prescribing the parts of the carcass of wildlife that may be offered for sale or bartered or that may be sold or bartered;
(w.3) respecting the exportation of pelts, hides or parts of the carcass of wildlife;
(x) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(y) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(z) prescribing containers and the manner of sealing containers for the purpose of paragraph 57(1)(g);
(aa) prescribing a hunter safety test;
(aa.01) prescribing any other thing for the purposes of section 114.1;
(aa.1) Repealed: 1997, c.1, s.40
(bb) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations including conservation fees to be paid on the application for or purchase of licences issued under this Act or the regulations;
(cc) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(cc.1) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act;
(dd) generally for the better administration of this Act.
118(1.1)A regulation under paragraph (1)(e.1) or (e.2) may be made retroactive to any date, including a date before the commencement of this subsection.
118(2)Repealed: 1983, c.8, s.12
1983, c.8, s.12; 1983, c.33, s.31; 1987, c.21, s.23; 1988, c.60, s.10; 1990, c.5, s.5; 1991, c.43, s.30; 1992, c.1, s.9; 1997, c.1, s.40; 2001, c.18, s.15; 2001, c.28, s.8; 2005, c.2, s.3