Acts and Regulations

F-14.1 - Fish and Wildlife Act

Section 90
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Wildlife permit
90(1)Subject to and in accordance with the regulations, the Minister may issue a permit authorizing
(a) a person to capture or obtain any wildlife and to keep it in captivity within the Province,
(b) a person who is the holder of a permit issued under paragraph (a), to export out of the Province any wildlife kept in captivity by the person,
(c) a person who is the holder of a permit issued under paragraph (a), to release from captivity any wildlife kept in captivity by the person,
(d) a person to take, capture or kill any wildlife, or to keep any wildlife that has been accidentally killed, for preservation as specimens of natural history or for scientific investigation, or
(e) a person to keep any wildlife that has been accidentally killed, for preservation as specimens for personal enjoyment.
90(2)Subject to this Act and the regulations, no person shall take wildlife except during the open season for that wildlife.
90(3)Every person who, on the commencement of this subsection, is keeping any wildlife that has been accidentally killed, for preservation as a specimen of natural history, for scientific investigation or for preservation as a specimen for personal enjoyment, shall, within six months after the commencement of this subsection, obtain a permit from the Minister under paragraph (1)(d) or (e), as the case may be, authorizing the person to keep the wildlife.
90(4)The Minister, if cancelling a permit issued under subsection (1), may confiscate and dispose of any wildlife captured, obtained, kept, released, taken, killed or otherwise handled by a person acting or purporting to act under the authority of the permit, as the Minister considers fit, and the holder of the permit shall not be entitled to, or have any claim or right to, any indemnity or compensation in relation to the cancellation, confiscation, disposal or other actions of the Minister.
1987, c.21, s.12; 1997, c.1, s.23
Wildlife permit
90(1)Subject to and in accordance with the regulations, the Minister may issue a permit authorizing
(a) a person to capture or obtain any wildlife and to keep it in captivity within the Province,
(b) a person who is the holder of a permit issued under paragraph (a), to export out of the Province any wildlife kept in captivity by the person,
(c) a person who is the holder of a permit issued under paragraph (a), to release from captivity any wildlife kept in captivity by the person,
(d) a person to take, capture or kill any wildlife, or to keep any wildlife that has been accidentally killed, for preservation as specimens of natural history or for scientific investigation, or
(e) a person to keep any wildlife that has been accidentally killed, for preservation as specimens for personal enjoyment.
90(2)Subject to this Act and the regulations, no person shall take wildlife except during the open season for that wildlife.
90(3)Every person who, on the commencement of this subsection, is keeping any wildlife that has been accidentally killed, for preservation as a specimen of natural history, for scientific investigation or for preservation as a specimen for personal enjoyment, shall, within six months after the commencement of this subsection, obtain a permit from the Minister under paragraph (1)(d) or (e), as the case may be, authorizing the person to keep the wildlife.
90(4)The Minister, if cancelling a permit issued under subsection (1), may confiscate and dispose of any wildlife captured, obtained, kept, released, taken, killed or otherwise handled by a person acting or purporting to act under the authority of the permit, as the Minister considers fit, and the holder of the permit shall not be entitled to, or have any claim or right to, any indemnity or compensation in relation to the cancellation, confiscation, disposal or other actions of the Minister.
1987, c.21, s.12; 1997, c.1, s.23