NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 68/22

Wild Life Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Wild Life Act
(O.C. 2022-204)

(Filed September 8, 2022)

Under the authority of section 7 of the Wild Life Act, the minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, September 8, 2022.

Derrick Bragg
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture




Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.86.1 Added
Special circumstances

CNLR 1156/96
as amended

        1. The Wild Life Regulations are amended by adding immediately after section 86 the following:

Special circumstances

   86.1 (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the minister or an agent of the minister may issue a permit authorizing a person to hunt, angle for, take, capture or kill wild life where the minister or agent of the minister is satisfied that

             (a)  special circumstances exist; and

             (b)  the hunting, angling for, taking, capturing or killing of wild life does not pose a threat to species conservation or wild life management.

             (2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), "special circumstances" include                  activities, not otherwise licensed or permitted under these regulations, which

             (a)  are undertaken for an educational purpose; or

             (b)  promote the province.

             (3)  Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the minister or an agent of the minister may, in a permit issued under subsection (1), prescribe terms and conditions respecting

             (a)  the area of the province in which wild life may be hunted, angled for, taken, captured or killed;

             (b)  the time period during which wild life may be hunted, angled for, taken, captured or killed;

             (c)  the species of wild life that may be hunted, angled for, taken, captured or killed;

             (d)  the methods by which wild life may be hunted, angled for, taken, captured or killed;

             (e)  the requirement, if any, for hunting, angling, trapping or firearm safety courses or programs; and

             (f)  the requirement, if any, to be accompanied by a licensed guide.

             (4)  A person who is issued a permit under subsection (1) shall pay the fee set by the minister.

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