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Fur Buyers, Hide Dealers and Taxidermists Regulations

made under

Section 113 of the

Wildlife Act

R.S.N.S 1989, c. 504

O.I.C. 87-1183 (effective September 29, 1987), N.S. Reg. 207/1987

amended to O.I.C. 2026-27 (effective January 26, 2026), N.S. Reg. 24/2026

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Types of licence/fee

Storage permit

Fur buyer records

Buying/selling wildlife

Taxidermists

Repeal of old regulations

Effective date of new regulations

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Fur Buyers, Hide Dealers and Taxidermists

Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations

“Act” means the Wildlife Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 504;

“Department” means the Department of Natural Resources;

“Fur Buyer Licence” means a licence issued pursuant to these regulations

conferring the privilege on the holder thereof to engage in the business of buying

and selling skins, pelts or other parts of furbearing animals and bear;

“Hide Dealer Licence” means a licence issued pursuant to these regulations

conferring the privilege on the holder thereof to engage in the business of buying

and selling the hides of deer and moose;

“Minister” means the Minister of Natural Resources;

“Taxidermist Licence” means a licence issued pursuant to these regulations

conferring the privilege of the holder thereof to engage in the business of the

preservation or mounting of wildlife or parts thereof.

Types of licence/fee

(1) The Minister may issue the following forms of licences for the fees specified:

Form of Licence

Fee

Fur Buyers Licence

$62.34

Hide Dealer Licence

$24.96

Taxidermist Licence

$24.96

(2) An applicant for a Fur Buyer Licence or a Hide Dealer Licence shall file a

statement with the Minister stating

(

a) the name and the address of the applicant;

(

b) the applicant is 19 years of age or over;

(

c) the form of licence that is requested;

(

d) the location of the warehouses, shops or other buildings where the pelts,

skins or hides are to be stored; and

(

e) the place from which the pelts, skins or hides are to be shipped out of the

Province.

(3) The holder of a Fur Buyer Licence or Hide Dealer Licence shall file immediately

with the Minister a statement stating any changes which may occur with respect to

the information supplied in subsection (2).

(4) The Minister may authorize an employee of the Department to issue licences

pursuant to these regulations.

(5) No licence is valid unless it bears the signature of an employee so authorized by

the Minister.

(6) A licence issued under these regulations expires as follows:

(

a) for a licence issued before March 31 of a calendar year, on March 31 of the

next calendar year; and

(

b) for a licence issued on or after March 31 of a calendar year, on March 31 of

the second calendar year after it is issued.

Storage permit

(1) A valid licence issued pursuant to these regulations authorizes the holder thereof to

have in their possession or keep in cold storage the skins or pelts of furbearing

animals, the hides of deer or moose, or other dead wildlife or parts thereof lawfully

taken pursuant to the Act and these regulations.

(2) No licensed fur buyer shall have in their possession any wildlife which is required

to be sealed or stamped pursuant to the Act or any regulations made pursuant to the

Act unless that wildlife is sealed or stamped.

Fur buyer records

(1) A person licensed as a fur buyer under these regulations shall keep a true and

accurate record of all wildlife and the skins, pelts or hides thereof received by that

person.

(2) The record shall include

(

a) the number and specie of skins, pelts, hides or wildlife or parts thereof

received;

(

b) the name, address and licence number of the person from whom the items

were bought or otherwise acquired;

(

c) the date of the purchase or acquisition; and

(

d) the disposition of the skins, pelts, hides or wildlife or parts thereof.

(3) All such entries shall be made as soon as possible after the purchase or sale and

such records shall be open to inspection by a conservation officer.

(4) Unless directed otherwise, a report shall be filed with the Department at such times

as required by the Minister showing

(

a) the number and specie of pelts, skins, hides or wildlife or parts thereof

received;

(

b) the name, address and licence number of the person from whom the items

were received;

(

c) the number and species of pelts, skins or hides sold;

(

d) the name and address of each person to whom the item was delivered or

sold; and

(

e) where there are no pelts, skins or hides or wildlife or parts thereof bought or

otherwise acquired, submit a report to the Department stating this fact.

Buying/selling wildlife

(1) The holder of a valid Fur Harvesters Licence may sell the skins or pelts or parts

thereof of furbearing animals lawfully taken, to a licensed fur buyer.

(2) The holder of a valid deer hunting licence or moose hunting licence may sell the

hide of a deer or moose lawfully taken, to a licensed hide dealer.

(3) The holder of a valid bear hunting licence or bear snaring licence may sell the hide,

gall, paws, claws or teeth of a bear to a licensed fur buyer.

(4) No person shall have in their possession a green hide of a polar bear unless the

official seal of the Province or Canadian territory is attached to it.

7 [repealed]

Taxidermists

(1) A person licensed to carry on the business of taxidermist shall keep a true and

accurate record of all wildlife, skins, pelts or hides or parts thereof of wildlife

received by that person for the purpose of curing, mounting or storing the same.

(2) The record shall show

(

a) the date the wildlife or parts thereof was received;

(

b) the licence number or authority under which they are possessed;

(

c) the date they were killed or taken; and

(

d) the name and address of the owner of the wildlife.

(3) The holder of a Taxidermist Licence shall if requested by the Department provide a

copy of any records required to be kept under the regulations.

(4) The record noted in subsection (1) shall be open to inspection to any conservation

officer.

(5) No person who is the holder of a Taxidermist Licence shall receive or possess

wildlife unless the person delivering the same furnishes proof to the holder of the

Taxidermist Licence that the wildlife was lawfully taken pursuant to the Act and

regulations made thereunder.

9 It shall be an offence for any person to contravene any terms or conditions contained in

any licence issued under these regulations.

10 [repealed]

Repeal of old regulations

11 Regulations made by Order in Council 75-143 dated the 26th day of August, 1975,

respecting fur buyers, hide dealers and taxidermists are rescinded as of the 29th day of

September, 1987.

Effective date of new regulations

12 These regulations shall come into force on and after the 29th day of September, 1987.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Fur Buyers, Hide Dealers and Taxidermists

Regulations

N.S. Reg.

207/1987

Wildlife Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Fur Buyers, Hide Dealers and Taxidermists Regulations made

under the Wildlife Act includes all of the

following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

207/1987

Sep 29, 1987

date specified

Oct 22, 1987

118/1988

May 25, 1988

date specified

Jun 16, 1988

177/1990

Jul 15, 1990

date specified

Jul 27, 1990

53/1994

Mar 29, 1994

date specified

Apr 15, 1994

124/1996

Jul 1, 1996

date specified

Aug 2, 1996

100/1997

Jul 1, 1997

date specified

Aug 15, 1997

171/2007

Apr 1, 2007

date specified

Mar 30, 2007

226/2008

Apr 1, 2008

date specified

Apr 18, 2008

381/2008

Sep 9, 2008

date specified

Sep 26, 2008

165/2009

Apr 1, 2009

date specified

Apr 14, 2009

141/2011

Apr 1, 2011

date specified

Apr 15, 2011

168/2013

Apr 1, 2013

date specified

Apr 12, 2013

169/2015

Apr 1, 2015

date specified

Apr 8, 2015

20/2026

Jan 26, 2026

date specified

Feb 6, 2026

24/2026

Jan 26, 2026

date specified

Feb 6, 2026

The following regulations are not yet in force and are

not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

2 ........................................................

am. 24/2026 (clause lettering removed)

2(b), defn. of “Department” ........

am. 53/1994

2, defn. of “Fur Buyer Licence” ..

am. 24/2026

2(d), defn. of “Hide Dealer Licence” ...................................

am. 53/1994

2(e), defn. of “Minister” ..............

am. 53/1994

3(1) ...................................................

rs. 20/2026

3(1)(a) ..........................................

am. 124/1996; fc. 171/2007, 226/2008, 165/2009, 141/2011,

168/2013, 169/2015

3(1)(b) .........................................

rep. 124/1996

3(1)(c) ..........................................

fc. 53/1994; am. 124/1996; fc. 171/2007, 226/2008, 165/2009,

141/2011, 168/2013, 169/2015

3(1)(d) .........................................

rep. 124/1996

3(1)(e) ..........................................

fc. 53/1994, 171/2007, 226/2008, 165/2009, 141/2011, 168/2013,

169/2015

3(6) ...................................................

am. 118/1988; rs. 20/2026

3(7) ...................................................

rep. 381/2008

4(2) ...................................................

am. 124/1996

6(2) ...................................................

am. 177/1990

6(3) ...................................................

rs. 177/1990; am. 53/1994

7 ........................................................

rep. 177/1990

8(1) ...................................................

am. 118/1988

8(2)(b) ...............................................

am. 118/1988

8(3) ...................................................

rs. 118/1988

8(4) ...................................................

am. 118/1988

8(5) ...................................................

ad. 118/1988

10 ......................................................

rep. 100/1997

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

References in

Section 2 to the Department and Minister

of Lands and Forests should be read as references to the Department and

Minister of Natural Resources in accordance with O.I.C. 1991-971 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

(corrected by N.S. Reg. 53/1994)

Sep 16, 1991

References in

Section 2 to the Department and Minister

of Natural Resources should be read as references to the Department and

Minister of Lands and Forestry in accordance with O.I.C. 2018-188 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

Jul 5, 2018

References in

Section 2 to the Department and Minister of

Natural Resources should be read as references to the Department and Minister

of Natural Resources and Renewables in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-210 under

the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Aug 31, 2021

References in

Section 2 to the Department and Minister

of Natural Resources should be read as references to the Department and

Minister of Natural Resources in accordance with O.I.C. 2024-425 under the Public

Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Dec 12, 2024

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

143/1975

Fur Buyers’, Deer Hide Buyers’, Taxidermists’ and

Guides’ Licenses Regulations

Sep 1, 1975

Sep 29, 1987

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.