OIC Number: 2008 - 458

Date of Order: Sep 09, 2008

Statute: Wildlife Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources dated July 25, 2008, and pursuant to subsection 113(1) of

Chapter 504 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Wildlife Act, is pleased to amend the Firearm and Bow Regulations, N.S. Reg. 144/89, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 89-837 dated July 18, 1989, to make a housekeeping change regarding the definition of "disabled person" and a further housekeeping change to the period during which a rifle of any calibre may be used to hunt other harvestable wildlife and to enable the taking of deer with a crossbow during the general open season for hunting deer, in the manner set forth in

Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, effective on and after September 9, 2008.

Department(s): Natural Resources