THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

PART II, AUGUST 30, 1997

Alberta Regulation 142/97

Corrections Act

DESIGNATED CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

AMENDMENT ORDER

Filed: August 8, 1997

Made by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General (M.O. 41/97) pursuant

section 6(2) of the Corrections Act.

1 The Designated Correctional Institutions Order (AR 72/88) is amended by

this Order.

Section 1(l.1) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(l.1) Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary General Hospital - Unit 38;

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Alberta Regulation 143/97

Wildlife Act

WILDLIFE REGULATION

Filed: August 13, 1997

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 358/97) and the Minister

of Environmental Protection (M.O. 25/97) pursuant to power given to them

separately and jointly in sections 1(8), 15, 25, 96 and 97 of the Wildlife

Act.

Table of Contents

Interpretation and Application

Establishment of certain provisions by Lieutenant

Governor in Council 1

Establishment of remainder by Minister 2

Interpretation 3

Interpretation for purposes of the Act 4

Exemptions and exclusions from Act and Regulation 5

Prevalence of

Schedule 1 6

Application to endangered animals 7

Part 1

Administration

Establishment or continuation of areas, zones, etc. 9

Establishment of Schedules 2 and 3 10

Interpretation of sections 12 to 16 11

Migratory game bird crop damage compensation 12

Shot livestock compensation 13

Wildlife predator compensation 14

Compensation committee 15

Compensation generally 16

Part 2 Relationship of the Crown to Wildlife

Prescription of form for s12 of Act 17

Part 3 Licences, Guide Designations and Permits

General Provisions

Establishment of licences, permits and services 18

Recreational licences 19

Replacement of licence, etc. 20

Registration of fur management areas, and licence

cancellations 21

Leg band system for falconry birds 22

Fees

General requirement to pay fees 23

Fees for licences, permits, etc. 24

Review of fees 25

Eligibility and Entitlements - Licences

Resident, non-resident and non-resident alien ineligibility 26

Youth licences - eligibility 27

Open seasons - entitlements 28

Recreational licences - eligibility 29

Recreational licences - entitlements 30

Restriction as to number of recreational licences

in fiscal year 31Wildlife certificate and resource development stamp 32

Registered fur management licence - eligibility 33

Registered fur management licence - entitlements 34

Resident fur management licence - eligibility 35

Resident fur management licence - entitlements 36

Indian fur management licence - eligibility 37

Indian fur management licence - entitlements 38

Subsistence hunting licence - eligibility 39

Subsistence hunting licence - entitlements 40

Cross-bow licence - eligibility 41

Cross-bow licence - entitlements 42

Pheasant and Merriam's turkey special licences - eligibility 43

Game bird shooting ground licence - eligibility 44

Game bird shooting ground licence - entitlements 45

Collection licence - eligibility 46

Collection licence - entitlements 47

Damage control licence - eligibility 48

Damage control licence - entitlements 49

Class C guide's licence - eligibility 50

Class C guide's licence - entitlements 51

Eligibility and Entitlements - Designations as Guides

Designated guide authorization - eligibility 52

Designated guide authorization - entitlements 53

Eligibility and Entitlements - Permits

Allocation process for certain licences 54

Transfer of allocations 55

Classification of outfitter-guide permits 56

Outfitter-guide permits - eligibility 57

Class S outfitter-guide permit - entitlements 58

Class T outfitter-guide permit - entitlements 59

Off-highway vehicle permit - eligibility 60

Off-highway vehicle permit- entitlements 61

Falconry permits - eligibility 62

Recreational falconry permit - entitlements 63

Commercial falconry permit - entitlements 64

Limitations on falconry permit entitlements 65

Permit to possess found dead wildlife - eligibility and transfer 66

Permit to possess found dead wildlife - entitlements 67

Import permit - eligibility 68

Import permit - entitlements 69

Export permit - eligibility 70

Export permit - entitlements 71

Taxidermy, tannery and fur dealer permits - eligibility 72

Taxidermy or tannery permit - entitlements 73

Classification of fur dealer permits 74

Fur dealer permits - entitlements 75

Zoo permit - eligibility 76

Wildlife rehabilitation permit - eligibility 77

Zoo and wildlife rehabilitation permit plans 78

Zoo permit - entitlements 79

Wildlife rehabilitation permit - entitlements 80

Research permit - eligibility 81

Research permit - entitlements and approval of plan 82

Wildlife acquisition permit - eligibility 83

Wildlife acquisition permit - entitlements 84

Game bird farm permit - eligibility 85

Game bird farm permit - entitlements 86

Dog training or trialing permit - eligibility 87

Dog training or trialing permit - entitlements 88

Sale of wildlife permit - eligibility 89

Sale of wildlife permit - entitlements 90

Temporary shelter permit - eligibility 91

Temporary shelter permit - entitlements 92

Big game farm product buyer's permit - entitlements 93

Part 4 Hunting and Related Activities

General Rules for Hunting

Open seasons 94

Provision and offering of guiding services 95

Disturbance, etc., of wildlife habitation 96

Order to remove wildlife and destroy beaver habitat 97

Affixation and removal of tags, and evidence of

sex and species 98

Hunting in sanctuary 99

Hunting in migratory bird lure site 100

Hunting in wildlife control area 101

Hunting in habitat conservation area 102

Hunting of Particular Kinds of Animals

Use of bait to hunt black bear 103

Off-highway vehicles and hunting 104

Hunting with bow and arrow 105

Weapons for hunting of Merriam's turkey 106

Traps for certain fur-bearing animals 107

Trap for animal in tree or on pole 108

Prohibited snare 109

Examination of traps 110

Subsistence hunting 111

Hunting by non-resident or non-resident alien 112

Guiding 113

Antelope hunting and vehicles 114

Hunting with dogs 115

Discharge of arrows on roads 116

Game bird limit 117

Activities Related to Hunting

Bird dogs 118

Firearms on roads 119

Off-highway vehicles and weapons 120

Discharge and possession of weapons in sanctuary 121

Possession of shotgun in game bird sanctuary 122

Discharge of weapons near certain areas 123

Use of aircraft for certain purposes 124

Communication of information acquired in aircraft flight 125

Entry or proximity to seasonal sanctuary 126

Restriction on entering migratory bird lure site 127

Restriction on entering wildlife control area 128

Habitat conservation area 129

Requirement to report and deliver wildlife 130

Marking of wildlife 131

Report by collection licence holder 132

Report by damage control licence holder 133

Part 5

Possession of and Commerce in Animals

Permit to possess found dead wildlife 134

Possession of non-licence animals 135

Possession of wildlife not legalized 136

Possession of dead lawfully imported, etc., animals 137

Transportation of wildlife 138

Transportation of big game by helicopter 139

Traffic in live controlled animals 140

Registration for sale 141

Part 6

Records and Non-Hunting Reports

Form of reporting generally 142

Reporting by outfitter-guide 143

Reporting and record-keeping by falconry permit holders 144

Delivery of falconry birds, and leg bands 145

Recording by holder of fur dealer permit 146

Recording by holders of taxidermy, tannery permits, etc. 147

Retention of recorded information 148

Zoo permit records, and reporting 149

Big game farm product buyer's permit records,

and reporting 150

Wildlife rehabilitation permit holder's records,

and reporting 151

Part 7

Miscellaneous

Repeals

Repeals 152

Expiry

Expiry 153

Coming Into Force

Coming into force 154

Schedules

Interpretation of Schedules

Schedule 1 - Exemptions and Exclusions

Schedule 2 - The Alberta Conservation AssociationSchedule 3 - The

Alberta Professional Outfitters Society

Schedule 4 - Wildlife

Schedule 5 - Controlled Animals

Schedule 6 - Endangered Species

Schedule 7 - Subject AnimalsSchedule 8 - Licences, Permits,

Services and FeesSchedule 9 - Wildlife Management Units

Schedule 10 -

Part 1 - Antelope Hunting Areas

Part 2 - Big Game Zones

Part 3 - Cougar Management Areas

Part 4 - Fur Management Zones

Part 5 - Game Bird Zones

Part 6 - Non-Trophy Sheep Hunting Areas

Schedule 11 - SanctuariesSchedule 12 -

Part 1 - Habitat

Conservation Areas

Part 2 - Migratory Bird Lure Sites

Part 3 - Wildlife Control Areas

Schedule 13 - Game Bird Limits

Schedule 14 - Paper Tag Locking Instructions

Schedule 15 - Open SeasonsSchedule 16 - Forms

Interpretation and Application

Establishment of certain provisions by Lieutenant Governor in Council

1 The following provisions are established by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council:

(

a) this

section and sections 10 and 152(1), (2) and (3)(

a) to (d);

(

b) jointly with the Minister, sections 5, 6, 153 and 154 and

Schedule 1;

(

c) Schedules 2 and 3.

Establishment of remainder by Minister

2 Subject to

section 1, this Regulation, including the enactments

referred to in

section 1(

b) jointly with the Lieutenant Governor in

Council, is established by the Minister.

Interpretation

3 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Wildlife Act;

(b) "allocation" means a permit consisting of an allocation

referred to in

section 54(2), and "allocated licence" means an applicable

licence within the meaning of

section 54(1) issued under such an

allocation;

(c) "antlered" means, with reference to an elk, moose, mule deer or

white-tailed deer, having at least one antler exceeding 4 inches in length;

(d) "antlerless" means, with reference to an elk, moose, mule deer

or white-tailed deer, having no antlers or having no antlers exceeding 4

inches in length;

(e) "appointed officer" means a wildlife officer appointed by the

Minister under

section 2(1) of the Act;

(f) "bait" means any bait that consists of a food attractant,

including a mineral and any representation of a food attractant;

(g) "black leg band" means a leg band referred to in

section

22(2)(

c) or the equivalent of such a leg band referred to in clause (aa);

(h) "business corporation" means a body incorporated, registered or

continued under the Business Corporations Act;

(i) "captive commercial upland game bird" means a live pheasant,

gray partridge or Merriam's turkey that is held in captivity, that has not

been collected from the wild in Alberta and that is, or is a descendant of,

a pheasant, gray partridge or Merriam's turkey, as the case may be,

(

i) that is or was lawfully possessed under the

authority of a permit or a game bird shooting ground licence, or

(ii) that was lawfully possessed in a jurisdiction

outside Alberta and that was, in accordance with the laws of that other

jurisdiction, exported into Alberta,

and includes any such bird that has died while in captivity;

(j) "class C guide" means the holder of a Class C guide's licence;

(k) "corridor wildlife sanctuary" means a sanctuary listed in

Part

5 of

Schedule 11;

(l) "day" means the 24-hour period ending at midnight;

(m) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection;

(n) "designation as a guide" means the issuing of a document

referred to in

section 52, and "designated guide" means the holder of such

a guide's designation;

(o) "Director of Wildlife" means the individual appointed under the

Public Service Act as the Director of Wildlife;

(p) "endangered animal" means an animal of a kind referred to in

section 4(i);

(q) "exemption", except where otherwise specified, means an

exemption created by

Schedule 1 and, where preceded by a reference to a

specific provision number, means the provision so referred to, of

Schedule

(r) "falconry bird" means

(

i) the northern goshawk,

(ii) the Cooper's hawk,

(iii) the sharp-shinned hawk,

(iv) the ferruginous hawk,

(

v) the red-tailed hawk,

(vi) the Swainson's hawk,

(vii) the gyrfalcon,

(viii) the prairie falcon,

(ix) the peregrine falcon,

(

x) the merlin,

(xi) the American kestrel,

(xii) the Harris' hawk, or

(xiii) a hybrid off-spring resulting from the

crossing of 2 kinds of falconry bird;

(s) "falconry permit" means a recreational falconry permit or a

commercial falconry permit;

(t) "family members" means, in relation to the holder of a

subsistence hunting licence, that holder and his spouse, children,

grandchildren, great-grandchildren, parents, grandparents,

great-grandparents, sisters, brothers, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law and

parents-in-law, including any such relations created by the sharing of one

but not both parents or through step or foster relationships;

(u) "fiscal year" means the period from April 1 in one year to

March 31 in the next;

(v) "game birds" means migratory game birds or upland game birds,

or both;

(w) "game bird sanctuary" means a sanctuary described in

Part 2 of

Schedule 11;

(x) "goat", except where the reference is to domestic goat, means

goat that is a big game animal;

(y) "habitat conservation area" means an area described in

Part 1

of

Schedule 12;

(z) "killing device" means a trap consisting of

(

i) a device designed to trap and kill a fur-bearing

animal by the action of the device,

(ii) a device designed to trap a fur-bearing animal by

the action of the device and either to kill it or to capture it live, if

the device is actually set to kill it,

(iii) a snare set to tighten on the neck of a fur-bearing

animal in order to kill it, where the energy to tighten the snare is

provided by the animal, or

(iv) a device set to restrain and kill a fur-bearing

animal under water;

(aa) "leg band" means a ring or device referred to in

section 22(1),

or an equivalent means of identification established by the laws of another

jurisdiction;

(bb) "leg-hold trap" means a device designed to trap a fur-bearing

animal by its leg by means of the action of the device, but does not

include a snare loop that is set to tighten on the leg;

(cc) "Metis settlement" means a settlement area within the meaning

of the Metis Settlements Act;

(dd) "migratory bird lure site" means an area described in

Part 2 of

Schedule 12;

(ee) "non-resident" means an individual who

(

i) is not a resident,

(ii) makes his home and is ordinarily present in Canada,

and

(iii) has lived in Canada for the 12-month period

immediately preceding the relevant date,

and "non-resident licence" means a licence that only a

non-resident is eligible to obtain or hold;

(ff) "non-resident alien" means an individual who is neither a

resident nor a non-resident and "non-resident alien licence" means a

licence that only a non-resident alien is eligible to obtain or hold;

(gg) "non-trophy sheep" means a male sheep under the age of one

year, or a female sheep;

(hh) "off-highway vehicle" means an off-highway vehicle within the

meaning of the Off-highway Vehicle Act;

(ii) "outfitter-guide" means the holder of an outfitter-guide permit

and, where preceded by reference to a particular class, means the holder of

an outfitter-guide permit of that class;

(jj) "processed" means tanned or otherwise permanently preserved,

but does not include dried, salted or frozen;

(kk) "record", used as a verb, means make a record of, in a form

that is susceptible to inspection by an enforcement authority;

(ll) "recreational licence" means a licence referred to in

section

19;

(mm) "Regional Director" means the individual appointed under the

Public Service Act as the director of the administrative region of the

Natural Resources Service of the Department that is applicable in the

circumstances of the matter in question;

(nn) "registered fur management area" means an area referred to in

section 21(1);

(oo) "resident licence" means a licence that only a resident is

eligible to obtain or hold;

(pp) "resource development stamp" means a stamp referred to in

section 32(b);

(qq) "sanctuary" means an area described in any Part of

Schedule 11;

(rr) "seamless metal band" means a leg band referred to in

section

22(2)(

a) or the equivalent of such a leg band referred to in clause (aa);

(ss) "senior holder" means, in respect of a registered fur

management area,

(

i) if only one registered fur management licence is or

has been issued for that area, the holder of that licence, or

(ii) if more than one registered fur management licence

is or has been issued for that area, the person who has held any such

licence for the greatest length of time;

(tt) "Service" means an office of the Natural Resources Service of

the Department where appointed officers are stationed;

(uu) "sheep", except where the reference is to domestic sheep, means

sheep that are big game animals;

(vv) "society" means a body incorporated under the Societies Act;

(ww) "special licence" means a recreational licence whose name

indicates it as being a special licence, including a Minister's special

licence;

(xx) "trophy sheep" means a sheep that, when viewed in profile from

a point along a straight line that touches the most anterior point of both

horn bases, has a horn that is of sufficient size that a straight line

drawn from the most anterior point of the base of the horn to the tip of

the horn passes in front of the eye;

(yy) "wildlife certificate" means the wildlife certificate referred

to in

section 32;

(zz) "wildlife control area" means an area described in

Part 3 of

Schedule 12;

(aaa) "wildlife management unit" means an area described in

Schedule

(bbb) "wildlife sanctuary" means a sanctuary described in

Part 1 of

Schedule 11;

(ccc) "yellow leg band" means a leg band referred to in

section

22(2)(

b) or the equivalent of such a leg band referred to in clause (aa);

(ddd) "youth" means a resident holder of a licence who, at the time

of its purchase, was 12 years of age or older but a minor.

Interpretation for purposes of the Act

4 For the purposes of

section 1(1) of the Act,

(

a) the animals listed in

Part 1 of

Schedule 4 are prescribed as

big game,

(

b) the animals listed in

Part 2 of

Schedule 4 are prescribed as

birds of prey,

(

c) the animals listed in

Part 3 of

Schedule 4 are prescribed as

fur-bearing animals,

(

d) the animals described in Item 1 of

Part 4 of

Schedule 4 are

prescribed as migratory game birds,

(

e) the animals listed in Item 2 of

Part 4 of

Schedule 4 are

prescribed as upland game birds,

(

f) the animals listed in

Part 5 of

Schedule 4 are prescribed as

non-game animals,

(

g) the animals listed in

Part 6 of

Schedule 4 are prescribed as

non-licence animals,

(

h) the animals described in

Schedule 5 are prescribed as

controlled animals,

(

i) the animals listed in

Part 1 of

Schedule 6 are prescribed as

endangered animals,

(

j) the invertebrates listed in

Part 2 of

Schedule 6 are prescribed

as endangered invertebrates,

(

k) the plants, algae and fungi listed in

Part 3 of

Schedule 6 are

prescribed as endangered plants, algae and fungi respectively,

(

l) the fish listed in

Part 4 of

Schedule 6 are prescribed as

endangered fish, and

(

m) the animals listed in

Schedule 7 are prescribed as subject

animals.

Exemptions and exclusions from Act and Regulation

Schedule 1 contains exemptions and exclusions from the application of

specified portions of the Act and, where applicable, of this Regulation.

Prevalence of

Schedule 1

6 If any inconsistency exists in this Regulation between a provision of

Schedule 1 and a provision of any other part of this Regulation, the

Schedule 1 provision prevails.

Application to endangered animals

7 The Act and this Regulation, except where specific reference is made to

endangered animals, apply to endangered animals in exactly the same way

that they apply with respect to non-game animals other than raven.

PART 1

ADMINISTRATION

8(1) An approval, authorization or other decision of the Director of

Wildlife or of a Regional Director specific provision for which is made by

official considers appropriate.

(2) A person shall not contravene any terms or conditions imposed under

subsection (1).

Establishment or continuation of areas, zones, etc.

9 The wildlife management units described in

Schedule 9, the areas and

zones described in

Schedule 10, the sanctuaries described in

Schedule 11

and the habitat conservation areas, migratory bird lure sites and wildlife

control areas described in

Schedule 12 are established or continued, as the

case may be.

Establishment of Schedules 2 and 3

10(1)

Schedule 2 contains provisions specifically applicable to the

Alberta Conservation Association.

(2) Schedule 3 contains provisions specifically applicable to the Alberta

Professional Outfitters Society.

Interpretation of sections 12 to 16

11 In sections 12 to 16,

(a) "compensation committee" means the committee referred to in

section 15(1);

(b) "livestock" means domestic cow (Bos taurus) (indicus), domestic

goat (Capra hircus), domestic sheep (Ovis aries), domestic swine (Sus

scrofa domesticus) and bison (Bison bison) and, for the purposes only of

interpreting those sections in respect of shot livestock compensation,

domestic horse (Equus caballus).

Migratory game bird crop damage compensation

12(1) A person whose crop is damaged by migratory game birds may claim

compensation from the Minister for the damaged crop if

(

a) the Minister has established a bait site,

(

b) the Minister and the claimant have entered into a written

agreement relating to the bait site,

(

c) the damaged crop is located within the area specified in the

agreement for the purposes of compensation, and

(

d) the person has been approved for compensation under

Part 4 of

the Agriculture Financial Services Regulation (AR 174/94) in relation both

to the location where the damaged crop stood and to the portion and kind of

crop that has been damaged.

(2) The amount of crop compensation payable for a claim under subsection

(1) (

a) is to be calculated for the same portion, location, kind and

amount of crop that the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

determines to have been damaged for the purposes of determining

compensation referred to in subsection (1)(d), and

(

b) is limited to an amount that is equal to the excess, if any, of

the value of the crop, as determined by the Agriculture Financial Services

Corporation, over the amount of compensation approved as referred to in

subsection (1)(d).

Shot livestock compensation

13(1) A person whose livestock is shot by another person in a wildlife

management unit in which there is an open season for the hunting of big

game or game birds by individuals with recreational licences may claim from

the Minister shot livestock compensation for the death of or injury to the

livestock.

(2) The claimant must,

(

a) within 3 days of learning of the death or injury, report it to

the nearest detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,

(

b) apply to the Minister for the compensation on a form provided

by the Minister, and

(

c) provide a copy of that application to the nearest detachment of

the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

(3) The application must be signed by the claimant and show

(

a) the claimant's name and address,

(

b) the date when, and the place and legal description of the land

where, the dead or injured livestock was discovered,

(

c) an accurate description of the livestock and its sale or

salvage value, if any,

(

d) the name and address of the person who killed or injured the

livestock, if known to the claimant,

(

e) the action taken to recover compensation from the person who

killed or injured the livestock or, if no such action has been taken, the

reasons for not taking any such action,

(

f) indicated on a diagram attached to the application, the

location on the animal of the injury or where the shot occurred,

(

g) the date of the death or injury, and

(

h) if applicable, the name and address of the person reporting the

death or injury to the claimant.

(4) The detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to whom a death or

injury is reported under subsection (2)(a)

(

a) may hire a veterinarian to examine the dead or injured animal,

and

(

b) shall forward a copy of the report of its investigation and a

claim for compensation by the veterinarian hired under clause (a), if any,

to the Minister.

(5) Where livestock is confirmed as having been shot under the

circumstances described in subsection (1), the owner of the livestock may

submit a claim for fees previously paid by him to a veterinarian whose

services he requested in relation to the dead or injured livestock, if the

claim consists of fees paid for

(

a) the veterinarian's investigation into whether or not the animal

was shot under those circumstances, or

(

b) the medical treatment of the animal's injury,

or both.

Wildlife predator compensation

14(1) A person whose livestock is killed or injured through predation by

wolves, grizzly bears, black bears or cougars may claim from the Minister

wildlife predator compensation for the death of or injury to the livestock.

(2) A claim under subsection (1) respecting an injured livestock animal is

to consist only of fees paid for the medical treatment of the injured

animal.

(3) The claimant must,

(

a) within 3 days of learning of the death of or injury to the

livestock, report the death or injury to the Service, and

(

b) apply to the Minister for the compensation on a form provided

by the Minister.

(4) A person may claim compensation for livestock whose death is confirmed

as probably resulting from predation described in subsection (1) if

(

a) the livestock is confirmed as probably having died within 90

days of a confirmed death of or injury to other livestock that has been

attributed to such predation, and

(

b) the location where the first-mentioned dead livestock was

discovered is not more than 10 kilometres from the location of that

confirmed death or injury.

(5) An investigation of the death of or injury to livestock for which an

application for wildlife predator compensation is made may be conducted by

an appointed officer, a veterinarian or, if such an officer is not readily

available, a problem wildlife specialist employed by the Department of

Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

Compensation committee

15(1) The Minister shall ensure that a committee exists to determine the

amount of shot livestock and wildlife predator compensation payable.

(2) The compensation committee shall perform its functions in accordance

with this Part.

(3) The Minister shall determine whether an application is eligible to be

considered as

(

a) a confirmed death of or injury to livestock in the

circumstances described in

section 13(1), for the purposes of shot

livestock compensation, or

(

b) a confirmed death of or injury to livestock resulting, or a

death probably resulting, from predation described in

section 14(1), for

the purposes of wildlife predator compensation.

(4) The compensation committee shall determine the value of a livestock

animal based on the commercial market value of the class of livestock to

which it belongs.

(5) The maximum amount of compensation payable for an animal whose value

has been determined under subsection (4) is,

(

a) for shot livestock compensation for dead livestock, 85% of the

value of the animal to a maximum, in the case of a horse, of $2000, and

(

b) for wildlife predator compensation for dead livestock, 85% of

the value of the animal for a confirmed death and 50% of the value of an

animal whose death has been determined to be the probable result of

predation.

(6) The maximum amount of shot livestock or wildlife predator compensation

payable to the owner of livestock for the medical treatment of an injured

livestock animal is not to exceed the lesser of

(

a) the amount paid by the applicant for the veterinarian's bills

and drugs and medication for the injured animal, and

(

b) the maximum amount that could have been payable under

subsection (5)(

a) or (

b) if the injured animal had died.

Compensation generally

16(1) The Minister shall consider a claim for compensation in accordance

with this Part and may accept or reject the claim.

(2) The amount of compensation to be paid for a claim respecting

veterinary fees is to be determined by the compensation committee.

(3) If an injured livestock animal dies after receiving medical treatment,

the amount of compensation payable for the dead animal is to be reduced by

the amount paid under any claim for that medical treatment.

(4) The amount of compensation payable under this

section is to be reduced

by the amount or value realized by an applicant on a sale or salvage of the

dead or injured livestock animal or any part of the animal.

(5) The Minister shall notify the claimant of the result of a decision

under subsection (1).

(6) A decision made by the Minister under subsection (1) is final.

PART 2

RELATIONSHIP OF THE CROWN TO WILDLIFE

Prescription of form for s12 of Act

17 The form prescribed for the purposes of

section 12 of the Act is Form

WA 286 of

Schedule 16.

PART 3

LICENCES, GUIDE DESIGNATIONS AND PERMITS

General Provisions

Establishment of licences, permits and services

18 The licences and permits (including component parts of them) and other

services relevant to the administration of the Act and this Regulation that

are listed in Column 2 of Parts 1 to 3 of

Schedule 8 are established.

Recreational licences

19 The licences listed in Column 2 of

Part 1 of

Schedule 8 are prescribed

as recreational.

Replacement of licence, etc.

20(1) If a licence, wildlife certificate, tag or resource development

stamp is lost or destroyed, the Minister may issue a replacement for it to

an applicant who submits a written statement declaring the loss or

destruction.

(2) Where a replacement item is issued under subsection (1), then, except

to the extent, if any, expressly stated in this Regulation or in the item

itself,

(

a) it carries the same rights and obligations as the item replaced

by it and otherwise occupies the same position as the original item, and

(

b) in the case of a licence, an application for it is not to be

treated as a fresh application for a licence of the kind replaced.

(3) If the lost or destroyed item is a resource development stamp, the

Minister may effectively replace it in a manner that does not involve the

actual physical issue of a new replacement stamp.

(4) Subsection (2) applies with respect to any system established under

subsection (3) as if a replacement resource development stamp had been

physically issued.

Registration of fur management areas, and licence cancellations

21(1) The Minister may, for the purpose of licensing, establish or

continue a system for the registration of fur management areas, and a

registered fur management area is an area established or continued under

that system.

(2) The Minister may cancel a registered fur management licence if, in his

opinion, the registered fur management area to which that licence relates

is not being harvested to the Minister's satisfaction.

Leg band system for falconry birds

22(1) The Minister shall approve a system of rings or devices, known as

leg bands, that are to be placed on falconry birds held or to be held under

falconry permits for the purposes of identifying the birds and their

origins or modes of acquisition.

(2) A leg band is to be either

(

a) a seamless metal band, indicating that the falconry bird on

which it is placed was born in captivity,

(

b) a yellow leg band, that is to be issued for temporary purposes

as part of a collection licence and that authorizes the collection of a

falconry bird, or

(

c) a black leg band, indicating that the falconry bird on which it

is placed was captured from the wild.

Fees

General requirement to pay fees

23 No licence or permit is to be issued, nor any other service under the

Act or this Regulation to be provided, nor, if issued or provided, is it

valid, unless the fee or assessment, if any, prescribed in

Schedule 8 in

relation to that issue or other service is first paid.

Fees for licences, permits, etc.

24(1) The fee, if any, payable in respect of the issue of a licence or

permit or any other service listed in column 2 of

Part 1, 2 or 3 of

Schedule 8 is that set out in the corresponding item of column 3 of that

Part of that Schedule.

(2) A person who collects an animal under the authority of a collection

licence must pay the assessment set out in

Part 4 of

Schedule 8 unless the

collected animal is to be held under the authority of a research permit or

a zoo permit.

(3) The fees payable in respect of allocations are those listed in

Part 5

of

Schedule 8.

Review of fees

25(1) The Minister shall, at least once in each year, review the fees and

assessments prescribed in

Schedule 8 with a view to determining whether any

such fee or assessment should be changed in the light of an increase or

decrease by 10% or more in the cost of living since that fee or assessment

was enacted.

(2) The Minister may determine the amount of a cost-of-living increase or

decrease for the purposes of subsection (1) by using any cost-of-living

index considered appropriate for those purposes.

Eligibility and Entitlements - Licences

Resident, non-resident and non-resident alien ineligibility

26(1) A resident is not eligible to obtain or hold a licence whose name

includes the term "non-resident" or "non-resident alien".

(2) A non-resident is not eligible to obtain or hold a licence whose name

includes the term "resident" or "non-resident alien".

(3) A non-resident alien is not eligible to obtain or hold a licence whose

name includes the term "resident" or "non-resident".

Youth licences - eligibility

27 Only a youth is eligible to obtain or hold a licence whose name

includes the term "youth", but an individual who purchased such a licence

while a youth is entitled to retain it until its expiry (with no right to

renew it) after reaching adulthood.

Open seasons - entitlements

28(1) Except where otherwise specified in this Regulation or in a licence

referred to in subsection (2), a licence authorizes hunting in and only in

the relevant open season.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Part, no licence authorizes hunting

outside or notwithstanding the lack of an open season except

(

a) a Minister's special licence,

(

b) a quota licence,

(

c) a collection licence,

(

d) a game bird shooting ground licence,

(

e) a subsistence hunting licence, or

(

f) a damage control licence,

that expressly so provides.

Recreational licences - eligibility

29(1) A person is eligible to obtain or hold a recreational licence if and

only if that person is an individual who

(

a) is

(

i) at least 14 years of age,

(ii) 13 years of age, if the recreational licence is a

special licence and the open season during which the licence is valid does

not begin before the 13-year old reaches 14 years of age, or

(iii) 11, 12 or 13 years of age if

(

A) he has completed the Alberta

Conservation and Hunter Education Program or is a non-resident or

non-resident alien who hunts with another individual referred to in

subsection (2),

(

B) in the case of a licence authorizing

the hunting of big game, the licence restricts the manner of hunting to the

use of a bow and arrow only, and

(

C) in the case of an 11-year old, the

recreational licence is a special licence and the open season during which

the licence is valid does not begin before the 11-year old reaches 12 years

of age,

(

b) in the case of an individual who is under 16 years of age, is

authorized in writing by his parent or legal guardian to hold that licence,

(

c) subject to subsection (2), has

(

i) achieved such mark in an examination approved by

the Minister as is fixed by the Minister,

(ii) held a licence authorizing recreational hunting in

Alberta or elsewhere, or

(iii) passed a test approved by the Minister respecting

hunting competency,

before applying for the licence, and

(

d) has written the examination, and achieved the mark, referred to

in clause (c)(

i) after the beginning of the suspension if his recreational

licence or his right to hold one has been suspended in accordance with

section 22 or 94 of the Act.

(2) Subsection (1)(

c) does not apply to a non-resident or a non-resident

alien who hunts accompanied by another individual who

(

a) is a designated guide,

(

b) is a class C guide, or

(

c) meets the requirements of subsection (1)(

c) and, if applicable,

(d).

Recreational licences - entitlements

30(1) Except where otherwise stated in this section, a recreational

licence authorizes its holder to hunt

(

a) only wildlife of the kind specified in the licence, and

(

b) only if the holder has, prior to hunting, been issued a

wildlife certificate and a resource development stamp.

(2) A special licence authorizes its holder to hunt only

(

a) in the area specified in the licence, and

(

b) subject to subsection (3), during the open season for hunting

under that particular kind of licence or, if only a portion of that open

season is specified in the licence, at the time so specified.

(3) A Minister's special licence authorizes and only authorizes the

hunting of the antlered elk or trophy sheep specified in the licence and

during the periods specified in the licence, which periods may be outside

or notwithstanding the lack of an open season.

(4) A recreational licence authorizing the hunting of big game or

Merriam's turkey that is issued with one or more tags authorizes the

killing of

(

a) one animal, in the case of a licence authorizing the hunting of

trophy sheep, or

(

b) one animal for each tag issued, in the case of a licence

authorizing the hunting of other animals.

(5) A quota licence is valid in and only in the area and at and only at

the times specified in the licence, which times may be outside or

notwithstanding the lack of an open season.

(6) A WMU 300 elk special licence restricts the hunting of elk to

whichever of the following portions of wildlife management unit 300 is

specified in the licence, namely

(

a) Area A, which is the portion of that unit lying west of the

Waterton River and the Waterton Reservoir, or

(

b) Area B, which is the portion lying east of the Waterton River

and the Waterton Reservoir.

(7) Subject to subsections (8) and (9), a recreational licence issued to a

non-resident or to a non-resident alien that has "Archery Only" written on

its face is valid in and only in an open season for hunting with a bow and

arrow.

(8) The Minister may issue to a non-resident or a non-resident alien who

has been issued a recreational licence that has "Archery Only" written on

its face a stamp that extends the application of that licence authorizing

the activities described in subsection (9), if

(

a) that individual has not killed a big game animal under the

authority of that licence, and

(

b) one, 2 or 3 allocations of a licence or of licences authorizing

the hunting of big game of the same kind are additionally utilized to

authorize the activities so authorized.

(9) A licence extension stamp issued under subsection (8) authorizes the

licence and extension stamp holder to hunt big game during additional open

seasons that are not restricted to hunting with a bow and arrow only and in

a manner that is not restricted to the use only of a bow and arrow but that

is otherwise consistent with what was authorized under the licence or

licences extended.

(10) The licence extension stamp issued under subsection (8) is not to be

considered a licence issued in addition to the licence or licences

extended.

(11) A non-resident or a non-resident alien 3-day game bird licence is

valid during and only during the period of 3 consecutive days that is

specified on the licence.

(12) A recreational licence authorizing the hunting of big game, wolf or

coyote and issued to a non-resident alien does not authorize its holder to

hunt while accompanied by a class C guide if the holder has hunted while

accompanied by a class C guide at any time during the previous 2 fiscal

years.

(13) A non-resident alien cougar special licence is not valid while the

holder is being guided by a class C guide.

(14) A game bird licence does not authorize the hunting of pheasant or

Merriam's turkey.

(15) A supplemental black bear licence authorizes and only authorizes the

hunting of black bear in wildlife management units 224, 250, 258, 260, 320

to 360, 429, 445, 500 to 544 and 841.

(16) A Strathcona white-tailed deer licence does not authorize the killing

of more than one antlered white-tailed deer.

(17) A supplemental antlerless white-tailed deer licence authorizes and

only authorizes the hunting of antlerless white-tailed deer in wildlife

management units 200 to 208, 214 to 224, 230 to 238, 254, 256, 300 to 312,

322, 324, 332, 348, 505, 507 and 508.

(18) A recreational licence issued to a non-resident or a non-resident

alien claiming an exemption from

section 29(1)(

c) of this Regulation does

not authorize hunting unless its holder is accompanied by the other

individual referred to in

section 29(2).

Restriction as to number of recreational licences in fiscal year

31(1) This

section applies notwithstanding any other provision in this

Part to the contrary except

section 20, but nothing in this

section applies

to, or is to be taken as restricting an individual's right to obtain or

hold, a Minister's special licence or any number of quota licences.

(2) An individual is not eligible to obtain or hold during the course of

any one fiscal year more than one of any kind of recreational licence, as

identified in

Part 1 of

Schedule 8, but this subsection does not apply as

respects a 3-day game bird licence.

(3) A resident is not eligible to obtain or hold during the course of any

one fiscal year

(

a) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

elk unless two such licences are obtained or held one of which is a

resident WMU 212 antlerless elk archery licence,

(

b) more than one of the following, namely

(

i) a mule deer licence,

(ii) a youth mule deer licence, and

(iii) an antlered mule deer special licence,

(

c) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

moose,

(

d) more than one of the following, namely

(

i) a white-tailed deer licence,

(ii) a youth white-tailed deer licence, and

(iii) an antlered white-tailed deer special licence,

(

e) a recreational licence authorizing the hunting of trophy sheep

if he killed any sheep, other than a non-trophy sheep hunted under the

authority of a non-trophy sheep special licence, in that fiscal year or in

the preceding fiscal year,

(

f) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

trophy sheep,

(

g) more than one of the following, namely

(

i) a trophy antelope special licence,

(ii) a non-trophy antelope special licence, and

(iii) an antelope archery special licence,

(

h) a goat special licence if he held such a licence in either of

the 2 preceding fiscal years, or

(

i) more than one of the following, namely

(

i) a Cypress Hills elk special licence,

(ii) a WMU 300 elk special licence,

(iii) an antlerless elk special licence, and

(iv) an antlered elk special licence.

(4) A non-resident is not eligible to obtain or hold during the course of

any one fiscal year

(

a) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

elk,

(

b) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

mule deer,

(

c) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

moose,

(

d) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

white-tailed deer,

(

e) more than one recreational licence authorizing the hunting of

cougar, or

(

f) a non-resident/non-resident alien trophy sheep special licence

if he killed any sheep in that fiscal year or in any of the 4 preceding

fiscal years.

(5) A non-resident is not eligible to obtain or hold at any one time both

a non-resident black bear special licence and

(

a) a non-resident black bear licence, or

(

b) a non-resident supplemental black bear licence,

or all 3.

(6) If a non-resident alien has, in any one fiscal year, already hunted

under the authority of two licences that authorize the hunting of a big

game animal while the holder is guided by any class C guides respecting

whom he is not a related individual, then he is not eligible to obtain or

hold any further licences that authorize that activity in that fiscal year.

(7) In subsection (6), "related individual" means, in relation to a class

C guide, the parent, brother, sister, child, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew,

grandchild, grandparent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or

sister-in-law of that guide or of that guide's spouse.

(8) A non-resident alien is not eligible to obtain or hold a trophy sheep

special licence in any fiscal year if he killed any sheep in that fiscal

year or in any of the 4 preceding fiscal years.

(9) If, in any one fiscal year, 2 or more applications for any one kind of

special licence are made by or on behalf of an individual, both or all of

those applications are invalid, except that

(

a) where a second application is made in accordance with

subsection (10), that second application and also the first application, if

valid when made, are valid, and

(

b) where the applications are for special licences of that kind

that have been made available for sale other than through a lottery, all

those applications are valid.

(10) A resident may apply a second (and only a second) time in any one

fiscal year for a kind of special licence referred to in subsection (12) if

(

a) his first application for it was valid, was made through a

lottery and was unsuccessful, and

(

b) the land referred to in subsection (11) is entirely within the

area in respect of which both applications are or were made and, in the

case of an application for a kind of special licence referred to in

subsection (12)(a), (

b) or (c), within the wildlife management unit that

was listed as the applicant's first choice of area in the first

application.

(11) Subject to subsection (13), the Minister may issue the special

licence to a resident who submits a second application under subsection

(10) if the resident

(

a) holds not less than one quarter-section of contiguous land

under a certificate of title or an agreement for sale under which the Crown

is the seller,

(

b) is a shareholder (including a joint shareholder) of a business

corporation that holds not less than one quarter-section of contiguous land

under such a certificate of title or agreement for sale and is approved by

that corporation as the individual eligible to apply for the relevant kind

of special licence under subsection (10), or

(

c) is an individual who is involved in the farming of land

referred to in clause (

a) or (

b) and approved by the holder of land

described in clause (

a) or by the corporation described in clause (

b) as

the individual eligible to apply for that kind of special licence under

subsection (10).

(12) The kinds of special licence referred to in subsection (10) are

(

a) the resident antlered mule deer special licence,

(

b) the resident antlerless mule deer special licence,

(

c) the resident antlerless elk special licence,

(

d) the resident antlered elk special licence,

(

e) the resident WMU 300 elk special licence, and

(

f) the resident Cypress Hills elk special licence.

(13) A resident is not eligible to obtain or hold a special licence under

subsection (11) if

(

a) he already holds a special licence of any kind and for any kind

of animal issued under that subsection, or

(

b) any other individual has been issued a special licence under

subsection (11) of any kind listed in subsection (12) on a second

application that is in respect of the certificate of title or agreement for

sale referred to in subsection (11) in respect of which the application is

made.

(14) If, in any one fiscal year, applications for any combination of

special licences are made by or on behalf of an individual who is

ineligible to obtain or hold that combination of special licences, all

applications for special licences in that combination made by or on behalf

of that individual in that fiscal year are invalid.

(15) Each application for a special licence to be issued through a lottery

made by or on behalf of a non-resident must be accompanied by at least one

application for a special licence authorizing the hunting of the same kind

of animal made by at least one resident who is eligible to obtain and hold

both a special licence so authorizing and a Class C guide's licence,

failing which the applications both of the non-resident and of any resident

whose application accompanies the non-resident's application are invalid.

Wildlife certificate and resource development stamp

32 Any person may purchase

(

a) a wildlife certificate, which, if a recreational licence is

also issued, becomes a component part of that licence, and

(

b) a resource development stamp, which, when attached to a

wildlife certificate, becomes a component part of that certificate.

Registered fur management licence - eligibility

33(1) A person is eligible to obtain a registered fur management licence

in respect of a registered fur management area if and only if,

(

a) the applicant is neither a non-resident, nor a non-resident

alien nor a corporation other than a society,

(

b) where the application is made by a person who is not the senior

holder for that area and the issue of the licence would result in the

applicant's becoming the senior holder, the application is approved by the

Director of Wildlife,

(

c) where 2 or more registered fur management licences are issued

or to be issued in respect of the area and the applicant would not be a

senior holder, the applicant is a party to a written agreement with the

other persons who will hold such licences under which consent is given to

the applicant's obtaining the licence,

(

d) at any time before applying for the licence, the applicant

(

i) achieved such mark in an examination approved by

the Minister as was fixed by the Minister,

(ii) held a licence authorizing the trapping of

fur-bearing animals in Alberta or elsewhere, or

(iii) successfully completed a course approved by the

Minister respecting the trapping of fur-bearing animals,

and

(

e) the applicant is not the holder of a fur dealer permit nor a

person authorized to traffic in fur-bearing animals on behalf of such a

holder,

and a person is eligible to hold that licence if the requirements of this

section have been and, so far as applicable, continue to be met.

(2) A registered fur management licence may be renewed by its holder

without having to qualify afresh under subsection (1) but only if the

application for renewal

(

a) is made after June 30 but before September 30 following the

expiry of the licence, and

(

b) is accompanied by a completed report to the Minister that

shows, for the 12 months ending on June 30 in the year in which the

application for renewal is made, the number and kinds of fur-bearing

animals killed in the registered fur management area by

(

i) all the holders of registered fur management

licences in respect of the area, and

(ii) individuals referred to in the

section 4(1)(

d) to

(

i) exemptions who have authority to hunt in the area.

(3) During the period of 5 years following the initial issue of a

registered fur management licence to an eligible person for the first time

and provided that the holder

(

a) has been in compliance with the Act and this Regulation,

(

b) remains eligible under this section, and

(

c) applies for renewal of the licence each year,

the Minister shall not, after that initial issue, decline to grant that

person's application for renewal of the licence.

(4) On the expiry of the 5-year period referred to in subsection (3) or of

the latest period established under this subsection and provided that the

holder

(

a) has been in compliance with the Act and this Regulation,

(

b) remains eligible under this section,

(

c) has applied for renewal of the licence each year, and

(

d) applied before the expiry of that period,

the Minister may in writing extend that initial 5-year period and

subsequently each such latest period for a further term not exceeding 5

years, in which case the Minister shall not decline to grant that person's

application for renewal of the licence during that extended period.

Registered fur management licence - entitlements

34(1) A registered fur management licence authorizes its holder

(

a) to hunt fur-bearing animals, and

(

b) if the registered fur management area to which the licence

relates is north of the Red Deer River, to hunt, other than by trapping, up

to 6 black bears

in the areas described in subsection (2).

(2) The areas referred to in subsection (1) are

(

a) the registered fur management area to which the licence

relates,

(

b) with the written approval of an appointed officer, another area

in which the licence holder has been authorized in writing to hunt animals

referred to in subsection (1) by the holder of the registered fur

management licence relating to that area,

(

c) privately owned land of which the licence holder is the owner

or occupant, and

(

d) those portions of a wildlife control area in respect of which

the licence holder has been given written authorization to enter by an

appointed officer under

section 128(1)(a).

(3) If a registered fur management area is described by reference to the

bank or shore of a lake, river or other body of water that is vested in the

Crown, that fur management area is deemed for the purposes of this

Regulation to extend to that part of that water body that adjoins the land

and that is distant from the shoreline by not more than 200 yards in

perpendicular width, but does not extend to

(

a) a part of that water body that is situated beyond the centre

line of the water body, or

(

b) an island in the water body.

(4) If a registered fur management area is described by reference to a

line, that area includes all land within 0.5 mile on each side of that

line.

(5) If the boundary of a registered fur management area is in dispute, the

Minister may set the boundary, and the decision of the Minister is final.

Resident fur management licence - eligibility

35 A person is eligible to obtain or hold a resident fur management

licence if and only if he

(

a) is a resident,

(

b) is at least 14 years of age,

(

c) has met the requirements described in

section 33(1)(d), and

(

d) is not the holder of a fur dealer permit nor a person

authorized to traffic in fur-bearing animals on behalf of such a holder.

Resident fur management licence - entitlements

36(1) Subject to this section, a resident fur management licence

authorizes its holder to hunt fur-bearing animals, except otter and

wolverine, on land that is not part of a registered fur management area and

of which he is the owner or occupant or on which he has been authorized in

writing, in the form set out in Form WA 19A of

Schedule 16, to hunt

fur-bearing animals by a person entitled to give that authorization.

(2) The right to hunt referred to in subsection (1) extends to that part

of a lake, river or other body of water vested in the Crown that adjoins

the land referred to in subsection (1) and that is distant from the

shoreline by not more than 200 yards in perpendicular width, but does not

extend to

(

a) a part of that water body that is situated beyond the centre

line of the water body,

(

b) an island in the water body, or

(

c) an area beyond the boundaries of the legal subdivision, quarter

section, half

section or section, as the case may be, of which the land

referred to in subsection (1) is a part.

(3) A resident fur management licence does not authorize trapping by means

of a snare except to trap

(

a) squirrel,

(

b) weasel,

(

c) if the snare loop is totally submerged in water, beaver, or

(

d) wolf, coyote, fox or bobcat if

(

i) the snare is a device consisting of a cable loop

and a spring and trigger mechanism designed and set to capture that kind of

fur-bearing animal by tightening the cable loop on its foot or leg, and

(

A) the thickness of the cable comprising

the cable loop is inch or less, and

(

B) the diameter of the cable loop, when

set, is not greater than 9 inches,

(ii) the snare is a device designed and set to capture

that kind of fur-bearing animal by the neck, and

(

A) it has legibly and indelibly printed on

it or on a tag affixed to it, the resident fur management licence number

under whose authority it is set or the name of the holder of that licence

as it appears on the licence, and

(

B) where applicable, the specific use of a

snare on the land referred to in subsection (1) has been authorized in

writing by the person who provided the relevant authorization referred to

in subsection (1).

(4) An authorization referred to in subsection (1) or (3)(d)(ii)(

B) is a

component part of the resident fur management licence.

Indian fur management licence - eligibility

37 A person is eligible to obtain or hold an Indian fur management

licence if and only if he

(

a) is a resident,

(

b) is at least 14 years of age,

(

c) has met the requirements described in

section 33(1)(d), and

(

d) is an Indian.

Indian fur management licence - entitlements

38 An Indian fur management licence authorizes its holder to hunt

(

a) fur-bearing animals, and

(

b) black bear, other than by trapping,

on the land described in the licence.

Subsistence hunting licence - eligibility

39(1) A person is eligible to obtain or hold a subsistence hunting

licence if and only if

(

a) he is an individual who resides outside the boundaries of a

city, town or village and in the subsistence hunting area described in

subsection (2), and

(

b) the Minister is satisfied that he is in dire need of sustenance

for any of his family members.

(2) The subsistence hunting area referred to in subsection (1) is the part

of Alberta that lies north of a line from the Saskatchewan border along the

18th Baseline to the 5th Meridian, then north along the 5th Meridian to the

19th Baseline, then west along the 19th Baseline to the 6th Meridian and

south along the 6th Meridian to the 14th Baseline, then west along the 14th

Baseline to the British Columbia border.

Subsistence hunting licence - entitlements

40(1) A subsistence hunting licence authorizes its holder, if any of his

family members is in dire need of sustenance, to hunt one animal (and one

only) from among the following kinds of animals, namely, moose, mule deer

and white-tailed deer during the period, and in the area, specified in the

licence.

(2) The period referred to in subsection (1) must be between January 1 and

April 30 and may, if the licence so specifies, be outside or

notwithstanding the lack of an open season.

(3) The area referred to in subsection (1) must be within the subsistence

hunting area described in

section 39(2).

Cross-bow licence - eligibility

41 A person is eligible to obtain or hold a cross-bow licence if and only

if he is an individual who

(

a) is

(

i) a paraplegic,

(ii) a quadriplegic,

(iii) a hemiplegic,

(iv) a single above-the knee lower limb amputee, or

(

v) a double lower limb amputee,

(

b) suffers from any other physical condition, affliction or

handicap that is permanent in nature and that involves an upper limb

paralysis or amputation that prevents that individual from utilizing

conventional archery equipment.

Cross-bow licence -entitlements

42 Holding a cross-bow licence entitles the holder to the benefit of the

sections 9(2) and 11 exemptions.

Pheasant and Merriam's turkey special licences - eligibility

43 A person is eligible to obtain or hold a pheasant licence or a

Merriam's turkey special licence if and only if he is the holder of a game

bird licence.

Game bird shooting ground licence - eligibility

44 Only an adult resident, a business corporation or a society is

eligible to obtain or hold a game bird shooting ground licence.

Game bird shooting ground licence - entitlements

45(1) A game bird shooting ground licence authorizes its holder to sell,

trade or barter or to offer to sell access to the privately owned land

described in the licence for the purpose of hunting pheasants, gray

partridges and Merriam's turkeys that bear a mark acceptable to the

Minister.

(2) A game bird shooting ground licence is the licence in use for the

purpose of

section 49(3)(

a) of the Act.

Collection licence - eligibility

46 A person is eligible to obtain or hold a collection licence if and

only if

(

a) subject to clause (c), he holds

(

i) a falconry permit,

(ii) a game animal production farm licence,

(iii) a zoo permit,

(iv) a research permit, or

(

v) a fur farm licence,

(

b) he either satisfies the Minister that he has the ability to

capture efficiently and humanely wildlife of the kind specified in the

licence or agrees to engage the services of a person who has that ability

and who is named in the licence and specifically authorized by the licence

so to capture that wildlife,

(

c) where the wildlife referred to in clause (

b) is an endangered

animal, he holds a zoo or a research permit, and

(

d) in the case of the holder of a recreational falconry permit,

the licence does not authorize its holder to collect any falconry bird that

would result in the collection by that individual of more than 2 falconry

birds in any one fiscal year in total.

Collection licence - entitlements

47(1) A collection licence authorizes its holder to hunt wildlife in the

number, kind and manner, and during the periods, specified in the licence.

(2) The periods referred to in subsection (1) may be outside or

notwithstanding the lack of an open season.

(3) A collection licence is the licence referred to in the Act as the

licence authorizing the collection of wildlife.

Damage control licence - eligibility

48 A person is eligible to obtain or hold a damage control licence if

and only if he

(

a) is a resident, or

(

b) is a non-resident or a non-resident alien and the land

described in the licence is privately owned land that is owned or occupied

by that individual.

Damage control licence - entitlements

49(1) A damage control licence authorizes its holder to engage in the

wildlife depredation control, including hunting, that is described in

section 38(1) or 96(1)(

w) of the Act and that is specified in the licence,

or to authorize in writing another person to do so, in accordance with the

conditions set out in

section 96 of this Regulation and on the land

described, and during the periods and in the manner specified, in the

licence.

(2) An authorization under subsection (1) must contain

(

a) the name, address and signature of the damage control licence

holder giving the authorization,

(

b) the number of the damage control licence under which the

authorization is given,

(

c) the name and address of the person to whom the authorization is

given,

(

d) the date on which the authorization was signed by the licence

holder, and

(

e) the legal description of the land where the activity is to take

place.

(3) The periods referred to in subsection (1) may, if the licence so

specifies, be outside or notwithstanding the lack of an open season.

(4) A damage control licence is the licence referred to in the Act as the

licence authorizing the control of wildlife depredation.

Class C guide's licence - eligibility

50 Only an adult resident is eligible to obtain or hold a Class C guide's

licence, and such an individual is eligible to obtain or hold one (and only

one) Class C guide's licence in any one fiscal year.

Class C guide's licence - entitlements

51(1) A Class C guide's licence authorizes its holder, at any one time, to

guide the one or 2 non-resident or non-resident alien licence holders named

in the licence while they are hunting wolf, coyote or big game that they

are legally authorized to hunt, except that it does not authorize the class

C guide

(

a) to accept any consideration for guiding,

(

b) to guide a non-resident alien during any fiscal year if the

holder has guided any non-resident aliens under a Class C guide's licence

in either of the 2 preceding fiscal years, or

(

c) to guide a non-resident alien who is not a related individual

within the meaning of

section 31(7) if the guide has already guided another

non-resident alien in the same fiscal year.

(2) A Class C guide's licence is the only licence that authorizes guiding.

Eligibility and Entitlements - Designations as Guides

Designated guide authorization - eligibility

52 The authorization prescribed for the purposes of

section 26(3) of the

Act is a document, entitled a guide's designation, issued by the Minister

to an adult resident or to a non-resident who is a Canadian citizen or is

admitted to permanent residence in Canada.

Designated guide authorization

53(1) Subject to this section, the guide's designation referred to in

section 52 authorizes the designated guide who holds it, at any one time,

to guide for gain or reward

(

a) one or 2 non-resident or non-resident alien licence holders

while they are hunting wolf, coyote or big game that they are legally

authorized to hunt, pursuant to a contract referred to in

section 58(1)(

a) or 59(a), or

(

b) any number of resident licence holders while they are hunting

any such animal that they are legally authorized to hunt.

(2) Guiding under subsection (1) is only authorized

(

a) on any given day, if the designated guide does no hunting on

that day under the authority of a recreational licence, and

and of which the guide has written notice are complied with.

(3) A designation as a guide does not authorize the designated guide to

provide guiding services to a non-resident or a non-resident alien who is

hunting under the authority of a licence authorizing the hunting of big

game unless that licence is an allocated licence.

Eligibility and Entitlements - Permits

Allocation process for certain licences

54(1) In this section, "applicable licences" means non-resident and

non-resident alien licences of a particular class or type authorizing the

hunting of big game, wolf or coyote, whether generally or in a particular

area.

(2) If the number of applicable licences to be issued in any one fiscal

year is to be limited, the Minister may issue a permit, known as an

allocation, that allocates the applicable licences under a process

established by the Minister that involves

(

a) applications to the Minister,

(

b) tenders or bids, or

(

c) any other procedure or combination of procedures decided by the

Minister.

process established under subsection (2).

(4) The Minister may issue an allocation only to an outfitter-guide and a

non-resident/non-resident alien trophy sheep special licence allocation

only to a class S outfitter-guide.

Transfer of allocations

55(1) A class S outfitter-guide who holds allocations of

non-resident/non-resident alien trophy sheep special licences may only

transfer

(

a) all of the allocations of those trophy sheep special licences

held by him to one transferee only, or

(

b) either

(

i) with the approval of the Minister, some or all of

the allocations of those trophy sheep special licences, other than those

referred to in subclause (ii), held by him, or

(ii) all of the allocations of those trophy sheep

special licences held by him that are valid only in an open season that is

restricted to hunting with a bow and arrow only,

or both,

and only if the transfer is made to a person who is eligible to hold a

Class S outfitter-guide permit and is approved by the Minister.

(2) An outfitter-guide may transfer all or any of his allocations that are

not of non-resident/non-resident alien trophy sheep special licences to

another outfitter-guide specified by that outfitter-guide, if the Minister

approves the transfer.

(3) On the death of an individual holder or the liquidation or winding-up

of a corporate holder of an allocation, the allocation may be transferred

to a person who is eligible under

section 54(4) to be issued it if the

Minister approves the transfer in writing.

Classification of outfitter-guide permits

56 An outfitter-guide permit is subdivided into Class S and Class T

outfitter-guide permits.

Outfitter-guide permits - eligibility

57(1) Subject to this section, a person is eligible to obtain or hold an

outfitter-guide permit if and only if that person

(

a) is an individual who has been certified as having successfully

completed a recognized course in first aid, is a designated guide and has

held

(

i) a Class A or a Class B guide's licence, or both,

under the regulations as they existed before the commencement of this

Regulation,

(ii) a designation as a guide, or

(iii) a combination of the guide's licence or licences

referred to in subclause (

i) and a designation as a guide,

for any period of, or 2 or more periods aggregating, at least

12 months, or

(

b) is a business corporation or society at least one of whose

current officers is an individual described in clause (a).

(2) The Minister shall not issue an outfitter-guide permit unless the

applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Minister that any

deposits furnished to the applicant by persons to whom guiding services are

to be provided will be protected.

(3) An individual is eligible to obtain or hold a Class S outfitter-guide

permit if and only if, in addition to meeting the requirements of

subsection (1)(a), he

(

a) was an outfitter-guide on March 31, 1988,

(

b) is the spouse or child of an individual who was an

outfitter-guide on that date, that individual now being deceased or

incapacitated through injury or disease, or

(

c) is specified in a transfer under

section 55(1) as the

transferee of an allocation of non-resident/non-resident alien trophy sheep

special licences.

(4) A business corporation or a society is eligible to obtain or hold a

Class S outfitter-guide permit if and only if, in addition to meeting the

requirements of subsection (1)(b), at least one of its current officers

meets the requirements of subsection (3)(a), (

b) or (c).

Class S outfitter-guide permit - entitlements

58(1) A Class S outfitter-guide permit authorizes its holder

(

a) to enter into a contract with a non-resident or a non-resident

alien for the provision to that individual of guiding services respecting

the hunting by that individual of big game under an allocated licence, or

wolf or coyote, and

permit, for a licence on that individual's behalf authorizing that hunting.

(2) During the period established by the Minister of 1, 2, 3 or 4 years

commencing as at the end of the initial permit year prior to renewal for

which the class S outfitter-guide holds the permit for the first time, and

provided that the holder

(

a) has been in compliance with the Act and this Regulation,

(

b) remains eligible, and

(

c) has applied for renewal of the permit each year possible on the

basis of the same trophy sheep allocations that pertained at the beginning

of that initial permit year,

the Minister shall grant each such application for renewal of the permit on

those same terms.

(3) The Minister may, at any time before the finish of the period

established under subsection (2), extend that period by one year, provided

that the total at any one time of the combined periods of guaranteed permit

holding under subsection (2) and this subsection (including the initial

permit year referred to in subsection (2)) does not exceed 5 years.

Class T outfitter-guide permit - entitlements

59 A Class T outfitter-guide permit authorizes its holder

(

a) to enter into a contract with a non-resident or a non-resident

alien for the provision to that individual of guiding services respecting

the hunting by that individual of big game, except trophy sheep, under an

allocated licence, or wolf or coyote, and

permit, for a licence on that individual's behalf authorizing that

hunting.

Off-highway vehicle permit - eligibility

60 A person is entitled to obtain or hold an off-highway vehicle permit

if and only if he is an individual

(

a) described in

section 41(a), or

(

b) who suffers from any other physical condition, affliction or

handicap that is permanent in nature and that prevents him from hunting by

ambulation beyond 100 yards in normal hunting terrain.

Off-highway vehicle permit- entitlements

61 Holding an off-highway vehicle permit entitles the holder to the

benefit of the exemptions created for such permits by sections 114 and

120(1)(

a) and (3)(

a) of this Regulation.

Falconry permits - eligibility

62(1) A person is entitled to obtain or hold a recreational falconry

permit if the person is an individual who

(

a) is a resident,

(

b) is at least 14 years of age,

(

c) is a member of the Alberta Falconry Association, and

(

d) will conduct the falconry activities from a facility in Alberta

that is approved by the Minister.

(2) A person is entitled to obtain or hold a commercial falconry permit if

the person

(

a) is an individual who is an adult resident, is a member of the

Alberta Falconry Association and maintains a facility in Alberta that is

approved by the Minister, or

(

b) is a business corporation or a society that

(

i) maintains a facility in Alberta that is approved by

the Minister, and

(ii) satisfies the Minister that the falconry birds

authorized to be kept under the permit will be in the direct care of an

adult member of the Alberta Falconry Association.

Recreational falconry permit - entitlements

63 Subject to

section 65, a recreational falconry permit authorizes its

holder

(

a) to possess not more than 4 of his own falconry birds, and their

off-spring under the age of 6 months,

(

b) to traffic in not more than 4 falconry birds in any one fiscal

year with a person who is authorized by or under the Act to possess

falconry birds, and

(

c) to have custody and possession of the falconry birds of another

falconry permit holder for a period not exceeding 90 days, if the permit

holder giving custody of the birds provides written consent, signed by him,

specifying

(

i) the date on which the custody is given,

(ii) the type and number of the permit held by the

permit holder giving custody,

(iii) the kind, and the serial numbers and letters on the

leg band, of each bird, and

(iv) the period over which custody of the birds is given

to the permit holder taking custody.

Commercial falconry permit - entitlements

64 Subject to

section 65, a commercial falconry permit authorizes its

holder

(

a) to possess any number of his own falconry birds,

(

b) to traffic in falconry birds with a person who is authorized by

or under the Act to possess falconry birds, and

(

c) to have temporary custody and possession of the falconry birds

of another falconry permit holder, subject to written consent, on the basis

set out in

section 63(c).

Limitations on falconry permit entitlements

65(1) A falconry permit does not authorize its holder

(

a) to possess a falconry bird

(

i) that does not bear a leg band, unless

(

A) the bird is under 22 days old, or

(

B) the bird's leg band has been lost or

accidentally defaced or destroyed and not more than 5 days have passed

since that holder learned of that fact,

(ii) that was collected from the wild outside Alberta

and that was imported into Alberta under an import permit, unless the

Minister is satisfied that the jurisdiction in which it was collected

authorized its exportation from that jurisdiction,

(

b) to possess live hybrid off-spring resulting from the crossing

of 2 kinds of falconry bird unless the possession of live hybrid off-spring

resulting from the crossing of 2 falconry birds of those specific kinds is

specifically authorized by that permit, or

(

c) to traffic in a falconry bird

(

i) that does not bear a leg band,

(ii) that bears a yellow leg band, or

(iii) that bears a black leg band, unless the bird was

imported into Alberta under an import permit and the Minister is satisfied

that the jurisdiction that issued the leg band authorized the bird's

exportation from that jurisdiction.

Permit to possess found dead wildlife - eligibility and transfer

66(1) Any resident who finds dead wildlife that has not been shot,

trapped or poisoned and that is not an endangered animal and who delivers

it to an appointed officer is eligible to obtain or hold a permit to

possess found dead wildlife in respect of that wildlife.

(2) A permit to possess found dead wildlife may be transferred if

(

a) the transfer is approved by the Minister, and

(

b) there is no consideration for the transfer.

Permit to possess found dead wildlife - entitlements

67(1) A permit to possess found dead wildlife authorizes its holder to

possess the dead wildlife referred to in

section 66(1) that is specified in

the permit, and the transferee of such a permit is authorized to possess

the wildlife specified in the permit transferred notwithstanding that the

transferee did not find it.

(2) The wildlife may be marked by the appointed officer to whom it is

delivered for identification in a manner approved by the Minister.

Import permit - eligibility

68(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may issue an import permit,

with respect to a live wildlife or controlled animal that is to be imported

into Alberta and that is of the kind specified in the permit, to

(

a) a resident who is legally authorized to possess the animal live

in Alberta on its importation, or

(

b) a non-resident or a non-resident alien who is authorized by the

laws of the jurisdiction from which the animal is to be exported to possess

the animal and to export it from that jurisdiction.

(2) Only the holder of a research permit is eligible to obtain or hold an

import permit authorizing the importation of a live white-tailed deer.

Import permit - entitlements

69(1) Subject to subsection (2), an import permit authorizes its holder to

import into Alberta live wildlife or controlled animals of the kind and in

the number specified in the permit.

(2) An import permit issued to a non-resident or a non-resident alien

authorizes its holder

(

a) as it applies to falconry birds, to import into Alberta not

more than 2 falconry birds, to possess them there for not more than 90 days

and then to export them, or

(

b) as it applies to other wildlife and to controlled animals, as

well as importing them under subsection (1), to possess the animals for the

period specified in the permit and then to export them.

(3) Instead of exporting the animals referred to in subsection (2) (

a) or

(b), the import permit also authorizes its holder to traffic in them with

persons authorized by or under the Act to possess them.

Export permit - eligibility

70(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may issue an export permit to

a person who lawfully possesses wildlife of the kind specified in the

permit and who wishes to export it from Alberta.

(2) An export permit for a dead migratory game bird may not be issued if

more than 5 days have elapsed since the close of the open season for the

migratory game bird.

(3) The holder of a falconry permit is not eligible to obtain or hold an

export permit in respect of a falconry bird unless,

(

a) in the case of a bird that bears a yellow leg band, the export

permit specifies that the bird is to be returned to Alberta within 90 days

after the date of issue of the export permit, or

(

b) in the case of a bird that bears a black leg band,

(

i) the export permit provides for its return as

mentioned in clause (

a) if the bird was collected from the wild in Alberta,

(ii) the bird was collected from the wild outside

Alberta.

Export permit - entitlements

71(1) Subject to subsection (2), an export permit authorizes its holder to

export wildlife of the kind specified in the permit.

(2) An export permit may not authorize the exportation of a dead bear or

any part of a dead bear except

(

a) the red meat, other than the gall bladder or paws,

(

b) the head or skull,

(

c) the complete skin, including the claws, and

(

d) a part of the skin that is processed.

Taxidermy, tannery and fur dealer permits - eligibility

72(1) A person is eligible to obtain or hold a taxidermy permit, a tannery

permit or, subject to subsection (2), a fur dealer permit if the person is

an adult resident, a business corporation or a society.

(2) A person who holds a resident fur management licence or who is

authorized, except under the authority of a damage control licence, to hunt

fur-bearing animals in a registered fur management area is not eligible to

hold a fur dealer permit.

Taxidermy or tannery permit - entitlements

73 A taxidermy permit or a tannery permit authorizes its holder

(

a) to process wildlife lawfully acquired by others for gain or

reward on the permit premises, other than in the living quarters of a

private dwelling, and

(

b) to purchase skins of fur-bearing animals from the holder of a

Class 1 fur dealer permit on the fur dealer's permit premises for the

purpose of processing.

Classification of fur dealer permits

74 A fur dealer permit is subdivided into Class 1 and Class 2 fur dealer

permits.

Fur dealer permits - entitlements

75(1) A Class 1 fur dealer permit authorizes its holder to traffic in

skins of fur-bearing animals with a person who is legally entitled to

traffic in those skins, on that fur dealer's permit premises other than in

the living quarters of a private dwelling.

(2) A Class 2 fur dealer permit authorizes its holder to purchase skins of

fur-bearing animals anywhere in Alberta on behalf of the holder of a Class

1 fur dealer permit named in the permit.

Zoo permit - eligibility

76 The Minister may issue a zoo permit to an adult resident, a business

corporation or a society that proposes to operate a zoo in accordance with

a zoo plan approved in accordance with

section 78.

Wildlife rehabilitation

permit - eligibility

77 The Minister may issue a wildlife rehabilitation permit to an adult

resident, a business corporation or a society that proposes to operate a

wildlife rehabilitation facility in accordance with a wildlife

rehabilitation facility plan approved in accordance with

section 78.

Zoo and wildlife rehabilitation permit plans

78(1) A person applying for a zoo or a wildlife rehabilitation permit,

whether initially or on a renewal, must apply to the Regional Director for

approval of a written plan authorizing the activities referred to in

section 79 or 80 respectively.

(2) A plan for a wildlife rehabilitation facility must

(

a) name a veterinarian whose services will be available to care

for the animals held in the facility, and

(

b) to the extent, if any, required by the Regional Director,

include requirements as to the records or reports, or both, referred to in

section 151.

(3) The Regional Director may approve the plan submitted under subsection

(1) in writing.

(4) A plan approved under subsection (3) may be amended with the approval

of the Regional Director.

Zoo permit - entitlements

79 A zoo permit authorizes its holder

(

a) to operate, on land specified in the permit being

(

i) land in a Metis settlement, or

(ii) other land that is not public land as defined in

the Public Lands Act,

a zoo that, in the case of wildlife and controlled animals held

there, is maintained primarily for the purpose of providing public viewing,

(

b) to traffic in such animals with persons authorized by or under

the Act to possess them, and

(

c) to possess live wildlife and controlled animals for the

purposes referred to in clauses (

a) and (b),

in accordance with the plan approved in relation to such a permit pursuant

section 78.

Wildlife rehabilitation permit - entitlements

80 A wildlife rehabilitation permit authorizes its holder

(

a) to operate, on land specified in the permit being

(

i) land in a Metis settlement, or

(ii) other land that is not public land as defined in

the Public Lands Act,

a wildlife rehabilitation facility primarily for the purpose of

rehabilitating injured, diseased or orphaned wildlife or any other wildlife

that is not fully capable of surviving in the wild, and

(

b) to possess live wildlife for that purpose,

in accordance with the plan approved in relation to such a permit pursuant

section 78.

Research permit - eligibility

81 The Minister may issue a research permit to an adult, a business

corporation or a society that is involved in research or education and that

submits a plan for the research or educational programs that is approved in

accordance with

section 82.

Research permit - entitlements and approval of plan

82(1) A research permit authorizes its holder to possess live wildlife and

controlled animals in accordance with a plan approved pursuant to this

section.

(2) A person applying for a research permit, whether initially or on a

renewal, must apply to the Regional Director for approval of a written plan

authorizing the conduct of research or educational programs at the location

specified in the plan.

(3) The Regional Director may approve the plan submitted under subsection

(2) in writing.

(4) A plan approved under subsection (3) may be amended with the approval

of the Regional Director.

Wildlife acquisition permit - eligibility

83 The Minister may issue a wildlife acquisition permit to an adult

non-resident or non-resident alien

(

a) if the applicant satisfies the Regional Director that he has a

use outside Alberta for the live wildlife described in the permit, and

(

b) the Regional Director has approved that use.

Wildlife acquisition permit - entitlements

84(1) A wildlife acquisition permit authorizes its holder

(

a) to purchase for export from Alberta the live wildlife described

in the permit, and

(

b) to possess it for that purpose.

(2) Wildlife referred to in subsection (1) may not be wildlife that is the

property of the Crown.

Game bird farm permit - eligibility

85 Only an adult resident, a business corporation or a society that holds

land in a Metis settlement or any other land that is not public land as

defined under the Public Lands Act is eligible to obtain or hold a game

bird farm permit.

Game bird farm permit - entitlements

86 A game bird farm permit authorizes its holder

(

a) to possess migratory game birds on the land described in the

permit, which must be land described in

section 85, and

(

b) to traffic in migratory game birds so far as authorized by the

Migratory Birds Convention Act (Canada) and the regulations under that Act.

Dog training or trialing permit - eligibility

87 The Minister may issue a dog training or trialing permit

(

a) to a person who wishes to operate a dog test or trial

sanctioned by an organized group of persons involved in dog training or

trialing, or

(

b) to any person, if the permit is to authorize dog training only.

Dog training or trialing permit - entitlements

88 A dog training or trialing permit is specifically the permit referred

to in

section 50 of the Act.

Sale of wildlife permit - eligibility

89 Only the holder of a zoo permit or a research permit is eligible to

obtain or hold a sale of wildlife permit.

Sale of wildlife permit - entitlements

90(1) A sale of wildlife permit authorizes its holder

(

a) if that holder holds a zoo permit, to traffic in parts of dead

wildlife possessed under the authority of that zoo permit, and

(

b) if that holder holds a research permit, to traffic in wildlife

possessed under the authority of that research permit,

with a person or class of persons specified in the sale of wildlife permit.

(2) The Minister may establish or continue, for the purposes of

administering the sale of wildlife permit, a system for the registration

for sale and tagging of wildlife parts to be sold.

Temporary shelter permit - eligibility

91 Only an adult resident, a business corporation or a society is

eligible to obtain or hold a temporary shelter permit.

Temporary shelter permit - entitlements

92 A temporary shelter permit authorizes its holder to possess the

wildlife or controlled animal specified in the permit for the period of

time so specified.

Big game farm product buyer's permit - entitlements

93(1) A big game farm product buyer's permit authorizes its holder, with

respect to non-meat authorized present or prospective game-production

animal parts or products whose sale is not prohibited by

section 23 of the

Livestock Industry Diversification Act,

(

a) to traffic in those parts or products with an operator or with

the holder of a big game farm product buyer's permit, and

(

b) to be in possession of those parts or products

(

i) for the purposes of any trafficking described in

clause (

a) or of their exportation from Alberta, or

(ii) if they, or transactions respecting them, fall

within the

section 25(2), (3) or (4) exemption.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1),

(a) "operator" means

(

i) the holder of a licence under the Livestock

Industry Diversification Act authorizing the operation of the game animal

production farm, or

(ii) the former holder of such a licence whose farm is

being operated pursuant to

section 9 of that Act;

(

b) the date as of which a present or prospective game-production

animal is or is not an authorized one is the date when the initial sale was

made by the operator of the farm.

(3) This

section constitutes an authorization for the purposes of

section

23(

b) of the Livestock Industry Diversification Act.

PART 4

HUNTING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

General Rules for Hunting

Open seasons

Schedule 15 establishes the open seasons.

Provision and offering of guiding services

95(1) A person shall not provide or cause to be provided guiding services,

or accept any consideration respecting the provision of guiding services,

to a non-resident or a non-resident alien who hunts or wishes to hunt wolf,

coyote or big game unless

(

a) he is an outfitter-guide,

(

b) the guiding services are to be provided pursuant to a contract

referred to in

section 58(1)(

a) or 59(a), or

(

c) in the case of a person only providing guiding services, that

person is lawfully guiding under the authority of a Class C guide's

licence.

(2) Only an outfitter-guide may enter into a contract with a non-resident

or a non-resident alien that purports to authorize anyone to provide the

guiding services referred to in subsection (1), and, if any other person

purports to do so, the purported contract is void.

(3) An outfitter-guide shall not enter into a contract with a non-resident

or a non-resident alien for the provision of guiding services to that

individual respecting the hunting of big game except under an allocated

licence.

(4) A person shall not provide or cause to be provided guiding services

referred to in subsection (1) on privately held land unless

(

a) authorization for those services has been given by the person

in possession of the land (in clause (

b) called "the landholder"), and

(

b) the guide is or will be carrying on his person

(

i) the name, address and telephone number of the

landholder, and

(ii) if that address is not that of the landholder's

residence, the legal description of the land on which that residence is

located.

Disturbance etc., of wildlife habitation

Section 38(1) of the Act applies

(

a) to the nests and dens, so far as applicable, of

(

i) wildlife animals that are endangered animals,

throughout Alberta and throughout the year,

(ii) migratory game birds, migratory insectivorous birds

and migratory nongame birds as defined in the Migratory Birds Convention

Act (Canada), throughout Alberta and throughout the year, and

(iii) snakes and bats, throughout Alberta and from

September 1 in one year to April 30 in the next,

(

b) to the houses and dens of beaver, on any land that is not

privately owned land described in

section 1(1)(m)(

i) or (ii) of the Act

throughout the year,

(

c) to the houses, nests and dens of all wildlife, in a wildlife

sanctuary throughout the year, and

(

d) to the nests of game birds, in a game bird sanctuary throughout

the year.

Order to remove wildlife and destroy beaver habitat

97(1) If

(

a) it is shown to the Minister that wildlife on privately owned

land is causing or is likely to cause damage to any other property, and

(

b) the owner or occupant of the land, after being given written

notice of the problem and sufficient opportunity to have the problem

rectified, fails either to undertake or to authorize another person to

undertake action to stop or prevent the damage or likely damage,

the Minister may in writing order the owner or occupant to remove the

wildlife and, if the wildlife is beaver, to destroy and remove any beaver

dam or beaver house on the land, within the period of time specified in the

order.

(2) A person who has been given an order under subsection (1) may, instead

of carrying out the order himself, in writing authorize another person to

carry it out.

(3) If a person who has been given an order under subsection (1) does not

comply with it within the specified period, the Minister may authorize a

wildlife officer to enter the land, with any assistants the officer

considers necessary, to carry out the work called for by the order.

(4) The owner or occupant of the land is liable to and shall pay the

Minister for the cost of work carried out under subsection (3), and that

cost may be recovered by the Minister as a debt owing to the Crown.

(5) The authorization under subsection (2) must contain

(

a) the name, address and signature of the person giving the

authorization and the date when it was signed,

(

b) the legal description of the land where the removal or

destruction is to take place, and

(

c) the name and address of the person to whom the authorization is

given.

Affixation and removal of tags, and evidence of sex and species

98(1) A person who kills a wildlife animal referred to in this

section

under a licence as a part of which one or more tags have been issued shall

securely affix the tag or tags by locking

(

a) in the case of a trophy sheep or goat,

(

i) one tag through the nostril, and

(ii) after the skin is removed from the skull, one tag

around the lower bone of the eye socket,

(

b) in the case of a moose, elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer,

antelope or non-trophy sheep, one tag through the space between the bone

and the tendon of a hind leg directly above the hock and around either the

bone or the tendon,

(

c) in the case of a bear or cougar, one tag to the skin, and

(

d) in the case of a Merriam's turkey, one tag

(

i) through the nares, or

(ii) through the patagium of a wing that has not been

removed from the carcass.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a paper tag issued in conjunction

with a special licence is to be affixed and locked in accordance with the

instructions given in

Schedule 14.

(3) A person shall not remove an affixed tag

(

a) in the case of a tag affixed under subsection (1)(a)(

i) or (c),

until the skin is processed,

(

b) in the case of a tag affixed under subsection (1)(a)(ii), until

the trophy sheep or goat is reported and delivered under

section 130(2), or

(

c) in the case of a tag affixed under subsection (1)(

b) or (d),

until the carcass is delivered to

(

i) the usual place of residence of the individual who

killed the animal, or

(ii) premises in respect of which there is a subsisting

food establishment permit issued under the Food Regulation (AR 240/85) or a

licence for the operation of an abattoir issued under the Meat Inspection

Act,

and is butchered, cut up and packaged for consumption.

(4) A person shall not remove from the part of the carcass of an animal to

which a tag has been affixed in accordance with subsection (1)(b), the

evidence specified in subsection (5) of the sex and species of the animal,

until the carcass is delivered to

(

a) the usual place of residence of the individual who killed the

animal and is butchered, cut up and packaged for consumption,

(

b) premises described in subsection (3)(c)(ii), or

(

c) an appointed officer, who authorizes that removal in writing.

(5) The evidence referred to in subsection (4) of the sex and species of

an animal is

(

a) the testicles, scrotum or udder and also, in the case of a

white-tailed deer or a mule deer, the completely haired tail,

(

b) if the animal has horns or antlers, the head with the horns or

antlers attached, or

(

c) if the animal does not have horns or antlers, the head complete

with the skin.

(6) A person who possesses the carcass of an elk, mule deer, antelope or

non-trophy sheep that is male and to which a tag has been affixed in

accordance with subsection (1)(

b) shall retain, with the carcass, the

complete skull plate with the horns or antlers intact until the carcass is

delivered to the usual place of residence of the individual who killed the

animal and is butchered, cut up and packaged for consumption, or to

premises described in subsection (3)(c)(ii).

(7) A person who possesses the skin of a grizzly bear or a cougar shall

retain, affixed to the skin, the scrotum or a teat or a portion of the

mammary gland until the skin has been delivered to an appointed officer in

accordance with

section 130(2) or (4) respectively.

(8) A person shall not detach a paper tag from a licence or a component

part of a licence until the relevant animal has been killed and is

imminently about to be tagged.

Hunting in sanctuary

99(1) Subject to any specific provisions of this Regulation, an individual

may hunt in any sanctuary that is not a wildlife sanctuary, a corridor

wildlife sanctuary or a game bird sanctuary.

(2) An individual may hunt wildlife in a wildlife sanctuary, a corridor

wildlife sanctuary or a game bird sanctuary to the extent that the hunting

in that sanctuary is expressly authorized by a licence held by him.

(3) A person shall not hunt migratory game birds in a restricted area

described in

Part 3, or upland game birds in a restricted area described in

Item 1 of

Part 3, of

Schedule 11 unless the person

(

a) is hunting after October 31 and during the remainder of the

open season, or

(

b) holds a damage control licence or a collection licence that

expressly authorizes that activity there.

Hunting in migratory bird lure site

100 A person shall not hunt in a migratory bird lure site.

Hunting in wildlife control area

101 A person shall not hunt in a wildlife control area except in

accordance with

section 34(1) and in an area referred to in

section

34(2)(d).

Hunting in habitat conservation area

102 A person shall not hunt in a habitat conservation area unless

(

a) hunting in that area is expressly stated by a sign erected by

the Minister to be authorized, or

(

b) that person is expressly authorized by a letter signed by the

Minister to hunt there.

Hunting of Particular Kinds of Animals

Use of bait to hunt black bear

103(1) A person who sets out bait for the purpose of hunting black bear

under the purported authority of a

section 12 exemption shall

(

a) post at the location of the bait a clearly visible sign that

contains that person's name and wildlife certificate or outfitter-guide

permit number or the number relating to his designation as a guide, and

(

b) post clearly visible signs that give reasonable warning to

individuals who might enter the area that bait for hunting black bear has

been placed in that area.

(2) A person shall not do any hunting of black bear involving the setting

out of bait under the purported authority of a

section 12 exemption unless

subsection (1) has been complied with.

(3) This

section does not apply to the owner or occupant of privately

owned land who sets out bait or who hunts under the circumstances referred

to in subsection (2), on that land.

Off-highway vehicles and hunting

104 A person shall not use an off-highway vehicle to hunt cougar in any

of wildlife management units 300 to 312.

Hunting with bow and arrow

105 A person shall not hunt big game, wolf, coyote or game birds with a

bow and arrow unless he holds a bow hunting permit in addition to the

licences, if any, that are otherwise required.

Weapons for hunting of Merriam's turkey

106 A person shall not hunt Merriam's turkey using a weapon other than

(

a) a bow and arrow, or

(

b) a shotgun with a bore of 20 gauge or larger using shot that is

size No. 6 or larger or size No. 2 or smaller.

Traps for certain fur-bearing animals

107(1) A person trapping fur-bearing animals shall not use any trap that

is neither

(

a) a killing device,

(

b) a snare loop set to tighten on the leg of a fur-bearing animal,

nor

(

c) a trap set to capture a live animal by holding it within a

container.

(2) A person shall not use a leg-hold trap to trap fur-bearing animals

unless the trap is a killing device.

(3) This

section does not apply to a person trapping wolf, coyote, fox,

lynx or bobcat.

Trap for animal in tree or on pole

108 A person shall not use a leg-hold trap to trap a fur-bearing animal

that is in a tree or on a pole unless the trap is a killing device.

Prohibited snare

109 A person shall not use or set a snare of a kind that traps

fur-bearing animals by the neck unless the snare is equipped with a loop

and also with a locking device that is designed and set to prevent the

snare loop from loosening after it has tightened on the animal's neck,

unless the snare is

(

a) set to restrain and kill the animal under water, or

(

b) made of a single strand of wire and set to trap squirrel,

rabbit or hare.

Examination of traps

110 A person who has set a trap that is not a killing device shall

examine the trap at least once

(

a) every 24 hours if set under the purported authority of a

resident fur management licence, or

(

b) every 48 hours, in any other case.

Subsistence hunting

111 The holder of a subsistence hunting licence shall use the edible flesh

of an animal purportedly killed under the authority of the licence only to

feed his family members.

Hunting by non-resident or non-resident alien

112(1) A non-resident or a non-resident alien shall not hunt big game,

wolf or coyote while guided by a designated guide unless the hunting is

pursuant to a contract referred to in

section 58(1)(

a) or 59(a).

(2) For the purposes of

section 43(1) of the Act, a client may hunt big

game, wolf or coyote unaccompanied by another person referred to in that

subsection if

(

a) the client was accompanied by such a person earlier in the same

day,

(

b) the two parted company when the client became stationed at a

location to wait for wildlife of the kind he is entitled to hunt to appear,

and

(

c) the client remains at that location until again accompanied by

such a person.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2),

(a) "client" has the meaning assigned to it by

section 43(1) of the

Act, and

(b)

section 43(2) of the Act applies.

Guiding

113(1) A designated guide shall not, at any one time, guide more than 2

non-residents or non-resident aliens hunting wolf, coyote or big game.

(2) A class C guide shall not, at any one time, guide more than 2

non-residents or non-resident aliens named in the Class C guide's licence

who are hunting wolf, coyote or big game.

(3) A person shall not guide under the purported authority of a

designation as a guide on a day on which he hunts under the authority of a

recreational licence.

Antelope hunting and vehicles

114 A person who does not hold an off-highway vehicle permit shall not

discharge a weapon at antelope from within 50 yards of a vehicle.

Hunting with dogs

115(1) A person shall not hunt coyote or fox with the assistance of dogs.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

(

a) the owner or occupant of privately owned land hunting on that

land, or

(

b) a person hunting

(

i) under the authority of a damage control licence, or

(ii) on privately owned land with the written consent of

its owner or occupant,

if the licence or consent specifically authorizes the hunting

of coyote or fox, as the case may be, with the assistance of dogs.

Discharge of arrows on roads

116 A person shall not discharge an arrow at big game from, or cause an

arrow that is discharged at big game to pass along or across, a highway or

other road to which

section 51 of the Act applies.

Game bird limit

117 A person shall not, in any one day, kill a greater number of game

birds of any kind listed in Column 1, than the daily limit for that kind

set out in Column 2, of

Part 1 of

Schedule 13.

Activities Related to Hunting

Bird dogs

118 The area prescribed for the purposes of

section 50 of the Act is all

of Alberta except

(

a) privately owned land,

(

b) land under the control of the Department of National Defence

(Canada),

(

c) public land held under a grazing lease issued under the Public

Lands Act, and

(

d) land in a Metis settlement or on an Indian reserve.

Firearms on roads

119 The whole of Alberta, except municipal districts, is a prescribed

area for the purposes of

section 51(1)(

b) of the Act.

Off-highway vehicles and weapons

120(1) A person shall not discharge a firearm within 50 yards of an

off-highway vehicle unless

(

a) he holds an off-highway vehicle permit,

(

b) the off-highway vehicle is being transported on another

vehicle, or

(

c) he is killing a fur-bearing animal held by a trap.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not transport a weapon in,

on or by means of an off-highway vehicle between one hour before sunrise

and 12 noon during an open season for the hunting of big game in any of

wildlife management units 102 to 166, 200 to 260, 300 to 360, 400 to 410,

412 to 422, 426 to 430, 432 to 446, 507, 508, 514, 521 to 527, 535, 537 or

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply

(

a) to the holder of an off-highway vehicle permit,

(

b) to a person who, apart from the holder of such a permit, is the

only person in or on the vehicle and who is accompanying that permit holder

for the purpose of assisting him to hunt,

(

c) to a person who is hunting

(

i) on privately owned land, or

(ii) under the authority of a registered fur management

licence or a resident fur management licence,

(

d) in an area and during a period when the only big game season

that is open in that area is the spring black bear season, or

(

e) to a person who is travelling on a direct route between a

location that is readily accessible by vehicles designed for highway travel

and his campsite at a location that is not so accessible where

(

i) the weapon is in a case, box or other compartment

that is locked, and

(ii) any ammunition that is carried is stored separate

from any firearm in a case, box or other compartment that is locked.

Discharge and possession of weapons in sanctuary

121(1) A person shall not

(

a) discharge a weapon, or

(

b) subject to subsection (2), possess a weapon

in a wildlife sanctuary or a corridor wildlife sanctuary except while

hunting under the authority of a licence that specifically authorizes

hunting in that sanctuary by means of the kind of weapon that it is.

(2) A person may, while crossing a wildlife sanctuary or a corridor

wildlife sanctuary, possess a weapon that,

(

a) in the case of a firearm, contains no ammunition, and

(

b) either

(

i) is dismantled,

(ii) is completely enclosed inside a case or other

suitable covering, or

(iii) in the case of a corridor wildlife sanctuary, he is

carrying while travelling on foot or on horseback by the shortest

reasonable route to an area outside that sanctuary.

Possession of shotgun in game bird sanctuary

122(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not possess a shotgun in

a game bird sanctuary unless possession of the shotgun in that sanctuary is

specifically authorized in writing by a wildlife officer.

(2) A person may, while crossing a game bird sanctuary, possess a shotgun

that

(

a) contains no ammunition, and

(

b) either

(

i) is dismantled, or

(ii) is completely enclosed inside a case or other

suitable covering.

Discharge of weapons near certain areas

123(1) A person shall not discharge a weapon in, or in such a manner that

the projectile goes across,

(

a) a migratory bird lure site, or

(

b) a wildlife control area.

(2) A person hunting in accordance with the

section 4(3) exemption may

discharge a weapon in the course of that hunting.

(3) A person authorized under

section 128(1)(

a) to enter a wildlife

control area may discharge a weapon in that area or in the portion of such

an area referred to in

section 128(2).

Use of aircraft for certain purposes

124(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not

(

a) transport any individual by helicopter to or from a hunting

location for the purpose of assisting that individual in the hunting of big

game or in returning from such hunting, or

(

b) have in his possession a firearm of a calibre larger than .22

in a helicopter

over any of wildlife management units 400 to 446.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not cause to take off or

land a fixed wing aircraft that is carrying

(

a) any individual to or from a hunting location for the purpose of

assisting that individual in the hunting of big game or in returning from

such hunting,

(

b) big game, or

(

c) a firearm of a calibre larger than .22

in any of wildlife management units 400 to 446, except at a location where

aircraft routinely land and take off.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the extent that an aircraft is

carrying an individual who requires emergency medical aid.

Communi-cation of information acquired in aircraft flight

125 A person who is on an aircraft flight, or who is disembarking or has

disembarked from an aircraft, shall not communicate the whereabouts or

signs of wildlife witnessed by anyone during the flight to any other person

for the purpose of assisting anyone to hunt.

Entry or proximity to seasonal sanctuary

126(1) A person shall not enter a seasonal sanctuary, that is a sanctuary

described in

Part 4 of

Schedule 11, between April 15 and September 15 in

any year.

(2) A person shall not be within 0.5 mile of any of the seasonal

sanctuaries listed in Items 1 to 5 and 8 of

Part 4 of

Schedule 11 between

April 15 and September 15 in any year.

Restriction on entering migratory bird lure site

127 A person shall not enter a migratory bird lure site unless expressly

authorized in writing to do so by an appointed officer.

Restriction on entering wildlife control area

128(1) A person shall not enter a wildlife control area unless

(

a) expressly authorized in writing to do so by an appointed

officer, or

(

b) hunting in accordance with the

section 4(3) exemption.

(2) Authorization under subsection (1)(

a) may relate only to a portion of

a wildlife control area, in which case the prohibition under subsection

(1) relates to the portion of it entry into which has not been authorized.

Habitat conservation area

129(1) A person shall not be in a habitat conservation area between 11:00

p.m. and 4:00 a.m. unless overnight camping there is

(

a) expressly stated by a sign erected by the Minister to be

authorized, or

(

b) expressly authorized by a letter signed by the Minister.

(2) A person shall not park a vehicle, or leave a vehicle unattended, in a

habitat conservation area between 11:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. unless the

vehicle is parked or left in a developed parking area and

(

a) overnight camping there is expressly stated by a sign erected

by the Minister to be authorized, or

(

b) the parking or leaving of the vehicle there is expressly

authorized by a letter signed by the Minister.

(3) A person shall not

(

a) have or leave a horse unattended,

(

b) establish a camp,

(

c) attend at a camp,

(

d) light, or add fuel to, an open fire,

(

e) attend at an open fire,

(

f) discharge a firearm,

(

g) erect a sign or poster, or

(

h) except on a developed road or at a developed parking area,

operate a vehicle,

in a habitat conservation area, unless that activity there is expressly

stated by a sign erected by the Minister to be authorized or is expressly

authorized by a letter signed by the Minister.

Requirement to report and deliver wildlife

130(1) This

section does not apply with respect to wildlife possessed

under a zoo permit, a game animal production farm licence, a wildlife

rehabilitation permit or a research permit.

(2) A person who kills a grizzly bear, a trophy sheep, an elk or a goat

shall personally

(

a) submit a report to the Service, and

(

b) deliver

(

i) the skull and skin to an appointed officer, if the

animal is a grizzly bear,

(ii) the complete and unaltered skull with horns and

eyes intact to an appointed officer, if the animal is a trophy sheep, or

(iii) the incisor teeth to the Service, if the animal is

a goat,

not later than 14 days after the close of the open season in which the

animal was killed or 30 days after the date on which the animal was killed,

whichever occurs first.

(3) A person who kills a lynx, an otter, a fisher or a wolverine shall

personally

(

a) submit a report to the Service, and

(

b) deliver the skin to an appointed officer or a person designated

by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection,

before the skin is sold, processed or exported from Alberta or before the

expiration of the period of 30 days after the close of the open season in

which the animal was killed or, if the animal was killed outside the open

season or if there is no open season for it, 30 days after the date the

animal was killed, whichever occurs first.

(4) A person who kills a cougar shall personally

(

a) submit a report to the Service, and

(

b) deliver the skull and skin to an appointed officer,

not later than the end of the second usual business day of the Service

after the animal was killed.

(5) A resident who kills a mule deer under the authority of a special

licence obtained pursuant to a second application referred to in

section

31(10) shall personally submit a report to the Service not later than 14

days after the close of the open season in which the animal was killed or

30 days after the date on which the animal was killed, whichever occurs

first.

(6) The holder of a Class C guide's licence who guides a non-resident

alien hunter shall, as a condition of that licence, submit to the Service a

report on a form provided by the Minister containing information respecting

any big game animal killed by the non-resident alien hunter, not later than

December 31 of the year during which the animal was killed.

Marking of wildlife

131 Where wildlife is delivered in accordance with

section 130, an

appointed officer may permanently mark the wildlife in the manner approved

by the Minister.

Report bycollection licence holder

132 The holder of a collection licence shall, not later than 7 days after

the expiry of the licence, submit a report to the Director of Wildlife.

Report by damage control licence holder

133 The holder of a damage control licence shall, not later than 10 days

after the expiry of the licence, submit a report to the Service showing the

number and kinds of animals purported to be killed under the authority of

the licence.

PART 5

POSSESSION OF AND COMMERCE IN ANIMALS

Permit to possess found dead wildlife

134 A person who finds dead wildlife may, before obtaining a permit, take

the wildlife into possession and retain it, but his right to possess the

wildlife under this

section ends as soon as it becomes reasonably possible

for him to apply for a permit to possess found dead wildlife.

Possession of non-licence animals

135 A person may possess any live non-licence animal except a raccoon, a

skunk or a bat of a kind that is a wildlife animal.

Possession of wildlife not legalized

136(1) Nothing in

section 54(2)(c)(ii) of the Act or, subject to

subsections (2) and (3), in this Regulation authorizes the possession

(

a) of the skull of a dead male sheep over the age of one year if

(

i) the skull has been altered,

(ii) an eye has been removed, or

(iii) a horn has been removed,

unless it is a trophy sheep and in that case until after the

skull of the trophy sheep has been delivered to an appointed officer in

accordance with

section 130(2),

(

b) of dead wildlife to which a tag has been affixed in accordance

with

section 98(1) or (2) unless there has been compliance with

section

98(3), (4) and (7) so far as applicable,

(

c) of any dead unprocessed game birds of a kind listed in Column

1, that are in excess of the number set out in Column 2, of

Part 2 of

Schedule 13, or

(

d) before it has been delivered to the usual residence of the

individual who killed it, of

(

i) a dead game bird, other than a Merriam's turkey,

that does not have at least one completely feathered wing attached, or

(ii) a dead Merriam's turkey that does not have the

complete head and beard attached.

(2) Clauses (

c) and (

d) of subsection (1) do not apply to game birds that

are

(

a) lawfully imported into, and lawfully exported from a

jurisdiction outside, Alberta,

(

b) lawfully killed under the authority of a game bird shooting

ground licence on a game bird shooting ground,

(

c) captive commercial upland game birds, or

(

d) possessed under the authority of a taxidermy permit.

(3) A corporation that trains dogs as retrievers may possess not more than

125 carcasses, that do not comply with subsection (1)(

c) and (d), of

lawfully killed migratory game birds.

Possession of dead lawfully imported, etc., animals

137(1) A person may possess wildlife and controlled animals that are dead

and that were lawfully acquired in, and lawfully exported from, a

jurisdiction outside Alberta.

(2) A person may possess dead controlled animals that were lawfully

possessed while living, or that were lawfully killed, in Alberta.

Transportation of wildlife

138 The documents prescribed for the purposes of

section 57(1) of the Act

are all of the following so far as they are applicable in the

circumstances:

(

a) in the case of a person transporting dead wildlife who is the

person who killed the wildlife, the document that authorizes possession of

the wildlife;

(

b) in the case of a person transporting dead wildlife who is not

the person who killed the wildlife, a bill of lading signed by the person

who did kill it or by the person who consigned or otherwise has lawful

possession of the wildlife, setting out

(

i) the type and control number of the licence or

permit under which the wildlife is possessed or the control number of the

fur farm licence, as the case may be,

(ii) a description of the wildlife,

(iii) the points of origin and destination of the

wildlife, and

(iv) the dates on which the wildlife is to be

transported;

(

c) in the case of wildlife that is the subject of an export permit

issued by a jurisdiction outside Alberta, that export permit;

(

d) if the wildlife is a falconry bird possessed under a falconry

permit, that permit;

(

e) if the wildlife is

(

i) a live lynx possessed under the authority of the

Fur Farms Act, or

(ii) any other live wildlife animal, except such a

falconry bird and except an animal that is not a lynx and that is so

possessed under that Act,

a completed wildlife manifest in the form set out in Form WA

285 of

Schedule 16.

Transportation of big game by helicopter

139 A person shall not transport big game by helicopter over any of

wildlife management units 440 to 446.

Traffic in live controlled animals

140 A person who