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Volume 49, No. 12

B.C. Reg. 171/2006

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 20, 2006

B.C. Reg. 171/2006, deposited June 14, 2006, pursuant to the WILDLIFE ACT [Section 108]. Order in Council 407/2006, approved and ordered June 13, 2006.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and con-sent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Permit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 253/2000, is amended in

section 24 by striking out "30 days" wherever it appears and substituting "1 year",

(

b) the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 338/82, is amended according to the attached Appendix,

(

c) section 17 of the Hunting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 190/84, is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) A person who hunts big game with a shotgun loaded with single-projectile ammunition is exempt from

section 26 (1) (

h) of the

Wildlife Act . , and

(

d) section 11 of the Designation and Exemption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 168/90, is amended

(

i) in subsection (1) by striking out "section 26 (1) (c)" and substituting "sections 11 (1) and 26 (1) (c)", and

(ii) by adding the following subsection:

(3) Despite subsection (1), the exemption from

section 11 (1) does not apply to the following:

(

a) species of the genus Corvus — crows;

(

b) Pica pica — black-billed magpie;

(

c) Molothrus ater — brown-headed cowbird.

— B. PENNER, Minister of Environment and Minister Responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Appendix

The Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 338/82, is amended

(

a) in

section 3.04 by adding the following subsection:

(6) A person who traps wolf, black bear, lynx, bobcat or wolverine with a shotgun loaded with single-projectile ammunition is exempt from

section 26 (1) (

h) of the

Wildlife Act . ,

(

b) by adding the following section:

Exemption — bait for traplines

3.12.2

(1) For the purpose of possessing and transporting any wildlife listed in

Schedule 3.12.2 or wildlife described in

Schedule B or C of the Designation and Exemption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 168/90, a licensed trapper or a person exempt from holding a trapping licence is exempt from sections 33 (2) and 37 of the Act if

(

a) the wildlife carcass is to be used only

(

i) by the trapper, and

(ii) as bait for traps set under the authority of the trapper's licence or licence exemption, and

(

b) at the time of possession and transport, the trapper has, on his or her person,

(

i) his or her current trapping licence or proof of licence exemption, and

(ii) a permit issued under

section 2 (c) (iii) of the Permit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 253/2000, permitting him or her to trap that wildlife during the closed season.

, and

(

c) by adding the following:

Schedule 3.12.2

Common Name

Scientific Name

Mammals

Beaver

Castor canadensis

Coyote

Canis latrans

Ermine

Mustela erminea

Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Marmot (except Vancouver Island Marmots)

All species of genus Marmota except Marmota vancou-verensis

Mink

Mustela vison

Mole

All species of the family Talpidae

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Prairie dog

All species of the genus Cynomys

River Otter

Lutra canadensis

Squirrel (ground, flying, Douglas, red)

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus , Tamiasciurus douglasii , Glaucomys

sabrinus , all species of the genus Spermophilus .

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