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Volume 65, No. 18

203/2022

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

October 11, 2022

B.C. Reg. 203/2022 , deposited October 11, 2022, under the WILDLIFE ACT [section 108]. Order in Council 515/2022, approved and ordered October 11, 2022.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Hunting Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 8/99, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 1, and

(

b) the Permit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 253/2000, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 2.

— K. CONROY, Minister of Forests ; N. SIMONS, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Appendix 1

1 The Hunting Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 8/99, is amended by adding the following section:

Exemptions – wounded dangerous wildlife

5.31 (1)

Section 5 (1) and (2) does not apply to a supervising hunter if

(

a) the supervising hunter is hunting with a person who holds an uncancelled species licence for black bear, cougar or wolf,

(

b) the person is less than 18 years of age, and

(

c) the person wounds wildlife for which the species licence is issued.

(2) Section 5 (1) does not apply to a resident who holds a permit issued under

section 70 (1) (

a) of the Act if

(

a) the resident is hunting with a non-resident or non-resident alien in respect of whom the permit is issued,

(

b) the non-resident or non-resident alien holds an uncancelled species licence for black bear or cougar, and

(

c) the non-resident or non-resident alien wounds wildlife for which the species licence is issued.

(3) Section 5 (1) and (2) does not apply to a guide outfitter or assistant guide who holds a hunting licence if

(

a) the guide outfitter or assistant guide is hunting with, and guiding, a person who holds an uncancelled species licence for black bear, cougar or wolf, and

(

b) the person wounds wildlife for which the species licence is issued.

(4) Section 7 does not apply to a person exempted under subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this

section if, after the person kills the wounded wildlife and before any person handles that wildlife, the person who holds the appropriate species licence cancels the species licence in accordance with the instructions on that licence.

Appendix 2

Section 15 (3) of the Permit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 253/2000, is repealed and the following substituted:

(3) Subsection (1) (a), (

d) and (

e) does not apply to the possession of any part of a caribou, deer, elk or moose that originated outside British Columbia except

(

a) the edible meat of the four quarters, loins, neck and ribs, or

(

b) the hide, antlers and skull plate if, before being brought into British Columbia, the

part is cleaned in a manner that removes all tissue.

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