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Volume 59, No. 13

200/2016

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 26, 2016

B.C. Reg. 200/2016 , deposited July 22, 2016, under the WILDLIFE ACT [section 108 (2) (

s) and (3) (b), (

d) and (l) (ii)] and the OFFENCE ACT [section 132 (2) (d)]. Order in Council 582/2016, approved and ordered July 21, 2016.

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 Regulation, B.C. Reg. 190/84, is amended as set out in the attached

Appendix A, and

(

b) the Violation Ticket Administration and Fines Regulation, B.C. Reg. 89/97,

is amended as set out in the attached Appendix B.

— S. ANTON, Attorney General and Minister of Justice ; S. THOMSON, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations ; J. RUSTAD, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Appendix A

1 The Hunting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 190/84, is amended by adding the following

section:

Offence – drones

17.1

(1) In this section, “drone” means an aerial vehicle that

(

a) is not occupied or operated by a person within the vehicle,

(

b) is operated by

(

i) remote control,

(ii) pre-programmed software,

(iii) onboard computer autonomy or artificial intelligence, or

(iv) any combination of subparagraphs (

i) to (iii), and

(

c) is capable of attracting, searching for, chasing, pursuing, following after

or on the trail of, stalking, spotting or monitoring wildlife.

(2) A person commits an offence if, while on a hunting or trapping expedition,

the person

(

a) operates a drone,

(

b) has a drone in his or her possession, charge or control, or

(

c) uses information that a drone obtains during, or less than 6 hours before

the start of, the expedition.

(3) An offence referred to in subsection (2) of this

section is prescribed for

the purposes of

section 84 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act.

Appendix B

Schedule 2 of the Violation Ticket Administration and Fines Regulation, B.C.

Reg. 89/97, is amended under the heading “ Hunting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 190/84 ” by adding the following:

Provision

Contravention

Fine

Victim

Surcharge

Levy

Ticketed

Amount

section 17.1 (2) (

a) Operate drone while on hunting or

trapping expedition

$300

$45

$345

section 17.1 (2) (

b) Have drone in possession, charge or control

while on hunting or trapping expedition

$300

$45

$345

section 17.1 (2) (

c) While on hunting or trapping expedition, use

information obtained by drone during,

or less than 6 hours before start of, expedition

$300

$45

$345

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