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Volume 57, No. 7

48/2014

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 22, 2014

B.C. Reg. 48/2014 , deposited April 9, 2014, under the WILDLIFE ACT [sections 6.5, 6.6 (4) and 109 (l) (i)]. Ministerial Order M110/2014, dated April 9, 2014.

I, Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, order that the Controlled Alien Species Regulation, B.C. Reg. 94/2009, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— S. THOMSON, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Schedule

Section 1 (1) of the Controlled Alien Species Regulation, B.C. Reg. 94/2009, is amended

(

a) by repealing the definition of “aquatic invasive species individual” and substituting the following:

“aquatic invasive species individual” means a single live member of a controlled alien species designated in

Schedule 3 or 4, at any developmental stage; , and

(

b) by adding the following definition:

“release” includes, for the purpose of applying

section 7 (3) of this regulation and

section 77 (2) of the Act to a mussel, allowing the mussel to come into contact with BC waters; .

Section 7 (3) is amended

(

a) by adding “ or ” at the end of paragraph (

a) and striking out “ or ” at the end of paragraph (b), and

(

b) by repealing paragraph (c).

3 The following

section is added:

Dead mussels also prohibited

7.1 The prohibitions set out in

section 7 (1), (3) and (4) also apply to dead mussels and, for this purpose, sections 33 (2), 37 and 77 (2) of the Act apply as if a dead mussel were wildlife or an animal.

Section 8 is amended

(

a) by renumbering the

section as

section 8 (1),

(

b) in subsection (1) (

a) by striking out “ and ” at the end of the paragraph,

(

c) in subsection (1) (

b) by striking out “

section 7 (2). ” and substituting “

section 7 (2), and ”,

(

d) in subsection (1) by adding the following paragraph:

(

c) section 7.1, in respect of the application of

section 7 (1) and (4) to dead mussels. , and

(

e) by adding the following subsection:

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) (c), a person is exempt from the prohibitions set out in

section 7 (1) and (4) in respect of a dead mussel if

(

a) the dead mussel is fully encased in an acrylic resin or similar material, and

(

b) the person is using the dead mussel for an educational or public awareness purpose.

Section 9 (2) (

d) is amended by striking out “

section 7 ” and substituting “

section 7 of this regulation or any of sections 33 (2), 37 or 77 (2) of the Act ”.

6 The following

section is added:

Immediate destruction

9.1 The disposal power set out in

section 97.3 of the Act applies to an aquatic invasive species individual and to a dead mussel as if the aquatic invasive species individual or dead mussel were wildlife.

Section 4 (4) of

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) by adding the following paragraph:

(e.1) Python bivittatus [Burmese python] ; , and

(

b) in paragraph (

f) by striking out “ and Burmese ”.

Section 1 (3) of

Schedule 2 is amended by striking out “

section 1 (5) ” and substituting “

section 4 (5) ”.

Section 1 of

Schedule 5 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(

c) Manitoba.

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