Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the
"Fur Harvesting Regulations".
Definitions
2 In these regulations
(a) "Act" means the Wildlife
Act;
Clause 2(a) amended: O.I.C.
92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(b) "box trap" means any box
shaped trap designed to capture an animal alive being constrained only by the
confines of the walls of the trap which may be made in any shape or size and
of any material such as wood, metal, wire, netting or other material;
(c) "Department" means the
Department of Natural Resources;
Clause 2(c) amended: O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(d) "egg trap" means a
foot-holding device specifically designed to catch a raccoon by the foot
whereby the raccoon must insert a foot inside a plastic shroud which prevents
possible loss of the captured foot through self injury;
Clause 2(d) added: O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92.
(e) "fur-bearing animal" means
beaver, muskrat, mink, otter, weasel, fisher, marten, lynx, bobcat, cougar,
fox, skunk, red squirrel, coyote and raccoon;
Clause 2(d) relettered (e): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92; amended:
O.I.C. 94-686, N.S. Reg. 143/94.
Clause 2(e) relettered (f): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92; repealed: O.I.C. 96-461, N.S. Reg. 110/96.
(g) "Fur Harvester's
Certificate" means a certificate issued pursuant to these regulations;
Clause 2(f) relettered (g): O.I.C.
92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(h) "fur harvester's course"
means a course instituted by the Minister pursuant to these regulations;
Clause 2(g) relettered (h): O.I.C.
92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(i) "Fur Harvester's Licence"
means a valid base licence which has affixed to it a valid Fur Harvesters
Stamp;
Clause 2(h) relettered (i):
O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92; replaced: O.I.C. 1999-273, N.S. Reg.
60/99.
(ia) “Fur Harvesters Stamp”
means a stamp issued by the Department that, when affixed to a valid base
licence, confers on the holder the privilege of hunting fur bearing animals in
accordance with the Act and regulations;
Clause 2(ia) added: O.I.C. 1999-273, N.S. Reg. 60/99.
(j) "Minister" means the
Minister of Natural Resources;
Clause
2(i) amended and relettered (j): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92.
Clause 2(k) repealed: O.I.C. 89-838,
N.S. Reg. 145/89.
(l) "stamp" means an official
mark or seal approved by the Minister to be placed on the pelt of a
fur-bearing animal for the purposes of identifying a legally declared pelt;
Clause 2(j) relettered (l): O.I.C.
92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(m) "body gripping trap" means
any device designed to catch and hold wildlife by the body rather than by the
foot, but does not include a snare;
Clause 2(l) relettered (m): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92.
(n) "dog proof enclosure" means
a special trap-holding device designed to keep a dog away from a trap by
creating a barrier to the trap allowing entry only through designated openings
and
(i) for any body-gripping trap, may be an enclosure placed so that no part
of the opening of the enclosure is more than 12.7 cm off the ground; and
(ii) for a body-gripping trap no greater than 17.78 cm by 17.78 cm
dimensions, may be
(A) for baited or scented trap sets, an
enclosure with openings no greater than 322.6 cm² with the trap trigger set
back at least 17.78 cm from any enclosure opening, or an enclosure with a
20.32 cm height by 25.4 cm width opening with the trap trigger set back at
least 25.4 cm from any enclosure opening; or
(B) for unbaited or unscented trap sets, an
enclosure with openings no greater than 25.4 cm in height and 25.4 cm in width
with the trap trigger set back at least 38.1 cm from any enclosure opening.
Clause 2(m) relettered (n): O.I.C.
92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92; replaced: O.I.C. 1999-368, N.S. Reg.
79/99.
(o) "submarine trap" means a
trap made of any material of box-like construction designed to be set
underwater and capable of taking more than one fur-bearing animal at a time.
Clause 2(n) relettered (o): O.I.C.
92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
Type of licence/qualifications
3 (1) The Minister may issue a Fur
Harvester's Licence to any person
(a) who is sixteen years of age
or over;
(b) who is a resident of Nova
Scotia; and
(c) except as provided in
Section 5, who has successfully passed the fur harvester's course outlined in
these regulations.
(2) Any resident who has not
attained the age of nineteen years may be permitted to set and tend traps and
possess a fur-bearing animal if the person is named in writing as a partner of
a person nineteen years of age or over who holds a valid Fur Harvester's
Licence and while trapping or snaring the person is under the immediate
supervision of the person who holds the Fur Harvester's Licence.
(3) The fee payable for a Fur
Harvester's Stamp is fifteen dollars.
Subsection 3(3) amended: O.I.C. 1999-273, N.S. Reg.
60/99.
(4) A Fur Harvester's Licence
expires on the 15th day of March in the year following the date of issuance.
(5) A Fur Harvester's Stamp
shall only be issued by the district office of the Department for the area
where the applicant resides.
Subsection 3(5) amended: O.I.C. 1999-273, N.S. Reg.
60/99.
Subsection 3(6) repealed: O.I.C.
1999-273, N.S. Reg. 60/99.
Non-residents
4 Except as authorized by the Minister,
no non-resident shall at any time
(a) enter a wildlife habitat to
take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill a fur-bearing animal;
(b) set any trap or snare for a
fur-bearing animal; or
(c) possess any fur-bearing
animal or the pelt thereof unless the non-resident holds a valid Non-Resident
Furbuyers Licence.
Fur harvester's course
5 (1) A Fur Harvester's Licence shall not
be issued to a person unless
(a) the person was the holder
of a Fur Harvester's Licence issued prior to August 1, 1986; or
(b) the person successfully
completes a fur harvester's course approved by the Minister and upon
application for a Fur Harvester's Licence produces a Fur Harvester's
Certificate issued under these regulations.
Subsection 5(1) amended: O.I.C. 93-827, N.S. Reg.
149/93.
(2) Despite clause (a) of
subsection (1), a Fur Harvesters Licence shall not be issued to any person
who, at any time after the 1st day of August, A.D., 1993, has not purchased
and held a Fur Harvesters Licence during the four years immediately preceding
that date and has not at any time taken a fur harvesters course approved by
the Minister, unless the person successfully completes a fur harvesters course
and acquires a Fur Harvesters Certificate or unless the person has received an
exemption from the Department.
Subsection 5(2) added: O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92; amended:
O.I.C. 93-827, N.S. Reg. 149/93.
(3) The Minister shall
institute a fur harvester's course in a manner deemed sufficient by the
Minister to train a person in the proper methods of harvesting fur-bearing
animals.
Subsection 5(2) renumbered
5(3): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(4) Except with the permission
of the Minister, no person under the age of 12 years is permitted to take the
fur harvester's course.
Subsection
5(3) renumbered (4): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92; amended: O.I.C. 96-461,
N.S. Reg. 110/96.
(5) The program and content of
the fur harvester's course shall be approved by the Minister.
Subsection 5(4) renumbered 5(5):
O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(6) No person shall act as an
instructor in a fur harvester's course without the prior approval of the
Minister.
Subsection 5(5) renumbered
5(6): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(7) The Minister may approve
employees of the Department or other persons to be instructors in a fur
harvester's course.
Subsection 5(6)
renumbered 5(7): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(8) Applicants for the fur
harvester's course shall apply in the manner prescribed by the Minister.
Subsection 5(7) renumbered 5(8):
O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(9) The Minister may from time
to time prescribe the fees to be paid to the Department or to an organization
conducting a fur harvester's course on behalf of the Department.
Subsection 5(8) renumbered 5(9):
O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(10) Upon the successful
completion of the fur harvester's course, the Minister may issue to the
applicant a Fur Harvester's Certificate.
Subsection 5(9) renumbered 5(10): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92.
(11) (a) Where Fur Harvester's Certificate issued
pursuant to these regulations is lost or destroyed or needs to be replaced for
any other reason, the Department may, if satisfied upon proof of the loss or
destruction or need for replacement caused to be issued to the applicant a
replacement Fur Harvester's Certificate for a fee of five dollars.
(b) The replacement Fur
Harvester's Certificate issued pursuant to clause (a) shall have the same
force and effect as the original Fur Harvester's Certificate.
(c) An application for a
replacement Fur Harvester's Certificate shall be in a form designed by the
Department.
Subsection 5(10)
renumbered 5(11): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(12) (a) Any person convicted of an offence under the
Act or the regulations, shall, upon instructions from the Department, forward
to the district office of the Department any Fur Harvester's Certificate
issued to that person.
(b) Every person who fails to
comply with clause (a) is guilty of an offence.
Subsection 5(11) renumbered 5(12): O.I.C. 92-705, N.S.
Reg. 146/92.
(13) Before a Fur Harvester's
Licence is issued to a person, the Minister may direct the person to complete
or retake a fur harvester's course whether or not the person already holds a
Fur Harvester's Certificate or has already taken a fur harvester's course.
Subsection 5(12) renumbered 5(13):
O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
Open season for fur-bearing
animals
6
(1) Except as otherwise provided
in these regulations, any person to whom a valid Fur Harvester's Licence is
issued may take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill or possess any
fur-bearing animal and set and maintain any trap, snare or other device
capable of taking a fur- bearing animal during the open season for fur-bearing
animals as prescribed in subsection (3).
(2) Except for a trap designed
to catch mice or house rats, no person shall place or attempt to place a trap
or snare in a wildlife habitat except during the open season.
(3) For the purpose of this
Section, the open season
(a) for trapping of mink,
muskrat, otter, red squirrel, skunk, raccoon or beaver is the period of time
from the first day of November to the last day of February in the year
following, both dates inclusive;
Clause 6(3)(a) amended: O.I.C. 90-848, N.S. Reg. 185/90; O.I.C.
91-830, N.S. Reg. 159/91; O.I.C. 94-686, N.S. Reg. 143/94.
(b) for trapping or hunting of
bobcat or weasel is the period from the first day of November to the last day
of February in the year following, both dates inclusive;
Clause 6(3)(b) amended: O.I.C. 88-692, N.S. Reg. 152/88;
O.I.C. 91-830, N.S. Reg. 159/91.
(c) for hunting raccoon is the
period of time from the fifteenth day of October to the last day of February
in the year following, both dates inclusive;
Clause 6(3)(c) added: O.I.C. 91-830, N.S. Reg. 159/91; amended: O.I.C.
94-686, N.S. Reg. 143/94.
(d) for trapping coyotes or for
trapping or hunting fox is the period of time from the fifteenth day of
October to the last day of February in the year following, both dates
inclusive.
Clause 6(3)(d) added:
O.I.C. 91-830, N.S. Reg. 159/91; amended: O.I.C. 94-686, N.S. Reg.
143/94.
(4) No person shall set or
maintain a snare capable of taking a fur-bearing animal from the fifteenth day
of October to the twenty-fourth day of November in any year, both dates
inclusive, unless the snare is set underwater or the snare is set for red
squirrels and is of 20 gauge or smaller wire.
Subsection 6(4) replaced: O.I.C. 91-830, N.S. Reg. 159/91; amended:
O.I.C. 93-827, N.S. Reg. 149/93; O.I.C. 1999-368, N.S. Reg.
79/99.
(5) Subject to subsection (6),
no person shall at any time take, hunt, kill, trap or snare or have in his
possession a lynx, fisher, cougar or marten.
Subsection 6(5) amended: O.I.C. 88-692, N.S. Reg. 152/88; O.I.C.
95-524, N.S. Reg. 108/95.
(6) A licensed fur harvester
who permanently resides in Cumberland, Colchester or Pictou County may possess
one fisher where the fisher was taken accidentally by the fur harvester in one
of those 3 counties in a trap lawfully set for another species.
Subsection 6(6) added: O.I.C. 95-524,
N.S. Reg. 108/95; replaced: O.I.C. 1998-398, N.S. Reg. 57/98; amended: O.I.C.
1999-368, N.S. Reg. 79/99.
(7) A person may possess one or
more raccoons during the closed season where the raccoons were taken
accidentally in a trap lawfully set for fox or coyote.
Subsection 6(7) added: O.I.C. 95-524, N.S. Reg.
108/95.
Possession dates/storage
permits
7
(1) Except as provided in the Act
and regulations made pursuant to the Act, no person shall possess a pelt or
skin of a fur-bearing animal except during the open season or until fifteen
days following the close of the open season, both days inclusive.
Subsection 7(1) replaced: O.I.C.
90-848, N.S. Reg. 185/90; amended: O.I.C. 94-686, N.S. Reg.
143/94.
(2) Except as provided in
subsection 6(6), no person shall at any time possess the pelt or skin of a
lynx, fisher, cougar, or marten.
Subsection 7(2) amended: O.I.C. 88-692, N.S. Reg. 152/88; O.I.C.
95-524, N.S. Reg. 108/95.
(3) (a) Any person who wishes to retain possession
of a pelt or skin of a fur-bearing animal beyond the dates noted in subsection
(1) shall, within 15 days following the last day of the season, register with
the Department the species and number of pelts or skins to be retained.
Clause 7(3)(a) amended: O.I.C.
1999-368, N.S. Reg. 79/99.
(b) The Minister may authorize
a person in the Department to issue a permit under clause (a).
Section 8 repealed: O.I.C. 90-848, N.S.
Reg. 185/90.
Bag limits
9 (1) The bag limit for bobcat is 5 per
licence.
Clause 9(1)(a) and (b)
repealed: O.I.C. 1999-368, N.S. Reg. 79/99.
Subsection 9(1) amended: O.I.C. 1999-368, N.S. Reg.
79/99.
(2) (a) The bags limit for beaver is
(i) Zone 1 (Cape Breton, Richmond, Inverness and Victoria Counties) - 20
beavers per licence,
(ii) Zone 2 (Halifax, Guysborough, Antigonish, Pictou, Colchester,
Cumberland and Hants Counties) - 14 beavers per licence,
Subclause 9(2)(a)(ii) amended: O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92; O.I.C. 96-461, N.S. Reg. 110/96.
(iii) Zone 3 (Lunenburg, Kings and Annapolis Counties) - 11 beavers per
licence,
Subclause 9(2)(a)(iii)
amended: O.I.C. 93-827, N.S. Reg. 149/93; O.I.C. 96-461, N.S. Reg.
110/96.
(iv) Zone 4 (Yarmouth, Shelburne, Digby and Queens Counties) - 9 beavers
per licence.
Subclause 9(2)(a)(iv)
amended: O.I.C. 93-827, N.S. Reg. 149/93; O.I.C. 96-461, N.S. Reg.
110/96.
(b) The holder of a valid Fur
Harvesters Licence may set and maintain a trap set for aquatic furbearers in
any Zone as defined in clause (a).
Clause 9(2)(b) replaced: O.I.C. 97-520, N.S. Reg.
99/97.
(c) Except by the authority of
a Salvage Permit issued by the Department, the holder of a valid Fur
Harvesters Licence shall not in any year take, hunt or kill or attempt to
take, hunt or kill a greater number of beaver than the bag limit for the Zone
in which that person permanently resides.
Clause 9(2)(c) added: O.I.C. 97-520, N.S. Reg. 99/97.
(d) Despite clause (c), the
holder of a valid Fur Harvesters Licence, when hunting in a particular Zone,
shall not take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill a greater number
of beaver in that Zone than the bag limit for the Zone.
Clause 9(2)(d) added: O.I.C. 97-520, N.S. Reg.
99/97.
Subsection 9(2)
replaced: O.I.C. 89-838, N.S. Reg. 145/89.
(3) There is no bag limit for
muskrat, fox, mink, otter, skunk, red squirrel, coyote, weasel or raccoon.
Subsection 9(3) amended: O.I.C.
94-686, N.S. Reg. 143/94.
(4) Except by authority of a
Salvage Permit issued by the Department, no person shall take, hunt or kill or
attempt to take, hunt or kill or have in his possession a greater number of
fur- bearing animals than the bag limit prescribed by these regulations for
the County in which that person permanently resides.
Subsection 9(4) replaced: O.I.C. 89-838, N.S. Reg.
145/89.
Stamping of pelts
10 (1) Any person who lawfully takes or
kills an otter or who lawfully possesses a fisher pursuant to subsection 6(6)
shall, before the expiry of the possession date prescribed by the regulations,
(a) exhibit the pelt of the
furbearer to the district office of the Department in which the person
resides;
Clause 10(1)(a) amended:
O.I.C. 96-461, N.S. Reg. 110/96; O.I.C. 97-520, N.S. Reg.
99/97.
(b) deliver the carcass of the
furbearer to the district office in a condition that is fresh or preserved in
such a way as to prevent decomposition; and
Clause 10(1)(b) amended: O.I.C. 1999-368, N.S. Reg.
79/99.
(c) complete and return a form
prescribed by the Department.
Subsection 10(1) amended: O.I.C. 88-692, N.S. Reg. 152/88; O.I.C.
91-830, N.S. Reg. 159/91; O.I.C. 95-524, N.S. Reg. 108/95; O.I.C. 96-461, N.S.
Reg. 110/96; O.I.C. 97-520, N.S. Reg. 99/97; O.I.C. 2000-513, N.S. Reg.
166/2000.
(2) The Department shall stamp
or mark each pelt in the manner directed by the Minister.
Subsection 10(2) amended: O.I.C. 96-461, N.S. Reg.
110/96; O.I.C. 97-520, N.S. Reg. 99/97.
(3) It shall be an offence to
fail to comply with subsection (1).
(4) No furbuyer shall possess a
pelt or skin of a fur-bearing animal required by these regulations to be
stamped or marked unless the pelt or skin is stamped or marked.
(5) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a fur
harvester who wishes to sell in the round a fur-bearing animal listed in
subsection (1) shall possess or bring the entire fur-bearing animal to the
District Office of the Department and obtain a permit after completing and
returning a form prescribed by the Department.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection
(4), a furbuyer may possess in the round a fur-bearing animal required by
these regulations to be stamped or marked provided the furbuyer
(i) possesses the permit issued under clause (a) to the fur harvester;
(ii) delivers the carcass of the fur-bearing animal and the permit to a
District Office of the Department within two weeks after the close of the open
season for the particular fur-bearing animal taken; and
(iii) has the pelt stamped or marked.
Subsection 10(5) added: O.I.C. 88-692, N.S. Reg.
152/88.
Hunting methods and equipment
11 (1) No person shall take, hunt or kill
or attempt to take, hunt or kill a beaver, muskrat, mink or otter by a firearm
or bow unless the animal is confined by a trap.
Subsection 11(1) amended: O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92.
Subsection 11(2) repealed: O.I.C.
89-838, N.S. Reg. 145/89.
(3) Except for box traps and
submarine traps, and as provided in subsection (4), no person shall set or
place a trap or snare on cultivated land or within 200 yards of a dwelling,
school, playground, athletic field, or place of business unless that person is
the owner or occupier of the dwelling or has the permission of the owner or
occupier or is authorized in writing by a conservation officer for the purpose
of trapping nuisance wildlife.
Subsection 11(3) amended: O.I.C. 93-827, N.S. Reg. 149/93; O.I.C.
95-524, N.S. Reg. 108/95; O.I.C. 1998-398, N.S. Reg. 57/98.
(4) The owner or occupier of a
dwelling or a person permitted by them who is licensed under these regulations
may set or place a trap or snare on cultivated land or within 200 yards of
that person's dwelling provided the location of the trap or snare is more than
200 yards from another dwelling, school, playground, athletic field, or place
of business.
(5) It shall not be an offence
for a person licensed under these regulations to trap within the boundaries of
any common or public highway.
(6) If a trap or snare is found
within any limits prohibited by these regulations, the owner or occupier of
the land or dwelling may inform the conservation officer and with the consent
of the conservation officer remove and surrender the trap or snare to the
Department.
(7) No person shall use a
body-gripping trap with a jawspread greater than 16 cm except
(a) in or over water;
(b) in a dog-proof enclosure;
or
Clause 11(7)(b) amended: O.I.C.
1999-368, N.S. Reg. 79/99.
(c) where the trap is set at
least five feet above the ground.
Subsection 11(7) amended: O.I.C. 89-838, N.S. Reg. 145/89; O.I.C.
1999-368, N.S. Reg. 79/99.
(8) No person shall while in a
wildlife habitat possess, use or set a trapping device unless it is one of the
following:
(a) a box trap;
(b) a body-gripping trap that
is designed to kill quickly;
(c) a submarine trap;
(d) a non powered neck or body
snare;
(e) a steel jaw trap with a jaw
spread of less than seven and one-half inches;
(f) a leg or foot snare; or
(g) an egg trap.
Clauses 11(8)(e)-(f) amended and (g)
added: O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg. 146/92.
(9) (a) No person shall set a snare or trap designed
to hold animals alive without examining each trap or snare set at least once
every day.
(b) For the purpose of these
regulations, "day" is defined as the time period between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59
p.m.
Clause 11(9)(a) amended and (b)
added: O.I.C. 89-838, N.S. Reg. 145/89.
(10) No person shall use a trap
equipped with a spearing device, teeth, serrations or hooks.
Subsection 11(10) amended: O.I.C. 89-838, N.S. Reg.
145/89.
(11) No person shall set spring
poles or running poles unless they are equipped with a killing trap or snare.
(12) It shall be an offence for
any person who accidently catches a fur-bearing animal to which that person is
not entitled to fail to either
(a) forthwith release it alive,
or
(b) report it immediately to
the Department Office prior to removing it from the trap site.
Clause 11(12)(b) amended: O.I.C.
97-520, N.S. Reg. 99/97.
Subsection 11(12) added: O.I.C. 88-692, N.S. Reg. 152/88; amended:
O.I.C. 90-848, N.S. Reg. 185/90.
(13) No person shall set a
suspended snare for the purpose of taking a fur-bearing animal unless
(a) the snare has a locking
mechanism which prevents the snare from expanding;
(b) the snare is set entirely
under water; or
(c) the snare is made from
copper or brass or stainless steel and is set for the purpose of harvesting a
red squirrel.
Clause 11(13)(c)
amended: O.I.C. 1999-368, N.S. Reg. 79/99.
Subsection 11(13) added: O.I.C. 89-838, N.S. Reg.
145/89
(14) Except for the purpose of
taking a bobcat, coyote or fox, no person shall set a leg or foot hold trap to
take a fur-bearing animal unless
(a) the trap is set for beaver,
otter, mink or muskrat and is attached to a device that is designed to
submerge the animal and prevent it from resurfacing;
(b) the trap is set for muskrat
or mink and is sufficiently heavy to submerge the mink or muskrat and prevent
the animal from resurfacing;
(c) the trap is set for weasel,
red squirrel or mink and is set in such a manner as to kill the animal
immediately upon the springing of the trap; or
(d) the trap is set for a
raccoon and has jaws which are padded with rubber compound specifically
designed to reduce injury to the animal or is an egg trap.
Clause 11(14)(d) amended: O.I.C. 92-705, N.S. Reg.
146/92.
Subsection
11(14) added: O.I.C. 89-838, N.S. Reg. 145/89; amended: O.I.C. 90-848, N.S.
Reg. 185/90.
(15) No person shall set a
snare for coyote, fox or bobcat within 50 meters of a bait unless the bait is
camouflaged or concealed in a manner sufficient to render the bait
undetectable from the air.
Section
11(15) added: O.I.C. 95-524, N.S. Reg. 108/95.
(16) No person who holds a
valid Fur Harvester’s Licence shall use or possess a light while checking
traps or dispatching animals in traps at night in a wildlife habitat unless
the voltage of the light is 12 volts or less and the light is not part of the
electrical system of a vehicle.
Subsection 11(16) added: O.I.C. 2000-513, N.S. Reg.
166/2000.
Section 12 repealed: O.I.C. 90-848,
N.S. Reg. 185/90.
Information returns
13 Every person who holds a valid Fur
Harvester's Licence shall at such times and at such places as the Minister may
prescribe
(a) complete and return to the
Department any report card required by the Minister;
Clause 13(a) amended: O.I.C. 1999-273, N.S. Reg.
60/99.
(b) return any receipt slips
issued by a licensed furbuyer; and
(c) furnish any information and
any parts or portions of any fur-bearing animal as may from time to time be
required by the Minister.
Terms and conditions of licence
14 It shall be an offence for
any person to contravene the terms and conditions contained in a Fur
Harvester's Licence.
Section 15 repealed: O.I.C. 97-520,
N.S. Reg. 99/97.
Repeal of old regulations
16 All regulations heretofore
made by the Governor in Council respecting furbearing animals are rescinded as
of the 19th day of August, 1987.
Effective date of new
regulations
17
These regulations shall come into force on and after the 19th day of August,
1987.
