O. Reg. 282/08: Hunting

 

ontario regulation 282/08

made under the

fish and wildlife conservation act, 1997

Made: August 12, 2008
Filed: August 13, 2008
Published on e-Laws: August 14, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 30, 2008

Amending O. Reg. 665/98

(Hunting)

1. The definition of “licence tag” in subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 665/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

“licence tag” means a tag that, when it accompanies an outdoors card, constitutes a licence to hunt the wildlife or a class of wildlife specified on the tag or in this Regulation;

2. Sections 2 and 2.1 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Regulation, a person must possess an outdoors card in order to hunt.

(2) An outdoors card is a component of a licence necessary for a person to obtain a licence tag, validation tag, seal or hunting licence.

(3) No licence tag to hunt deer, moose, bear or small game shall be issued to a person and no farmer’s licence to hunt deer shall be issued to a resident farmer unless that person holds an outdoors card.

(4) An outdoors card that is accompanied by the appropriate licence tag constitutes a licence for the holder to hunt the wildlife or class of wildlife specified on the licence tag or in this Regulation.

(5) An outdoors card may be classified as one of the following:

1. Class H1, under which the holder may use all hunting methods permitted under the Act and the regulations.

2. Class H2, under which the holder may use all hunting methods permitted under the Act and the regulations with the exception of guns.

(6) A farmer’s licence to hunt deer is valid only to hunt deer in the county, territorial district, regional municipality or district municipality in which the farmer resides.

3. Subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) The Minister may issue an outdoors card to,

(a) a resident or a non-resident if the person is at least 16 years old; or

(b) a resident who is 15 years old and who files a consent signed by both parents if he or she resides with them or by one parent or guardian in all other cases.

4. Section 5 of the Regulation is revoked.

5. Sections 6 and 7 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

6. (1) A person shall not apply for or possess more than one outdoors card if they have different card numbers.

(2) A person may possess more than one outdoors card if the cards bear the same number.

(3) Not later than 10 days after the change occurs, the holder of an outdoors card shall notify the Minister of any change in name, contact information or residency.

(4) A person holding an outdoors card whose licence is cancelled by a court order under section 104 of the Act shall immediately return the card to the Ministry for an adjustment to reflect the order.

(5) A holder of an outdoors card who ceases to be a resident shall not use the card to obtain a licence tag, validation tag, seal or e-licence for which the holder is not eligible as a result of the change of residency.

7. (1) A non-resident may hold only a class H1 outdoors card.

(2) In order to obtain a class H1 outdoors card, a non-resident must submit,

(a) a hunting licence issued to him or her after January 1, 1968 under this Regulation or a predecessor of it;

(b) a hunting licence issued to him or her after January 1, 1968 by a competent authority in any jurisdiction in which he or she was a resident at that time if the licence permits the use of a gun;

(c) a report issued to him or her by an examiner under section 12 or a predecessor of that section after January 1, 1968;

(d) a hunting licence verification certificate issued by the Ministry verifying the existence of a previously issued licence; or

(e) a certificate issued to him or her after January 1, 1968 by a competent authority in any jurisdiction which indicates that the holder was or is authorized to purchase a hunting licence that permits the use of a gun in that jurisdiction.

6. (1) Section 27 of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

27. The following constitute a small game licence:

. . . . .

(2) Paragraph 1 of section 27 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. An outdoors card accompanied by a resident small game licence tag or a non-resident small game licence tag.

7. Subsection 29 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) A non-resident may hunt game birds including wild turkey on a game bird hunting preserve if the non-resident holds an outdoors card accompanied by a licence for that purpose without any other licence.

8. Section 42 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(0.1) An outdoors card accompanied by a non-resident deer licence tag constitutes a non-resident licence to hunt deer.

9. Section 53 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(0.1) An outdoors card accompanied by a non-resident moose licence tag constitutes a non-resident licence to hunt moose.

10. Subsection 59 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) An outdoors card accompanied by a resident bear licence tag constitutes a resident licence to hunt bear.

11. Subsection 60 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) An outdoors card accompanied by a non-resident bear licence tag and a bear hunting licence validation certificate constitutes a non-resident licence to hunt bear and authorizes the holder to hunt bear in the area and subject to the conditions specified in the certificate.

12. This Regulation comes into force on January 1, 2009.