O. Reg. 38/24: HUNTING

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ontario regulation 38/24

made under the

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

Made: February 15, 2024
Filed: February 15, 2024
Published on e-Laws: February 16, 2024
Published in The Ontario Gazette: March 2, 2024

Amending O. Reg. 665/98

(HUNTING)

1. (1) Subsection 62 (3) of Ontario Regulation 665/98 is amended by adding “Subject to subsection (3.1)” at the beginning of the portion before clause (a).

(2) Section 62 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3.1) In the case of a person who fails to submit two successive hunter reports within the time specified for the species under section 58, 59 or 60, subsection (3) of this section does not apply to the person if the second report is due anytime on or before June 14, 2024, and instead,

(a)  the person shall pay the penalty set out in subsection (1) in respect of the second failure to submit a hunter report; and

(b)  the Minister may issue a licence to hunt the species to the person if they pay the penalty required under subsection (1).

(3) Subsection 62 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) If, in the Minister’s opinion, a person’s failure to submit a hunter report at the time required under section 58, 59 or 60 was due to illness, a malfunction of the website through which the report is submitted or for any other reason beyond the control of the person, no penalty is payable by the person and the Minister may issue a licence to the person, despite subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section.

(4) Subsection 62 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.

(5) Subsection 62 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsections (1) and (2)” and substituting “subsections (2) and (3)”.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

 

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