Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations
C.R.C., c. 1036
Regulations Prescribing Migratory Bird Sanctuaries and Providing for their Control and Management
2. (1) In these Regulations,
“Act” means the Migratory Birds Convention Act; (Loi)
“eggs” means the eggs of migratory birds and includes parts of such eggs; (oeufs)
“hunt” means to chase, pursue, worry, follow after or on the trail of, stalk, lie in wait for the purpose of taking, trap or attempt to trap or shoot at a migratory bird whether or not the migratory bird is then or subsequently captured, killed or injured; (chasser)
- “migratory bird sanctuary”
“migratory bird sanctuary” means an area referred to in subsection 3(1); (refuge d’oiseaux migrateurs)
- “migratory birds”
“migratory birds” means migratory game birds, migratory insectivorous birds and migratory non game birds; (oiseaux migrateurs)
“Minister” means the Minister of the Environment; (ministre)
“nest” means the nest of a migratory bird or any portion thereof; (nid)
“permit” means a permit issued under these Regulations; (permis)
- “permit holder”
“permit holder” means a person to whom a permit is issued. (titulaire d’un permis)
MIGRATORY BIRD SANCTUARIES
3. (1) The areas set out in the schedule are hereby prescribed as migratory bird sanctuaries.
(2) No person shall, in a migratory bird sanctuary,
(a) hunt migratory birds,
(b) disturb, destroy or take the nests of migratory birds, or
(c) have in his possession a live migratory bird, or a carcass, skin, nest or egg of a migratory bird,
except under authority of a permit therefor.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c), a resident of or a person domiciled in a migratory bird sanctuary may have in their possession migratory birds lawfully killed outside a migratory bird sanctuary.
- SOR/2000-332, s. 1.
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