General Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC 676/98)

PLEASE NOTE This document, prepared by the Legislative Counsel Office, is an office consolidation of this regulation, current to September 25, 2010. It is intended for information and reference purposes only. This document is not the official version of these regulations. The regulations and the amendments printed in the Royal Gazette should be consulted to determine the authoritative text of these regulations. For more information concerning the history of these regulations, please see the Table of Regulations. If you find any errors or omissions in this consolidation, please contact: Legislative Counsel Office Tel: (902) 368-4291 Email: legislation@gov.pe.ca http://www.gov.pe.ca/law/index.php3 http://www.gov.pe.ca/royalgazette/index.php3 http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/leg table regs.pdf CHAPTER W-4.1 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT REGULATIONS Pursuant to subsection 25(2) and section 28 of the Wildlife Conservation Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. W-4.1, Council made the following regulations: 1. In these regulations, “Act” means the Wildlife Conservation Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. W-4.1. (EC628/06) 1.1 (1) No person shall (a) hunt any game or discharge any firearm in a locality frequented by game, from one-half hour after sunset in any day to one-half hour before the next sunrise; or (b) use or employ a rifle or firearm loaded with a bullet or bullets when hunting for game other than snowshoe hare, raccoon, fox or coyote. (2) Notwithstanding clause (1)(a), it is lawful for a person to hunt raccoon at night with a firearm where the person holds a permit issued by the Minister specifically authorizing the person to do so. (3) No person shall use a rifle of greater than .22 calibre when hunting for snowshoe hare, raccoon, fox or coyote. (4) No person shall use cartridges other than rim fire cartridges when hunting for snowshoe hare or raccoon. (4.1) No person shall use cartridges larger than .22 rimfire cartridges or .17 centre fire cartridges when hunting for fox. (5) No person shall hunt waterfowl, including all ducks and geese, from within the boundaries of the right-of-way of any highway. (6) No person shall (a) hunt with a firearm; (b) obtain or attempt to obtain a license to hunt; or (c) possess a license to hunt, where there is a prohibition in place relating to the possession or use of a firearm by the person. (7) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a person may use a muzzle-loading rifle when hunting for coyote. (EC676/98; 531/99; 628/06; 508/10) Act, defined Prohibitions re game Night hunting permit Snowshoe hare; raccoon; fox; coyote Snowshoe hare; raccoon Fox Prohibition re highways Prohibition re firearm Muzzle-loading rifle permitted 2 Cap. W-4.1 Wildlife Conservation Act Updated 2006 Regulations 2. No person shall (a) use or employ for hunting game a bolt-action, pump or automatic loading shotgun, unless, either as manufactured or by the permanent plugging or alteration of the magazine, it has a capacity of not more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined; (b) while hunting game, have more than one shotgun in the field, set, blind, or floating blind, unless each shotgun in excess of one is unloaded and disassembled or unloaded and cased. (EC676/98) 3. Revoked by EC663/04. 4. No person shall ship or send out of the province (a) any game bird or any part of a game bird; or (b) any package containing any game or any part of any game without attaching a shipping coupon issued by the department to the item or items being shipped or sent. (EC676/98) 5. Revoked by EC663/04 (EC531/99; 663/04) 6. Where any person is convicted of an offence pursuant to clauses 19(1)(c), (f), (g), (i) or (n) of the Act, and the person used property in respect of the commission of the offence, the property shall be seized by a conservation officer and be automatically forfeited to Her Majesty in right of the province upon conviction. (EC628/06) Prohibitions re firearms Hunting raccoon Prohibition re export Prohibition re live traps Automatic forfeiture