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Livestock Industry Diversification (Principal) Regulation (Alta. Reg. 255/91)

Made 1991 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
French
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
European Union
Country
Canada · Alberta
Subjects
Livestock, Food and nutrition, Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords
slaughtering, animal by-products, game, internal trade, wild fauna, authorization/permit, registration

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  1. © Published by Alberta Queen’s Printer E-mail: qp@gov.ab.ca Shop on-line at www.qp.alberta.ca Alberta Queen’s Printer 5 th Floor, Park Plaza 10611 - 98 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5K 2P7 Phone: 780-427-4952 Fax: 780-452-0668 Province of Alberta Office Consolidation Alberta Regulation 255/1991 With amendments up to and including Alberta Regulation 189/2013 LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION ACT LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION (PRINCIPAL) REGULATION Copyright and Permission Statement Alberta Queen's Printer holds copyright on behalf of the Government of Alberta in right of Her Majesty the Queen for all Government of Alberta legislation. Alberta Queen's Printer permits any person to reproduce Alberta’s statutes and regulations without seeking permission and without charge, provided due diligence is exercised to ensure the accuracy of the materials produced, and Crown copyright is acknowledged in the following format: © Alberta Queen's Printer, 20 .* *The year of first publication of the legal materials is to be completed. Note All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no legislative sanction, that amendments have been embodied for convenience of reference only. The official Statutes and Regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpreting and applying the law. (Consolidated up to 189/2013) ALBERTA REGULATION 255/91 Livestock Industry Diversification Act LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION (PRINCIPAL) REGULATION Table of Contents 1 Definitions 2 Domestic cervid definition in Act 3 Sale of products or non-meat parts 4 Sale of meat 4.1 Expiry Definitions 1 In this Regulation, (a) “Act” means the Livestock Industry Diversification Act; (b) “elk” means (i) Cervus elaphus manitobensis (Elk (Wapiti) (Manitoban Elk)), (ii) Cervus elaphus nannodes (Elk (Wapiti) (Tule Elk)), (iii) Cervus elaphus nelsoni (Elk (Wapiti) (Rocky Mountain Elk)), (iv) Cervus elaphus roosevelti (Elk (Wapiti) (Roosevelt Elk)), or (v) Cervus elaphus asiaticus (Elk (Altai)); and includes hybrids of animals specified in subclauses (i) to (v). AR 255/91 s1;110/98 Domestic cervid definition in Act 2(1) The following species of big game animals are prescribed with reference to section 1(1)(d.1) of the Act: (a) Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer); Section 3 AR 255/91 LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION (PRINCIPAL) REGULATION 2 (b) Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer); (c) Alces alces (moose); (d) elk; (e) animals, other than elk, that immediately before the commencement of this section were registered as elk under section 5 of the Captive Wildlife (Ministerial) Regulation (Alta. Reg. 96/87) and were held in possession at that time on premises covered by a big game farm permit issued under that Regulation; (f) the progeny of any animal falling within clause (e). (2) The animal parts prescribed for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act are those parts of those animals that are described in section 3. AR 255/91 s2;243/2005 Sale of products or non-meat parts 3 The following parts or products of present and prospective domestic cervids of any species are prescribed for the purposes of section 23 of the Act: (a) velvet antler or hard antler with the skull or the skull plate, or both, attached that bear the tags affixed under section 13 of the Livestock Industry Diversification (Ministerial) Regulation (AR 256/91); (a.1) cut hard antler; (b) antlers referred to in clause (a) that have been reduced into powder, slices or solutions or mixed into solutions in accordance with the regulations; (b.1) semen, ova or embryos; (c) blood or blood by-products; (d) other non-meat parts incidental to slaughter or death from natural causes; (e) hides. AR 255/91 s3;312/94;202/2000;243/2005 Sale of meat 4 Animals falling within section 2(1) are prescribed for the purposes of section 24(a) of the Act. AR 255/91 s4;312/94 Section 4.1 AR 255/91 LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION (PRINCIPAL) REGULATION 3 Expiry 4.1 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on October 31, 2014. AR 239/2007 s4;174/2010;189/2013 5 Repealed AR 243/2005 s4. Printed on Recycled Paper *9780779776467*

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