1. These Regulations may be cited as the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations.

• 2. (1) In these Regulations,

  “Act”

  “Act” means the Migratory Birds Convention Act; (Loi)

  “eggs”

  “eggs” means the eggs of migratory birds and includes parts of such eggs; (oeufs)

  “hunt”

  “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”

  “Minister” means the Minister of the Environment; (ministre)

  “nest”

  “nest” means the nest of a migratory bird or any portion thereof; (nid)

  “permit”

  “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)

• 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.