10. A snare permit expires on the earlier of

• (a) the expiry date stated on the permit, and

• (b) the date on which the permit is revoked.

11. No holder of a snare permit shall

• (a) transfer or assign their permit;

• (b) use a snare other than one that is constructed of metallic wire;

• (c) set a snare in a manner capable of capturing an animal other than a snowshoe hare;

• (d) subject to paragraph 12(e), set more snares than the maximum number of snowshoe hare that may be snared as set out in their permit;

• (e) bait a snare;

• (f) cut or damage any flora in the course of snaring snowshoe hare;

• (g) leave a snare unattended for more than 48 hours;

• (h) snare snowshoe hare in an area of the park reserve that has been closed to the snaring of snowshoe hare by the superintendent under section 16; or

• (i) remove the tag that they have attached to a snared snowshoe hare until the hare is being prepared for human consumption.

12. The holder of a snare permit shall

• (a) carry their permit when they are snaring or in possession of snowshoe hare in the park reserve;

• (b) on request by the superintendent, a park warden, an enforcement officer or a peace officer, immediately produce for examination, as applicable, their snares, any snowshoe hare in their possession and their permit;

• (c) attach, to each snared snowshoe hare, a tag provided with their permit using the method specified in the permit;

• (d) report, without delay to a park warden, any accidental capture in any of their snares of an animal other than a snowshoe hare if that animal is wounded or dead; and

• (e) after they snare one half of the limit of snowshoe hare specified in their permit, reduce the number of their snares so that the number of their snares does not at any subsequent time exceed the remainder of that limit.

• 13. (1) The holder of a snare permit shall remove their snares, snaring line indicators and trail indicators when the limit of snowshoe hare specified in their permit has been reached, or, if that limit is not reached, within 48 hours after the expiry of the permit.

• (2) If the permit holder fails to comply with subsection (1), the superintendent shall remove and dispose of the snares, snaring line indicators and trail indicators.

• 14. (1) Within 60 days after the expiry of a snare permit, the permit holder shall return the permit to the superintendent.

• (2) The permit holder shall record the following information on the back of their snare permit prior to returning it:

  • (a) the number of snares set by the permit holder;

  • (b) the number of snowshoe hare snared by the permit holder;

  • (c) the areas in which the snowshoe hare were snared; and

  • (d) any other information that the permit holder was required to record under a condition of the permit.