Wood Buffalo National Park Game Regulations (SOR/78-830)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26

PART III

GENERAL HUNTING PERMITS, TRAPPING PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION

Issue of Permits and Certificates

  • 12. (1) A general hunting permit authorizing the holder thereof to hunt game other than fur bearing animals may be issued by the superintendent to a resident who

    • (a) was eligible to hold a general hunting licence pursuant to the former Regulations; or

    • (b) is the spouse, or child over 16 years of age of

      • (i) a person who holds a general hunting permit, or

      • (ii) a person who held a general hunting permit or a general hunting licence prior to his death.

  • (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no more than 370 general hunting permits shall be issued during one permit year.

  • (3) A general hunting permit issued to a resident who is 65 years of age or older shall not be included in the number referred to in subsection (2).

  • SOR/80-52, s. 1;
  • SOR/91-420, s. 8.

13. A trapping permit authorizing the holder thereof to hunt fur bearing animals may be issued by the superintendent to any person who

  • (a) is the holder of a general hunting permit; and

  • (b) is named in a certificate of registration for the trapping area, whether or not he is the holder of the certificate.

  • SOR/91-420, s. 8.

  • 14. (1) A certificate of registration for a trapping area may be issued by the superintendent to a person either on his own behalf or on behalf of two or more persons, if each person is the holder of a general hunting permit.

  • (2) Where a certificate of registration is issued pursuant to subsection (1), the superintendent may add the name of a person to the certificate if written permission is obtained from

    • (a) the holder of the certificate, where the certificate is issued on behalf of one person;

    • (b) the holder of the certificate and the second group member, where the certificate is issued on behalf of two persons; or

    • (c) the holder of the certificate and the majority of the other group members, where the certificate is issued on behalf of three or more persons.

  • SOR/91-420, s. 8.

15. Where a certificate of registration is issued on behalf of three or more persons, the superintendent may remove the name of a person from a certificate of registration if he has

  • (a) a written request from the holder of the certificate; and

  • (b) written approval from a majority of the members of the group.

  • SOR/91-420, s. 8.

16. [Repealed, SOR/80-52, s. 2]

17. No person who is the holder of a licence or permit to trap from the Province of Alberta or the Northwest Territories shall be issued a trapping permit.