Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022 (SOR/2022-105)

Marginal note:Possession without permit

• 11 (1) A person may, without a permit, temporarily have in their possession

  • (a) a migratory bird that is found dead, for the purpose of disposing of it according to applicable law, delivering it to a lab for analysis as soon as the circumstances permit or analyzing it in a lab;

  • (b) an injured migratory bird, for the purpose of delivering it as soon as the circumstances permit to the holder of a scientific permit referred to in section 75 that was issued for the purpose of rehabilitation; and

  • (c) an uninjured migratory bird that faces an immediate threat to its life, for the purpose of temporarily providing assistance to it.

• Marginal note:Non-application to eggs

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to eggs.