Section 4.01 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 74/2017, effective March 1, 2017.
Transport by hunter
4.01 For the purposes of section 37 of the Act, a person may ship or transport wildlife or fish or parts of them where
(a) he has killed or taken them,
(b) he personally accompanies them, and
(c) he has in his immediate possession
(i) all the licences he was required to hold in order to kill or take the wildlife or fish lawfully, or
Section 4.01 was renumbered as 4.01 (1) by BC Reg 1/2019, effective April 1, 2019.
Section 4.01 (1) (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 1/2019, effective April 1, 2019.
(c) has in his or her immediate possession
(i) all the licences he or she was required to hold in order to kill or take the wildlife or fish lawfully, or
Section 4.01 (2) was added by BC Reg 1/2019, effective April 1, 2019.
Section 4.02 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 74/2017, effective March 1, 2017.
Transport for another person
4.02 For the purposes of section 37 of the Act, a person may offer to ship or transport, or engage another person to ship or transport, wildlife or fish or parts of them where they are lawfully in his possession or in the possession of the person on whose behalf he offers to ship or transport or engages another person to ship or transport them.
Section 4.02 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 64/2021, effective March 11, 2021.
Transport for another person
4.02 For the purposes of section 37 of the Act, a person may offer to ship or transport, or engage another person to ship or transport, wildlife or fish or parts of them where they are lawfully in his or her possession or in the possession of the person on whose behalf he or she offers to ship or transport or engages another person to ship or transport them.
[am. B.C. Reg. 74/2017, App. 6, s. 3.]
Section 4.03 (b) and (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 1/2019, effective April 1, 2019.
(b) the name and address of the person who killed or took the wildlife or fish or from whom the wildlife or fish or parts of them were acquired,
(c) the number of the licence or permit of the person who killed or took the wildlife or fish,
Section 4.04 sandwich text BEFORE amended by BC Reg 74/2017, effective March 1, 2017.
may ship or transport wildlife or fish or parts of them lawfully in his possession whereSection 4.04 (d) and (e) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 74/2017, effective March 1, 2017.
(d) he personally accompanies them, or
(e) he identifies each package with his name and address and completes a written declaration that accompanies the shipment stating
Section 4.04 sandwich text BEFORE amended by BC Reg 64/2021, effective March 11, 2021.
may ship or transport wildlife or fish or parts of them lawfully in his or her possession whereSection 4.04 (d) and (e) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 64/2021, effective March 11, 2021.
(d) he or she personally accompanies them, or
(e) he or she identifies each package with his or her name and address and completes a written declaration that accompanies the shipment stating
Section 4.07 (1) (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 1/2019, effective April 1, 2019.
(c) he or she has in his or her immediate possession
(i) all the licences he or she was required to hold in order for the wildlife to be killed or taken lawfully, or
Section 4.07 (1.1) was added by BC Reg 1/2019, effective April 1, 2019.
Section 4.07 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 64/2021, effective March 11, 2021.
(1) For the purposes of section 37 of the Act, a supervising hunter may ship or transport wildlife if
(a) the wildlife was killed or taken by the person he or she accompanied for the purposes of the Act,
(b) he or she personally accompanies the wildlife, and
(c) he or she is able to demonstrate, while shipping or transporting the wildlife, that he or she held all authorizations that he or she was required under the Act to hold in order for the wildlife to be killed or taken lawfully.
Section 7.04, table item BEFORE amended by BC Reg 68/2016, effective March 10, 2016.
| Wildlife Act — section 24 (7) (a) or (b) | Wildlife Act — section 24 (7) (a) or (d) | 3 years |
Section 7.04 (1) and (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 79/2018, effective April 16, 2018.
(1) A person convicted of an offence listed in Column 1 of the Table in this section, is ineligible to obtain a hunting licence for the period for that offence indicated in Column 4 of the Table.
(2) A person convicted of an offence listed in Column 2 of the Table in this section, is ineligible to obtain an angling licence for the period for that offence indicated in Column 4 of the Table.
Section 7.04 (8) was added by BC Reg 79/2018, effective April 16, 2018.
Section 7.04 table BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 79/2018, effective April 16, 2018.
| Table | |||
| Column 1 (hunting) | Column 2 (angling) | Column 3 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 340/2005, s. 14 (d).] | Column 4 (period) |
| Firearm Act - section 3 | 3 years | ||
| Wildlife Act - section 22 | 2 years | ||
| Wildlife Act - section 24 (6) (a) or (b) | Wildlife Act - section 24 (6) (a) or (d) | 2 years | |
| Wildlife Act - section 24 (7) (a) or (b) | Wildlife Act - section 24 (7) (a) or (c) | 3 years | |
| Wildlife Act - section 24 (14) (a) or (b) (i) | Wildlife Act - section 24 (14) (a) or (b) (iii) | 3 years | |
| Wildlife Act - section 26 (1) (a), (e) or (g) | 5 years | ||
| Wildlife Act - section 26 (1) (f) | 3 years | ||
| Wildlife Act - section 28 | 3 years | ||
| Wildlife Act - section 81 with reference to a hunting licence | Wildlife Act - section 81 with reference to an angling licence | 1 year | |
| Wildlife Act - section 82 with reference to a hunting licence | Wildlife Act - section 82 with reference to an angling licence | 2 years | |
Section 7.06 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 74/2017, effective March 1, 2017.
Offence
7.06 (1) A person whose hunting licence is cancelled or who has been prohibited from hunting under the Act must immediately deliver the person's hunter number card to the director on request by the director.
(2) A person who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence.
[en. B.C. Reg. 426/98; am. B.C. Reg. 198/99, s. 1.]
Section 10.01 (1) and (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 8/2015, effective January 19, 2015.
(1) A person who possesses or transports fur bearing animals under a licence issued under the Fur Farm Act is exempt from sections 33 (1) and 37 of the Act.
(2) A person who holds a licence for a particular species of fur bearing animal under the Fur Farm Act and who imports or exports live fur bearing animals of that species from or to another province, is exempt from section 21 (1) of the Act.
Section 11.01 (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 138/2013, effective March 22, 2013.
is, for the purpose of qualifying as a resident, exempt from the requirements set out in paragraph (a) of the definition of "resident" in section 1 of the Wildlife Act.
Section 11.01 (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 64/2021, effective March 11, 2021.
(a) is a member of the armed services of Her Majesty raised by Canada and enrolled in continuing full time military service who has made his or her permanent residence in British Columbia for 30 consecutive days immediately before making an application under the Act or doing another thing relevant to the operation of the Act,
Division 12, sections 12.01 to 12.04 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 52/2018, effective April 1, 2018.
Division 12 — Retrieval of Wildlife Killed
Fur bearing animals
12.01 A person is exempt from section 35 (2) (b) of the Act if that person kills a grizzly bear, cougar or a fur bearing animal other than a black bear, and removes the hide to a place described in section 35 (2) (b) of the Act or to a taxidermist, tanner or fur trader.
[en. B.C. Reg. 198/99, s. 2.]
Food use
12.02 (1) For the purpose of section 35 (2) (b) of the Act, "edible portions" with respect to big game, excluding grizzly bear, cougar, wolf, lynx, bobcat and wolverine, means the edible portions of the four quarters and the loins of the animal.
(2) For the purpose of section 35 (2) (b) of the Act, "edible portions" with respect to game birds means the edible portions of both breasts of the bird.
(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), "edible portions" do not include meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of taking.
[en. B.C. Reg. 198/99, s. 2; am. B.C. Reg. 479/2004.]
Section 16.011 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 64/2021, effective March 11, 2021.
Exception — exceeding quota assigned to guide outfitter licence
16.011 Despite section 16.01 (i), and without limiting section 60 (2) of the Act, a guide outfitter does not commit an offence if the guide outfitter has a quota assigned as a condition of his or her guide outfitter licence and allows his or her clients to kill game to the extent that the number killed exceeds the quota assigned to the guide outfitter.
[en. B.C. Reg. 138/2013, s. (d).]
Section 18.02 (2) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 138/2013, effective March 22, 2013.
(1) The following offences are prescribed for the purposes of section 84 (1) (b) (ii) of the Wildlife Act:
Section 18.02 (a) (ii) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 52/2018, effective April 1, 2018.
Section 18.02 (b) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 52/2018, effective April 1, 2018.
(b) section 9 (1) of B.C. Reg. 134/93, the Limited Entry Hunting Regulation;
Section 18.02 (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 52/2018, effective April 1, 2018.
(c) section 17 (1) (m) of B.C. Reg. 190/84, the Hunting Regulation.
Division 18, sections 18.01 to 18.02 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 1/2019, effective January 2, 2019.
Trafficking penalty
18.01 An offence under section 2.08 (3) of B.C. Reg. 338/82, the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation, is prescribed as an offence for the purpose of section 84 (1) (a) (ii) of the Act.
[en. B.C. Reg. 368/99, s. 3.]
Increased penalties
18.02 (1) Offences under the following provisions are prescribed as offences for the purposes of section 84 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act:
(a) the following sections of B.C. Reg. 338/82, the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation:
(b) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 52/2018, Sch. 5, s. 2 (b).]
(c) the following sections of B.C. Reg. 190/84, the Hunting Regulation:
(2) The following offences are prescribed for the purposes of section 84 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act:
(a) an offence under section 16.01 (i) of this regulation of failing to comply with the term or condition in section 1.041 of the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 338/82;
(b) an offence under section 16.01 (m) of this regulation of failing to comply with a term or condition under section 5.04 (1) (a) or imposed under section 5.04 (2) of the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 338/82.
[en. B.C. Reg. 368/99, s. 3; am. B.C. Regs. 25/2005, s. 9; 138/2013, s. (c); 52/2018, Sch. 5, s. 2.]
Section 20.01 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 1/2019, effective January 2, 2019.
Failure to submit reports
20.01 (1) In this section, "angling guide report" means a report referred to in section 13 (1) (b) of the Angling and Scientific Collection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 125/90, that includes the information referred to in that section and, if applicable, section 13 (3) (c) of that regulation.
(2) This section applies to a person who fails to make an angling guide report that the person is required to make by the conditions of an angling guide licence, until the report is made.
(3) Subject to section 20.03, a person described in subsection (2) of this section is not eligible to apply for or obtain a licence, permit or limited entry hunting authorization under the Act.
[en. B.C. Reg. 127/2017, App. 8, s. 2.]
Section 20.02 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 159/2018, effective July 16, 2018.
Failure to pay royalties
20.02 (1) This section applies to a person who fails to pay a royalty that the person is required to pay under section 69 of the Act, until the royalty is paid.
(2) Subject to section 20.03, a person described in subsection (1) of this section is not eligible to apply for or obtain a licence, permit or limited entry hunting authorization under the Act.
[en. B.C. Reg. 127/2017, App. 8, s. 2.]
Section 20.04 (1) (a) (part), (b) and (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 79/2018, effective April 16, 2018.
(a) valid photo identification issued to a person by any of the following:
(c) in the case of a person who is a non resident alien, valid photo identification, in the form of a passport or driver's licence, issued to the person by a foreign jurisdiction in which the person has a current address.
Section 20.05 (1) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 127/2017, effective September 1, 2017.
(a) a hunting licence issued to a resident;
Section 20.05 (1) (d) and (e) were added by BC Reg 127/2017, effective September 1, 2017.
Section 21.01 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 230/2019, effective November 4, 2019.
(b) in the case of a person who is a non-resident alien, valid photo identification in the form of
(ii) a driver's licence issued to the person by a foreign jurisdiction in which the person has a current address;
Section 21.01 (1) (a) (iii) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 42/2020, effective February 28, 2020.
(iii) the Nisg̱a'a Lisims Government, if the person is a Nisg̱a'a citizen;
Section 21.03 was renumbered from section 20.06 by BC Reg 85/2019, effective April 15, 2019.
Section 21.03 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 85/2019, effective April 15, 2019.
(b) produce photo identification referred to in section 20.04 (1) of this regulation, and