BILL NO. 201

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
54 Elizabeth II, 2005

Private Member's Bill

Wildlife Act
(amended)

John MacDonell
Hants East

First Reading: May 11, 2005

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill

(a) prohibits trapping on private forest land without permission; and

(b) requires traps to be marked to identify the trapper except for snowshoe hare snares.

1 Section 38A of Chapter 504 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Wildlife Act, is repealed and the following Sections substituted:

38A (1) In this Section,

(a) "Crown lands" means Crown lands within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act;

(b) "forest land" means forest land as defined in Section 15 of the Protection of Property Act; and

(c) "occupier" means an occupier as defined in the Protection of Property Act.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 15 of the Protection of Property Act, no person shall trap wildlife on forest land that is not Crown lands without the permission of the occupier of that land.

(3) No person shall trap wildlife on Crown lands upon which the Minister has posted notice in accordance with Section 38 of the Crown Lands Act prohibiting the trapping of wildlife, and that Section applies mutatis mutandis with respect to notices posted pursuant to this Act.

38B Any person who sets a trap for wildlife, other than a snare set to trap snowshoe hare, shall ensure that the trap is marked in a manner that identifies the person setting it and that provides information on how that person may be contacted.