BILL NO. 87

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
60 Elizabeth II, 2011

Private Member's Bill

Wildlife Act
(amended)

Andrew Younger
Dartmouth East

First Reading: November 9, 2011

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Clause 1 provides a short title to this Act.

Clause 2 provides that where a Saturday and the following Monday are prescribed as part of the open season for hunting big game, the Sunday between is deemed to be part of the open season.

Clause 3 allows the holder of a big-game hunting licence to hunt on a Sunday during the open season.

Clause 4 allows the holder of a big-game hunting licence to transport or possess a firearm or bow in a wildlife habitat on a Sunday during the open season.

1 This Act may be cited as the Sunday Hunting Act.

2 Section 39 of Chapter 504 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Wildlife Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsection:

(1A) Where the Governor in Council prescribes an open season for the hunting of big game that includes a Saturday and the following Monday, the Sunday immediately following the Saturday is deemed to be part of the open season notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who holds a valid licence to hunt big game and who, during the open season for the hunting of big game,

(a) takes, hunts or kills big game;

(b) pursues with intent to take, hunt or kill, big game; or

(c) carries any firearm or bow in any place frequented by big game.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, during the open season for the hunting of big game,

(a) holds a valid licence to hunt big game; and

(b) transports or possesses a firearm or a bow in a wildlife habitat that is frequented by big game.