2009 BILL 30

	30


Second Session, 46th General Assembly 58 Elizabeth II, 2009
BILL 30
AN ACT TO AMEND THE WILD LIFE ACT
Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................
Second Reading.................................................................................................................................
Committee............................................................................................................................................
Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................
Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................
HONOURABLE CLYDE JACKMAN Minister of Environment and Conservation (Acting)
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Wild Life Act to clarify that the penalty relating to fish applies to contraventions of the regulations.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WILD LIFE ACT

Analysis

1. S.27.1 R&S
Penalty re: fish

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cW-8
as amended

1. Section 27.1 of the Wild Life Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Penalty re: fish

27.1 A person who

(a) contravenes a provision of or a requirement or obligation imposed upon him or her under this Act or the regulations;

(b) contravenes an order made under this Act or the regulations; and

(c) fails to observe or fulfil a condition attached to a licence or permit issued to him or her under this Act or the regulations,

that relates to fish is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 months or to both the fine and imprisonment.