Regulations by Lt. Gov. in Council
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(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1. establishing classes for licences referred to in this Act or the regulations or the Ontario Fishery Regulations, governing the issue, form, renewal, transfer, refusal and cancellation of licences or any class of them, prescribing their duration, territorial limitations, terms and conditions and the fees payable therefor, and limiting the number of licences of any class that may be issued; 1.1 exempting a class of persons from a licence requirement in this Act or the regulations and prescribing terms and conditions in respect of the exemption; 1.2 deeming any document or other thing to be a licence for the purposes of this Act or the regulations; 2. requiring and prescribing the issue, form, duration and terms and conditions of coupons or tags to be issued with any licence, and requiring the licensee to make such use thereof as is prescribed; 3. prescribing the calibre and type of firearms that may be used under section 23; 4. regulating, restricting or prohibiting the use of blinds and decoys; 5. prescribing the fees payable for game export permits for any species of animal or bird; 6. respecting the issue of licences to trap fur-bearing animals on Crown lands and dividing Ontario or any part thereof into trap-line areas and designating such areas by identifying numbers and initials; 7. providing for licensing persons to hunt in any provincial park in which hunting is permitted under paragraph 32 or on Crown lands in any part of Ontario designated under paragraph 33; 8. prescribing the fee to enter upon lands owned by the Crown that are used for the purpose of propagating or retaining game or culturing fish; 9. establishing or approving one or more systems for the use of designated railway lands for hunting or fishing as provided for in the exception mentioned in subsection 18 (10); 10. prescribing the terms and conditions upon which licences may be issued to persons under sixteen years of age; 11. designating classes of licences and parts of Ontario for the purposes of subsection 37 (8) and prescribing the identification and coloured clothing that must be worn in connection with those designations; 12. declaring animals, other than those mentioned in the definition of “fur-bearing animal” in section 1, to be fur-bearing animals; 13. declaring a species of Amphibia to be an amphibian; 14. declaring a species of Reptilia to be a reptile; 15. governing the sale of or traffic in any game, prescribing the fees payable for a seal, tag or other means of identification that is furnished by the Ministry to the holder of a licence to sell any such game, and requiring such holder to use such seal, tag or other means of identification in the manner prescribed; 16. designating the species of game birds that may be propagated, sold or possessed for propagation or sale under a licence mentioned in section 58; 17. designating the species of game animals that may be propagated or possessed for propagation under a licence mentioned in subsection 51 (2); 18. authorizing and regulating the sale of game brought into Ontario and lawfully hunted or procured according to the law of the place in which it was hunted or procured; 19. prescribing the number, age or sex of game animals or game birds that may be taken or possessed; 20. prohibiting the taking or possession of game animals or game birds in excess of the number prescribed under paragraph 19 or 22; 21. prohibiting the taking or possession of any game animal or game bird other than a game animal or game bird of the age or sex prescribed under paragraph 19 or 22; 22. defining “hunting in a party”, prescribing the number, age or sex of game animals or game birds that may be taken or possessed by members of a party, designating parts of Ontario where persons may hunt in a party and regulating or prohibiting hunting in a party in any area; 23. prescribing the open seasons during which and the terms and conditions upon which black bear, polar bear, caribou, deer, elk or moose may be hunted; 24. prescribing the open seasons during which and the terms and conditions upon which ruffed grouse, spruce grouse, Hungarian partridge, pheasant, sharptailed grouse, greater prairie-chicken, ptarmigan, bob-white quail or wild turkey may be hunted; 25. designating any parts of Ontario in which no person shall use or be accompanied by a dog while hunting deer, elk, moose or bear; 26. limiting the number of licences that may be issued to own or operate game bird hunting preserves, designating the species of game birds that may be possessed under such a licence, prescribing minimum and maximum areas for preserves, requiring and regulating the posting of boundaries of preserves and the release of game on preserves, and regulating the spacing of preserves, the taking or killing of game on preserves and the use of preserves for hunting; 27. providing for the exemption from subsection 59 (1) and from the regulations or any provision thereof, of any person or class of persons or any game bird hunting preserve or class thereof, and prescribing the terms and conditions therefor; 28. limiting the number of licences that may be issued to own or operate fishing preserves, designating the species of fish that may be possessed under such a licence, prescribing minimum and maximum areas for preserves, requiring and regulating the posting of boundaries of preserves and the release of fish on preserves, and regulating the spacing of preserves, the taking or killing of fish on preserves and the use of preserves for fishing; 28.1 governing the sale, purchase, barter and culture of any kind of fish; 29. providing for the exemption from subsection 73 (1) and from the regulations or any provision thereof, of any person or class of persons, or any fishing preserve or class thereof, and prescribing the terms and conditions therefor; 30. designating parts of Ontario as Crown game preserves and providing for licensing persons to possess guns in Crown game preserves; 31. prohibiting and regulating entry on Crown game preserves on Crown land; 32. prescribing the conditions under which animals or birds may be hunted in provincial parks or Crown game preserves, providing for and regulating the possession or use of traps, explosives, guns or sporting implements in provincial parks or Crown game preserves, and prohibiting the use of motor-boats for trolling in provincial parks; 33. designating Crown lands or lands in which the Crown has acquired an interest or in respect of which an agreement has been entered into under section 6 on which hunting may be regulated, limiting and regulating the number of hunters that may hunt at any time and the hours during which hunting may be carried on, and prescribing the fees that may be charged for the use of equipment and facilities supplied by the Ministry; 34. designating parts of Ontario as “hinterland areas” and prohibiting persons, other than residents of the areas, from entering and travelling about therein for the purpose of fishing or hunting; 35. prescribing the terms and conditions upon which aircraft may be used while hunting; 36. prescribing the terms and conditions upon which a person may use a ferret for hunting game animals; 37. prescribing the terms and conditions upon which a person may use poison for taking or killing any animal; 38. respecting traps, including regulating, restricting or prohibiting their possession or use, even if the regulation, restriction or prohibition results in the loss of an exemption under subsection 30 (3); 39. respecting firearms in connection with hunting, including regulating, restricting or prohibiting the possession or use of firearms for the purpose of hunting; 40. prescribing the times during which and the terms and conditions on which black bear may be trapped; 41. respecting hunter or trapper education and hunter or trapper safety; 42. respecting public safety in connection with hunting or trapping activities, including regulating, restricting or prohibiting activities that may pose a threat to the safety of the public; 43. providing for the appointment of examiners and for the examination of applicants for licences and prescribing fees for examinations; . .  .  .  . 45. prescribing the royalties payable in respect of fish or under section 69, and excepting any fish or fur-bearing animal therefrom; 46. designating parts of Ontario for the purposes of subsection 21 (1); 46.1 providing that clauses 21 (1) (c) and (d) apply to classes of unmaintained rights of way; 47. prescribing the open seasons during which amphibians and reptiles may be taken, the number and size of amphibians and reptiles that may be taken or possessed and the methods whereby amphibians and reptiles may be taken and designating the parts of Ontario where amphibians and reptiles may be taken; 48. governing the sale, purchase and barter of amphibians and reptiles; 49. permitting residents of any province extending a similar right to Ontario residents to be classed as Ontario residents for the purpose of any specified licence under this Act; 50. requiring any person to keep such records and make such reports and returns as are prescribed; 51. designating parts of Ontario as wildlife management units; 52. limiting and regulating the number of hunters that may hunt at any time in a wildlife management unit and the hours during which hunting may be carried on in a wildlife management unit; 53. establishing a system for registering or reporting game taken or possessed; 54. prescribing the time or times and the terms and conditions upon which raccoon may be chased under section 24; 55. prescribing the time or times and the terms and conditions upon which fox, coyote or wolf may be chased under section 24; 56. respecting any matter necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. G.1, s. 92; 1994, c. 27, s. 129 (9-17). Same (2) A regulation under paragraph 45 of subsection (1) may provide for the method of calculating royalties, for their payment, for exemptions from paying them and for their refund. 1994, c. 17, s. 66.