BILL 37

An Act to Amend the Fish and Wildlife Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Subsection 1(1) of the Fish and Wildlife Act, chapter F-14.1 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1980, is amended by repealing the definition “registration permit” and substituting the following: 

“registration permit” means a permit issued under the regulations to a bear hunter, deer hunter or moose hunter when a bear, deer or moose killed by the hunter is registered; (certificat d’enregistrement)

2 The heading “Times of sunrise and sunset” preceding section 35 of the Act is repealed.

3 Section 35 of the Act is repealed.

4 Paragraph 59(b) of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

bat their residence or at a cold storage plant for a period of time not extending beyond the 31st day of August in the calendar year following the calendar year in which the registration permit was issued.

5 Subsection 91(2) of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

91( 2) The Minister may issue a transfer permit authorizing a person, for a period of time not extending beyond the 31st day of August in the calendar year following the calendar year in which the transfer permit is issued, to have in their possession at their residence or in a cold storage plant the green hide or pelt, or carcass or any part of it, of wildlife lawfully killed.

6 The Act is amended by adding after section 109 the following:

Evidence – sunrise and sunset times

109.1 In a prosecution for an offence under this Act or the regulations, the following documents are admissible in evidence and are proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of their contents respecting the time of sunrise or the time of sunset in a given area on a given day, without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have certified or signed them: 

aa written confirmation purporting to be certified by the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada; and

ba certificate purporting to be signed by a climatologist or a climatology specialist employed by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

7 Subsection 118(1) of the Act is amended

aby adding after paragraph (a) the following: 

a.01establishing, or delegating to the Minister the authority to establish, an annual quota for a species of wildlife that may be hunted in the Province or within a described area of the Province;

bby adding after paragraph (l) the following: 

l.1prohibiting the possession of live fish in the Province;

l.2prescribing exceptions to the prohibition of the possession of live fish in the Province;

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Regulation under the Fish and Wildlife Act

8 Subsection 4(5) of New Brunswick Regulation 84-124 under the Fish and Wildlife Act is amended by striking out “as defined by section 35 of the Act”.

Motor Vehicle Act

9 Section 84.11 of the Motor Vehicle Act, chapter M-17 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended

ain paragraph (3)c) of the French version by striking out “le couché et le levé” and substituting “le coucher et le lever”;

bby repealing subsection (4) and substituting the following: 

84.11( 4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), the times of sunrise and sunset shall be deemed to be the following Atlantic Standard Times:

Period	Sunrise	Sunset
	(a.m.)	(p.m.)
January 1 to January 10	8:10	4:53
January 11 to January 20	8:06	5:05
January 21 to January 30	7:58	5:18
January 31 to February 9	7:47	5:34
February 10 to February 19	7:33	5:48
February 20 to March 1	7:17	6:03
March 2 to March 11	6:58	6:18
March 12 to March 21	6:39	6:32
March 22 to March 31	6:20	6:45
April 1 to April 10	6:00	6:59
April 11 to April 20	5:41	7:13
April 21 to April 30	5:23	7:26
May 1 to May 10	5:07	7:38
May 11 to May 20	4:52	7:51
May 21 to May 30	4:42	8:03
May 31 to June 9	4:36	8:12
June 10 to June 19	4:32	8:19
June 20 to June 30	4:33	8:23
July 1 to July 11	4:39	8:21
July 12 to July 21	4:48	8:15
July 22 to July 31	4:58	8:06
August 1 to August 10	5:10	7:53
August 11 to August 20	5:23	7:36
August 21 to August 31	5:36	7:20
September 1 to September 11	5:50	6:57
September 12 to September 21	6:04	6:37
September 22 to September 30	6:17	6:18
October 1 to October 11	6:29	5:58
October 12 to October 21	6:43	5:39
October 22 to October 31	6:58	5:22
November 1 to November 10	7:12	5:06
November 11 to November 20	7:26	4:54
November 21 to November 30	7:40	4:44
December 1 to December 10	7:53	4:39
December 11 to December 20	8:02	4:40
December 21 to December 31	8:08	4:44