C-61.1 - Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife

Section 163 Disposition versions

2021-06-11

163. In addition to the other powers conferred upon the Minister by this Act, the Minister may make regulations

(1)  determining classes of licences, certificates, authorizations and leases, as well as their content and duration and the conditions for their issue, replacement, renewal or transfer;

(2)  limiting the number of licences or leases of each class for a zone, territory or place the Minister specifies, and determining the number of licences or leases of each class that a person is authorized to issue under section 54 for that zone, territory or place;

(3)  establishing the requirements that a holder of a licence, certificate, authorization or lease must satisfy;

(4)  setting the fees or maximum fees payable for the issue, replacement, renewal or transfer of a licence, certificate, authorization or lease, as well as the fees or maximum fees payable for late payments or for administrative services involved in the processing of applications;

(5)  setting the fees or maximum fees payable for registration in a draw for a trapping licence or a lease of exclusive trapping rights;

(5.1)  setting the fees payable for the registration of animals or fish;

(6)  determining, for the purposes of section 30, the cases in which a person may attract or attempt to attract an animal or class of animals, for any reason, by the use of a substance, object, animal or domestic animal, on the conditions the Minister determines;

(7)  determining, for the purposes of section 30, the cases in which a person may feed or attempt to feed an animal or class of animals, on the conditions the Minister determines;

(8)  setting, for each pelt from an animal hunted or trapped, whether undressed, dressed or received on consignment by an intermediary for its sale or trade, the royalties that the holder of a licence referred to in section 53 must pay;

(9)  setting, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 54 and the second paragraph of section 155.2, for each class of licence, the amount of the contribution toward the funding of the Fondation de la faune du Québec;

(10)  determining, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 67, the cases in which an animal that causes damage to property or must be moved in the public interest may be killed or captured, on the conditions the Minister determines;

(11)  determining, for the purposes of section 68, the animals that must be released, reported to a wildlife protection officer or disposed of in any other manner, and the conditions governing their release or other manner of disposal; and

(12)  determining among the provisions of a regulation made by the Minister under this Act those the violation of which constitutes an offence.

The Minister may, in exercising regulatory powers or for the purposes of this Act, determine classes of animals and the animals in each class, and vary fees according to the class of licence or category of persons, a person’s age, the activity being carried on, the wildlife species being hunted, fished or trapped, and the duration of the recreational, hunting, fishing or trapping activity, the sector or place where the activity is carried on and the period or date of the activity

1983, c. 39, s. 163; 1986, c. 109, s. 32; 1988, c. 39, s. 36; 2009, c. 49, s. 32; 2021, c. 24, s. 78.

2009-12-04

163. In addition to the other powers conferred upon the Minister by this Act, the Minister may make regulations

(1)  determining classes of licences, certificates, authorizations and leases, as well as their content and duration and the conditions for their issue, replacement, renewal or transfer;

(2)  limiting the number of licences or leases of each class for a zone, territory or place the Minister specifies, and determining the number of licences or leases of each class that a person is authorized to issue under section 54 for that zone, territory or place;

(3)  establishing the requirements that a holder of a licence, certificate, authorization or lease must satisfy;

(4)  setting the fees or maximum fees payable for the issue, replacement, renewal or transfer of a licence, certificate, authorization or lease, as well as the fees or maximum fees payable for late payments or for administrative services involved in the processing of applications;

(5)  setting the fees or maximum fees payable for registration in a draw for a trapping licence or a lease of exclusive trapping rights;

(6)  determining, for the purposes of section 30, the cases in which a person may attract or attempt to attract an animal or class of animals, for any reason, by the use of a substance, object, animal or domestic animal, on the conditions the Minister determines;

(7)  determining, for the purposes of section 30, the cases in which a person may feed or attempt to feed an animal or class of animals, on the conditions the Minister determines;

(8)  setting, for each pelt from an animal hunted or trapped, whether undressed, dressed or received on consignment by an intermediary for its sale or trade, the royalties that the holder of a licence referred to in section 53 must pay;

(9)  setting, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 54 and the second paragraph of section 155.2, for each class of licence, the amount of the contribution toward the funding of the Fondation de la faune du Québec;

(10)  determining, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 67, the cases in which an animal that causes damage to property or must be moved in the public interest may be killed or captured, on the conditions the Minister determines;

(11)  determining, for the purposes of section 68, the animals that must be released, reported to a wildlife protection officer or disposed of in any other manner, and the conditions governing their release or other manner of disposal; and

(12)  determining among the provisions of a regulation made by the Minister under this Act those the violation of which constitutes an offence.

The Minister may, in exercising regulatory powers or for the purposes of this Act, determine classes of animals and the animals in each class, and vary fees according to the class of licence or category of persons, a person’s age, the activity being carried on, the wildlife species being hunted, fished or trapped, and the duration of the recreational, hunting, fishing or trapping activity, the sector or place where the activity is carried on and the period or date of the activity

1983, c. 39, s. 163; 1986, c. 109, s. 32; 1988, c. 39, s. 36; 2009, c. 49, s. 32.

1988-06-17

163. Mandatory publication pursuant to section 8 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1) does not apply in the case of a regulation under paragraph 19 of section 162.

1983, c. 39, s. 163; 1986, c. 109, s. 32; 1988, c. 39, s. 36.

1987-04-01

163. Every draft regulation prepared under this Act, except draft regulations or by-laws under Chapter V or paragraph 19 of section 162, must be published by the Government in the Gazette officielle du Québec, with a notice that at the expiry of a period of not less than 45 days following the publication thereof with or without amendments, it will be submitted to the Government for adoption.

1983, c. 39, s. 163; 1986, c. 109, s. 32.

1984-06-15

163. Every draft regulation prepared under this Act, except draft regulations prepared under section 111 or 122, draft by-laws under Chapter V or draft regulations under paragraph 19 of section 162, must be published by the Government in the Gazette officielle du Québec, with notice that at the expiry of a period of not less than 60 days following the publication, it will be submitted to the Government for adoption.

1983, c. 39, s. 163.