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MR. ANDREW WEAVER
This Bill amends the Wildlife Act by removing the minister’s ability to designate and exempt classes of applicants from having to enter lotteries or other methods of random selection when seeking limited entry hunt permits.
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 Section 16 of the Wildlife Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 488 is amended by repealing the following struck out text:
16 (1) The minister, by regulation, may
(a) limit hunting for a species of wildlife in an area of British Columbia,
(b) provide for limited entry hunting authorizations to be issued by means of a lottery or other method of random selection among applicants,
(b.1) provide for exceptions that the minister considers appropriate to the random selection among applicants in conducting a lottery or other method of random selection among applicants under paragraph (b), and
(c) do other things necessary for the purposes of this section.
(2) An application fee collected under a lottery or other method referred to in subsection (1) must be paid into the general fund of the consolidated revenue fund.
(3) In making regulations under subsection (1), the minister may define classes of applicants and make different regulations for different classes of applicants.
This Bill amends the Wildlife Act by removing the minister’s ability to designate and exempt classes of applicants from having to enter lotteries or other methods of random selection when seeking limited entry hunt permits.