Eastern Shore Wildlife Management Area Regulations

made under Section 113 of the

Wildlife Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 504

O.I.C. 73-1351 (Effective December 1, 1976), N.S. Reg. 104/1976

1 In these regulations,

(a) “Act” means the Lands and Forests Act;

(b) “Minister” means the Minister of Lands and Forests;

(d) notwithstanding clause (n) of Section 84 of the Act a “warden” includes any person appointed by the Minister for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace and enforcement of the statutes coming under the jurisdiction of the Department;

(e) “firearm”means any bow or barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other missile that is capable of causing serious injury or death can be discharged and includes anything that can readily be adapted for use as a firearm;

(f) “Management Area” means the Eastern Shore Islands Wildlife Management Area.

2 Except as provided in these regulations, no person shall

(a) kill, take, hunt, or pursue or attempt to kill or take any wild mammal or bird; or

(b) have in his possession any firearm, trap, snare, or poison or any wild mammal or bird or the carcass or any part of any wild mammal or bird within the limits of the Management Area.

3 (1) No person shall enter or be within the Management Area during the period April 1 to August 15 of any year.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) any person may enter and be within the limits of the Management Area

(a) if the person is a bona fide commercial fishermen retrieving lobster traps or other materials essential to his business operations; or

(b) if the person is in possession of written permission of the Minister or his agent.

4 Subject to Section 3, the hunting of wildlife in the Management Area is permitted during the open season as determined by Provincial and Federal statutes.

5 The Minister may specify the terms and conditions upon which any permit is issued.

6 Where the Minister proposes to permit limited hunting, within the Management Area, he shall give public notice thereof in at least one edition of a newspaper having general circulation in the Province.

7 The Minister may specify the number of persons that will be permitted to enter the Management Area on any one day for the purpose of hunting.

8 Every person authorized by the minister or his agent to enter the Management Area shall

(a) follow all instructions issued by the Minister or his agent with respect to his activities within the Management Area;

(b) subject to these regulations, comply with the provisions of Provincial and Federal Statutes pertaining thereto, and any regulations made thereunder;

(d) turn over to a warden any part of the carcass of any wild mammal or bird killed or taken within the Management Area.

9 No person shall, within the Management Area, destroy, disturb or molest in any way the habitat or nesting sites of any mammals or birds found therein.

10 Any bag limit specified by the Lands and Forests Act, Acts of the Parliament of Canada pertaining thereto, and any regulation made thereunder shall include any mammal or bird taken within the Management Area during the open season for such mammals or birds as determined by statute.

11 Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of these regulations shall incur a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

12 These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of December, 1976.

The current consolidation of the Eastern Shore Islands Wildlife Management Area Regulations made under the Wildlife Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
104/1976	Dec 1, 1976	date specified³	unpublished¹

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

	Note	Effective date
1	Regulations in effect on April 1, 1977, and filed with the Registrar before March 31, 1978, are exempt from publication under subsection 24(2) of the Regulations Act.
2	The designation for this wildlife management area is consolidated separately.
3	Effective date is specified in Section 12 of the regulations.
4	Sections 84 and 123 to 220 of the Lands and Forests Act, R.S.N.S. 1967, c. 163, are repealed by Section 114 of the Wildlife Act, S.N.S. 1987, c. 13, and the Lands and Forests Act is repealed by the Crown Lands Act, S.N.S. 1987, c. 5. The designation and regulations are continued under Section 112 of the Wildlife Act.	May 29, 1987
5	References in the regulations to the Department of Lands and Forests and Minister of Lands and Forests should be read as references to the Department of Natural Resources and Minister of Natural Resources in accordance with Order in Council 1991-971 under the Public Service Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.	Sep 16, 1991
6	References in the regulations to the Department of Lands and Forests and Minister of Lands and Forests should be read as references to the Department of Lands and Forestry and Minister of Lands and Forestry in accordance with Order in Council 2018-188 under the Public Service Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.	Jul 5, 2018

Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table. It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.

ad. = added am. = amended	fc. = fee change ra. = reassigned		rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected		How affected

Eastern Shore Islands Wildlife Management Area Regulations	N.S. Reg. 104/1976
Wildlife Act
Note: The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.