Department of Natural Resources
Disabled Persons Weapon Discharge Permit
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Who Needs This Permit? |
| A disabled person who wants to discharge a firearm from a vehicle while
hunting wildlife.
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Issuing Department / Agency: |
| N.S. Department of Natural Resources,
Regional Services Branch
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Where can you get this Permit and / or further
information? |
| Any of the Local or
Area Offices of the N.S. Department of Natural Resources. (See Offices,
N.S. Department of Natural Resources.)
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Application Forms & Process: |
| An applicant must apply in person at an Area
Office of the NS Department of Natural Resources.
Any person who has Accessible
Parking Zone Permit or Plates.
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Waiting Period: |
| None
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Expiry & Renewal: |
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This permit is valid for the length of the current hunting
season. Once it expires, it is invalid, and you have to get a new
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Price: |
| Free
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Related Requirements: |
| None
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Additional Information: |
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- T he holder of this permit must comply with all other hunting regulations.
- The permit authorizes the discharge of a weapon: (a) from inside
a stationary vehicle which has its motor turned off; and, (b) in
an area where a firearm may legally be discharged.
- The permit holder must be accompanied by another person who is able
to retrieve any wildlife taken.
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Legislative Authority: |
| Wildlife Act,
Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989
Firearm and
Bow Regulations, Section 9
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