CONSOLIDATION

Exemption Order for Certain Licences, Authorizations and Documents (White Sturgeon)

SOR/2006-190

Current to June 20, 2022



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

Current to June 20, 2022

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Exemption Order for Certain Licences, Authorizations and Documents (White Sturgeon) 1

Exemption

Coming into Force

Current to June 20, 2022

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Registration SOR/2006-190

August 15, 2006

SPECIES AT RISK ACT Exemption Order for Certain Licences, Authorizations and Documents (White Sturgeon) P.C. 2006-770

August 15, 2006

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to section 76 of the Species at Risk Acta, hereby makes the Exemption Order for Certain Licences, Authorizations and Documents (White Sturgeon).

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S.C. 2002, c. 29

Current to June 20, 2022

Exemption Order for Certain Licences, Authorizations and Documents (White Sturgeon)

Exemption 1 Sections 32, 33, 36, 58, 60 and 61 of the Species at Risk

Act do not apply to the following licences, authorizations and documents, for a period of one year from the date white sturgeon is added to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk set out in Schedule 1 to that Act: (a) with respect to the Upper Fraser River population

of white sturgeon, (i) the communal licences to fish salmon for food, social and ceremonial purposes issued under section 4 of the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations, and (ii) the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 and the Fishery (General) Regulations, to the extent that they authorize recreational angling activities; (b) with respect to the Nechako River population of white sturgeon, (i) the communal licences to fish salmon for food, social and ceremonial purposes issued under section 4 of the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations, and (ii) the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 and the Fishery (General) Regulations, to the extent that they authorize recreational angling activities; (c) with respect to the Upper Columbia River population of white sturgeon, (i) the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 and the Fishery (General) Regulations, to the extent that they authorize recreational angling activities, (ii) the authorizations to destroy fish by any means other than fishing issued by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans under section 32 of the Fisheries Act, and (iii) the authorizations to disrupt, destroy or harmfully alter fish habitat issued by the Minister of

Current to June 20, 2022

Exemption Order for Certain Licences, Authorizations and Documents (White Sturgeon) Exemption Sections 1-2

Fisheries and Oceans under subsection 35(2) of the Fisheries Act; and (d) with respect to the Kootenay River population of

white sturgeon, the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 and the Fishery (General) Regulations, to the extent that they authorize recreational angling activities.

Coming into Force 2 This Order comes into force on the day on

which it is registered.

Current to June 20, 2022

