AI-assisted research summary: The Minister must run a trapper education course, and people generally cannot get a resident trapping license or junior trapping permit and registration number unless they meet the course/certificate requirements or were already licensed before the regulations came into force.
c t FISH AND GAME PROTECTION ACT TRAPPER EDUCATION REGULATIONS PLEASE NOTE This document, prepared by the Legislative Counsel Office, is an office consolidation of this regulation, current to February 1, 2004. It is intended for information and reference purposes only. This document is not the official version of these regulations. The regulations and the amendments printed in the Royal Gazette should be consulted on the Prince Edward Island Government web site to determine the authoritative text of these regulations. For more information concerning the history of these regulations, please see the Table of Regulations on the Prince Edward Island Government web site (www.princeedwardisland.ca). If you find any errors or omissions in this consolidation, please contact: Legislative Counsel Office Tel: (902) 368-4292 Email: legislation@gov.pe.ca Fish and Game Protection Act Trapper Education Regulations Section 1 c FISH AND GAME PROTECTION ACT Chapter F-12 TRAPPER EDUCATION REGULATIONS Pursuant to section 7 of the Fish and Game Protection Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. F-12, Council made the following regulations: 1. Definitions In these regulations (a) “certificate” means a certificate indicating that a person has successfully completed the course; (b) “course” means a trapper education course approved by the Minister pursuant to sections 3 and 4; (c) “Department” means the Department Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment; (d) “Minister” means the Minister of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment. (EC445/87; 639/93) 2. Requirement for trapper education A resident trapping license or junior trapping permit and registration number shall not be issued to a person unless (a) before these regulations came into force that person was the holder of a resident trapping license or junior trapping permit and had been issued a registration number; or (b) that person successfully completes a course and, upon application for a resident trapping license or junior trapping permit, produces a certificate. (EC445/87) 3. Trapper education course The Minister shall institute a trapper education course for the purpose of training a person in the proper methods of trapping furbearers. (EC445/87) 4. Content The program and content of the course shall be approved by the Minister. (EC445/87) c t Updated February 1, 2004 Page 3 Section 5 Fish and Game Protection Act Trapper Education Regulations 5. Approval of instructors No person shall act as an instructor in a course without the prior approval of the Minister. (EC445/87) 6. Designation The Minister may designate employees of the Department to be instructors. (EC445/87) 7. Application form Applicants for the course shall apply on a form approved by the Minister. (EC445/87) 8. Fees The Minister may determine the fees to be paid to the Department or to an organization conducting a course on behalf of the Department. (EC445/87) 9. Certificate The Minister may issue a trapper education certificate to persons who have successfully completed the course. (EC445/87) 10. Direction to take course The Minister may direct that any person, whether or not that person has been previously issued a registration number or has previously taken the course, be required to complete the course before being issued a resident trapping license or junior trapping permit. (EC445/87) Page 4 Updated February 1, 2004 t c