Wildlife Act General Regulation B.C. Reg. 340/82

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Wildlife Act

Wildlife Act General Regulation
B.C. Reg. 340/82

amended by B.C. Reg. 66/2026

effective October 1, 2026

Schedule 5

1 Section 7.01 of the Wildlife Act General Regulation, B.C. Reg. 340/82, is repealed and the following substituted:

Definitions

7.01 In this Division:

"conviction" includes the granting of an absolute or conditional discharge;

"wildlife or firearm offence" means an offence under any of the following:

(a) the Act;

(b) the Firearm Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 145;

2 Section 7.02 is amended

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) For the purpose of section 24 (8) (e) of the Act, a person is convicted of a second or subsequent offence if, within 2 years after a conviction for a wildlife or firearm offence, the person is convicted of an offence under the Act, other than an offence referred to in section 24 (8) (a), (b) or (c) of the Act. , and

(b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following:

(3) For the purpose of section 24 (10) (c) of the Act, a person is convicted of a second or subsequent offence if, within 2 years after a conviction for a wildlife or firearm offence, the person is convicted of an offence under the Act, other than an offence referred to in section 24 (10) (a) or (b) of the Act.

3 Section 7.04 is amended

(a) in subsection (4) (a) by striking out "an offence under the Firearm Act, under the Act, or under regulations made under the Act, not relating to" and substituting "a wildlife or firearm offence that does not relate to",

(b) in subsection (4) (b) by striking out "an offence under the Firearm Act, under the Act, or under regulations made under the Act." and substituting "a wildlife or firearm offence.",

(c) in subsection (5) (a) by striking out "an offence under the Act, or under regulations made under the Act, relating to" and substituting "an offence under the Act that relates to",

(d) in subsection (5) (b) by striking out "an offence under the Firearm Act, under the Act, or under regulations made under the Act." and substituting "a wildlife or firearm offence.",

(e) by repealing subsection (6) and substituting the following:

(6) Despite subsections (1) to (5),

(a) a person is ineligible to obtain a hunting licence for 3 years if

(i) the person is convicted of an offence listed in Column 1 of the Table in this section, and

(ii) the person has within 2 years prior to the conviction been convicted of a wildlife or firearm offence that does not relate to angling or an angling licence, and

(b) a person is ineligible to obtain an angling licence for 3 years if

(i) the person is convicted of an offence listed in Column 2 of the Table in this section, and

(ii) the person has within 2 years prior to the conviction been convicted of an offence under the Act that relates to angling or an angling licence. ,

(f) in subsection (7) by striking out "been convicted under the Firearm Act, under the Act, or under regulations made under the Act, not relating to" and substituting "been convicted of a wildlife or firearm offence that does not relate to", and

(g) in the Table by repealing item 1.

4 The following section is added:

Section 85 (1) (a) (ii) of Act — prescribed offences under Firearm Violence Prevention Act

20.021 For the purposes of section 85 (1) (a) (ii) of the Act, the following offences are prescribed:

(a) the offence under section 65 (1) (a) of the Firearm Violence Prevention Act for contravening section 3 of that Act;

(b) the offence under section 65 (1) (b) of the Firearm Violence Prevention Act for contravening section 4 (1) of that Act;

(c) the offence under section 65 (1) (c) of the Firearm Violence Prevention Act for contravening section 5 (1) of that Act;

(d) the offence under section 65 (1) (d) of the Firearm Violence Prevention Act for contravening section 6 (2) of that Act.