Authorization

1   (1) A person

(a) on whom the powers of a conservation officer are conferred under the Firearm Act or the Wildlife Act, or both, or

(b) who is

(i) a peace officer,

(ii) a fisheries officer appointed or designated under the Fisheries Act (Canada), or

(iii) an officer of the Parks Branch of the ministry of the minister responsible for the administration of the Park Act,

and who is in possession of a firearm for use in connection with the person's official duties, is authorized to discharge, carry or have in the person's possession, in or on a conveyance mentioned in section 9 of the Firearm Act, a firearm containing live ammunition in its breech or in its magazine when the person is acting in the performance of those official duties.

(2) A person who is in possession of a firearm for use in connection with the person's employment by an armoured car guard service is authorized to discharge, carry or have in the person's possession, in or on a conveyance mentioned in section 9 of the Firearm Act, a firearm containing live ammunition in its breech or in its magazine when the person is acting in the course of that employment.

[am. B.C. Regs. 109/2002, s. 1; 175/2008, s. (a); 4/2010, s. 3; 76/2022, ss. 6 and 7.]

Definition

2   In this regulation, "armoured car guard service" means armoured car guard service as defined in section 1 of the Security Services Act.

[en. B.C. Reg. 175/2008, s. (b).]