Wildlife Act CLOSED AREAS REGULATION B.C. Reg. 76/84 Deposited and effective March 19, 1984 Last amended July 1, 2020 by B.C. Reg. 169/2020 Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia This is an unofficial consolidation. Consolidation current to September 17, 2020 B.C. Reg. 76/84 (O.C. 518/84), deposited and effective March 19, 1984, is made under the Wildlife Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 488, s. 108. This is an unofficial consolidation provided for convenience only. This is not a copy prepared for the purposes of the Evidence Act. This consolidation includes any amendments deposited and in force as of the currency date at the bottom of each page. See the end of this regulation for any amendments deposited but not in force as of the currency date. Any amendments deposited after the currency date are listed in the B.C. Regulations Bulletins. All amendments to this regulation are listed in the Index of B.C. Regulations. Regulations Bulletins and the Index are available online at www.bclaws.ca. See the User Guide for more information about the Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia. The User Guide and the Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia are available online at www.bclaws.ca. Prepared by: Office of Legislative Counsel Ministry of Attorney General Victoria, B.C. Consolidation current to September 17, 2020 Wildlife Act CLOSED AREAS REGULATION B.C. Reg. 76/84 Contents 1 Interpretation 1 2 No shooting, hunting or trapping areas 1 3 Seasonal no shooting, hunting or trapping areas 1 4 No shooting or hunting areas 1 5 Seasonal no shooting or hunting areas 1 6 No shooting areas 1 7 Seasonal no shooting areas 1 7.1 No shooting areas – specified Crown land 1 8 No hunting areas 2 8.1 No hunting or trapping areas 2 9 Seasonal no hunting areas 2 10 Prohibited discharge areas under section 108 (2) (o) of the Act 2 10.1 Prohibited discharge areas under section 108 (2) (o) and (s) of the Act 2 11 [Repealed] 2 12 Road allowance no shooting or hunting areas 2 SCHEDULE 1 3 SCHEDULE 2 6 SCHEDULE 3 7 SCHEDULE 4 23 SCHEDULE 5 24 SCHEDULE 5.1 58 SCHEDULE 6 60 SCHEDULE 7 62 SCHEDULE 8 71 SCHEDULE 8.1 72 SCHEDULE 9 73 SCHEDULE 10 82 SCHEDULE 11 83 SCHEDULE 12 [Repealed] 84 SCHEDULE 13 84 SCHEDULE 14 85 SCHEDULE 15 86 Consolidation current to September 17, 2020 Consolidation current to September 17, 2020 Wildlife Act CLOSED AREAS REGULATION B.C. Reg. 76/84 Interpretation 1 In this regulation: “Act” means the Wildlife Act; “management unit” or “M.U.” has the same meaning as in the Management Unit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 64/96; “non-toxic shot” has the same meaning as in the Hunting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 190/84; “shot” means a cartridge manufactured so that it contains 8 or more roughly spherical projectiles. [en. B.C. Reg. 194/99, s. 1; am. B.C. Regs. 219/2000, s. 1; 72/2014, App. 1, s. 1.] No shooting, hunting or trapping areas 2 The areas set out in Schedule 1 are designated as no shooting areas and, for the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species in those areas. Seasonal no shooting, hunting or trapping areas 3 Section 2 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 2 during the period set out for each area. No shooting or hunting areas 4 The areas set out in Schedule 3 are designated as no shooting areas and, for the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species in those areas except as prescribed for the trapping of furbearing animals. Seasonal no shooting or hunting areas 5 Section 4 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 4 during the period set out for each area. No shooting areas 6 The areas set out in Schedule 5 are designated as No Shooting areas. Seasonal no shooting areas 7 Section 6 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 6 during the period set out for each area. No shooting areas – specified Crown land 7.1 The areas set out in Schedule 5.1 are designated as no shooting areas. [en. B.C. Reg. 135/2017, App. 1, s. 1.] Last amended July 1, 2020 1 Consolidation current to September 17, 2020 B.C. Reg. 76/84 WILDLIFE ACT CLOSED AREAS REGULATION No hunting areas 8 For the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species, except as prescribed for the trapping of furbearing animals in the areas set out in Schedule 7. No hunting or trapping areas 8.1 For the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species in the areas set out in Schedule 8.1. [en. B.C. Reg. 151/2006, s. 1.] Seasonal no hunting areas 9 Section 8 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 8 during the period set out for each area. Prohibited discharge areas under section 108 (2) (o) of the Act 10 (1) A person commits an offence if the person discharges (a) a firearm in an area set out in Schedule 9 unless the person uses shot only, (b) a firearm in an area set out in Schedule 10 during the period set out for each area unless the person uses shot only, (c) a rifle in an area set out in Schedule 11, or (d) a firearm in an area set out in Schedule 13 unless the person uses non-toxic shot only. (2) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 170/2001, s. 1.] [en. B.C. Reg. 219/2000, s. 2; am. B.C. Reg. 170/2001, s. 1.] Prohibited discharge areas under section 108 (2) (o) and (s) of the Act 10.1 (1) A person commits an offence if the person discharges or hunts with a firearm in an area set out in Schedule 14 unless the person uses shot only. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person hunting with a muzzle-loading firearm in the part of the area described in section 1 of Schedule 14 that is west of Highway 1 or Highway 19. [en. B.C. Reg. 170/2001, s. 2.] 11 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 211/93, s. 2.] Road allowance no shooting or hunting areas 12 (1) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) and of section 31 of the Act, “highway” means every public road of two lanes or more that is maintained by the ministry of the minister responsible for the administration of the Transpor- tation Act, and includes all other public roads of two lanes or more within the Province that are operated or maintained by the government of another province or of a territory or by the government of Canada. 2 Last amended July 1, 2020 Consolidation current to September 17, 2020 WILDLIFE ACT B.C. Reg. 76/84 CLOSED AREAS REGULATION Schedule 1 (2) For the purpose of subsection (3), “road allowance” means the highway and that area on either side of the highway including the shoulder and ditch to the lesser of (a) a distance of 15 m from (i) the midline of a road of less than three lanes, or (ii) the nearest edge of the paved surface of a highway with three lanes or more, or (b) the boundary of private property as indicated by (i) a fence, or (ii) the limit of cultivated land. (3) The road allowance of any highway is designated as a no shooting area, and for the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act there is no open season for any wildlife species in that area. [en. B.C. Reg. 211/93, s. 3; am. B.C. Regs. 205/94, s. 1; 221/2005, s. 1; 4/2010, s. 3.] SCHEDULE 1 NO SHOOTING, HUNTING OR TRAPPING AREAS (Section 2) Bergenham and Moberly 1 That portion of the Province, in the vicinity of Moberly Station, Kootenay Land District, that is within the following boundaries: Commencing at Moberly Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence easterly to the centre line of Highway 1, thence northwesterly along the centre line of Highway 1 to the southerly boundary of Sublot 13 of Section 21, Township 28, Range 22, W5M, Kootenay Land District; thence westerly along the boundary to its intersection with the boundary of Burges and James Gadsden Park; thence easterly and northerly along the park boundary to the intersection with the south bank of the Blaeberry River; thence westerly along the south bank of the Blaeberry River to the east bank of the Columbia River; thence southerly along the east bank of the Columbia River to a point due West of Moberly Station; thence due East to the point of commencement, and including the following areas in Township 28, Range 22, W5M, Kootenay Land District: the Southwest quarter of Section 15; that portion of the Southeast quarter of Section 16 lying east of the Canadian Pacific Railway right of way; that portion of the North half of Section 16 lying east of the Canadian Pacific Railway right of way; the Southeast quarter of Section 21, excluding any of the area of the Canadian Pacific Railway right of way as shown on Plan 633B. [am. B.C. Reg. 151/2006, s. 2 (a).] Columbia Lake and River 2 That portion of the Province, in the vicinity of Columbia Lake, Kootenay Land District, that is within the following boundaries: The portion of the Columbia River and Columbia Lake, below the high water level and including all marshes, sand and gravel bars, located in M.U.s 4-25 and 4-26 bounded at the south on Columbia Lake by a straight line running between the southeast corner of Lot 450, Kootenay Last amended July 1, 2020 3 Consolidation current to September 17, 2020 B.C.