Bill 62, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2008

Bill 62 2008

An Act to amend the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

Note: This Act amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997.  For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

   1.  Clause 5 (2) (a) of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 is repealed and the following substituted:

  (a)  an American crow, brown-headed cowbird, common grackle, double-crested cormorant, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird or starling;

Commencement

   2.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

   3.  The short title of this Act is the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2008.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 to permit the hunting of double-crested cormorants.