Bill C-636
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C-636
Third Session, Fortieth Parliament,
59-60 Elizabeth II, 2010-2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-636
An Act respecting the Marine Mammal Regulations (seal fishery observation licence)
first reading, March 10, 2011
Mr. Armstrong
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SUMMARY
This enactment requires the Governor in Council to amend the Marine Mammal Regulations to increase the distance that a person must maintain from another person who is fishing for seals, except under the authority of a seal fishery observation licence.
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3rd Session, 40th Parliament,
59-60 Elizabeth II, 2010-2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-636
An Act respecting the Marine Mammal Regulations (seal fishery observation licence)
SOR/93-56
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Within 60 days after this Act comes into force, the Governor in Council shall make the following amendments to the Marine Mammal Regulations:
(a) paragraph 32(2)(d) is replaced by the following:
(d) whether the applicant has a stated aim of disrupting the seal fishery or has been convicted, in the five years preceding the application for the licence, of tagging, marking or moving a live seal, of contravening subsection 33(1) or of violating a condition of a seal fishery observation licence; and
(b) subsection 33(1) is replaced by the following:
33. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, except under the authority of a seal fishery observation licence issued by the Minister, approach within one nautical mile of a person who is fishing for seals.
(c) paragraph 33(2)(e) is replaced by the following:
(e) to a person who resides on land within one nautical mile of a person who is fishing for seals.
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