BILL NO. 101
(as introduced)
1st Session, 65th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
3 Charles III, 2025
Private Member's Public Bill
Wilderness Areas Protection Act
(amended)
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland North
First Reading: March 20, 2025
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill permits a person certified as a bow-hunter to use a vehicle within a wilderness area in order to retrieve wildlife killed with a bow.
An Act to Amend Chapter 27
of the Acts of 1998,
the Wilderness Areas Protection Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1998, the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 23 the following Section:
- 23A (1) In this Section, "bow" has the same meaning as in the Wildlife Act.
(2) A person who has been certified by the Minister of Natural Resources as being qualified to hunt with a bow may use a vehicle within a wilderness area for the purpose of retrieving wildlife killed with a bow.
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