Reindeer Regulations
Regulation- Registration
- R-011-2014
- Source
- Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
- Under
- Reindeer Act
This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.
- None.
The Commissioner in Executive Council, under section 6 of the Reindeer Act, and every enabling power, makes the Reindeer Regulations.
INTERPRETATION
In these regulations,
"export" means to send, ship or otherwise convey or cause to be sent, shipped or otherwise conveyed from or out of the Northwest Territories to any place outside the Territories; (exporter)
"grazing allotment" means an area described in a grazing licence; (étendue de pâturage)
"herder" means a person who has been engaged by the Minister or the Minister’s representative or by an owner to herd reindeer; (gardien)
"hunting" includes chasing, pursuing, molesting, worrying, injuring, following after or on the trail of, stalking or lying in wait for the purpose of taking reindeer, and any shooting at reindeer whether or not the reindeer is then or subsequently captured, killed or injured; (chasser)
"licence" means a licence issued under these regulations; (licence)
"maverick" means an unmarked reindeer; (renne sans marquage)
"officer" means a Superintendent, an officer within the meaning of the Wildlife Act, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or other person authorized by the Minister for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of these regulations; (fonctionnaire)
"owner" means a person or a group of persons who own reindeer in the Northwest Territories; (propriétaire)
"permit" means a valid and subsisting permit to export reindeer or parts of reindeer, issued under these regulations; (permis)
"reindeer" means deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, native of Northern Europe, or the race Rangifer arcticus asiaticus, native of Northern Asia; (reindeer) "reserve" means a reindeer grazing reserve established by order of the Commissioner in Executive Council under the Northwest Territories Lands Act; (réserve)
"stray" means a reindeer, found during an annual roundup of a herd held by the owner, that bears the registered mark of another owner; (renne égaré)
"Superintendent" means the officer in charge of a reserve or person acting in that capacity appointed by the Minister. (surintendant)
RESERVE
The Superintendent may divide a reserve into grazing allotments and may change or modify the boundaries of the allotments or reduce or increase the number of allotments.
AGREEMENTS
(1) The Minister may enter into agreements with Inuit or Indians or persons with Inuit or Indian blood living the life of an Inuk or Indian for the herding of reindeer that are the property of the Commissioner.
(2) An agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall be in a form satisfactory to the Minister and may, if considered advisable by the Minister, include provisions for the transfer of those portions of the herd specified in the agreement to the herders upon satisfactory completion of the agreement.
(3) The Minister may enter into agreements with Inuit or Indians or with corporations controlled by Inuit or Indians for the sale of reindeer that are the property of the Commissioner to those Inuit, Indians or corporations.
(4) An agreement referred to in subsection (3) shall contain
(a) provisions for the maintenance by the purchaser of a herd of reindeer of a minimum number to be set by the Minister and for the inspection by the Minister of that herd; and
(b) any other provisions as the Minister considers necessary.
LICENCES AND PERMITS
(1) The Minister or any person authorized by the Minister may issue the following licences:
(a) Class 1 — a licence to hunt reindeer;
(b) Class 2 — a licence to a reindeer owner for a grazing allotment within a reserve;
(c) Class 3 — a licence to transport by any means any reindeer or part of a reindeer from a reserve.
(2) The Minister or any person authorized by the Minister shall indicate in the licence the period for which it shall be valid unless sooner cancelled and the conditions to which it is subject.
(3) A Class 2 licence shall be issued subject to any rights granted to another person under the Northwest Territories Lands Act or the Northwest Territories Lands Regulations.
(4) A licence may be suspended, cancelled or the conditions of a licence altered at any time by the Minister or any person authorized by the Minister for any cause that the Minister considers sufficient.
An officer may issue a permit for the export of reindeer or any part of a reindeer.
PROHIBITIONS
(1) Except as authorized by licence, no person shall hunt reindeer.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to
(a) an officer or herder while acting in the course of his or her duties; or
(b) an owner in so far as his or her own reindeer are concerned.
(3) Except as authorized by licence, no person shall
(a) graze reindeer on a grazing allotment; or
(b) transport by any means reindeer or any part of a reindeer from a reserve.
An owner shall not allow his or her reindeer to run at large or at any time to be without herding protection satisfactory to the Superintendent.
No person shall have in his or her possession any reindeer or part of a reindeer killed or taken in violation of these regulations.
No owner shall permit or allow the owner’s reindeer to graze outside a reserve, without the consent of the Minister.
(1) No reindeer meat shall be sold except under a marketing plan approved by the Minister or a person designated by the Minister.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of sales to individuals for their own use and not for re-sale.
No person shall transfer or ship by any means reindeer or a reindeer carcass, or any part of a reindeer or reindeer carcass, from any place in the Northwest Territories to any other place within the Territories, other than in a reserve, without the consent of the Minister or a person authorized by the Minister.
No person shall export reindeer or any part of a reindeer without a permit for the export of that reindeer or reindeer part.
No person, transportation company or common carrier shall accept for transportation reindeer or a reindeer carcass, or any part of a reindeer or reindeer carcass for export unless a permit for the export is attached to the reindeer, reindeer carcass or part of a reindeer or reindeer carcass intended to be transported for export.
(1) No dog shall be allowed to run at large within a reserve.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a dog that is being used for herding.
(3) Any dog, not used for herding, found running at large within a reserve may be destroyed by the Superintendent or anyone acting under the instructions of the Superintendent.
(4) No damage or compensation may be recovered in respect of the destruction of a dog under this section.
ROUNDUPS
(1) Unless prevented by conditions beyond his or her control, the owner of a reindeer herd shall hold an annual roundup for the purpose of checking the health of the reindeer, counting, classifying and recording the stock, applying the registered herd mark, balancing the herd with regard to breeding stock, selecting animals for slaughter in the winter, and checking and marking strays, but no roundup shall be held without the permission of the Superintendent.
(2) The owner shall notify the Superintendent, at least 60 days before the roundup, of the proposed time and place of the roundup.
(3) The Superintendent, unless prevented by circumstances beyond his or her control, shall attend each roundup where reindeer are to be counted, classified and marked, and shall check the records of the herd with particular reference to the strays from other herds.
(4) The Superintendent, if unable to attend a roundup, shall designate another person to act in his or her stead.
MARKINGS
(1) An application for the approval and registration by the Superintendent of a herd mark shall be made on the form provided for the purpose, and shall include a drawing and a description of the mark.
(2) An owner of a reindeer herd shall cause each animal in the herd to bear an identifying herd mark, as approved and registered by the Superintendent.
(3) The registered mark shall be applied to the reindeer of each owner as soon as practicable after his or her ownership of the reindeer is established, with the exception of marked strays.
(4) A stray mark selected and approved by the Superintendent shall be applied to strays found during a roundup.
STRAYS
(1) A record of all strays found at the annual roundup of each herd shall be made and retained by the Superintendent.
(2) As each stray is handled at the roundup, a stray mark selected by the Superintendent shall be applied to the stray to indicate that it has been recorded as a stray.
(3) Mavericks shall be marked with the herd mark of the herd in which they are found.
(4) After all the roundups for the season have been made, the Superintendent shall send to the owner of each herd a statement showing the strays found in the owner’s herd and the strays from that herd that have been located in other herds, together with the adjustments which the Superintendent proposes in order to effect an equitable settlement between the owners.
(5) If an adjustment has been made between herd owners, in accordance with the advice of the Superintendent, the marked strays in each of their herds shall be the property of the herd owner.
(6) Any disputes that may arise between owners with respect to strays, which cannot be settled between them, shall be referred to the Superintendent whose decision shall be final.
PROTECTION
If an owner does not provide adequate protection for or abandons the owner's reindeer, the Superintendent, on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories, may take any action that the Superintendent considers necessary for the protection of the reindeer.
COMMENCEMENT
These regulations come into force April 1, 2014.
Territorial Printer, Northwest Territories Yellowknife, N.W.T./2014©