R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 643: GENERAL"

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 643: GENERAL, Hunter Damage Compensation Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.21

Hunter Damage Compensation Act
Loi sur les dommages causés par les chasseurs

REGULATION 643

Amended to S.O., 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 46

GENERAL

Note: This Regulation became spent some time before January 1, 2004.

Note: This Regulation was revoked on June 22, 2006. See: S.O., 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 46.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1. In this Regulation,

“owner” means a person who would have a cause of action against a hunter in respect of the death of or injury to livestock, or damage to a class of property designated in section 5. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 643, s. 1.

2. (1) Where an owner of livestock or of a class of property designated in section 5 discovers that any of the owner’s livestock has been killed or injured or a class of property designated in section 5 has been damaged, and to the best of the owner’s knowledge and belief such killing, injury or damage has been occasioned by a hunter, the owner shall immediately notify a valuer for the county or district, as the case may be, in which the owner resides, and such valuer shall immediately make a full investigation.

(2) The owner of the livestock or of a class of property designated in section 5 shall complete an application in Form 1 and shall deliver it to the valuer on or before the completion of the investigation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 643, s. 2.

3. Where an owner of livestock discovers that any of the owner’s livestock has been killed, the owner shall retain the carcass thereof until such time as is required by the valuer to make his or her investigation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 643, s. 3.

4. The valuer shall, within ten days after the completion of his or her investigation, prepare a report in Form 2 in quadruplicate and shall,

(a) send the original and one copy, together with the application of the owner in Form 1, to the Livestock Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture and Food;

(b) send one copy of the report to the owner of livestock or other property; and

5. Farm machinery and farm equipment are designated as classes of property to which section 3 of the Act applies. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 643, s. 5.

6. The following amounts are prescribed as maximum amounts for the purpose of subsection 3 (4) of the Act:

1. For a head of cattle, $1,000.

2. For a goat, $200.

3. For a horse, $500.

4. For a head of sheep, $200.

5. For a head of swine, $200. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 643, s. 6.

FORM 1

Hunter Damage Compensation Act

APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION