22. A lessee of exclusive trapping rights may transfer all the rights and obligations under the lease to a holder of a hunter’s or trapper’s certificate bearing code “P” if the lessee(1) has sent to the Minister an application in writing designating the new lessee, not later than 1 August of the current year, together with, if applicable, a copy of the deed evidencing the transfer of the buildings or structures erected in the territory identified on the lease in favour of the certificate holder;
(2) trapped on the land referred to in the lease during the year preceding the year of the transfer;
(3) has not been convicted of an offence against the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1) or its regulations and has not had the hunter’s or trapper’s certificate referred to in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 3 or a hunting, fishing or trapping licence suspended or cancelled during the 2 years preceding the date of the application for a transfer;
(4) has not received a notice of revocation of the lease; and
(5) has signed the deed of amendment to the lease of exclusive trapping rights and returned a signed copy to the Minister.
So that a transfer under the first paragraph may be made, the holder of a hunter’s or trapper’s certificate referred to in that paragraph must(1) not have been convicted of an offence against the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife or its regulations on trapping or the fur trade and not have had the hunter’s or trapper’s certificate referred to in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 3 or a hunting, fishing or trapping licence suspended or cancelled during the 2 years preceding the date of the application for a transfer;
(2) not exercise collective and exclusive trapping rights in the territories recognized as beaver reserves under the Regulation respecting beaver reserves (chapter C-61.1, r. 28); and
(3) have signed the deed of amendment to the lease of exclusive trapping rights.