Act on Game Management Fee and Hunting Licence Fee (No. 616 of 1993). Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 1993 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Hunting/capture Hunting authorization/permit Hunting authorization/permit fee Registration Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act provides for a game management fee for each hunting year to be paid to the State by a person engaged in hunting or acting as a hunting master referred to in section 28 of the Hunting Act. Before paying the game management fee the person concerned must, by taking a hunting examination, demonstrate his/her knowledge of hunting and game management and of the hunting provisions to an examiner appointed by the game management association or the game management district. The Act also requires a hunting licence fee for each cervid killed to be paid by a person granted a licence required for hunting cervids referred to in section 10 of the Hunting Act. The Hunters’ Central Organization keeps a register of hunters (hunter register) which is used for planning hunter training, advisory services, supervision of hunting, practical hunting and game management arrangements, and for carrying out other tasks related to hunting and game management and compiling statistics. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Amended by Act to amend the Act on Game Management Fee and Hunting Licence Fee (No. 949 of 2012). Legislation | Finland | 2012 Keyword: Hunting/capture, Hunting authorization/permit, Hunting authorization/permit fee Source: FAO, FAOLEX