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The poľovný lístok comes by the week, the month or for ten years

A public document issued by the district chamber; it exists for Slovak citizens and for foreigners.

The Slovak hunting licence (poľovný lístok) is a public document certifying its holder's right to take game, provided the other conditions the act sets are met. It is issued, extended and withdrawn by the district chamber in whose area the applicant has permanent residence. Two categories exist: the licence for Slovak citizens and the one for foreigners. The durations are unusually flexible: a week, a month, one year, five years or ten years, for Slovak citizens and foreigners alike; for people over 62 it runs indefinitely. Pupils and students of a school where hunting is a compulsory or optional subject receive a licence valid until the end of the calendar year in which they finish their studies. The chamber issues the licence to whoever shows they are over sixteen, have permanent residence in the chamber's area — a condition that does not apply to a Slovak citizen without residence in Slovakia — and have passed the hunting examination, the corresponding university examination, or are a pupil or graduate of such a school. A narrow special rule covers certain foreigners: diplomatic or consular cards from the Slovak foreign ministry, together with a hunting licence from the country of origin, replace the foreigners' licence.

Safety

Compulsory insurance: 150,000 euros for personal injury

Cover must be at least 150,000 euros per event for injury or death, and 3,000 euros for property.

Section 52 requires insurance of every person to whom a hunting licence is to be issued in Slovakia, foreigners included. They must be insured against damage caused in exercising the hunting right through injury to health or the death of others, with an indemnity limit of at least 150,000 euros, and for damage to property of at least 3,000 euros per event. The act closes a common gap: the policy conditions that spell out the scope of that cover may not contain a reservation excluding protection where the insured was negligent. In other words, the cover must hold precisely in the case where it is needed. Section 53 adds the matching practical duty: anyone present in a hunting district with a weapon intended for taking game must carry the hunting licence, the permit to take game, and the documents required under special legislation.

Regulations

Slovakia: a hunting district is recognised first on the game’s needs

The authority recognising a district looks first at whether game finds food, breeding, movement and quiet there.

The Slovak hunting act (zákon č. 274/2009 Z. z.) sets the conditions for maintaining species diversity and healthy populations of free-living game and their natural biotopes, the recognition, alteration and use of hunting districts, hunting management and planning, the protection of hunting and game, the creation and dissolution of hunting organisations, the organisation and powers of the Slovak Hunting Chamber, the conditions for taking game, compensation for damage, and the powers of the authorities. Section 3 puts the game ahead of the geometry: in recognising a district, the district office gives priority to the game's living needs, so that within the district it has adequate sources of natural food and water, guaranteed conditions for natural reproduction and development, and conditions for free movement, cover and quiet. The boundaries must then be clear on the ground: they should coincide where possible with natural or visible boundaries, the district must not contain obstacles dangerous or impassable to game that would prevent free movement, and the recognised parcels must lie wholly within the district.

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