S.I. No. 302/1946 - Wild Birds (County Dublin) Order, 1946.

1. This Order may be cited as the Wild Birds (County Dublin) Order, 1946.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. No person shall take or destroy in the year 1947, 1948 and 1949 in any part of the County of Dublin (including the islands of Lambay and Ireland's Eye) the eggs of any of the wild birds mentioned in the First and Second Schedules to the

Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930

(No. 16 of 1930).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of September, 1946.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1946. No. 302.

WILD BIRDS (COUNTY DUBLIN) ORDER, 1946.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of

section 7

of the

Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930

(No. 16 of 1930) that the Minister for Justice may by order made on the application of the council of a county prohibit, for reasons stated in such application, the taking or destroying in any particular years in such county of the eggs of any particular kinds of wild bird

AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Dublin has applied to the Minister for Justice for an order prohibiting the taking or destroying in the years 1947, 1948 and 1949 in the County of Dublin (including the islands of Lambay and Ireland's Eye) of the eggs of any of the wild birds mentioned in the First and Second Schedules to the

Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930

, for the reason that such an order is necessary in order to prevent the extermination of those birds

NOW, I, GERALD BOLAND, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

Section 7

of the

Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930

(No. 16 of 1930), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling and for the reason that this Order is necessary in order to prevent the extermination of the wild birds concerned, hereby order as follows :—