S.I. No. 351/1953 - Wild Birds (County Kerry) Order, 1953.

1. This Order may be cited as the Wild Birds (County Kerry) Order, 1953.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

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

3.—(1) No person shall take or destroy, during the prohibited period, in the County of Kerry, the eggs of any wild bird other than the hoodie crow, the magpie and the wood pigeon ;

(2) In this Article the expression " the prohibited period " means the period beginning on the date of the making of this Order and ending on the 31st day of December, 1955.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 10th day of November, 1953.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.

S.I. No. 351 of 1953.

WILD BIRDS (COUNTY KERRY) ORDER, 1953.

WHEREAS the County Manager of the County of Kerry has applied to the Minister for Justice for an Order prohibiting for a period the taking or destroying in the County of Kerry of the eggs of any wild bird other than the hoodie crow, the magpie and the wood pigeon, because of the usefulness of wild birds to agriculture.

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, hereby, because of the usefulness of wild birds to agriculture, order as follows :—