S.I. No. 291/1985 - European Communities (Conservation of Wild Birds) Regulations, 1985.

1. The area comprising the lands included in the nature reserve established by the Nature Reserve (Wexford Wildfowl Reserve) Establishment Order, 1981 (

S.I. No. 205 of 1981

).

2. The area formed by the islands situated in the townlands of Saltee Island Great and Saltee Island Little in the county of Wexford and known as Saltee Islands.

3. The area comprising the island situated in the townland of Puffin Island, in the county of Kerry and known as Puffin Island.

4. The area formed by islands situated in the townland of Inishkea North, in the county of Mayo and known as Inishkea Islands.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of August, 1985.

PADDY O'TOOLE,

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

EEC Directive No. 74/409 on the Conservation of Wild Birds provides for the conservation of populations of wild birds by, among other things, classifying important ornithological sites as special protection areas for them. The effect of these Regulations is to classify four sites as special protection areas and to provide that contravention of the provisions of these Regulations shall constitute an offence.

5. A person who contravenes a provision of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.

SCHEDULE

S.I. No. 291 of 1985.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS) REGULATIONS, 1985.

I, PADDY O'TOOLE, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act, 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 79/409/EEC

(1)

of 2 April, 1979, hereby make the following regulations

(1)

O.J. No. L103/1 25.4.79.