S.I. No. 402/2012 - Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2012.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2012.

(2) The Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders 1979 to 2011 and this Order may be cited together as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders 1979 to 2012.

2. In this Order the “Principal Order” means the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Order 1979 (

S.I. No. 192 of 1979

).

3. The First Schedule to the “Principal Order” is amended by substituting the following for Part I

“PART I

WILD BIRDS

OPEN SEASON

PLACES IN THE STATE

(1)

(2)

(3)

Red Grouse

The period beginning 1 September in each year and ending on 30 September in the same year.

Throughout the State.

MallardTealGadwallWigeonPintailShovelerScaupTufted DuckPochardGoldeneyeGolden PloverSnipeJack Snipe

The period beginning 1 September in each year and ending on 31 January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

Red-legged Partridge

The period beginning 1 November in each year and ending on 31 January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

Cock Pheasant Woodcock

The period beginning 1 November in each year and ending on 31 January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

WILD BIRDS

OPEN SEASON

PLACES IN THE STATE

(1)

(2)

(3)

Woodpigeon

The period beginning 1 November in each year and ending on 31 January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

Canada Goose

The period beginning 1 September in each year and ending on 15 October in the same year.

Throughout the State.

Canada Goose

The period beginning 16 October in each year and ending on 31 January in the year immediately following that year.

The counties of Cavan (exclusive of the townlands of Eonish Island, Rinn, Deramfield) and Leitrim (exclusive of the River Shannon).

Greylag Goose

The period beginning 1 September in each year and ending on 15 October in the same year.

Throughout the State.

Greylag Goose

The period beginning 16 October in each year and ending on 31 January in the year immediately following that year.

Ladys Island, in the county of Wexford Gearagh East & Gearagh West, in the county of Cork.

Ruddy Duck

The period beginning 1 September in each year and ending on 31 January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

”

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 October 2012.

JIMMY DEENIHAN,

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The effect of this Order is to amend the Open Seasons list of huntable species of wild birds by removing the Curlew from the list.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th October

, 2012.

I, JIMMY DEENIHAN, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

Section 8

(2) of the

Wildlife Act 1976

(No. 39 of 1976), and the Heritage (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 192 of 2011

), (as adapted by the Tourism, Culture and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 220 of 2011

)) hereby order as follows