Regulations, 2000

L.N. 107 of 2000

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 348)

The Protection of Birds and Wild Rabbit (Amendment)

Regulations, 2000

IN exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6,32,33 and 48

of the Environment Protection Act the Minister for the Environment,

with the concurrence of the Minister for Home Affairs, has made the

following regulations: -

These regulations may be cited as the Protection of Birds and Citation.

Wild Rabbit (Amendment) Regulations, 2000, and shall be read and

construed as one with the Protection of Birds and Wild Rabbit L.N. 146 of 1993.

Regulations, 1993, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 9 of the principal regulations shall be amended as Amends

11ows.

regulation 9 of the

principal

regulations.

(a) in sub paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) thereof, the words

" , or the barrel of which has not been detached from the rest of the

firearm" shall be deleted; and

(b) for paragraph (4) thereof there shall be substituted the

following:-

"(4) No person shall carry a firearm, whether loaded

or not, that is not in its case, or discharge any firearm, while

within 200 metres from any town or village, or other inhabited

area, or within a distance of 50 metres from main and arterial

roads

Provided that this distance shall not apply in the case of secondary

roads and country lanes

Provided further that the shotgun is not aimed in the direction of

the road, whether main, arterial, secondary or a country lane.".

For paragraph (1) of regulation 17 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following:-

"( I) No person shall for commercial purposes stuff or mount

any bird or act as a taxidermist, or be in possession of tools,

chemicals or other equipment which is used or is normally used

for taxidermy, without a licence issued by the Commissioner.".