15 tal-2007 - Regolamenti tal-2007 dwar il-Konservazzjoni ta’ l-Għasafar Selvaġġi (Dikjarazzjoni dwar l-Għeluq ta’ l-Istaġun Miftuħ għall-Kaċċa u t-Teħid ta’ l-Għasafar)

L.N. 15 of 2007

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations

(Declaration of the closing of the Open Season for

Hunting and Taking of Wild Birds) Regulations, 2007

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 9 of the

Environment Protection Act, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the

Environment has made the following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild

Birds (Declaration of the closing of the Open Season for Hunting and

Taking of Wild Birds) Regulations, 2007.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st

January, 2007.

Terms and expressions used in these regulations, unless the

context otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as given to

them in the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, 2006, hereinafter

referred to as the “2006 Regulations”.

For the purposes of establishing the closing of the Open Season

for the hunting and taking of wild birds under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of

the proviso to sub-regulation (6) of regulation 10 of the 2006

Regulations, the Minister has established the following dates>

(a) 31 st January, 2007 as the closing date of the Open Season

for hunting of birds<

(b) 31 st January, 2007 as the closing date of the Open Season

for hunting of birds at sea< and

(c) 31 st January, 2007 as the closing date of the Open Season

for taking of finches.

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