73 tal-2007 - Regolamenti tal-2007 dwar ir-Reġistrazzjoni ta’ Siti wżati għat-Teħid (Mnasab)

L.N. 73 of 2007

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

The Registration of Sites for Taking (Mnasab) Regulations, 2007

BY virtue of the powers conferred by articles 9 and 10 of the

Environment Protection Act, 2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs and

the Environment has made the following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is The Registration of Sites Citation.

for Taking (Mnasab) Regulations, 2007.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on such date as

the Minister responsible for the environment may by notice in the Gazette

establish.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires>

Definitions.

“The Competent Authority” means the Malta Environment

and Planning Authority<

“The Minister” means the Minister responsible for the

environment<

“The 2006 Regulations” means the Conservation of Wild

L.N. 79 of 2006.

Birds Regulations, 2006<

“to take” and “taking” means to take from the wild, in

accordance with the provisions of the 2006 Regulations.

(1) The Competent Authority shall delineate and register Registration of sites

for taking.

the areas used, or that have been used as trapping sites, within the period

established by the Minister.

Provided that in the above registration, the Competent

Authority shall act upon the recommendations made by the Ornis

Committee as established under regulation 10 of the 2006 Regulations> L.N. 79 of 2006.

Provided further that such registration shall not grant any title

or other right whatsoever, including rights in relation to its use, to the

licensed person exercising the tacking activity on the site in question,

and shall be without prejudice to any third party rights.

(2) No person shall exercise any taking activity over such

land unless he is in possession of a valid license for taking.

(3) No person shall take or attempt to take birds from any

site unless such site has been duly registered by the Competent Authority

in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.

(4) No person shall take or attempt to take birds from any

site unless he is carrying with him his identity card or any other

recognised means of identification and the proper licence to take birds.

(1) Any person who takes or attempts to take birds from a

site not duly registered by the Competent Authority shall be guilty of

an offence against these regulations.

(2) Any person who commits an offence against these

Regulations shall be liable to>

(a) on a first conviction to a fine (multa) of not less than

one hundred Liri (Lm100) but not exceeding one thousand liri

(Lm1,000)<

(b) on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine (multa)

of not less than two hundred liri (Lm200) but not exceeding two

thousand liri (Lm2,000).

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