239 tal-2009 - Regolamenti tal-2009 dwar il-Konservazzjoni ta’ l-Għasafar Selvaġġi (Dikjarazzjoni dwar l-Istaġun għall-Kaċċa u l-Insib għas-sena 2009)

L.N. 239 of 2009

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for

Hunting and Taking for 2009) Regulations, 2009

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 9 of the

Environment Protection Act, and in terms of the provisions of

regulation 10(6)(t) of the Conservation of Wild Birds’ Regulations,

2006, the Prime Minister has made the following regulations :–

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

Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting and Taking for

2009) Regulations, 2009.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come

into force on the 31st July, 2009.

Terms and expressions used in these regulations, unless Interpretation.

the context otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as

given to them in the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, 2006, L.N. 79 of 2006.

hereinafter referred to as the “2006 Regulations”.

For the purposes of establishing the period for the Establishing

hunting and taking of wild birds under paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii)

of sub-regulation (6) of regulation 10 of the 2006 Regulations, the

Minister has established the following dates:–

(a) the hunting of birds on land shall be permitted

between the 1st September 2009 and the 31st January 2010,

between two hours before sunrise and two hours after sunset

on any day between Monday and Saturday, and between two

hours before sunrise and 1 o’clock in the afternoon (1.00 p.m)

on Sundays and Public Holidays

Provided that hunting on land between the 15th

September 2009 and the 30th September 2009 shall not be

permitted from Monday to Saturday after 3.00 pm and two

hours before sunrise of the next following day.

(b) the hunting of birds at sea shall be permitted

between the 1st October 2009 and the 31st January 2010;

(c) taking of Turtle Dove and Quail between the 1st

September 2009 and the 30th October 2009; and

(d) taking of Golden Plover and Song Thrush between

the 20th October 2009 and 10th January 2010.

The applicable times for the taking and shooting of wild

rabbits between the 15th September 2009 and the 30th September

2009 shall be as established in the proviso to paragraph (a) of

regulation 3 of these regulations.

The Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the

periods for Hunting and Taking for 2009) Regulations, 2009 are

hereby being repealed.

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