279 tal-2012 - Regolamenti tal-2012 dwar il-Konservazzjoni tal-Għasafar Selvaġġi (Dikjarazzjoni dwar l-Istaġun għall-Kaċċa fil-Ħarifa tal-2012 u fix-Xitwa tal-2013)

L.N. 279 of 2012

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for

Hunting in Autumn - Winter 2012 - 2013) Regulations, 2012

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 61 of the

Environment and Development Planning Act, and in terms of the

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

Regulations, the Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Environment

has made the following regulations:-

Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for

Hunting in Autumn - Winter 2012 - 2013) Regulations, 2012.

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, hereinafter

referred to as the "the Wild Birds Regulations".

For the purposes of establishing the period for the hunting

of wild birds under paragraphs of sub-regulation of regulation

10(6)(t)(i) and (iii) of the Wild Birds Regulations, the Minister for

Tourism, Culture and the Environment has established the following

dates

(a)

the hunting of birds on land shall be permitted

between the 1st September 2012 and the 31st January 2013,

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 2012 and the 30th September 2012 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 2012 and the 31st January 2013.

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