60 of 2015 - Regolamenti tal-2015 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar il-Ħarsien tal-Fenek Selvaġġ

L.N. 60 of 2015

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Protection of Wild Rabbit (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 61 and 62 of

the Environment and Development Planning Act, the Minister for

Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Protection of Wild Citation.

Rabbit (Amendment) Regulations, 2015, and these regulations shall

be read and construed as one with the Protection of Wild Rabbit S.L. 504.06

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

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 5 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

sub-regulation (1) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(1) The licence for shooting and, or the licence

for the capture of wild rabbit may be granted by the

Commissioner and the Wild Birds Regulation Unit if an

applicant satisfies the criteria set by both the

Commissioner and the Wild Birds Regulation Unit.";

(b) in sub-regulation (4) thereof, for the words "the

value of which shall be published by the Minister in the

Gazette." there shall be substituted the words "as prescribed in

Schedule IV."; and

(c)

sub-regulation (6) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) in paragraph (a) thereof, for the words

"required by these regulations" there shall be substituted

the words "required by Schedule IV"; and

(ii) in paragraph (d) thereof, for the words "for

the previous year to the Wild Birds Regulation Unit" there

shall be substituted the words "for the previous year, and

paid the respective renewal fee for the applicable licence

as found Schedule IV, to the Wild Birds Regulation Unit".

B

Immediately after Schedule III to the principal regulations,

Adds new

Schedule to the

there shall be added the following new Schedule

principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE IV

Applicable Fees

1. Examination fee

€30 per examination.

2. Re-Sit of examination fee

€10 for each re-sit session.

3. Licence to shoot, and or to

capture wild rabbit

(a) issuance of new licence in

accordance with regulation

5(6)(a)

€20 per licence issued;

(b) renewal of licence in

€20 per licence renewed,

accordance with regulation

provided that this fee shall

5(6)(c)

not apply where the licensee

is also in possession of a

licence to hunt birds on land

and / or at sea issued under

Conservation of Wild Birds

Regulations (S.L. 504.71)

and has paid the relevant

renewal fees for such

licences and was issued with

the relevant carnet de

chasse booklet.".

€0.18