321 tal-2016 - Regolamenti tal-2016 dwar il-Konservazzjoni tal-Għasafar Selvaġġi (Dikjarazzjoni dwar Deroga għall-Istaġun tal-Insib fil-Ħarifa tal-2016 għall-Malvizz u l-Pluviera)

L.N. 321 of 2016

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for an

Autumn 2016 Live-capturing Season for Song Thrush

and Golden Plover) Regulations, 2016

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) of the Conservation of Wild Birds

Regulations, and of regulations 4 and 7 of the Conservation of Wild

Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening an Autumn

Live-Capturing Season for Song Thrush and Golden Plover)

Regulations, the Minister for Sustainable Development, the

Environment and Climate Change has made the following

regulations:-

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

Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for an Autumn 2016 Live-

Capturing Season for Song Thrush and Golden Plover) Regulations,

2016.

Terms and expressions used in these regulations, unless the Interpretation.

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

them in the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, hereinafter L.S. 549.42

referred to as the "the Wild Birds Regulations", and in the

Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation L.S. 549.74

Opening an Autumn Live-Capturing Season for Song Thrush and

Golden Plover) Regulations.

For the purposes of establishing the period for the live- Establishment

capturing of wild birds under regulation 10(6)(ii) and (iii) of the Wild of season.

Birds Regulations, and for the purpose of these regulations the period

for the live-capturing of Song Thrush and Golden Plover for the year

2016, hereinafter referred to as "the Autumn live-capturing season",

shall be on the following dates

Live-capturing of Song Thrush and Golden Plover between the

20th October 2016 and the 31st December 2016, both dates

included.

For the purposes of these regulations, the Autumn live- Live-Capturing

capturing season shall be in accordance with the provisions of the according

framework.

Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation L.S. 549.74

Opening an Autumn Live-Capturing Season for Song Thrush and

Golden Plover) Regulations.

(1)

The Autumn Live-capturing licence, which shall be

issued upon the payment of a nominal fee of fifty-five euro (€55),

shall set the overall seasonal bag limit for the Autumn live-capturing

season at 5,000 for Song Thrush and 700 for Golden Plover as the

total number of birds which may be captured under the authority of

all issued licences taken together.

(2) The Autumn Live-capturing licence shall set the live-

capturing season’s bag limit to six (6) birds for each Autumn live-

capturing licence or however many below this number might have

been captured before the season is closed.

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