295 tal-2017
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 295 of 2017
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for an
Autumn 2017 Live-Capturing Season for Song Thrush and Golden
Plover) Regulations, 2017
BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the
Environment Protection Act, the Minister for the Environment,
Sustainable Development 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 2017 Live-
Capturing Season for Song Thrush and Golden Plover) Regulations,
2017.
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 in Autumn under regulations 10(6)(ii) and (iii) of season.
of the Wild Birds Regulations, and for the purpose of these
regulations, the period for the live-capturing of Song Thrush and
Golden Plover for the year 2017, hereinafter referred to as "the
Autumn live-capturing season", shall be from the 20 th October 2017 to
the 31 st December 2017, both dates included
Provided that the provisions of these regulations shall cease
to have effect and no live-capturing activity shall be permitted in the
event that the Minister orders, by notice in the Gazette or any other
notice, that the Autumn live-capturing season is to terminate
immediately or at a date as specified by the Minister.
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.
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 live-captured under the authority of all issued
licences taken together.
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