66 tal-2019
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 66 of 2019
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of a Derogation for the
Control of Birds in the Interest of Air Safety) Regulations, 2019
BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the
Environment Protection Act, and by regulation 10(6) of the
Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations and by regulations 3 and 4 of
the Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a
Derogation for the Control of Birds in the Interest of Air Safety)
Regulations, the Minister for the Environment, Sustainable
Development and Climate Change in conjunction with the
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights
and after consultation with the Environment and Resources Authority,
has made the following regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild
Birds (Declaration of a Derogation for the Control of Birds in the
Interest of Air Safety) Regulations, 2019.
Terms and expressions used in these regulations, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as given in
the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, hereinafter referred to as
"the Wild Birds Regulations".
This derogation shall only apply for the control of Sturnus
vulgaris and Columba livia, and for the control, by means of
relocation, of other birds that may pose an air safety hazard.
For the purposes of these regulations, the control of Sturnus
vulgaris and Columba livia and the control, by means of relocation, of
other birds that may pose an air safety hazard, shall be in accordance
with the provisions of the framework laid down by the Conservation of
Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation for the Control of
Birds in the Interest of Air Safety) Regulations and the Wild Birds
Regulations.
For the purposes of the second proviso to regulation 10(6)
of the Wild Birds Regulations and for the purposes of these
regulations, the period for the control of Sturnus vulgaris and Columba
livia, and the control by means of relocation of other birds that may
pose an air safety hazard, shall be from 1st April 2019 to the 31st
March 2020, both days included.
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