Regulations, 2021

L.N. 134 of 2021

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Majjistral Nature and History Park Site (Amendment)

Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of

the Environment Protection Act, the Minister for the Environment,

Climate Change and Planning after consultation with the Environment

and Resources Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is Majjistral Nature and Citation.

History Park Site (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 and they shall be

read and construed as one with the Majjistral Nature and History Park S.L. 549.83.

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

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations, shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) immediately after the definition "camp" thereof, there

shall be added the following new definition

" "falconry" means the sport of hunting or

taking quarry species with a falcon and shall

include the keeping, flying, training and, or the

display of such trained falcon in accordance with

the provisions of the Conservation of Wild Birds

(Falconry) Regulations and shall exclude hunting

and taking by other means;";

(b) the definition " "hunt" and "hunting" " thereof, shall

be substituted by the following

" "hunt" and "hunting" means the use of a fire-arm or

any other weapon for the purpose of hunting wild birds or

wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus);"; and

(c) the definition " "take" and "taking" " thereof, shall be

substituted by the following

" "take" and "taking" means the live-capture of birds

or wild rabbit and excludes falconry.".

Immediately after regulation 4 of the principal regulations,

there shall be added the following new regulation

Falconry may be practised within the Park

in line with the provisions of the Conservation of Wild

Birds (Falconry) Regulations

Provided that, no person shall be in

possession or control of a wild bird or a wild rabbit,

whether dead or alive, whether whole or in part,

anywhere in the Park outside the hours during which

falconry is permitted.".

4. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 5 of the principal

regulations, shall be substituted by the following

"(2) The provisions of the Conservation of Wild

Birds Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to any

person who commits an offence under sub-regulations

(1) to (8) of regulation 3, and the punishments

contemplated therein shall, on conviction, apply.".

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