Control of Sturnus vulgaris and Columba livia) Regulations, 2021

L.N. 218 of 2021

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of a Derogation for the

Control of Sturnus vulgaris and Columba livia) Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 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, Climate Change and Planning, in

conjunction with the Minister for Gozo, after consultation with the

Environment and Resources Authority, and after taking into account

the recommendations of the Malta Ornis Committee * , has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild

Birds (Declaration of a Derogation for the Control of Sturnus vulgaris

and Columba livia) Regulations, 2021.

Words and expressions used in these regulations, unless the

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

them in the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as "the Wild Birds Regulations".

This derogation only applies for the control of Sturnus

vulgaris and Columba livia.

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 shall be from 1st July 2021 to the 30th June 2022, both days

included.

For the purposes of these regulations, the control of Sturnus

vulgaris and Columba livia 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.

* The recommendations of the Malta Ornis Committee on this derogation under

Article 9(1)(a) of the Birds Directive are available at: https://mgoz.gov.mt/en/

Pages/WBRU/Ornis-Committee.aspx (17 March 2021).

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