to Carry out Scientific Research on Seven Finch Species)

L.N. 256 of 2022

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation

to Carry out Scientific Research on Seven Finch Species)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2022

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

Environment Protection Act, the Minister responsible for the

environment in conjunction with the Minister for Gozo and after

consultation with the Environment and Resources Authority, has made

the following regulations:-

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

Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation to Carry out Scientific

Research on Seven Finch Species) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation to S.L. 549.145.

Carry out Scientific Research on Seven Finch Species) Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 2 of the principal Amends

regulations, in the definition "live-decoy", immediately after the words regulation

the principal

"any specimen from the relevant species fitted with a" there shall be regulations.

added the words "closed ring, any specimen from the relevant species

fitted with a".

In paragraph (k) of sub-regulation 12 of the principal Amends

regulations, immediately after the words "birds from the relevant regulation

the principal

species" there shall be added the words "fitted with a closed ring, to regulations.

birds from the relevant species".

Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 13 of the principal Amends

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation: regulation

the principal

regulations.

"(3) During the course of a spot-check carried out

in terms of sub-regulation (1), should a Police officer

find a bird from the relevant species

(a) without a ring, or

(b) not fitted with a seamless closed leg-

ring or leg-band in a continuous circle, without

any break or join, or

(c) fitted with a leg-ring or leg-band that

has been tampered with, or

(d) fitted with a single-use ring not bearing

code R16U, or

(e) fitted with a single-use ring bearing

code R16U that was not supplied by the Wild

Birds Regulation Unit in 2016 and 2017,

the licence holder shall be subject to the penalties

established in regulation 27 of the Wild Birds

Regulations. After having documented the evidence of

all birds not in compliance with the conditions of the

special research licence or with the conditions of any

other special licence,

the Police officer shall

immediately release all birds not fitted with a ring from

the same research station and also seize from the licence

holder all birds that are fitted with closed rings that are

not seamless, not in a continuous circle, with a break or

join, have been tampered with, those fitted with an

unauthorised single-use ring and any other bird not

authorised by the special research licence issued in

accordance with these regulations or under any other

special licence

Provided that this sub-regulation does not

apply to colour-variants (mutations), mules or hybrids.".

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