Regulations, 2025

L.N. 251 of 2025

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Conservation of Wild Birds (Amendment)

Regulations, 2025

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 Planning,

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 (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 and these regulations shall be

read and construed as one with the Conservation of Wild Birds S.L. 549.42.

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

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations immediately Amends

after the definition "bird" there shall be added the following new regulation

the principal

definition

regulations.

""bird ringing scheme" means an accredited program or a

scientific institution responsible for the training of bird ringers,

the management of a bird-ringing database, and the facilitation

of data sharing to support research, conservation, and population

monitoring efforts;".

Regulation 23 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 23 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) in paragraph (d) thereof the words "which is

accepted by EURING – The European Union for Bird

Ringing" shall be deleted;

(ii) paragraph (f) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new paragraph

"(f) without prejudice to regulation 9 and

notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 7(1)(d),

(e) and (f), a scientific bird-ringer who captures a bird

exclusively for scientific bird ringing purposes may,

for this purpose, also use pre-recorded bird calls, nets,

and live-decoys of specimens pertaining to the

targeted species, including their mules and hybrids;";

(b)

sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be amended as

(i) paragraph (a) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new paragraph

"(a)

have obtained a training certificate,

which is granted after the applicant has successfully

completed the necessary training and gained field

experience with a qualified trainer who is part of a

bird ringing scheme;";

(ii) in paragraph (b) thereof the words "accepted by

EURING" shall be deleted;

(c) in sub-regulation (4) thereof the words "which is

accepted by EURING" shall be deleted.

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