CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION OF A DEROGATION FOR THE CONTROL OF BIRDS IN THE INTEREST OF AIR SAFETY FOR PERIOD 2020–

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION OF A

DEROGATION FOR THE CONTROL OF BIRDS IN THE

INTEREST OF AIR SAFETY FOR PERIOD 2020–2021)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 549.135

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION OF

A DEROGATION FOR THE CONTROL OF BIRDS IN

THE INTEREST OF AIR SAFETY FOR PERIOD 2020–

2021) REGULATIONS

7th August, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE 324 of 2020.

The title of these regulations is Conservation of Wild

Birds (Declaration of a Derogation for the Control of Birds in the

Interest of Air Safety for period 2020–2021) Regulations.

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, including

fitting of geo-locators on up to five (5) harrier specimens (Circus spp.)

under the terms and conditions of the special licence.

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 July 2020 to 30th June

2021, both dates included.