CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION ON A DEROGATION FOR A 2023 SPRING HUNTING SEASON FOR QUAIL) REGULATIONS

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION ON A

DEROGATION FOR A 2023 SPRING HUNTING SEASON

FOR QUAIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 549.154

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION

ON A DEROGATION FOR A 2023 SPRING HUNTING

SEASON FOR QUAIL) REGULATIONS

6th April, 2023

LEGAL NOTICE 78 of 2023.

The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild

Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for a 2023 Spring Hunting Season

for Quail) Regulations.

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".

For the purposes of the fourth proviso to regulation 10(6)

of the Wild Birds Regulations and for the purposes of these

regulations, the period for the hunting of Quail in spring 2023, shall be

from 10th April to 30th April, 2023, both dates included, from two (2)

hours before sunrise until noon

Provided that the provisions of these regulations shall

cease to have effect and no hunting activity shall be permitted in the

event that the Minister orders, by notice in the Gazette or any other

notice, that the spring hunting season shall terminate immediately or

on a date as specified by the Minister.

For the purposes of these regulations, the spring hunting

season shall be in accordance with the provisions of the framework

laid down by the Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening a

Spring Hunting Season for Turtle Dove and Quail Regulations and

subject to all the conditions as set out in the Spring Hunting Licence.

(1)

The Spring Hunting Licence shall set the overall

bag limit for the spring hunting season at two thousand and four

hundred (2,400) Quail, as the total number of birds which may be

hunted under the authority of all issued licences taken together.

(2)

The Spring Hunting Licence shall cease to have effect in

the event that the Minister orders, by notice in the Gazette or any other

notice, that the Spring hunting season shall terminate immediately or

at a date as specified by the Minister.