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

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION ON A

DEROGATION FOR A 2023 SPRING HUNTING SEASON

FOR TURTLE DOVE)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 549.156

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION

ON A DEROGATION FOR A 2023 SPRING HUNTING

SEASON FOR TURTLE DOVE) REGULATIONS

17th April, 2023

LEGAL NOTICE 87 of 2023.

The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild

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

for Turtle Dove) 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 Turtle Dove in spring 2023,

shall be from the date of publication of this Legal Notice until 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 at

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 one thousand and five

hundred (1,500) Turtle Dove, 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.