CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION OF THE PERIODS FOR HUNTING AND TAKING FOR 2011)

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION OF

THE PERIODS FOR HUNTING AND TAKING FOR 2011)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 549.67

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS

(DECLARATION OF THE PERIODS

FOR HUNTING AND TAKING FOR 2011)

REGULATIONS

16th August, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE 331 of 2011.

The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild

Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting and Taking for 2011)

Regulations.

Terms and expressions used in these regulations, unless the

context otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as given to

them in the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as the "Wild Birds Regulations".

For the purposes of establishing the period for the hunting

and taking of wild birds under regulation 10(6)(i), (ii) and (iii) of

the Wild Birds Regulations, the Prime Minister has established the

following dates

(a) the hunting of birds on land shall be permitted between

the 1st September 2011 and the 31st January 2012,

betwen two hours before sunrise and two hours after

sunset on any day between Monday and Saturday, and

between two hours before sunrise and 1 o’ clock in the

afternoon (1.00 p.m) on Sundays and Public Holidays

Provided that hunting on land between the 15th

September 2011 and the 30th September 2011 shall not

be permitted from Monday to Saturday after 3.00 pm

and two hours before sunrise of the next following

day.

(b) the hunting of birds at sea shall be permitted between

the 1st October 2011 and the 31st January 2012.

The applicable times for the taking and shooting of wild

rabbits between the 15th September 2011 and the 30th September

2011 shall be as established in the proviso to regulation 3(a).