CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION OF THE PERIODS FOR HUNTING IN AUTUMN - WINTER 2013 - 2014) REGULATIONS

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS

(DECLARATION OF THE PERIODS

FOR HUNTING IN AUTUMN - WINTER 2013 - 2014)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 549.84

CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS (DECLARATION

OF THE PERIODS FOR HUNTING IN AUTUMN -

WINTER 2013 - 2014) REGULATIONS

13th August, 2013

LEGAL NOTICE 248 of 2013, as amended by Legal Notice 272 of 2013.

The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild

Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting in Autumn - Winter 2013

- 2014) 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 "the Wild Birds Regulations".

For the purposes of establishing the period for the hunting

of wild birds under regulation 10(6)(t)(i) of the Wild Birds

Regulations, the Minister has established the following dates

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

the 1st September 2013 and the 31st January 2014,

between 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 2013 and the 7th October 2013 shall not be

permitted from Monday to Saturday after 7.00 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 2013 and the 31st January 2014

Provided that hunting at sea between the 1st October

and 7th of October 2013 shall not be permitted from

Monday to Saturday between 7.00 pm and two hours

before sunrise of the following day

Provided further that hunting of birds at sea between

8th October and 31st January shall be allowed between

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,

as well as on Sunday 6th October.

The applicable times for the shooting of wild rabbits

between the 15th September 2013 and the 7th October 2013 shall

be as established in the proviso to paragraph (a) of regulation 3.