S.I. No. 346/1985 - Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1985.

S.I. No. 346 of 1985.

WILDLIFE (WILD BIRDS) (OPEN SEASONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1985.

I, PADDY O`TOOLE, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 8 and 24 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976), as adapted by the Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 195 of 1978 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1985.

(2) The Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders, 1979 to 1984, and this Order may be cited together as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders, 1979 to 1985.

2. In this Order "the Principal Order" means the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 192 of 1979 ).

3. The First Schedule to the Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for the entry in Part I:

Wild Birds	Open Season
Red Grouse	From the 1st day of September in any year to the 30th day of September in the same year, both dates inclusive.
Mallard	From the commencement of the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1985, to the 31st day of January, 1986, both dates inclusive, and thereafter from the 1st day of September in any year to the 31st day of January in the following year, both dates inclusive.
Teal
Gadwall
Wigeon
Pintail
Shoveler
Scaup
Tufted Duck
Pochard
Goldeneye
Golden Plover
Shipe
jack Shipe
Grey Partridge	From the 1st day of November in any year to the 15th day of November in the same year, both dates inclusive.
Red-legged Partridge
Cock Pheasant Woodcock Curlew	From the 1st day of November in any year to the 31st day of January in the following year, both dates inclusive.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 29th day of October, 1985.

PADDY O'TOOLE,

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this order is to add Curlew to the list of huntable species.