S.I. No. 255/1993 - Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1993.


S.I. No. 255 of 1993.

WILDLIFE (WILD BIRDS) (OPEN SEASONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1993.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister of State at the Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 8 and 24 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976), the Wildlife (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 156 of 1987 ), and the Finance (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 101 of 1993 ) hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1993.

(2) The Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders, 1979 to 1992, and this Order may be cited together as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders, 1979 to 1993.

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 insertion of the following entry in Part I:

Wild Birds

Open Season

Curlew

From the 1st day of November, 1993 to the 30th day of November, 1993, both dates inclusive.

GIVEN under my hand, this 1st day of September, 1993.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister of State at the Department of Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to add the Curlew to the list of huntable species for the 1993/1994 Open Seasons from 1st November to 30th November, 1993, both dates inclusive.