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Amendment of section 36 (use of mechanically-propelled vehicles, vessels and aircraft in hunting prohibited) of Principal Act.
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44.—Section 36 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by the deletion of “but subject to section 42”,
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(ii) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “wild animal” for “protected wild animal”, and
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(iii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “wild bird” for “protected wild bird”,
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(b) by the substitution, in subsection (2), of “wild birds or wild animals” for “protected wild birds or protected wild animals”, and
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(c) by the insertion of the following after subsection (4):
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“(5) In this section, ‘mechanically-propelled' includes propulsion which is electrical or partly electrical and partly mechanical.”,
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and the said subsections (1) and (2), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act apart from this section, a person shall not hunt or disturb for the purpose of hunting—
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(a) any wild animal by means of a mechanically-propelled vehicle, vessel or aircraft, whether it is being so propelled or is stationary,
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(b) any wild bird by means of such a vehicle, vessel or aircraft, while it is being so propelled.
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(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a mechanically-propelled vehicle, vessel or aircraft may be used to capture or kill, pursuant to and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister and for such educational, scientific or other purposes as are specified in the licence, wild birds or wild animals of a species so specified.
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