No. 33/1931:

WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACT, 1930.

WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACT, 1930.

Order by the MINISTER FOR JUSTICE.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), that the Minister for Justice may, by order made on the application of the Council of a county or a county borough, prohibit for reasons stated in such application, the taking or destroying, either generally, or in any particular years or year in such county or county borough, or any particular parts or part thereof, of the eggs of any wild bird whatsoever, or any particular kinds or kind of wild bird.

AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Roscommon has applied to the Minister for Justice, because of the rarity of the birds concerned, and the attraction they provide, to make an order prohibiting generally in the County of Roscommon the taking or destroying of the eggs of the following wild birds, that is to say :—Dunlin or Sea-lark, Grebe (all kinds), Harrier (all kinds), Kingfisher, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Phalarope, Redshank, Sandpiper (all kinds), and Tern (all kinds).

NOW, I, JAMES FITZGERALD-KENNEY, Minister for Justice,, in exercise of the power conferred on me by Section 7 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling do hereby, because of the rarity of the birds concerned and the attraction they provide, order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Wild Birds (Roscommon) Order, 1931.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. No person shall in any part of the County of Roscommon take or destroy the eggs of any of the following wild birds, that is to say :—Dunlin or Sea-lark, Grebe (all kinds), Harrier (all kinds), Kingfisher, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Phalarope, Redshank, Sandpiper (all kinds), and Tern (all kinds).

GIVEN under my Seal of Office, this 28th day of May, 1931.

(Signed) JAMES FITZGERALD-KENNEY,

Minister for Justice.

(Signed) S. A. ROCHE.