No. 208/1942:

WILD BIRDS (COUNTY WATERFORD) ORDER, 1942.

WILD BIRDS (COUNTY WATERFORD) ORDER, 1942.

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 or any particular kinds or kind of wild bird :

AND WHEREAS Mr. Commissioner Moynihan, acting as the Council of the County of Waterford, has applied to the Minister for Justice to make an order prohibiting in each of the years 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947, in the County of Waterford the taking or destroying of the eggs of the following wild birds, that is to say :—chough, peregrine falcon, owls (all kinds), goldfinch, siskin, crossbill, raven, kingfisher, nightjar and turtle-dove, for the reason that the said wild birds are, owing to the great increase in the number of egg collectors, subject to great persecution :

NOW, I, GERALD BOLAND, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers 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, for the reason that the said wild birds are, owing to the great increase in the number of egg collectors, subject to great persecution, do hereby order as follows :—

1. This order may be cited as the Wild Birds (County Waterford) Order, 1942.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), 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 Waterford take or destroy in any of the years 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947, the eggs of any of the following wild birds, that is to say :—chough, peregrine falcon, owls (all kinds), goldfinch, siskin, crossbill, raven, kingfisher, nightjar and turtle-dove.

Given under my Seal of Office this 1st day of June, 1942.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.