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GREY SEALS PROTECTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1933

GREY SEALS PROTECTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1933 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make further provision as respects Northern Ireland for
the protection of the Grey Seal.
[9th May 1933]
Close season for grey seals.

GREY SEALS PROTECTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1933 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, there shall be an annual
close season for grey seals, that is to say, seals of the species
known as Halichoerus grypus, extending from the first day of
September to the thirty-first day of December, both inclusive:

Provided that the Ministry of Commerce may at any time by order
direct, either generally or as respects any area described in the
order, that, notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provision

(a)there shall be no close season during the twelve months next
following the making of the order; or

(b)the next close season shall commence and end on such dates as
may be specified in the order.

(2) An order made under this section which renders lawful the
killing of grey seals during any part of the period specified in
sub-section (1) shall contain regulations providing for the grant and
revocation of permits by the Ministry and prohibiting such killing
except

(a)by persons holding permits; and

(b)in such manner and by means of such weapon or instrument as may
be specified in the regulations.

(3) Before any order is made under this section the draft thereof
shall be laid before each House of Parliament for the statutory
period, and if a resolution disapproving the draft or any part
thereof is passed by either House of Parliament within the statutory
period, no further proceedings shall be taken on the draft, but if
no such resolution is passed, the Ministry may at the expiration of
the said period make an order in the terms of the draft.

For the purposes of this section the expression "statutory period"
means ...

definition in 1954 c.33 (NI) s.41(2) substituted by 1979 NI12 art.10

GREY SEALS PROTECTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1933 - SECT 2
Offences in relation to grey seals during close season.

2.(1) Every person who

(a)during the close season knowingly and with intent kills, wounds
or takes a grey seal; or

(b)being an owner, master, charterer or hirer of a boat uses, or
permits any person to use, it for the purpose of killing, wounding
or taking a grey seal during the close season; or

(c)contravenes any such regulation as is mentioned in sub-section (2)
of the preceding section;

(i)in the case of offences under paragraph (a) of this sub-section,
to a fine not exceeding [#20] in respect of each such offence; and

(ii)in the case of offences under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of
this sub-section, to a fine not exceeding [#50] in respect of each
such offence.

(2) For the purposes of this section the expression "close season"
means the period for the time being fixed by, or by order made
under, this Act as the close season for the place where a grey
seal is killed, wounded or taken, or, as the case may be, where a
boat is used for the purpose of killing, wounding or taking a grey
seal.

GREY SEALS PROTECTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1933 - SECT 3
Short title.

3.(1) This Act may be cited as the Grey Seals Protection Act
(Northern Ireland), 1933.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR (NI) 1953