GREY SEALS PROTECTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1933

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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

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