The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

Licences: supplementary provisions

40.—(1) A licence under regulation 39—

(a)may be, to any degree, general or specific;

(b)may be granted either to persons of a class or to a particular person; and

(c)may be subject to compliance with any specified conditions.

(2) For the purposes of a licence under regulation 39 the definition of a class of persons may be framed by reference to any circumstances whatever including, in particular, their being authorised by any other person.

(3) A licence under regulation 39 may be modified or revoked at any time by the Department; but otherwise shall be valid for the period stated in the licence.

(4) A licence under regulation 39 which authorises any person to kill wild animals—

(a)shall specify—

(i)the species of wild animals which may be killed and the person authorised to kill them; and

(ii)the area within which and the methods by which the wild animals may be killed; and

(b)shall not be granted for a period of more than two years.