Game Birds Preservation Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1999 No. 328

GAME

Game Birds Preservation Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Made

19th July 1999

Coming into operation

11th August 1999

The Department of the Environment(1), being satisfied that it is necessary to provide special protection for grouse, partridge, red-legged partridges and hen pheasants:

(a)

in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 7C(1) and 7F(1) to (3) of the Game Preservation Act (Northern Ireland) 1928(2) (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974(3) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf; and

(b)

after publishing, pursuant to section 7F(5) of the Act, notice of proposal to make this Order and of the purport thereof, and not having received any objection to the said proposal,

hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

S.R. & O. (N.I.) No. 252; S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 504 Art. 7; S.I. 1976/424 (N.I. 6) Art. 3

(2)

1928 c. 25 (N.I.); see s. 3 of 1951 c. 4 (N.I.)

(3)

1974 c. 28