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Amendment of 1981 Act

2.—(1) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2(4)(a) omit “capercaillie and”.

(3) In Part I of Schedule 1 (birds which are protected by special penalties)–

(a)in the first column, after “Buzzard, Honey”, insert “Capercaillie”; and

(b)in the second column, after “Pernis apivorus”, insert “Tetrao urogallus”.

(4) In Part I of Schedule 2 (birds which may be killed or taken), in the first colum, omit “Capercaillie” and, in the second column, omit “Tetrao urogallus”.

(5) In Part III of Schedule 3 (birds which may be sold), in the first column, omit “Capercaillie” and, in the second column, omit “Tetrao urogallus”.