The Wild Birds (Special Protection in Severe Weather) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2010

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Wild Birds (Special Protection in Severe Weather) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2010 and comes into force on 10th December 2010.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Special Protection

2.—(1) The period beginning at 0.01 a.m. on 10th December 2010 and ending at 11.59 p.m. on 23rd December 2010 is declared as a period of special protection for those birds included in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and which are specified in the Schedule to this Order, with respect to the part of Great Britain specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The part of Great Britain specified for the purposes of this Order is Scotland.

R CUNNINGHAM

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th December 2010