Close seasons
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The Game Preservation Act (Northern Ireland) 1928 (c. 25) (referred to in this Act as “the 1928 Act”) shall be amended as follows.
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In section 7(1) (periods during which it is unlawful to take, kill or destroy game)—
a
after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
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any partridge or snipe during the period commencing on 1st February in any year and ending with 31st August next following;
; and
b
in paragraph (c) for “game-bird other than a grouse” there shall be substituted “ other game-bird ”.
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In section 7 for subsection (3) (power to vary certain periods) there shall be substituted—
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The Minister of the Environment (in this Act referred to as “the Minister”) may by order—
a
amend subsection (1) so as to vary the close season in relation to any kind of game; or
b
amend subsection (2) so as to vary the period referred to in that subsection.
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In section 7F(2) (temporary nature of orders of the Minister) after “under this Act” there shall be inserted “ (except one made under section 7(3)) ”.
S. 1(4) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 3; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2