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The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
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Sale, etc., of live or dead wild birds, eggs, etc.N.I.
7.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, if any person—
(a)sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession or transports or causes to be transported for the purpose of sale at any premises—
(i)any live wild bird or an egg of a wild bird or any part of such an egg, or
(ii)any live bird one of whose parents was such a wild bird, or an egg of such a bird or any part of such an egg; or
(b)publishes or causes to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that he buys or sells, or intends to buy or sell, any of those things,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, if any person who is not for the time being registered in accordance with regulations made by the Department—
(a)sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession or transports or causes to be transported for the purpose of sale at any premises any dead wild bird other than a bird included in Schedule 3, or any part of, or anything derived from, such a wild bird; or
(b)publishes or causes to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that he buys or sells, or intends to buy or sell, any of those things,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person convicted of an offence under this Article in respect of—
(a)a bird included in Schedule 1 or any part of, or anything derived from, such a bird; or
(b)an egg of such a bird or any part of such an egg,
shall be liable to a special penalty.
(4) The power of the Department to make regulations under paragraph (2) shall include power—
(a)to impose requirements as to the carrying out by a person registered in accordance with the regulations of any act which, apart from the registration, would constitute an offence under this Article; and
(b)to provide that any contravention of the regulations shall constitute such an offence.
(5) Regulations under paragraph (2) shall secure that no person shall become or remain registered—
(a)within 5 years of his having been convicted of an offence under this Part for which a special penalty is provided; or
(b)within 3 years of his having been convicted of any other offence under this Part so far as it relates to the protection of birds or other animals or any offence involving their ill-treatment,
no account being taken for this purpose of a conviction which has become spent by virtue of the [1978 NI 27] Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.
(6) Any person authorised in writing by the Department may, at any reasonable time and (if required to do so) upon producing evidence that he is authorised, enter and inspect any premises where a registered person keeps any wild birds for the purpose of ascertaining whether an offence under this Article is being, or has been, committed on those premises.
(7) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person acting in the exercise of the power conferred by paragraph (6) shall be guilty of an offence.
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