1992 No. 3010
WILDLIFE

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force

The Secretary of State–

having given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order;

having consulted the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body he considered was best able to advise him as to whether the order should be made;

in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 19811, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Variation of Schedule 22.

The following birds are removed from Part II of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981–

Common name

Scientific name

Crow

Corvus corone

Dove, Collared

Streptopelia decaocto

Gull, Great Black-backed

Larus marinus

Gull, Lesser Black-backed

Larus fuscus

Gull, Herring

Larus argentatus

Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Magpie

Pica pica

Pigeon, Feral

Columba livia

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Sparrow, House

Passer domesticus

Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Woodpigeon

Columba palumbus

Variation of Schedule 33.

The following bird is removed from Part II of Schedule 3 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 –

Common name

Scientific name

Pigeon, Feral

Columba livia

Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Department of the Environment

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, gives effect in part to Council Directive 79/409/EEC (OJ No. L103, 25.4.1979, p.1). Article 2 of the Order removes 13 species from Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act, which lists species of birds which may be killed or taken by authorised persons at all times. Article 3 of the Order removes 1 species from Part II of Schedule 3 to the Act, which lists species of bird which may be sold dead at all times.