Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for a 2013 Spring Hunting Season for Turtle Dove and Quail) Regulations, 2013 (L.N. 123 of 2013)

B 1587 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 1587 L.N. 123 of 2013 ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT (CAP. 504) Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for a 2013 Spring Hunting Season for Turtle Dove and Quail) Regulations, 2013 BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 61 of the Environment and Development Planning Act, and by regulation 10(6) of the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations and by regulations 3 and 5 of the Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening a Spring Hunting Season for Turtle Dove and Quail) Regulations, the Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change has made the following regulations: Citation.1. The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for a 2013 Spring Hunting Season for Turtle Dove and Quail) Regulations, 2013. Interpretation. S.L. 504.71 2. Terms and expressions used in these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as given to them in the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "the Wild Birds Regulations". Establishment of hunting period. 3. For the purposes of the second proviso to regulation 10(6) of the Wild Birds Regulations and for the purposes of these regulations, the period for the hunting of Turtle Dove and Quail for the year 2013, hereinafter in these regulations referred to as "the spring hunting season", shall be from the 10th April to the 30th April, 2013, both dates included. Hunting according to set framework. S.L. 504.94 4. For the purposes of these regulations, the spring hunting season shall be in accordance with the provisions of the framework laid down by the Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening a Spring Hunting Season for Turtle Dove and Quail) Regulations. Quotas.5. (1) The Spring Hunting Licence shall set the overall bag limit for the spring hunting season at 11,000 for Turtle Dove and 5,000 for Quail as the total number of birds which may be hunted under the authority of all issued licences taken together. B 1588 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta riċiklata — Printed at the Government Printing Press on recycled paper Prezz/Price €0.18 B 1588 (2) The Spring Hunting Licence shall set the daily bag limit to two (2) birds and the spring hunting season’s bag limit to four (4) birds per Spring Hunting License or however many below this number might have been hunted before the season closed.