Wild Life (Close and Shooting Seasons) Order, 1995
Made 1995-07-31 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Country
- Jamaica
- Subjects
- Wild species and ecosystems
- Keywords
- hunting/capture, seasons
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THE JAMAICA GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT PROCLAMATIONS, RULES AND REGULATIONS 234,\ VtLcxvm No.9S" MONDAY, JULY 31, 1995 11IE WIW UFE PROTECDON Acr No.69A THE WILD LIFE (CLOSE AND SHOOTING SEASONS) ORDER. 1995 In e.xen:ise of the power conferred on the Minister by section 2 Qf the Wild Life Protection Act. and of every other power hereunto enabling. the following Order is hereby made: 1. This Order may be cited as the Wild Life (Close and Shooting Seasons) Order 1995. 2. :The hunting of birds of any kind specifiedjn the First Part of the Second Schedule to the Act is prohibited during the continuation of the 1995 close season. that is to say. the period from the commencement of this Order. and ending on the 18th day of August. 1995. and the period commencing on the 25th day of September. 1995. and ending on the 31st day of December. 1995. and accordingly. for the year 2348 PROCLAMATIONS, RULES AND REGULATIONS [JULY 31, 1995 1995, the shooting season for birds of any kind specified in the First Part of the Second Schedule to the Act (other than birds specified in paragraph 4 of this Order) shall, subject to paragraph 3 of this Order, be the period commencing on the 20th day of August, 1994, and ending on the 24th day of September, 1995. 3. During the shooting season the fohlowing birds, Longtajled Peadove (Zenaida macroura), Baldpate (Columba leueocephala), Whitewing (Zenaida asiatica) may lawfully be hunted only on Saturdays between sunrise and 9: 00 a.m. and between 2: 30 p.m, and sunset and on Sundays, between sunrise and 9: 00 a.m. 4. During the shooting season specified in paragraph 2, ducks (all migratory species), Ground Dove (Columbigallina passerina), Whitebedly (Leptotila jamaicen sis), Caribbean Coot (Fulica earibaea), American Coot (Fulica americana), Snipe (Charadrius wilsonia), Plover or Lapwing (Squatarola squatarola) may nor law fully be hunted on any day. S. The Wild Life (Close and Shooting Seasons) Order, 1994, is hereby revoked. Dated this 31st day of July, 1995. EASTON DoUGLAS, Minister o,f the Environment and Housing.