Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting in Autumn - Winter 2012 - 2013) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (L.N. 285 of 2012)

B 2418 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 €0.09 B 2418 L.N. 285 of 2012 ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT (CAP. 504) Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting in Autumn - Winter 2012 - 2013) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 61 of the Environment and Development Planning Act, and in terms of the provisions of regulation 10(6)(t) of the Conservation of Wild Birds’ Regulations, the Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Environment has made the following regulations: Citation. 1. The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting in Autumn - Winter 2012 - 2013) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting in Autumn - Winter 2012 - 2013) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations". Substitutes regulation 1 of the principal regulations. 2. Regulation 1 of the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following new regulation: "1. The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the periods for Hunting in Autumn Winter 2012 - 2013) Regulations, 2012.". Amends regulation 3 of the principal regulations. 3. In regulation 3 of the principal regulations, for the text starting with the words "For the purposes of establishing the period" to the words "has established the following dates:", there shall be substituted the words "For the purposes of establishing the period for the hunting of wild birds under regulation 10(6)(t)(i) of the Wild Birds Regulations, the Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Environment has established the following dates:". Adds new regulation to the principal regulations. 4. Immediately after regulation 3 of the principal regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation: "Shooting of wild rabbit. 4. The applicable times for the shooting of wild rabbits between the 15th September 2012 and the 30th September 2012 shall be as established in the proviso to paragraph (a) of regulation 3.".