Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for a 2014 Autumn live-capturing season for Finches) Regulations, 2014 (L.N. 250 of 2014)
Made 2014 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- English
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- Regulation
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- Malta
- Subjects
- Wild species and ecosystems
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- birds, hunting/capture, seasons
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B 2831 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 2831 L.N. 250 of 2014 ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT (CAP. 504) Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for a 2014 Autumn live-capturing season for Finches) Regulations, 2014 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, and of regulations 4 and 7 of the Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening an Autumn Live-Capturing Season for Finches) Regulations, 2014, 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 2014 Autumn live-capturing season for Finches) Regulations, 2014. 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", and in the Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening an Autumn Live-Capturing Season for Finches) Regulations, 2014. Establishing of periods. 3. For the purposes of establishing the period for the live capturing of wild birds under paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of sub regulation (6) of regulation 10 of the Wild Birds Regulations, and for the purpose of these regulations the period for the live-capturing of Finches for the year 2014, hereinafter referred to as "the Autumn live capturing season", shall be on the following dates: live-capturing of Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Hawfinch, Chaffinch and Serin between the 20th October 2014 and the 31st December 2014, both dates included. Live-capturing according to set framework. 4. For the purposes of these regulations, the Autumn live capturing season shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening an Autumn Live-Capturing Season for Finches), Regulations, 2014. B 2832 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 2832 Quotas. 5. (1) The Autumn live-capturing licence, which shall be issued upon the payment of a nominal fee of fifty-five euro (€55), shall set the overall seasonal bag limit for the Autumn live-capturing season at 12,000 for Linnet, 800 for Goldfinch, 4,500 for Greenfinch, 2,350 for Siskin, 500 for Hawfinch, 5,000 for Chaffinch and 2,350 for Serin as the total number of birds which may be captured under the authority of all issued licences taken together. (2) The Autumn live-capturing licence shall set the live capturing season’s bag limit to ten (10) finches for each Autumn live capturing licence or however many below this number might have been captured before the season is closed. 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