S.I. No. 119/1958 - Game Birds Protection Order, 1958.

S.I. No. 119 of 1958.

GAME BIRDS PROTECTION ORDER, 1958.

I, OSCAR TRAYNOR, Minister for Justice, being satisfied that the species of game birds specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Order and the species of game birds specified in Article 4 of this Order in the area mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Order are in need of special protection, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 6 of the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (No. 11 of 1930), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Protection Order, 1958.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The killing or taking of each of the species of game birds specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Order is hereby prohibited for the period mentioned in the second column of that Schedule, within the area mentioned in the third column of that Schedule, opposite the mention in the said first column of such species of game birds.

4. The killing or taking, in the area mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Order, of pheasant, partridge, grouse, quail, landrail, plover, snipe and woodcock and of mallard, teal, widgeon and other species of wild duck and of brent goose, barnacle goose and other species of wild goose is hereby prohibited during the period of one year from the making of this Order.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Species	Period of Protection	Area of Protection
Hen Pheasant	From the 1st day of October, 1958, to the 31st day of January, 1959, both days inclusive.	The whole country
Cock Pheasant	From the 1st day of October, 1958, to the 31st day of October, 1958, both days inclusive.	The whole country

Species	Period of Protection	Area of Protection
Partridge	From the 1st day of October, 1958, to the 31st day of October, 1958, both days inclusive, and from the 1st day of December, 1958, to the 31st day of January, 1959, both days inclusive	The whole country
Quail and Landrail	From the 12th day of August, 1958, to the 28th day of February, 1959, both days inclusive.	The whole country
Plover and mallard, teal, widgeon and other species of wild duck.	From the 13th day of February, 1959 to the 28th day of February, 1959, both days inclusive.	The whole country

SECOND SCHEDULE

The North Bull Island, Dollymount, in the County Borough of Dublin.

The area within an imaginary line drawn from the south-eastern end of the Bull Wall, proceeding along the north-eastern side of the Bull Wall until it reaches Clontarf Road, then turning north-east along the south-eastern side of Clontarf Road, to a point 533 yards west of Sutton cross-roads, then following the coast line in a south-easterly direction to a point 633 yards south-east of Sutton Cross where it reaches Strand Road, then continuing in a south-easterly and southerly direction along the coast side of Strand Road to the southern end of Martello Terrace, then leaving the road and continuing south along the coast line to a point 87 yards south of the Martello tower, thence going direct to the south-eastern end of the Bull Wall.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of May, 1958.

(Signed.) OSCAR TRAYNOR.

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to extend, in respect of the 1958-59 period, the annual close seasons prescribed in the Game Preservation Act 1930 for the game birds listed in the Order.