Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930

Special permissions to take or kill wild birds.

3.—(1) The Minister may by order made on the application of the council of a county or a county borough permit, for special reasons stated in such application, the taking alive or the killing or both the taking alive and the killing in such county or county borough or any particular part or parts thereof of any particular kind of wild birds in every year or any particular years or year during the whole or any particular part of the period which is by virtue of this Act or an order made under this Act the close time for that kind of wild birds in such county or county borough or such particular part or parts thereof, and may by any subsequent order made on the like application revoke or amend any such first-mentioned order.

(2) The Minister may by order made on the application of the Minister for Lands and Fisheries permit, for the purpose of protecting fisheries, the taking alive or the killing or both the taking alive and the killing in any particular fishery district or any particular part or parts thereof any particular kind of wild birds in every year or any particular years or year during the whole or any particular part of the period which is by virtue of this Act or an order made under this Act the close time for that kind of wild birds in such fishery district or such particular part or parts thereof and may by any subsequent order made on the like application revoke or amend any such first-mentioned order.