S.I. No. 356/1935 - Wild Birds (County Dublin) Order, 1935.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1935. No. 356.

WILD BIRDS (COUNTY DUBLIN) ORDER, 1935.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (3) of section 2 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), that the Minister for Justice may by order made on the application of the council of a county prohibit, for special reasons stated in such application, the killing in such county of any particular kind of wild bird during any particular period or periods (other than and in addition to the close time) of every year:

AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Dublin has applied to the Minister for Justice for an order prohibiting the killing of swans in the said County during the periods between—

(a) the 1st day of January and the last day of February, both days inclusive, and

(b) the 1st day of August and the 31st day of December, both days inclusive, and

of every year, for the special reason (stated in the said application) the large numbers of the swans which have heretofore frequented Malahide Estuary have recently been killed;

NOW, therefore, I, P. J. RUTTLEDGE, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, and for the reasons advanced as aforesaid by the Council of the County of Dublin, do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Wild Birds (County Dublin), Order, 1935.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. The killing of swans is prohibited in the County of Dublin during the following periods of every year, that is to say :—

(a) the period between the 1st day of January and the last day of February, both days inclusive, and

(b) the period between the 1st day of August and the 31st day of December, both days inclusive.

Given under my Seal of Office, this 14th day of August, 1935.

(Signed) P. J. RUTTLEDGE,

Minister for Justice.

(Signed) M. O'CUINNEÁIN.