S.I. No. 154/1937 - Game Birds Protection (No. 1) Order, 1937.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1937. No. 154.

GAME BIRDS PROTECTION (No. 1) ORDER, 1937.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (No. 11 of 1930), that whenever the Minister for Justice is satisfied that any particular species of game bird is in special need of protection in the whole or any particular portion of Saorstát Éireann, he may by order prohibit for any specified period not exceeding one year from the date of the Order, the killing or taking of that particular species of game bird in Saorstat Éireann or in any particular portion of Saorstát Éireann specified in the Order:

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Justice is satisfied that the species of game birds mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Order are in special need of protection:

NOW, the Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (No. 11 of 1930), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling does hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Protection (No. 1) Order, 1937.

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

SCHEDULE.

Species Protected.	Period of Protection.	Area of Protection.
Partridge ... ...	From the 1st day of November, 1937, to the 31st day of January, 1938, both days inclusive.	The whole of Saorstát Eireann except the County of Cork.
Partridge ... ...	From the 1st day of October, 1937, to the 31st day of January, 1938, both days inclusive.	The County of Cork.
Pheasant ... ...	From the 1st day of October, 1937, to the 31st day of January, 1938, both days inclusive.	The County of Cork.
Grouse ... ...	From the 12th day of September, 1937, to the 9th day of December, 1937, both days inclusive.	The County electoral areas of Bandon, Bantry and Dunmanway, in the County of Cork.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for

Justice this 2nd day of July, 1937.

(Signed) S. A. ROCHE,

Secretary,

Department of Justice.