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S.I. No. 149/1950 - Wild Birds (North Bull Island Area) Order, 1950.

S.I. No. 149 of 1950.

WILD BIRDS (NORTH BULL ISLAND AREA) ORDER, 1950.

WHEREAS the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, acting by the City Manager, have applied to the Minister for Justice for an order prohibiting the killing or taking, in the area mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, of any wild bird because of the importance of the bird sanctuary in the said area to naturalists and to teachers and students of nature study, and the difficulty of protecting the said sanctuary :

NOW, I, SEÁN MAC EOIN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (3) of section 2 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), because of the importance of the bird sanctuary in the said area to naturalists and to teachers and students of nature study, and the difficulty of protecting the said sanctuary, hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Wild Birds (North Bull Island Area) Order, 1950.

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

3. No person shall kill or take, during any period in any year, any wild bird in the area mentioned in the Schedule to this Order.

4. The Wild Birds (North Bull Island) Order, 1931 ( S. R. & O. No. 46 of 1931 ) is hereby revoked.

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 crossroads, 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 31st day of May, 1950.

(Sgd.) SEÁN MAC EOIN,

Minister for Justice.