S.I. No. 136/1968:

GAME BIRDS PROTECTION ORDER, 1968.

GAME BIRDS PROTECTION ORDER, 1968.

I, PÁDRAIG FAULKNER, Minister for Lands, being satisfied that the species of game birds specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Order are in special need of protection in the whole of the State and that the species of game birds specified in Article 4 of this Order are in special need of protection in the areas specified in the Second, Third and Fourth Schedules to this Order, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 of the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (No. 11 of 1930) and the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 186 of 1958 ), order as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Protection Order, 1968.

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

3. The killing or taking, in the whole of the State, 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 opposite the mention in the said first column of such species of game birds.

4. The killing or taking, in the areas specified in the Second, Third and Fourth Schedules 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, greylag goose and other species of wild goose is hereby prohibited for the period of one year from the making of this Order.

5. The Game Birds Protection Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 194 of 1967 ), is hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

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, and thence going direct to the south-eastern end of the Bull Wall.

THIRD SCHEDULE

The Lough in the County Borough of Cork.

The area known as the Lough, Cork, bounded on the north by the front garden walls of the houses known as Lough View, on the east by the Lough Road, on the south by Glendalough Park and on the west by the boundaries between private property and Corporation land extending from the junction of Hartland's Avenue and Glendalough Park to the southern end of St. Finbarr's Park and thence to the southern end of Hartland's Road.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

The Inishkea Islands in the County of Mayo.

The area within an imaginary line drawn from a point 150 yards south of the centre of Carrickalaveen in a north-easterly direction to a point 700 yards east of Gubnacusha in the townland of Inishkea North, proceeding in a north north-westerly direction to a point 300 yards north-east of the most northerly point of Carrickmoylena-curhoga, then turning due west to a point 2,000 yards north of the centre of Carrickaweelion, then turning south south-west to a point 900 yards west of the said centre of Carrickalaveen and thence going direct to the said point 150 yards south of the centre of Carrickalaveen.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of June, 1968.

PÁDRAIG FAULKNER,

Minister for Lands.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to extend, in respect of the 1968/69 period, the annual close seasons prescribed in the Game Preservation Act, 1930 , for the game birds listed in the Order.