The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992

Made: 2nd December 1992

Laid before Parliament: 10th December 1992

Coming into force: 1st January 1993

in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Variation of Schedule 2

2

The following birds are removed from Part II of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981–

Variation of Schedule 3

3

The following bird is removed from Part II of Schedule 3 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 –

Signed

Michael Howard — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 2nd December 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, gives effect in part to Council Directive 79/409/EEC (OJ No. L103, 25.4.1979, p.1). Article 2 of the Order removes 13 species from Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act, which lists species of birds which may be killed or taken by authorised persons at all times. Article 3 of the Order removes 1 species from Part II of Schedule 3 to the Act, which lists species of bird which may be sold dead at all times.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 69.