The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994

Made: 25th April 1994

Laid before Parliament: 3rd May 1994

Coming into force: 24th May 1994

The Secretary of State— having given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations wth respect to the subject matter of this Order; having consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body he considers is best able to advise him as to whether this Order should be made; 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:

having given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations wth respect to the subject matter of this Order;

having consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body he considers is best able to advise him as to whether this Order should be made;

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 Schedule 4) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 24th May 1994.

Variation of Schedule

2

The following birds are hereby removed from Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—

3

In Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, at the end of the list of birds there shall be inserted—

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Robert Atkins — Minister of State — Department of the Environment — 25th April 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”), together with regulations made under that section, provide for the registration and ringing of captive birds included in Schedule 4 to the Act.

Article 2 of this Order removes the birds listed in that Article from Schedule 4 to the Act and Article 3 adds to that Schedule hybrids of birds specified in that Schedule.

From the coming into force of this Order the birds included in Schedule 4 to the Act will be—

Any bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the above list.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 69.