Paragraph 4
United Kingdom
Participating Governments shall limit the issue of such permits so as to ensure as far as possible that:
(a)
no more native mammals or birds are killed or taken in any year than can normally be replaced by natural reproduction in the following breeding season;
(b)
the variety of species and the balance of the natural ecological systems existing within the Treaty Area are maintained.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (1.11.1995) (except in respect of the repeal of Sections 6, 7(2)(b) and (7), 8, 9, 10 and 11) by 1994 c. 15, s. 33, Sch.; S.I. 1995/2748, art. 2