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Canada Geese Order (Northern Ireland) 1987

S.R. 1987/403 · Made 28 October 1987

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WILDLIFE

Made 28th October 1987

Coming into operation 4th December 1987

The Department of the Environment—

  1. (a)

    in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 28(1) of the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf;

  2. (b)

    having consulted the Committee for Nature Conservation and having given district councils and other persons affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of the Order; and

  3. (c)

    having taken into consideration the objections and representations received;

hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1985/171 (N.I. 2)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Permission to kill or take Canada geese outside the close season
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Canada Geese Order (Northern Ireland) 1987 and shall come into operation on 4th December 1987.

2Permission to kill or take Canada geese outside the close season

The following bird shall be added in the appropriate place to Part I of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985:—

Common nameScientific name
Goose, CanadaBranta canadensis

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 28th October 1987

L.S.

J. C. L. Phillips

Assistant Secretary

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order places Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and this allows them to be killed or taken by legal means outside the close season, subject to the provisions of the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. The “close season” means the period in any year commencing with 1st February and ending with 31st August.