Regulation 40 Licences: supplementary provisions

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 40(6)(7) inserted by Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) 2019 reg. 21
reg. 40(1) words substituted by Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) 2007 reg. 11(a)
reg. 40(1A) inserted by Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) 2007 reg. 11(b)
reg. 40(5) inserted by Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) 2007 reg. 11(c)

(1)

A licence under regulation 39—

(a)

may be, to any degree, general or specific;

(b)

may be granted either to persons of a class or to a particular person; and

(c)

may be subject to compliance with any specified conditions.

(2)

For the purposes of a licence under regulation 39 the definition of a class of persons may be framed by reference to any circumstances whatever including, in particular, their being authorised by any other person.

(3)

A licence under regulation 39 may be modified or revoked at any time by the Department; but otherwise shall be valid for the period stated in the licence.

(4)

A licence under regulation 39 which authorises any person to kill wild animals—

(a)

shall specify—

(i)

the species of wild animals which may be killed and the person authorised to kill them; and

(ii)

the area within which and the methods by which the wild animals may be killed; and

(b)

shall not be granted for a period of more than two years.