Article 3 Offences

Subject to the provisions of the Act, any person who, within the Easington Lagoons Area of Special Protection, at any time intentionally—

(i)

kills, injures or takes any Little Tern;

(ii)

takes, damages or destroys the nest of such a bird while that nest is in use or being built;

(iii)

takes or destroys an egg of such a bird;

(iv)

disturbs such a bird while it is building a nest or is in, on or near a nest containing eggs or young; or

(v)

disturbs dependent young of such a bird,

shall be guilty of an offence under section 3 of the Act and liable to a special penalty.