Section 12 Short title, construction, extent and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Protection of Birds Act 1967.

This Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act (except that section 13(2) to (5) of that Act shall not apply to orders under section 7 of this Act), and that Act, the 1964 c. 59.Protection of Birds Act 1954 (Amendment) Act 1964 and this Act may be cited together as the Protection of Birds Acts 1954 to 1967.

This Act, except so much of section 1(1) as relates to sections 7 and 9 of the principal Act, section 8 so far as it relates to the importation of birds, and this section, shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

This Act shall come into force at the expiration of a period of six months beginning with the day on which it is passed.