# Protection of Birds Act 1967, Section 2: Extension of protection for eggs of common wild birds


The power of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the principal Act to prescribe common wild birds whose eggs may be taken or destroyed without contravening section 1 of that Act shall cease; and, accordingly, in subsection (4)(a) of the said section 2 the words from " or of any other common wild bird " to the end are hereby repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/46/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-birds-act-1967/section-2
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