# The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, Article 17: Exceptions to Article 16


(1) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of Article 5 shall apply in relation to any order made under Article 16 as if in those paragraphs—
(a) for any reference to Article 4 there were substituted a reference to an order under Article 16; and
(b) any reference to a wild bird included a reference to a wild animal.
(2) Paragraph (6) of Article 5 shall apply in relation to the protection by any order made under Article 16 of any wild bird, or the nest or egg of such a bird, in the same manner as that paragraph applies for the purposes of Article 4.
(3) Paragraph (3) of Article 11 shall apply in relation to the protection by an order made under Article 16 of any wild animal or its shelter in the same manner as that paragraph applies for the purposes of Article 10.
(4) Paragraph (3) of Article 14 shall apply in relation to the protection by an order under Article 16 of any wild plant in the same manner as that paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph (1) of Article 14.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/171/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-17
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