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WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1931 - SECT 20

Short title.

20.(1) This Act may be cited as the Wild Birds Protection Act (Northern
Ireland), 1931.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR (NI) 1952

All birds, their eggs and nests, shall be specially protected at all times,
exceptthe following birds, their eggs and nests:

The following birds shall be specially protected at all times, except when it
is necessary for the owner or occupier of any land, or a person belonging to
his household or in his service or authorised in writing signed by him to act
on his behalf, for the purpose of protecting the owner's or occupier's crops
or property from damage, to kill or take these birds on the land of the owner
or occupier; and the eggs and nests of these birds shall be
specially protected at all times:

The following birds shall be specially protected during the close season, that
is, from 1st March to 12th August and their eggs and nests shall be
specially protected at all times:

Second Schedule rep. by SLR (NI) 1952

© 1931 Crown Copyright

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