S.I. No. 109/1939 -- Game Birds Protection Order, 1939.

S.I. No. 109/1939 -- Game Birds Protection Order, 1939. 1939 109

No. 109/1939:

GAME BIRDS PROTECTION ORDER, 1939.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of Section 6 of the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (No. 11 of 1930), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, that whenever the Minister for Justice is satisfied that any particular species of game birds is in special need of protection in the whole or any particular portion of Ireland, he may by order prohibit for any specified period not exceeding one year from the date of the order the killing or taking of that particular species of game bird in Ireland or in any particular portion of Ireland specified in the order :

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Justice is satisfied that the species of game birds mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Order are in special need of protection :

NOW, I, PATRICK RUTTLEDGE, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of Section 6 of the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (No. 11 of 1930), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Protection Order, 1939.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The killing or taking of each of the species of game birds mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Order is prohibited for the period mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule, within the area mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention in the said first column of such species of game birds.

SCHEDULE.

Species	Period of Protection	Area of Protection
Partridge	From the 1st day of December, 1939, to the 31st day of January, 1940, both days inclusive.	The whole country except the County of Cork.
Partridge	From the 1st day of October, 1939, to the 31st day of January, 1940, both days inclusive.	The County of Cork.
Pheasant	From the 1st day of October, 1939, to the 31st day of January, 1940, both days inclusive.	The Counties of Clare and Cork.
Grouse	From the 12th day of September, 1939, to the 9th day of December, 1939, both days inclusive.	The County of Electoral Areas of Bandon. Bantry and Dunmanway in the County of Cork.
Quail	From the 12th day of August, 1939, to the 29th day of February, 1940, both days inclusive.	The whole country

Given under my Seal of Office, this 26th day of April, 1939.

(Signed) PATRICK RUTTLEDGE,

Minister for Justice.

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S.I. No. 109/1939 -- Game Birds Protection Order, 1939.