S.I. No. 43/1951:

WILD BIRDS (COUNTY MAYO) ORDER, 1951.

WILD BIRDS (COUNTY MAYO) ORDER, 1951.

WHEREAS the County Manager of the County of Mayo has applied to the Minister for Justice for an order prohibiting the taking or destroying in the County of Mayo of the eggs of any wild bird other than the hoodie crow and the magpie because of the usefulness of wild birds to agriculture :

NOW, I, SEÁN MAC EOIN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby, because of the usefulness of wild birds to agriculture, order as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Wild Birds (County Mayo) Order, 1951.

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

3. (1) No person shall take or destroy in the County of Mayo the eggs of any wild bird.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to the eggs of the hoodie crow and the magpie.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 10th day of February, 1951.

(Signed) SEÁN MAC EOIN,

Minister for Justice.