Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 3010

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992

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1992 No. 3010

WILDLIFE

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992

The Secretary of State-

having given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order;

having consulted the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body he considered was best able to advise him as to whether the order should be made;

in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981^[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Variation of Schedule 2
    2.    The following birds are removed from Part II of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981-

Common name	Scientific name
Crow	Corvus corone
Dove, Collared	Streptopelia decaocto
Gull, Great Black-backed	Larus marinus
Gull, Lesser Black-backed	Larus fuscus
Gull, Herring	Larus argentatus
Jackdaw	Corvus monedula
Jay	Garrulus glandarius
Magpie	Pica pica
Pigeon, Feral	Columba livia
Rook	Corvus frugilegus
Sparrow, House	Passer domesticus
Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus

Variation of Schedule 3
    3.    The following bird is removed from Part II of Schedule 3 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 -

Common name	Scientific name
Pigeon, Feral	Columba livia

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Department of the Environment

2nd December 1992

This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, gives effect in part to Council Directive 79/409/EEC (OJ No. L103, 25.4.1979, p.1). Article 2 of the Order removes 13 species from Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act, which lists species of birds which may be killed or taken by authorised persons at all times. Article 3 of the Order removes 1 species from Part II of Schedule 3 to the Act, which lists species of bird which may be sold dead at all times.

[1] 1981 c. 69. back