No. 120/1945:

WILD BIRDS (LOUGH RUSHEEN, BARNA) ORDER, 1945.

WILD BIRDS (LOUGH RUSHEEN, BARNA) ORDER, 1945.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (3) of section 2 of the Wild Birds Protection Act. 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), that the Minister for Justice may by order on the application of the council of a county or a county borough prohibit for special reasons stated in such application the killing or taking in such county or county borough or any particular parts or part thereof of all wild birds or any particular kinds or kind of wild birds during any particular period or periods (other than and in addition to the close time) of every year :

AND WHEREAS the council of the County of Galway has applied to the Minister for Justice to make an order under the said subsection prohibiting the killing or taking of wild birds, in the area described in the Schedule hereto, for the following special reasons, namely, that the said area is frequented by great numbers of wild birds of many varieties and that the council deems it advisable to have wild birds protected in the said area, both from a cultural and scientific point of view and also for the purpose of attracting tourists interested in bird watching and such pursuits :

NOW, I, GERALD BOLAND, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the power conferred on me by subsection (3) of section 2 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby, for the said special reasons, order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Wild Birds (Lough Rusheen, Barna) Order, 1945.

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

3. No person shall kill or take in the area described in the Schedule hereto any wild birds (other than rooks, jackdaws, hooded crows, wood pigeons or magpies) during any period (other than and in addition to the close time) of any year.

SCHEDULE.

The area bounded on the north by the main Galway-Barna road, on the east by the laneway running south from the said road on the east side of Gentian Hill to the sea, on the south by the sea, and on the west by the laneway running south from the said road at Barna Chapel to the sea.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of April, 1945.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.