GAME PRESERVATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1928

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GAME PRESERVATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1928 - SECT 7

Close seasons.

7.(1) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding sub-section, it shall
be unlawful for any person wilfully to take, kill or destroy

(a)any hare during the period commencing on the first day of February in any
year and ending with the eleventh day of August next following;

(b)any grouse during the period commencing on the first day of December in any
year and ending with the eleventh day of August next following;

(c)any game-bird other than a grouse during the period commencing on the first
day of February in any year and ending with the thirtieth day of September
next following;

(2) Nothing in the preceding sub-section shall render unlawful the pursuing
and killing of hares during the period commencing on the first day of February
in any year and ending with the thirty-first day of March next following

(a)by hunting with beagles or other hounds; or

(b)by coursing with greyhounds at a meeting organised by a coursing club.

(3) The Minister of Home Affairs (in this Act referred to as "the Minister")
may by order vary any period referred to in either of the preceding
sub-sections.

(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or sell any game at any time
during the close season except during the first five days thereof:

Provided that any hare killed at a meeting to which sub-section (2) of this
section applies may lawfully be bought and sold at any time before the sixth
day of April.

Subs.(5) amends s.4 of 1831 c.32

(6) Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of
sub-section (1) or sub-section (4) of this section shall be guilty of an
offence under this Act.][

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GAME PRESERVATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1928 - SECT 7