Birds Protection Regulations 1988 (NI)

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BIRDS PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1988

[Consolidated as at 28 February 2008 on the authority of the Administrator and in accordance with the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980] ________

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Protected Birds Schedule

NORFOLK ISLAND

Birds Protection Regulations 1988 _______________________________________________________________________

Short title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Birds Protection Regulations 1988. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations, "Act" means the Birds Protection Act 1913. Protected birds 3. For the purposes of the definition of "protected bird" in section 2 of the Act, each species and sub-species of bird is a prescribed species, other than — (a) a species or sub-species specified in the Schedule; (b) a species or sub-species of birds in danger of extinction specified in Schedule 2 to the Migratory Birds Act 1980; or (c) a species or sub-species of migratory birds specified in Schedule 3 to the Migratory Birds Act 1980.

SCHEDULE UNPROTECTED BIRDS

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Common name Scientific name (species or sub-species 1 Domestic Duck (Mallard) Anas platyrhynchos 2 Goose Anser anser 3 Turkey Meleagris galloparo 4 Australian Kestrel (Sparrowhawk) Falco cenchroides 5 Fowl Gallus gallus 6 Californian Quail Lophortyx californicus 7 Feral Pigeon Columbia livia 8 Red Parrot (Crimson Rosella) Platycercus elegans 9 Blackbird Turdus merula 10 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 11 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 12 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 14 Canary Serinus canaria 15 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 16 Australasian Harrier Circus approximans 17 Masked Lapwing (Spur-winged Plover) Vanellus miles