Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004 (Tas)

Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004

I make the following order under section 30(1) of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 .

20 February 2004

Judy Jackson

Minister for Environment and Planning

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This order may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Open Seasons) Order 2004 .

2. Commencement This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3. Interpretation (1) In this order, partly protected wildlife has the same meaning as in the Wildlife Regulations 1999 . (2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if the order were by-laws. (3) Any period specified in this order and identified by days or dates is inclusive of those days and dates.

PART 2 - Birds

4. Open season for wild duck (1) In this clause – wild duck means any bird of a species of the family Anatidae that is a form of partly protected wildlife. (2) The open season for wild duck in each year is the period – (a) starting on the Saturday nearest 8 March of the year; and (b) ending on the Sunday nearest 8 June of the year, except where that Sunday immediately precedes the second Monday in June, in which case the period ends on the second Monday in June. (3) During an open season referred to in subclause (2) , a person may only take up to 10 wild duck in a single day.

5. Open season for short-tailed shearwater (muttonbird): muttonbird licences (1) For the holder of a muttonbird licence, the open season for muttonbird in each year is the period starting at 8.00 a.m. on the Saturday nearest 1 April of the year and ending on the third Sunday following that day, except where that day immediately precedes Easter Monday, in which case the period ends on Easter Monday of the year. (2) During the open season, juvenile muttonbirds may be taken from the rookeries specified in Schedule 1 to this order. (3) During an open season, the holder of a muttonbird licence may only take up to 25 muttonbirds in a single day.