AI-assisted research summary: In County Waterford, no person may take or destroy the eggs of listed wild birds during 1933 to 1937.
S.I. No. 22/1933 - Wild Birds (County Waterford) Order, 1933. STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1933. No. 22. WILD BIRDS (COUNTY WATERFORD) ORDER, 1933. WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930 (No. 16 of 1930), that the Minister for Justice may by order made on the application of the Council of a county or a county borough, prohibit for reasons stated in such application, the taking or destroying either generally or in any particular years or year in such county or county borough or any particular parts or part thereof of the eggs of any wild bird whatsoever or any particular kinds or kind of wild bird : AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Waterford has applied to the Minister for Justice, because the birds concerned are, owing to the great increase in the number of egg collectors, subject to great persecution, to make an order prohibiting in each of the years 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937 in the County of Waterford the taking or destroying of the eggs of the following wild birds, that is to say :—chough, peregrine falcon, owls (all kinds), goldfinch, siskin, crossbill, raven, kingfisher, nightjar, and turtle-dove. NOW, I, P. J. Ruttledge, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 7 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, because the birds concerned are, owing to the great increase in the number of egg collectors, subject to great persecution, order as follows :— 1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Wild Birds (County Waterford) Order, 1933. 2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas. 3. No person shall in any part of the County of Waterford take or destroy in any of the years 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937, the eggs of any of the following wild birds, that is to say :—chough, peregrine falcon, owls (all kinds), goldfinch, siskin, crossbill, raven, kingfisher, nightjar, and turtle-dove. Given under my Seal of Office this 16th day of February, 1933. (Signed) P. J. RUTTLEDGE, Minister for Justice. (Signed) S. A. Roche.