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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 14 Cited in Amendments 4 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2004/1487
Year2004
(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 14th July 2004.(2) These Regulations shall extend to England and Wales only.
  • The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
  • before “killed”, the second time it occurs, insert “lawfully”, and
  • omit “otherwise than in contravention of the relevant provisions”;
  • before “sold” insert “lawfully”, and
  • omit “otherwise than in contravention of those provisions”;
  • in subsection (3) omit the words from “and”, where first occurring, to the end of the subsection; and
  • after subsection (3) insert the following subsection—
    • “(3A) In subsection (3) “lawfully” means without any contravention of—
    • (a) this Part and orders made under it,
    • (b) the Protection of Birds Acts 1954 to 1967 and orders made under those Acts,
    • this Part and orders made under it,the Protection of Birds Acts 1954 to 1967any other legislation which implements Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds and extends to any part of the United Kingdom, to any area designated in accordance with section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, or to any area to which British fishery limits extend in accordance with section 1 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976, andthe provisions of the law of any member State

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