NORFOLK  ISLAND

 

 

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]

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 1. Short title

 2. Interpretation

 3. Protected Birds

  Schedule

 

 

 

 

NORFOLK  ISLAND

 

 

Birds Protection Regulations 1988

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 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Birds Protection Regulations 1988.

 2. In these Regulations, “Act” means the Birds Protection Act 1913.

 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.


 

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

14

Canary

15

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

16

Australasian Harrier

Circus approximans

17

Masked Lapwing (Spur-winged Plover)

Vanellus miles

 


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The Birds Protection Regulations 1988 as shown in this consolidation comprises Regulations No. 10 of 1988 and amendments as indicated in the Tables below.

Enactment

Number and year

Date of commencement

Application saving or transitional provision

 

 

 

 

Birds Protection Regulations 1988

10, 1988

1.9.88

 

 

 

 

 

Birds Protection Amendment Regulations 1995

2, 1995

23.2.95

 

 

 

 

 

Birds Protection Amendment Regulations 1998

1, 1998

1.5..98

 

 

 

 

 

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ad = added or inserted

am = amended

rep = repealed

rs = repealed and substituted

Provisions affected

     How affected

Schedule

am

Regs 2, 1995;  1, 1998

 

 

 

 

© Norfolk Island Government 2008

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