Protection of Birds Act 1954
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9 Power to vary Act by order
(1) The Secretary of State may by order made either generally or with respect to any specified part of Great Britain add any wild bird to, or remove any wild bird from, any of the First, Second, Third or Fourth Schedules to this Act or either of the Parts of the said First Schedule. (2) Any order made under this section adding any wild bird to Part II of the First Schedule or to the Third Schedule to this Act may prescribe a close season in the case of that bird for the purposes of subsection (2) of section two of this Act: Provided that any close season so prescribed shall commence on a date not later than the twenty-first day of February and end on a date not earlier than the thirty-first day of August. (3) In the application of this Act to any area, any reference in this Act to birds included in any of the said Schedules or Parts of a Schedule shall be construed as a reference to birds for the time being included in that Schedule or Part of a Schedule as amended with respect to that area by any order made under this section. (4) The Secretary of State may by order declare that as from such date as may be specified in the order the following provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect, that is to say— (a) paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section two ; (b) paragraph (iv) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section three; (c) paragraph (iii) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section six; and (d) in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section seven, the words " on or after the fifteenth day of April in any year ".
9 Power to vary Act by order
(1) The Secretary of State may by order made either generally or with respect to any specified part of Great Britain add any wild bird to, or remove any wild bird from, any of the First, Second, Third or Fourth Schedules to this Act or either of the Parts of the said First Schedule. (2) Any order made under this section adding any wild bird to Part II of the First Schedule or to the Third Schedule to this Act may prescribe a close season in the case of that bird for the purposes of subsection (2) of section two of this Act: Provided that any close season so prescribed shall commence on a date not later than the twenty-first day of February and end on a date not earlier than the thirty-first day of August. (3) In the application of this Act to any area, any reference in this Act to birds included in any of the said Schedules or Parts of a Schedule shall be construed as a reference to birds for the time being included in that Schedule or Part of a Schedule as amended with respect to that area by any order made under this section. (4) The Secretary of State may by order declare that as from such date as may be specified in the order the following provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect, that is to say— (a) paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section two ; (b) paragraph (iv) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section three; (c) paragraph (iii) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section six; and (d) in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section seven, the words " on or after the fifteenth day of April in any year ".
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