Wildlife Act 1976

Open seasons for certain wild mammals.

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25.—(1) Subject to sections 27 and 28 of this Act, the Minister may by order provide that any wild mammal (being a protected wild animal) which is of a species specified in the order (in this Act referred to as an exempted wild mammal) may be hunted in a manner so specified either throughout the State or in any part thereof specified in the order, on a day or during a period of days so specified.

(2) An order under this section may contain different provisions in relation to different areas and different species of exempted wild mammals, including provisions limiting the total number of any particular species of such mammal which may, during a period of days specified in the order, be killed F73[…] in hunting in accordance with the order either in relation to the area as a whole to which the order applies or to part of such area.

Annotations

Amendments:

F73

Deleted (31.07.2001) by Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000(38/2000), s. 34, S.I. No. 371 of 2001.

Editorial Notes:

E186

Power pursuant to section exercised (27.02.2024) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 66 of 2024).

E187

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (27.08.2008) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 346 of 2008); superseded (27.02.2024) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 66 of 2024), art. 4.

E188

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (14.02.2008) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 27 of 2008); superseded (27.08.2008) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 346 of 2008), art. 3.

E189

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (9.09.1998) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 331 of 1998); revoked (1.09.2005) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 550 of 2005), art. 5.

E190

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.09.1986) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 1986 (S.I. No. 306 of 1986); rendered obsolete by revocation of Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 331 of 1998) (1.09.2005) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 550 of 2005), art. 5.

E191

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (30.05.1979) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 1979 (S.I. No. 193 of 1979); revoked (9.09.1998) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 331 of 1998), reg. 4.

E192

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (for periods in 1978 and 1979) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 1978 (S.I. No. 202 of 1978); spent.

E193

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (for periods in 1977 and 1978) by Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 240 of 1977); spent.