44.—Section 36 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the deletion of “but subject to section 42”,

(ii) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “wild animal” for “protected wild animal”, and

(iii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “wild bird” for “protected wild bird”,

(b) by the substitution, in subsection (2), of “wild birds or wild animals” for “protected wild birds or protected wild animals”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following after subsection (4):

“(5) In this section, ‘mechanically-propelled' includes propulsion which is electrical or partly electrical and partly mechanical.”,

and the said subsections (1) and (2), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act apart from this section, a person shall not hunt or disturb for the purpose of hunting—

(a) any wild animal by means of a mechanically-propelled vehicle, vessel or aircraft, whether it is being so propelled or is stationary,

(b) any wild bird by means of such a vehicle, vessel or aircraft, while it is being so propelled.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a mechanically-propelled vehicle, vessel or aircraft may be used to capture or kill, pursuant to and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister and for such educational, scientific or other purposes as are specified in the licence, wild birds or wild animals of a species so specified.