Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010
Number 19 of 2010
WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010
REVISED
Updated to 18 July 2018
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Number 19 of 2010
WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010
REVISED
Updated to 18 July 2018
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
2. Repeal of section 26(1) of Principal Act.
3. Prohibition on deer hunting with dogs.
4. Amendment of section 29 of Principal Act.
5. Amendment of section 44 of Principal Act.
6. Amendment of section 72 of Principal Act.
7. Amendment of section 74 (penalties) of Principal Act. (Repealed)
Acts Referred to
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2000, No. 20 |
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2000, No. 38 |
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1976, No. 39 |
Number 19 of 2010
WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010
REVISED
Updated to 18 July 2018
AN ACT TO AMEND THE WILDLIFE ACT 1976; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[10th July, 2010]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Act collectively construed (21.07.2015) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 355 of 2015), reg. 1(3), in effect as per reg. 1(4).
Citation, construction and commencement
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(3) The Wildlife Act 1976, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2012, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Restrictions of the Use of Poison Bait) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 481 of 2010), the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, and these Regulations shall be construed together as one.
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C2
Act collectively construed (17.12.2013) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 499 of 2013), reg. 1(3), in effect as per reg. 1(4).
Citation and construction
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(3) The Wildlife Act 1976, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2012, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Restrictions of the Use of Poison Bait) Regulations 2010, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, and these Regulations shall be construed together as one.
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C3
Act collectively construed (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), reg. 1(2), in effect as per reg. 1(3).
Citation
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(2) The Wildlife Act 1976, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010 and these Regulations shall be construed together as one.
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C4
Application of collectively cited Wildlife Acts restricted (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), reg. 9(10)), in effect as per reg. 1(3).
Surveillance and monitoring
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(10) A person may lawfully do anything authorised by a licence under this Regulation notwithstanding any provision of the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2010 and for the avoidance of doubt shall not require a licence under those Acts to do anything so authorised.
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