S.I. No. 222/1968:

GAME BIRDS PROTECTION (COOSAN LOUGH, COUNTY WESTMEATH) ORDER, 1968.

GAME BIRDS PROTECTION (COOSAN LOUGH, COUNTY WESTMEATH) ORDER, 1968.

I, PÁDRAIG FAULKNER, Minister for Lands, being satisfied that the species of game birds specified in Article 3 of this Order are in special need of protection in the area specified in the Schedule to this Order, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 of the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (No. 11 of 1930), and the Game Preservation Act, 1930 (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 186 of 1958 ), order as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Protection (Coosan Lough, County Westmeath) Order, 1968.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The killing or taking, in the area specified in the Schedule to this Order, of pheasant, partridge, grouse, quail, landrail, plover, snipe and woodcock and of mallard, teal, widgeon and other species of wild duck and of brent goose, barnacle goose, greylag goose and other species of wild goose is hereby prohibited for the period of one year from the making of this Order.

SCHEDULE.

Coosan Lough in the County of Westmeath.

The area comprised of the land for the time being covered by the waters of Coosan Lough, County Westmeath, together with the land forming the islands in the aforementioned lake.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of October, 1968.

PÁDRAIG FAULKNER,

Minister for Lands.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to prohibit the killing or taking of any game birds on the water surface or on the islands of Coosan Lough, County Westmeath, for the period of one year from the making of this Order.