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Amendment

of section 8,

Amendment

3.

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Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following—

"(a) any live game or live scheduled mammal, taken in the

Colony:"

4.

of section 9.

Repcal and

replacement of section 10.

Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the

following-

"(a) any scheduled mammal killed or taken in the Colony or any part of such mammal; or"; and

(b) by renumbering paragraph (c) as paragraph (5).

5.

Section 10 of the "principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-

"Prohibi-

tion of

hunting

and carrying

of firearms

In certain

arew.

Fourh Schedule

Amendment

6

of section 12.

(a)

Addition of new section

12A.

10. (b) No person shall hunt in the areas specified in the Fourth Schedule.

(2) Except along a road, no person shall carry any firearm in any area specified in the Fourth Schedule.

(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to members of Her Majesty's armed forces, police officers or mem- bers of the Preventive Service, whilst on duty.".

Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

by deleting subsection (1)s and

(6) by renumbering subsection (2) as section 12.

7.

The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 12, the following new section-

"Restricted

A

Steven b Schedale.

12A. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, except in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the licensing authority, enter into or be within any area specified in the Seventh Schedule during the periods specified in respect thereof in that Schedule.

(2) No permit under subsection (1) shall be required by any of the following persons-

(a) a public officer on duty within any such

area:

(b) a person engaged on public works within

any such area;

(c) a person whose ordinary place of residence

is within any such area:

(d) a person passing through any such arca

along a road; or

(e) such other persons as are specified in the third column of the Seventh Schedule in respect of any such area.".

B. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended in sub. section (2) by deleting his ability to identify game" and sub- stituting the following-

"the applicant's knowledge of the provisions of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Schedules and his ability to identify game and the mammals specified in the Second Schedule”.

9.

Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by deleting "Governor” and substituting the following-

"Director of Agriculture and Fisheries"; and

(b) by inserting the following after "take" in paragraph (4)—

In any area specified in the permit,”.

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10. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in subsection (1), by deleting "to a fine of two bundred

and fifty dollars" and substituting the following-

"on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars"; and (b) by deleting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the

following-

*(2) Subject to subsection (3), any person who contravenes any of the provisions of sections 4 to 12A shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.

(3) If a magistrate is satisfied that an offence has been committed under subsection (2) in respect of a scheduled mammal, any person convicted of such offence shall be liable to a fine of three thousand dollars.".

11. Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (1) by deleting "not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars as a magistrate or District Officer" and substituting the following-

"as a magistrate"; and

Amendment

of section 13.

Amendment of section 17.

Amendment of section 18.

Amendment of section 19.