S.L. 549.145 Art. 1Citation and scope.                S.L. 549.42.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Conservation of Wild Birds (Framework for Allowing a Derogation to Carry out Scientific Research on Seven Finch Species) Regulations.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to establish a framework for allowing, under strictly supervised conditions and in a selective manner, a research derogation to obtain scientific data on

Malta’s reference population of the seven finch species enumerated in regulation 2 (defined as the "relevant species" for the purpose of these regulations) on the basis of Article 9(1)(b) of Directive 2009/147/EC

of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009

on the Conservation of Wild Birds (Birds Directive) in particular read in conjunction with Article 10 and Annex V(c) of the Birds Directive, and in terms of sub-regulation 9(1)(e) of the Conservation of Wild

Birds Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the Wild Birds Regulations".