S.L. 549.57 Art. 5Licence contents.

Every Spring Hunting Licence shall:

(a) set the overall bag limit for the spring hunting season for quail and for turtledoves as the total number of birds which may be hunted under the authority of all issued licences taken together. The total number of quail and turtledoves which may be hunted during the spring hunting season of a particular year shall be set by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, using as a basis the figures contained in Annex I to these regulations and taking into consideration the conservation status of the two species concerned and the maintenance of the population of the species at a satisfactory level;

(b) set the daily bag limit of birds and the total spring hunting season bag limit per licence , provided only if such bag limits have been established by the Minister in accordance with regulation 3;

(c) require the licensee to carry on his person the Spring Hunting Licence while in search or in pursuit of birds;

(d) require the licensee, as soon as a bird is shot, to inform the Wild Birds Regulation Unit of such catch through the telephone reporting system;

(e) indicate the dates of the spring hunting season;

(f) provide that the hunting of birds other than quail and turtledoves shall be prohibited;

(g) reproduce the prohibitions provided for in regulations 4 and 18 of the Wild Birds Regulations without prejudice to any other prohibition laid down in the same regulations;

(h) provide that hunting can only take place from two hours before sunrise to twelve o’clock (noon) during weekdays, on Saturdays and Sundays and Public Holidays;

(i) provide that the licence shall be suspended forthwith if the licensee is charged with an offence under regulation 27 of the Wild Birds Regulations;

(j) provide that the licence and any other hunting licence or permit of the licensee shall be revoked and be without any effect upon the licensee being convicted of an offence against regulation 27 of the Wild Birds Regulations;

(k) provide that the validity of the licence shall lapse and the licence shall be considered as revoked as soon as the Minister, by means of a press release, declares that the overall bag limit for the season has been reached. All persons in possession of a Spring Hunting Licence shall also be immediately informed of such lapse and revocation of their licence by means of a text messaging service (SMS) to the number indicated by that person in FOR TURTLEDOVE AND QUAIL [

the application for the spring hunting licence;

(l) provide that if the overall bag limit for the season for one species, hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "the relevant species", has been reached before that for the other species the validity of the licence shall lapse and the licence shall be considered as revoked in respect of the relevant species as soon as the Minister by means of a press release declares that the overall bag limit for the relevant species has been reached. All persons in possession of a Spring Hunting Licence shall also be immediately informed of such lapse and revocation of that part of their licence by means of a text messaging service (SMS) to the number indicated by that person in the application for the Spring Hunting Licence.