S.L. 549.57 Art. 7Saving. by: 113 of 2011. turtledove or autumn season considering be hunted set the total of the species shall, in any by notice in the of the the number of a way that the in cases season does derogation in excess of

The provisions and conditions laid down in these regulations shall be without prejudice to the Wild Birds Regulations to the extent that the latter are not inconsistent with these regulations in which case, and to the extent of the inconsistency, these regulations shall prevail. FOR TURTLEDOVE AND QUAIL [

ANNEX 1 Substituted L.N. The Minister shall, in any case, not open a spring hunting season for quail respectively, when the number of birds hunted in the previous reaches 20,000 in the case of quail or 21,000 in the case of turtledove, each species separately. When setting the total number of quail and turtledoves which may during the spring hunting season of a particular year the Minister shall bag limit at not more than 1% of the total annual mortality rate of each respectively:

Provided that the maximum bag limit for a spring hunting derogation case, not exceed the following numbers:

5,000 quails and 11,000 turtledoves:

The above two maximum numbers shall be amended by the Minister, the Gazette, in order to revise and update them by taking into consideration conservation status of the two species concerned and the maintenance population of the species at a satisfactory level: Provided also that the Minister shall also take into consideration birds hunted during the previous autumn hunting season, in such maximum bag limit for a spring hunting derogation may be fully allowed when the number of quails or turtle doves hunted in the previous autumn not exceed 10,000 for each species respectively: Provided further that the maximum bag limit for a spring hunting should be reduced by inverse proportion to the number of birds hunted 10,000 for each species in the previous autumn season.