Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000

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1. Art. 1 Short title, collective citation and construction.
2. Art. 2 Commencement.
3. Art. 3 Interpretation.
4. Art. 4 Saver for orders, etc.
5. Art. 5 Repeals.
6. Art. 6 Amendment of section 2 (definitions) of Principal Act.
7. Art. 7 Amendment of section 8 (regulations and orders) of Principal Act.
8. Art. 8 Licences.
9. Art. 9 Amendment of section 11 (functions of Minister in relation to wildlife) of Principal Act.
10. Art. 10 Arbitrator.
11. Art. 11 Acquisition of land and rights by agreement.
12. Art. 12 Creation of rights of way.
13. Art. 13 Extinguishment of easements.
14. Art. 14 Amendment of section 55 (land purchase orders) of Principal Act.
15. Art. 15 Interpretation
16. Art. 16 Intention to designate natural heritage areas.
17. Art. 17 Decision not to make natural heritage area order.
18. Art. 18 Natural heritage area order.
19. Art. 18A Review of bog habitats
20. Art. 19 Restriction on carrying out certain works.
21. Art. 19A Environmental impact assessment of certain proposals relating to peat extraction.
22. Art. 19B Procedure in regard to submission of EIS.
23. Art. 19C Minister to have regard to certain matters.
24. Art. 19D Consultation with other Member States of European Communities.
25. Art. 19E Public notice of Minister's decision.
26. Art. 20 Prohibition of works on lands in natural heritage areas.
27. Art. 21 Restoration of land in natural heritage area.
28. Art. 22 Compensation.
29. Art. 23 Registration of natural heritage area order as burden on land
30. Art. 24 Provisions relating to section 12 (obligations in relation to nature reserves and refuges) of Principal Act.
31. Art. 25 Erection of notices.
32. Art. 26 Amendment of section 15 (nature reserves on lands owned by the Minister or by the State) of Principal Act.
33. Art. 27 Amendment of section 16 (nature reserves on land other than land to which section 15 applies) of Principal Act.
34. Art. 28 Amendment of section 17 (refuges for fauna) of Principal Act.
35. Art. 29 Amendment of section 21 (protection of flora) of Principal Act.
36. Art. 30 Amendment of section 22 (enforcement of protection of wild birds) of Principal Act.
37. Art. 31 Amendment of section 23 (enforcement of protection of wild animals (other than wild birds)) of Principal Act.
38. Art. 32 Exclusion of certain wild animals.
39. Art. 33 Amendment of section 24 (open seasons for certain protected wild birds) of Principal Act.
40. Art. 34 Amendment of section 25 (open seasons for certain wild mammals) of Principal Act.
41. Art. 35 Amendment of section 26 (licences to hunt otters or deer and to hunt or course hares) of Principal Act.
42. Art. 36 Regulation of commercial shoot operators.
43. Art. 37 Amendment of section 28 (general restriction as regards hunting or killing with firearms certain exempted wild mammals and certain protected wild birds) of Principal Act.
44. Art. 38 Hunting restricted on or over foreshore belonging to State and certain land so belonging.
45. Art. 39 Amendment of section 31 (sale, purchase and possession of certain perching birds prohibited) of Principal Act.
46. Art. 40 Amendment of section 32 (ringing and marking, and possession of cannon-nets, etc. restricted) of Principal Act.
47. Art. 41 Amendment of section 33 (restriction on use of certain firearms etc.) of Principal Act.
48. Art. 42 Amendment of section 34 (certain use of traps, snares etc. prohibited) of Principal Act.
49. Art. 43 Amendment of section 35 (certain use of scarecrows, decoys, birdcalls and calls of wild mammals restricted) of Principal Act.
50. Art. 44 Amendment of section 36 (use of mechanically-propelled vehicles, vessels and aircraft in hunting prohibited) of Principal Act.
51. Art. 45 Use of lamps, mirrors etc. in hunting prohibited.
52. Art. 46 Amendment of section 40 (destruction of vegetation on uncultivated land restricted) of Principal Act.
53. Art. 47 Amendment of section 41 (falconry etc.) of Principal Act.
54. Art. 48 Amendment of section 42 (damage by wild birds etc.) of Principal Act.
55. Art. 49 Amendment of section 43 (land drainage schemes) of Principal Act.
56. Art. 50 Amendment of section 44 (unlawful hunting or entry on land and other miscellaneous matters) of Principal Act.
57. Art. 51 Amendment of section 45 (sale, purchase and possession of fauna restricted) of Principal Act.
58. Art. 52 Amendment of section 46 (regulation and control of wildlife dealing) of Principal Act.
59. Art. 53 Wildlife dealer's licence.
60. Art. 54 Amendment of section 49 (revocation of wildlife dealer's licence) of Principal Act.
61. Art. 55 Amendment of section 51 (transport of packages etc. containing certain fauna) of Principal Act.
62. Art. 56 Amendment of section 52 (import of fauna and flora) of Principal Act.
63. Art. 57 Amendment of section 53 (export of fauna and flora) of Principal Act.
64. Art. 58 Regulation of trade in wild flora and fauna and CITES Regulations.
65. Art. 59 Saver in interest of public health and safety.
66. Art. 59A Definitions
67. Art. 59B Biodiversity
68. Art. 59C Publication of plan, programme or strategy, National Biodiversity Action Plan and guidelines
69. Art. 59D Consultation
70. Art. 59E Notice
71. Art. 59F Report by public bodies
72. Art. 59G Direction
73. Art. 59H Public body
74. Art. 60 Amendment of section 56 (management etc. of certain land acquired, held or used by the Minister) of Principal Act.
75. Art. 61 Amendment of section 58 (right to hunt on or over territorial seas of State vested in State) of Principal Act.
76. Art. 62 Amendment of section 59 (regulations permitting and regulating public access to certain land) of Principal Act.
77. Art. 63 Amendment of section 69 (attempts etc. and miscellaneous other offences) of Principal Act.
78. Art. 64 Amendment of section 70 (prosecution of offences) of Principal Act.
79. Art. 65 Amendment of section 72 (powers of Garda Síochána and authorised person) of Principal Act.
80. Art. 66 Inspection of land.
81. Art. 67 Amendment of section 73 (search warrants) of Principal Act.
82. Art. 68 Amendment of section 74 (penalties) of Principal Act.
83. Art. 69 Amendment of section 76 (forfeiture) of Principal Act.
84. Art. 70 Amendment of section 77 (appeal against seizures) of Principal Act.
85. Art. 71 Amendment of section 78 (disposal of things seized) of Principal Act.
86. Art. 72 Amendment of Forestry Act 1946.
87. Art. 73 Amendment of Registration of Title Act 1964.
88. Art. 74 Amendment of State Property Act; 1954.
89. Art. 75 Amendment of European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997.