Conservation of
Wildlife (Jersey) Law 2000[2]
A LAW relating to the conservation of
wild animals, wild birds and wild plants in Jersey, and related purposes
Commencement
[see endnotes]
PART 1
Interpretation and
Application
1 Interpretation
(1) In this Law, unless the
context requires otherwise –
“authorized officer” means an officer authorized by the
Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture or the Minister
for the purposes of this Law;
“den” includes any roost, lair or burrow or other place
used by a wild animal as a place of refuge or shelter;
“destroy”, in relation to an egg, includes doing
anything to the egg which is calculated to prevent it from hatching;
“licence” means a licence granted under Article 16(1);
“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment;
“ordinary penalty” means a fine not exceeding
level 3 on the standard scale;
“poultry” means any fowls, geese, ducks, guinea fowls,
pigeons, quails, swans and turkeys which are domestic;
“protected plant” means a plant prescribed under Article 3;
“protected wild animal”, “protected wild bird”
and “specially protected wild bird” shall be construed in
accordance with Article 2;
“sale” includes hire, barter and exchange;
“special penalty” means imprisonment for a term of
3 months and to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale;
“uproot”, in relation to a plant, means dig up or
otherwise remove the plant from the land on which it is growing;
“wild animal” means any animal other than a bird which
is or, before it was killed or taken, was living wild;
“wild bird” means any bird of a kind which is ordinarily
resident in or is a visitor to Jersey in a wild state, but does not include
poultry.[3]
(2) In this Law, any
reference to an animal or bird of any kind includes, unless the context
requires otherwise, a reference to an egg, larva, pupa or other immature stage
of an animal or bird of that kind.
(3) In this Law, where a
scientific name and a common name are given for any animal, bird or plant, the
common name is included by way of guidance only and, in the event of any
dispute or proceedings, the common name shall not be taken into account.
2 Protected
wild animals and protected wild birds
(1) The wild animals
described in Schedule 1 Part 1 are protected wild animals.
(2) The wild birds
described in Schedule 1 Part 2 are protected wild birds.
(3) The wild birds
described in Schedule 2 are specially protected wild birds.
3 Protected plants
(1) The Minister may by
Order prescribe plants which are to be protected.
(2) A provision of an Order
made under paragraph (1) may be expressed to have effect either generally
or with respect to particular provisions of this Law, a particular area of
Jersey or particular times of year.
4 Application
This Law extends to the territorial sea adjacent to Jersey.
PART 2
WILD ANIMALS AND WILD BIRDS
5 Prohibition of killing etc. of protected wild animals and protected
wild birds
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2)
to (4), it shall be an offence for any person knowingly to kill, injure or take
any protected wild animal or protected wild bird or destroy or take the egg of
a protected wild bird.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply to –
(a) any
person acting with authority of and in accordance with a licence;
(b) any
person authorized or directed to destroy any protected wild animal or protected
wild bird by or under any other enactment.[4]
(3) A person shall not be
found guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) by reason of –
(a) the
taking of any disabled protected wild animal or disabled protected wild bird if
the person satisfies the court that the animal or bird –
(i) was not disabled
by the person’s unlawful act, and
(ii) was
taken or to be taken solely for the purpose of tending it and releasing it when
no longer disabled;
(b) the
killing of any disabled protected wild animal or disabled protected wild bird
if the person satisfies the court –
(i) that the animal
or bird was not disabled by the person’s unlawful act, and
(ii) that
there was no reasonable chance that it would recover;
(c) any
act if the person satisfies the court –
(i) that the act was
the incidental result of a lawful operation, and
(ii) that
the act could not reasonably have been avoided.
(4) A person shall not be
found guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) as respects any act
relating to a protected wild bird which is not also a specially protected wild
bird if the person satisfies the court that the act was –
(a) to
defend himself, herself or another person against actual or imminent injury; or
(b) to
prevent or stop serious damage to any land of which the person is the owner or
the authorized agent of the owner.
(5) In paragraph (4),
“owner” includes a usufructuary owner and the occupier of the land.
(6) A person shall not be
entitled to rely on the defence provided by paragraph (3)(c) as respects
anything done in relation to a bat, otherwise than in the living area of a
dwelling-house, unless the person has notified the Minister of the proposed
action or operation and allowed the Minister a reasonable time to advise the
person as to whether it should be carried out and, if so, the method to be
used.
(7) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the special penalty where
the offence relates to a protected wild animal or to a specially protected wild
bird, and to the ordinary penalty if it relates to any other protected wild
bird.
6 Prohibitions relating to dens and nests etc. of protected wild
animals and protected wild birds
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
it shall be an offence for any person knowingly to –
(a) damage
or destroy the den of any protected wild animal while that den is in use;
(b) take,
damage or destroy the nest of any protected wild bird while that nest is in use
or being built;
(c) obstruct
access to the den of any protected wild animal, or the nest of any protected
wild bird, while that den or nest is in use; or
(d) disturb
any protected wild animal occupying a den or any protected wild bird occupying
a nest.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply –
(a) to
any person acting with authority of and in accordance with a licence;
(b) to a
person by reason of any act if the person satisfies the court –
(i) that the act was
the incidental result of a lawful operation, and
(ii) that
the act could not reasonably have been avoided; or
(c) to anything
done within a dwelling-house in relation to a protected wild animal or its den.
(3) For the purposes of
this Article, a den or nest may be in use notwithstanding that it is, at the
time of any act described in paragraph (1), unoccupied.
(4) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the special penalty where
the offence relates to a protected wild animal or to a specially protected wild
bird and to the ordinary penalty where it relates to any other protected wild
bird.
7 Prohibition of sale of protected wild animals and protected wild
birds
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
it shall be an offence for any person to –
(a) sell,
offer or expose for sale, or have in the person’s possession, or
transport, for the purposes of sale any protected wild animal or protected wild
bird, whether living or dead or any part of or anything derived from such an
animal or bird, including a blown egg of such a bird; or
(b) publish
or cause to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying
that the person buys or sells, or intends to buy or sell, any of those things.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply –
(a) to
any person acting with authority of and in accordance with a licence; or
(b) where
the act which would otherwise constitute an offence under it relates to a dead
protected wild bird or anything derived from such a bird which is shown to have
been killed otherwise than in contravention of this Law or was lawfully
imported.
(3) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the special penalty, where
the offence relates to a protected wild animal or to a specially protected wild
bird, and to the ordinary penalty where it relates to any other protected wild
bird.
8 Prohibition of keeping etc. of protected wild animals and protected
wild birds
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
it shall be an offence for any person to keep or have in the person’s
control any live protected wild animal or live protected wild bird.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply to any person –
(a) acting
with authority of and in accordance with a licence; or
(b) keeping
or having in the person’s control any animal or bird taken for the
purpose described in Article 5(3)(a) and also kept or held by the person
for that purpose.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4),
it shall be an offence for any person to keep or have in the person’s
control any dead protected wild animal or dead protected wild bird or any part
of or anything derived from a protected wild animal or protected wild bird,
including a blown egg of such a bird.
(4) Paragraph (3) does
not apply to any person –
(a) acting
with authority of and in accordance with a licence; or
(b) keeping
or having in the person’s control any dead protected wild animal or dead
protected wild bird, or any part of or anything derived from such an animal or
bird, including a blown egg of such a bird, if the animal or bird was lawfully
killed or taken.
(5) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) or (3) shall be liable to the special penalty
where the offence relates to a protected wild animal or specially protected
wild bird, and to the ordinary penalty where it relates to any other protected
wild bird.
9 Prohibition of certain methods of killing or taking wild birds
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2)
to (4), it shall be an offence for any person to –
(a) set
in position any of the following articles, being an article which is of such a
nature and is so placed as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild
bird coming into contact with it, that is to say, any spring, trap, gin, snare,
hook and line, any electrical device for killing, stunning or frightening, or
any poisonous, poisoned or stupefying substance;
(b) use
for the purpose of killing or taking any wild bird –
(i) any article
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), whether or not of such a nature and so
placed as described in that sub-paragraph,
(ii) any
net,
(iii) any
baited board, bird-lime or substance of a like nature to bird-lime,
(iv) any
bow or crossbow,
(v) any explosive other
than ammunition for a firearm,
(vi) any
automatic or semi-automatic weapon,
(vii) any
shot-gun of which the barrel has an internal diameter at the muzzle of more
than 1 ¾ inches,
(viii) any device for
illuminating a target or any sighting device for night shooting,
(ix) any
form of artificial lighting or any mirror or other dazzling device,
(x) any gas or smoke not
falling within sub-paragraph (a) or clause (i), or
(xi) any
chemical wetting agent;
(c) use
as a decoy, for the purpose of killing or taking any wild bird, any sound
recording or any live animal or bird whatever which is tethered, or which is
secured by means of braces or other similar appliances, or which is blind,
maimed or injured;
(d) use
any mechanically propelled vehicle in immediate pursuit of a wild bird for the
purpose of killing or taking that bird; or
(e) knowingly
cause or permit to be done an act mentioned in the foregoing sub-paragraphs.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply to any person acting with authority of and in accordance with a
licence.
(3) In any proceedings
under paragraph (1)(a), it shall be a defence for a person to show that
the article was set in position for the purpose of killing or taking, in the
interests of public health, agriculture, forestry, fisheries or nature
conservation, any wild animals which could be lawfully killed or taken by those
means and that the person took all reasonable precautions to prevent injury
thereby to wild birds.
(4) In any proceedings
under paragraph (1)(e) relating to an act mentioned in paragraph (1)(a),
it shall be a defence for a person to show that the article was set in position
for the purpose of killing or taking, in the interests of public health,
agriculture, forestry, fisheries or nature conservation, any wild animals which
could be lawfully killed or taken by those means and that the person took or
caused to be taken all reasonable precautions to prevent injury thereby to wild
birds.
(5) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the special penalty.
(6) The Minister for
Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, with the agreement of the
Minister, may by Order, either generally or in relation to any kind of wild
bird specified in the Order, amend paragraph (1) by adding any method of
killing or taking wild birds or by omitting any such method as is mentioned in
that paragraph.[5]
10 Prohibition of certain methods of killing or taking wild animals
(1) Subject to paragraph (3),
it shall be an offence for any person to –
(a) set
in position any self-locking snare which is of such a nature and so placed as
to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild animal coming into contact
with it;
(b) use
for the purpose of killing or taking any wild animal any self-locking snare,
whether or not of such a nature or so placed as described in sub-paragraph (a),
or any bow or crossbow or any explosive other than ammunition for a firearm;
(c) use
as a decoy, for the purpose of killing or taking any wild animal, any live
mammal or bird whatever; or
(d) knowingly
cause or permit to be done an act which is mentioned in the foregoing
sub-paragraphs.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3)
to (5), it shall be an offence for any person to –
(a) set
in position any of the following articles, being an article which is of such a
nature and so placed as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild
animal included in Schedule 3 which comes into contact with it, that is to
say, any trap or snare, any electrical device for killing or stunning or any
poisonous, poisoned or stupefying substance;
(b) use
for the purpose of killing or taking any wild animal included in Schedule 3 –
(i) any article
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), whether or not of such a nature and so
placed as described in that sub-paragraph,
(ii) any
net,
(iii) any
automatic or semi-automatic weapon,
(iv) any
device for illuminating a target or sighting device for night shooting,
(v) any form of artificial
lighting or any mirror or other dazzling device, or
(vi) any
gas or smoke not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or clause (i);
(c) use
as a decoy, for the purpose of killing or taking any wild animal included in
Schedule 3, any sound recording;
(d) use
any mechanically propelled vehicle in immediate pursuit of any wild animal
included in Schedule 3 for the purpose of driving, killing or taking it;
or
(e) knowingly
cause or permit to be done an act which is mentioned in the foregoing
sub-paragraphs.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and
(2) do not apply to any person acting with authority of and in accordance with
a licence.
(4) In any proceedings
under paragraph (2)(a), it shall be a defence for a person to show that
the article was set in position for the purpose of killing or taking, in the
interests of public health, agriculture, forestry, fisheries or nature
conservation, any wild animals which could be lawfully killed or taken by those
means and that the person took all reasonable precautions to prevent injury
thereby to animals included in Schedule 3.
(5) In any proceedings
under paragraph (2)(e) relating to an act which is mentioned in paragraph (2)(a),
it shall be a defence for a person to show that the article was set in position
for the purpose of killing or taking, in the interests of public health,
agriculture, forestry, fisheries or nature conservation, any wild animals which
could be lawfully killed or taken by those means and that the person took or
caused to be taken all reasonable precautions to prevent injury thereby to
animals included in Schedule 3.
(6) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable to the special penalty.
(7) In any
proceedings –
(a) for
an offence under paragraph (1)(b) or (c), (2)(b), (c) or (d); or
(b) for
an offence under paragraph (1)(d) or (2)(e) relating to an act mentioned
in any provision referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph,
the animal in question shall be presumed to have been a wild animal
unless the contrary is shown.
(8) The Minister for
Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, with the agreement of the
Minister, may by Order, either generally or in relation to any kind of wild
animal specified in the Order, amend paragraphs (1) and (2) by adding any
method of killing or taking wild animals or by omitting any such method as is
mentioned in those paragraphs.[6]
11 Prohibition of export of certain reptiles and amphibians
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
it shall be an offence for any person to export from Jersey any reptile or
amphibian mentioned in Schedule 4.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply to any person acting with authority of and in accordance with a
licence.
(3) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the special penalty.
12 Prohibition on showing wild birds for competition
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
it shall be an offence for any person to show or cause or permit to be shown
for the purposes of competition, or in any premises in which a competition is
being held, any wild bird.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply to any person acting with authority of and in accordance with a
licence.
(3) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the special penalty where
the offence relates to a specially protected wild bird, and to the ordinary
penalty in any other case.
12A Protection
of caged birds[7]
(1) It shall be an offence
for a person to keep or confine any bird or birds in a cage or other receptacle
which is not sufficient in height, length and breadth to permit that bird to
stretch both its wings freely or, as the case may be, to permit those birds, at
the same time, to stretch both their wings freely, except while that bird or those
birds are –
(a) in
the course of conveyance;
(b) being
shown for the purposes of any public exhibition or competition, if the time
during which the bird or birds are kept or confined for those purposes does
not, in the aggregate, exceed 72 hours; or
(c) undergoing
treatment by a veterinary surgeon.
(2) A person guilty of an
offence under this Article shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of
12 months and to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale.[8]
PART 3
PROTECTED PLANTS
13 Prohibition of picking etc. of protected plants
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2)
and (3), it shall be an offence for any person to knowingly pick, uproot,
collect the seed of or destroy any protected plant.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply to any person acting with authority of and in accordance with a
licence.
(3) A person shall not be
guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) if the person shows that the
picking, uprooting, collecting or destroying was an incidental result of a
lawful operation and could not reasonably have been avoided.
(4) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the ordinary penalty.
14 Prohibition of sale of protected plants
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
it shall be an offence for any person to –
(a) sell,
offer or expose for sale, or have in the person’s possession, or
transport, for the purposes of sale any protected plant, any part of such a
plant, or anything made wholly or partly from such a plant; or
(b) publish
or cause to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying
that the person buys or sells, or intends to buy or sell, any of these things.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply to any person acting with authority of and in accordance with a
licence.
(3) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to the ordinary penalty.
PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS AND
SUPPLEMENTAL
15 Prohibition of release etc. of imported species
(1) Subject to paragraph (4),
it shall be an offence for any person to release or allow to escape into the
wild –
(a) any
animal or bird which is of a kind which is not ordinarily resident in or a
regular visitor to Jersey in a wild state; or
(b) any
pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) or
partridge (Perdrix perdrix).
(2) Subject to paragraph (4),
it shall be an offence for any person to plant or otherwise cause to grow in
the wild any prescribed plant.
(3) Paragraph (1) or
(2) does not apply to any person acting with authority of and in accordance
with a licence.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5),
it shall be a defence to a charge of committing an offence under paragraph (1)
or (2) to prove that the accused took all reasonable steps and exercised all
due diligence to avoid committing the offence.
(5) Where the defence
provided by paragraph (4) involves an allegation that the commission of
the offence was due to the act or default of another person, the person charged
shall not, without leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence
unless, within a period ending 7 days before the hearing, he or she has
served on the prosecutor a notice giving such information identifying or
assisting in the identification of the other person as was then in his or her
possession.
(6) The Minister, with the
agreement of the Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture,
may by Order prescribe plants for the purposes of paragraph (2).[9]
(7) A person guilty of an
offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable to a fine.
16 Power to grant licences
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2),
(3) and (5), the Minister may grant a licence authorizing any person to do
anything which would otherwise constitute an offence under any provision of
Parts 2 – 4.
(2) The Minister may only
grant a licence, other than a licence authorizing the release of pheasants
(Phasianus colchicus), red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) or partridges
(Perdrix perdrix) into the wild, if the thing to be authorized will be
done –
(a) for
scientific, research or educational purposes;
(b) for
the purpose of ringing or marking or attaching any other identifying or
tracking device to any wild bird or wild animal, or examining any ring, mark or
device;
(c) for
the purpose of preserving public health or public or air safety;
(d) for
the purpose of the re-population of an area with, or the re-introduction into
an area of, wild birds, including any breeding necessary for that purpose;
(e) for
the purpose of conserving flora or fauna;
(f) for
the purpose of preventing the spread of disease;
(g) for
the purpose of protecting any zoological or botanical collection; or
(h) for
the purpose of preventing serious damage to livestock, foodstuffs for
livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber, fisheries or other forms
of property, whether movable or immovable.[10]
(3) The Minister shall not
grant a licence for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (2) unless the
Minister is satisfied that, as regards that purpose, there is no other
satisfactory solution and that anything authorized by the licence will not be
detrimental to the survival of the population concerned.[11]
(4) Subject to paragraph (5),
a licence shall be granted for the period stated in it, and may be –
(a) general
or specific;
(b) granted
either to persons of a class or to a particular person;
(c) subject
to compliance with any specified conditions;
(d) modified
or revoked by the Minister at any time.
(5) A licence which
authorizes any person to kill protected wild animals or protected wild birds
shall specify the area within which and the methods by which such animals or
birds may be killed.
(6) The Minister may charge
a fee for the grant of a licence.
17 False statements made for obtaining licence
A person who, for the purpose of obtaining the grant of a
licence –
(a) makes a statement or
representation, or furnishes a document or information, which the person knows
to be false in a material particular; or
(b) recklessly makes a
statement or representation, or furnishes a statement or information, which is
false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding
level 3 on the standard scale.
18 Enforcement
(1) If a police officer or
an authorized officer suspects with reasonable cause that any person is
committing or has committed an offence under this Law the police officer or
authorized officer may apply to the Bailiff for a warrant.
(2) If the Bailiff is
satisfied as to the grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Law is
being or has been committed, the Bailiff may issue a warrant authorizing any
one or more police officers or authorized officers to –
(a) enter
at any time, by force if necessary, any land where the offence appears to be
taking or to have taken place;
(b) examine
any animal or bird found there and any place where it is kept, roosts or nests;
(c) examine
any plant found there; and
(d) examine
anything which may be used in connection with the commission of an offence
under this Law.
(3) A police officer or an
authorized officer may seize and hold in a place of safe custody any animal or
bird which the police officer or authorized officer has reasonable cause to
suspect is in the possession or control of any person in contravention of this
Law.
(4) A police officer or an
authorized officer may seize and detain anything which the police officer or
authorized officer has reasonable cause to suspect is being or has been used in
connection with the commission of an offence under this Law.
(5) Any person who
intentionally obstructs a police officer or authorized officer in the exercise
of any powers conferred by or under this Article shall be guilty of an offence
and liable to a fine.
19 Attempts to commit offences etc.
(1) Any person who attempts
to commit an offence under this Law shall be guilty of an offence and liable to
be punished in like manner as for the said offence.
(2) Any person who, for the
purpose of committing an offence under this Law, has in the person’s
possession anything capable of being used for committing the offence shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be punishable in the like manner as for the said
offence.
(3) Any person who
knowingly or wilfully aids, abets, counsels, causes, procures or commands the
commission of an offence under this Law shall be liable to be dealt with, tried
and punished as a principal offender.
20 Calculation of fines
Where any offence under this Law is committed in respect of more
than one animal, bird, nest, egg, plant or other thing to which the offence
relates, the maximum fine which may be imposed in respect of the offence shall
be determined as if the offender had been convicted of a separate offence in
respect of each of them.
21 Forfeiture
The court by which any person is convicted of an offence under this
Law –
(a) shall order the
forfeiture of any animal, bird, nest, egg, plant or other thing in respect of
which the offence is committed;
(b) may order the
forfeiture of any vehicle, animal, weapon or other thing used to commit the
offence; and
(c) in the case of an
offence under Article 15, may order the forfeiture of any animal, bird or
plant which is of the same kind as that in respect of which the offence is
committed and which is found in the offender’s possession.
22 Service of notices
(1) This Article shall have
effect in relation to any notice or other document required or authorized by or
under this Law to be given to or served on any person.
(2) Any such document may
be given to or served on the person in question –
(a) by
delivering it to the person;
(b) by
leaving at the person’s proper address; or
(c) by
sending it by post to the person at that address.
(3) Any such document
may –
(a) in
the case of a company, be given to or served on the secretary, clerk or other
similar officer of the company or any person who purports to act in any such
capacity, by whatever name called; or
(b) in
the case of a partnership, be given to or served on a partner or a person
having the control or management of the partnership business.
(4) For the purposes of
this Article and Article 7 of the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954 in its application to this
Article, the proper address of any person to or on whom a document is to be
given or served shall be the person’s last known address, except
that –
(a) in
the case of a company or its secretary, clerk or other officer or person
referred to in paragraph (3)(a), it shall be the address of the registered
or principal office of the company; or
(b) in
the case of a partnership or a person having the control or management of the
partnership business, it shall be that of the principal office of the partnership,
and for the purposes of this paragraph the principal office of a
company registered outside Jersey or of a partnership carrying on business
outside Jersey shall be their principal office within Jersey.
(5) If the person to be
given or served with any document mentioned in paragraph (1) has specified
an address within Jersey other than the person’s proper address within
the meaning of paragraph (4) as the one at which the person or someone on
the person’s behalf will accept documents of the same description as that
document, that address shall also be treated for the purposes of this Article
and Article 7 of the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954 as the person’s proper
address.
23 Power to amend Schedules
(1) The Minister may by
Order amend Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4.
(2) A provision of an Order
made under paragraph (1) (or a provision of a Schedule as in force after
amendment by such an Order) may be expressed to have effect either generally or
with respect to particular provisions of this Law, a particular area of Jersey
or particular times of the year.
24 Orders
The Subordinate Legislation (Jersey) Law 1960 shall apply to Orders made
under this Law.
25 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Conservation of Wildlife (Jersey)
Law 2000.