European Communities (Wildlife Act, 1976) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985.

These Regulations amend certain provisions of the Wildlife Act, 1976, for the purpose of giving full effect to E.C. Council Directive No. 79/409/EEC, on the conservation of wild birds. The Regulations strengthen the existing protection afforded under the Act to wild birds from unnecessary disruption caused by certain activities such as ornithology, agriculture, forestry, road construction, archaeology or building and engineering operations and make unlawful the sale of eggs taken from the wild or, save under very limited circumstances, the possession of eggs taken from the wild. The Regulations also provide that certain species of wild birds hitherto included in the Third Schedule to the Wildlife Act, 1976, shall be removed from that Schedule. The effect of this provision is to declare these species to be protected species for purposes of the Act.