(1) This Order may be cited as the Conservation of Seals (Common Seals) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 19th December 1988.
(2) Without prejudice to its earlier revocation this Order shall cease to have effect on the expiration of two years beginning with the date of its coming into force.
(3) The Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 1973 is hereby revoked.
S.I. 1988/2023
The Conservation of Seals (Common Seals) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2023)
This Order prohibits for two years with effect from the 19th December 1988 the killing, injuring or taking of common seals in Great Britain and adjacent territorial waters. It also revokes an earlier Order which had prohibited the killing, injuring or taking of common seals only in the County of Zetland and adjacent territorial waters and which is made redundant by this Order.
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There is hereby prohibited in Great Britain and within the seaward limits of the territorial waters adjacent thereto the killing, injuring or taking of the seals of the species known as Phoca vitulina (common seals).
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