The Horsey Estate (Area of Special Protection) Order 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/324
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Horsey Estate (Area of Special Protection) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 17th March 1988.

(2) In this Order —

“the Horsey Estate Area of Special Protection” means the area specified in the Schedule to this Order;

“the deposited map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Horsey Estate (Area of Special Protection) Order 1988” and signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment, which has been prepared in duplicate and of which one copy has been deposited, and is available for inspection, at the offices of the North Norfolk District Council, and the other has been deposited, and is available for inspection, at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment.

Section 2 Offences

Any person who, within the Horsey Estate Area of Special Protection, at any time intentionally —

(i) kills, injures or takes any wild bird; or

(ii) takes, damages or destroys the nest of such a bird while that nest is in use or being built; or

(iii) takes or destroys an egg of such a bird; or

(iv) disturbs such a bird while it is building a nest or is in, on or near a nest containing eggs or young; or

(v) disturbs dependent young of such a bird, shall be guilty of an offence under section 3 of the Act and liable to a special penalty.

Section 3 Offences

Any person who enters into the Horsey Estate Area of Special Protection at any time shall be guilty of an offence under section 3 of the Act and liable to a special penalty.