WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT. 181 



any species of wild bird not included in the schedule of that Act, 

 as if that species of wild bird were included in the schedule of 

 that Act, and on the making of such order that Act shall apply 

 accordingly. 



4. — (1). The council of an administrative county shall in every 

 year give public notice of any order under this Act which is in 

 force in any place within their county during the three weeks 

 preceding the commencement of the period of the year during 

 which the order operates. 



(2). Public notice under this section shall be given — (a). As 

 regards each place in which an order operates, by adver- 

 tising the order in two local newspapers circulating in 

 or near that place ; (b). By fixing notices of the order in 

 conspicuous spots within and near each place in which 

 the order operates ; and (c). In such other manner as 

 the Secretary of State may direct, or as the council may 

 think expedient, with a view to making the order known 

 to the public. 



5. Any person who, after the passing of this Act, shall take or 

 destroy, or incite any other person to take or destroy — (a) the 

 eggs of any wild birds within any area specified in the order; or 

 (6) the eggs of any species of wild bird named in the order, shall, 

 on conviction before any two justices of the peace in England, 

 Wales, or Ireland, or before the sheriff in Scotland, forfeit and 

 pay for every egg so taken or destroyed a sum not exceeding 

 one pound. 



6. Any expenses incurred by the council of a county under 

 this Act may be defrayed by that council as expenses for general 

 county purposes within the meaning of the Local Government 

 Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), or, so far as respects Scotland, the 

 Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50). 



7.— (1). This Act shall apply to Scotland with the substitution 

 of the Secretary for Scotland for a Secretary of State. 



(2). This Act shall apply to Ireland, with the substitution of 

 the Lord Lieutenant for a Secretary of State, and of the 

 grand jury for the council of an administrative county, 

 and any expenses incurred in carrying this Act into 

 effect in Ireland shall be defrayed out of the grand 

 jury cess* 



