Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980 (AAT) (Cth)
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980
Ordinance No. 2 of 1980 as amended
made under the
Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954
This compilation was prepared on 27 March 2002
taking into account amendments up to Ordinance No. 1 of 1988
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra
Contents
1Short title [see Note 1] 3
2Commencement [see Note 1] 3
3Interpretation 3
4Permits to take birds 4
5Permits to take birds to be issued subject to conditions 5
6Conditions subject to which permits to take birds may be issued 5
7Permits for the sale of birds 6
8Permit to sell birds to be issued subject to conditions 6
9Conditions subject to which permit to sell birds may be issued 6
10Permits for purchase of birds 7
11Permits to purchase birds to be issued subject to conditions 8
12Conditions subject to which permits to purchase birds may be issued 8
13Birds not to be taken otherwise than in accordance with a permit 9
14Persons not to sell birds otherwise than in accordance with a permit 9
15Persons not to purchase birds otherwise than in accordance with a permit 10
16Inspector may require production of permit etc 10
17Suspension and cancellation of permits 11
18Restriction on issue of permit etc 12
19Appointment of inspector 12
20Inspectors ex officio 12
21Delegation 12
22Review of decision of Minister 13
23Fees 13
24Forfeiture 13
25Regulations 14
Schedule 2Birds of species in danger of extinction 15
Schedule 3Migratory Birds 18
Notes 22
An Ordinance relating to the protection of migratory birds
Short title [see Note 1]
This Ordinance may be cited as the Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980.
Commencement [see Note 1]
This Ordinance shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.
Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the contrary intention appears:
bird of a species in danger of extinction means a bird, alive or dead, of a species or subspecies specified in Schedule 2, and includes:
(a) eggs or parts of eggs; and
(b) the skin, feathers or any other part;
of such a bird.
inspector means:
(a) a person appointed as an inspector under section 19; or
(b) a person referred to in section 20.
migratory bird means a bird, alive or dead, of a species or subspecies specified in Schedule 3, and includes:
(a) eggs or parts of eggs; and
(b) the skin, feathers or any other part;
of such a bird.
permit means a permit in force under this Ordinance.
sell includes exchange.
take means take, catch, capture or keep and includes, in relation to a live bird, kill or injure (whether or not for the purpose of taking).
(3) A reference in this Ordinance to a member of the Australian Federal Police or to a member of a police force shall be read as including a reference to a special member of the Australian Federal Police.
Permits to take birds
(1) A person may apply in writing to the Minister for the grant of a permit to take:
(a) migratory birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application; or
(b) birds of a species in danger of extinction, being birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application.
(2) An application under subsection (1) for the grant of a permit shall state the purpose for which birds of a species or subspecies to which the application relates are proposed to be taken under the permit, being:
(a) in the case of an application for the grant of a permit to take migratory birds — a prescribed purpose referred to in subsection (5); or
(b) in the case of an application for the grant of a permit to take birds of a species in danger of extinction — a prescribed purpose referred to in subsection (5).
(3) Subject to section 18, the Minister may, upon application being made in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), grant a permit to a person to take birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application.
(4) The Minister shall specify in each permit granted under this section the purpose for which birds of the species or subspecies to which the permit relates may be taken under the permit, being the purpose specified, in accordance with subsection (2), in the application for the permit.
(5) For the purpose of subsection (2), each of the following purposes is a prescribed purpose:
(a) keeping for a scientific purpose;
(b) keeping for an educational purpose;
(c) keeping for a purpose related to propagation;
(d) keeping for purposes related to the protection of persons or property from damage, interference or nuisance caused by birds;
(e) keeping for a purpose prescribed by regulations under this Ordinance.
Permits to take birds to be issued subject to conditions
A permit granted under section 4 is subject to:
(a) the condition that the holder of the permit shall not take birds of the species or subspecies to which the permit relates otherwise than for the purpose specified in the permit in accordance with subsection 4 (4); and
(b) such other conditions, being conditions of any of the kinds referred to in section 6, as are imposed by the Minister and specified in the permit.
Conditions subject to which permits to take birds may be issued
The kinds of conditions referred to in paragraph 5 (b) are conditions relating to:
(a) the number of birds that may be taken alive;
(b) the number of birds that may be taken dead;
(c) the number of eggs that may be taken;
(d) the parts of eggs that may be taken;
(e) the descriptions and quantities of parts of birds that may be taken;
(f) the age and sex of birds that may be taken;
(g) the condition of birds that may be taken;
(h) the periods, and times of day, during which birds may be taken;
(i) the periods, and times of day, during which eggs may be taken;
(j) the numbers of birds that may be taken in particular periods at particular times of the day in relation to the sex, age and condition of the birds;
(k) the places at which birds may be taken in relation to the age, sex and condition of the birds;
(l) the places at which eggs may be taken;
(m) the methods by which birds may be taken;
(n) the contrivances that may be used for taking birds; or
(o) the furnishing to the Minister of information in relation to birds taken.
Permits for the sale of birds
(1) A person may apply in writing to the Minister for the grant of a permit to sell:
(a) migratory birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application; or
(b) birds of a species in danger of extinction, being birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application.
(2) Subject to section 18, the Minister may, upon application being made in accordance with subsection (1), grant a permit to a person to sell birds of a species or subspecies to which the application relates.
Permit to sell birds to be issued subject to conditions
A permit granted under section 7 is subject to such conditions, being conditions of any of the kinds referred to in section 9, as are imposed by the Minister and specified in the permit.
Conditions subject to which permit to sell birds may be issued
The kinds of conditions referred to in section 8 are conditions relating to:
(a) the number of birds that may be sold alive;
(b) the number of birds that may be sold dead;
(c) the number of eggs that may be sold;
(d) the parts of eggs that may be sold;
(e) the descriptions and quantities of parts of birds that may be sold;
(f) the age and sex of birds that may be sold;
(g) the condition of birds that may be sold;
(h) the periods, and times of day, during which birds may be sold;
(i) the class of persons to which birds may be sold;
(j) the manner in which birds may be offered for sale;
(k) the manner in which birds may be kept for the purposes of sale; or
(l) the furnishing to the Minister of information in relation to birds sold.
Permits for purchase of birds
(1) A person may apply in writing to the Minister for the grant to him of a permit to purchase:
(a) migratory birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application; or
(b) birds of a species in danger of extinction, being birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application.
(2) An application under subsection (1) for the grant of a permit shall state the purpose for which birds of the species or subspecies to which the application relates are proposed to be purchased, being:
(a) in the case of an application for the grant of a permit to purchase migratory birds — a prescribed purpose referred to in subsection (5); or
(b) in the case of an application for the grant of a permit to take birds of a species in danger of extinction — a prescribed purpose referred to in subsection (5).
(3) Subject to section 18, the Minister may, upon application being made in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), grant a permit to a person to purchase birds of a species or subspecies specified in the application.
(4) The Minister shall specify in each permit granted under this section the purpose for which birds of a species or subspecies to which the permit relates may be purchased under the permit, being the purpose specified, in accordance with subsection (2) in the application for the permit.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (2), each of the following purposes is a prescribed purpose:
(a) keeping for a scientific purpose;
(b) keeping for an educational purpose;
(c) keeping for a purpose related to propagation;
(d) keeping for a purpose prescribed by regulations under this Ordinance.
Permits to purchase birds to be issued subject to conditions
A permit granted under section 10 is subject to:
(a) the condition that the holder of the permit shall not purchase birds of the species or subspecies to which the permit relates otherwise than for the purpose specified in the permit in accordance with subsection 10 (4); and
(b) such other conditions, being conditions of any of the kinds referred to in section 12, as are imposed by the Minister and specified in the permit.
Conditions subject to which permits to purchase birds may be issued
The kinds of conditions referred to in paragraph 11 (b) are conditions relating to:
(a) the number of birds that may be purchased alive;
(b) the number of birds that may be purchased dead;
(c) the number of eggs that may be purchased;
(d) the parts of eggs that may be purchased;
(e) the descriptions and quantities of parts of birds that may be purchased;
(f) the age and sex of birds that may be purchased;
(g) the condition of birds that may be purchased;
(h) the periods, and times of day, during which birds may be purchased;
(i) the class of persons from which birds may be purchased;
(j) the manner in which an offer to purchase birds may be made;
(k) the manner in which birds purchased may be kept; or
(l) the furnishing to the Minister of information in relation to birds purchased.
Birds not to be taken otherwise than in accordance with a permit
(1) A person shall not take a migratory bird otherwise than:
(a) in pursuance of a permit granted under section 4; and
(b) in accordance with the conditions of the permit.
Penalty: $1,000.
(2) A person shall not take a bird of a species in danger of extinction otherwise than:
(a) in pursuance of a permit granted under section 4; and
(b) in accordance with the conditions of the permit.
Penalty: $1,000.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to the keeping of a bird where the bird is kept:
(a) in pursuance of a permit granted under section 7 or 10; and
(b) in accordance with the conditions of the permit.
Persons not to sell birds otherwise than in accordance with a permit
A person shall not sell, offer for sale or keep for the purpose of sale a migratory bird or bird of a species in danger of extinction otherwise than:
(a) in pursuance of a permit granted under section 7; and
(b) in accordance with the conditions of the permit.
Penalty: $1,000.
Persons not to purchase birds otherwise than in accordance with a permit
(1) A person shall not purchase or offer to purchase a migratory bird or a bird of a species in danger of extinction otherwise than in pursuance of a permit granted under section 10.
Penalty: $1,000.
(2) A person who has purchased a migratory bird or a bird of a species in danger of extinction shall not keep the bird otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of a permit granted under section 10.
Penalty: $1,000.
(3) If a person is convicted in relation to the same bird of more than one offence under this section, the court by which he is convicted may impose in respect of the offences a penalty that shall not exceed the maximum penalty that could be imposed if a penalty were imposed in respect of one offence under this section.
Inspector may require production of permit etc
(1) An inspector may:
(a) require any person whom he finds committing or whom he reasonably suspects of having committed an offence against this Ordinance to state his full name and usual place of residence and to state whether he holds a permit; and
(b) require any person who holds a permit to produce the permit or evidence of the existence and contents of the permit.
(2) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement made of him under this section by an inspector.
Penalty: $100.
(3) An inspector (other than a member of the police force who is in uniform) who makes a requirement of a person under subsection (1) shall:
(a) in the case of a member of a police force — produce, for inspection by that person, written evidence of the fact that he is a member of a police force; or
(b) in any other case — produce, for inspection by that person, written evidence of the fact that he is in an inspector;
and, if he fails to do so, that person is not obliged to comply with the requirement.
Suspension and cancellation of permits
(1) Where:
(a) the holder of a permit is charged with an offence under section 13, 14 or 15 in relation to the permit; and
(b) the Minister considers that the circumstances of the offence with which the person is charged are of such seriousness that the permit should be suspended pending the determination of the charge;
the Minister may suspend the permit.
(2) Where, upon the hearing of a charge in respect of which a permit has been suspended under subsection (1):
(a) the charge is found to be proved (whether or not a conviction is recorded) — the Minister may cancel the permit; or
(b) the charge is otherwise disposed of — the Minister shall forthwith remove the suspension of the permit.
Restriction on issue of permit etc
(1) The Minister shall not in any year commencing on 1 July:
(a) grant a permit to a person to take, sell or purchase a migratory bird or a bird of a species in danger of extinction; or
(b) declare, in relation to a species or subspecies of migratory bird, that a period shall be an open season in respect of birds of that species or subspecies;
unless he is satisfied that:
(c) the birds that may be taken in that year by virtue of that permit or of that declaration and all other permits or declarations under this Ordinance will be replaced in the immediately succeeding breeding season by natural reproduction; and
(d) the variety of species and the balance of the natural ecological systems existing within the Territory will be maintained.
(2) A permit shall not be in force for a period of more than 1 year.
Appointment of inspector
The Minister may, by instrument in writing, appoint a person as an inspector.
Inspectors ex officio
By force of this section, any member of the police force of the Territory or of the Australian Federal Police is an inspector.
Delegation
(1) The Minister may, either generally or as otherwise provided in the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate to a person any of his powers under this Ordinance other than this power of delegation and the power to suspend or cancel a permit.
(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been exercised by the Minister.
(3) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power by the Minister.
Review of decision of Minister
(1) Where the Minister makes a decision:
(a) refusing to approve an application for a permit under this Ordinance;
(b) suspending a permit under subsection 17 (1); or
(c) cancelling a permit under paragraph 17 (2) (a);
he shall, by notice in writing within 30 days after the date of the decision, inform the person to whom the decision relates of the decision.
(2) An application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the review of a decision referred to in subregulation (1).
(3) A notice referred to in subregulation (1) shall include a statement to the effect that, subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of the decision to which the notice relates by or on behalf of a person whose interests are affected by the decision.
(4) A failure to comply with the requirements of subregulation (3) in relation to a decision shall not be taken to affect the validity of the decision.
Fees
A fee of $20 is payable in respect of the grant of a permit.
Forfeiture
A bird of a species in danger of extinction or a migratory bird with respect to which an offence has been committed under this Ordinance is forfeited to the Commonwealth.
Regulations
(1) The Minister may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Ordinance, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Ordinance to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Ordinance.
(2) The regulations shall not prescribe a purpose in respect of any provisions of this Ordinance unless the Minister considers that that purpose is consistent with international agreements relating to the protection of migratory birds, birds in danger of extinction and their environment, as in force from time to time, to which Australia is a party.
Schedule 2 Birds of species in danger of extinction
(section 3)
| Column 1 Item | Column 2 Common name | Column 3 Scientific name (species or subspecies) |
| 1 | Gould’s Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera |
| 2 | Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri |
| 3 | Short‑tailed Albatross (Japan) | Diomedea albatrus |
| 4 | Abbott’s Booby | Sula abbotti |
| 5 | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi |
| 6 | Oriental White Stork (Japan) | Ciconia ciconia boyciana |
| 7 | Japanese Crested Ibis (Japan) | Nipponia nippon |
| 8 | Aleutian Canada Goose (Japan) | Branta canadensis leucopareia |
| 9 | Red Goshawk | Accipiter radiatus |
| 10 | Bonin Buzzard (Japan) | Buteo buteo toyoshimae |
| 11 | Ryukyu Serpent Eagle (Japan) | Haematornis cheela perplexus |
| 12 | Japanese Golden Eagle (Japan) | Aquila chrysaetos japonica |
| 13 | Volcano Islands Peregrine Falcon (Japan) | Falco peregrinus fruitii |
| 14 | Japanese Ptarmigan (Japan) | Lagopus mutus japonicus |
| 15 | Plains Wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus |
| 16 | Okinawa Rail (Japan) | Rallus okinawae |
| 17 | Cocos Buff‑banded Rail | Rallus philippensis andrewsi |
| 18 | Lord Howe Island Woodhen | Tricholimnas sylvestris |
| 19 | Japanese Crane (Japan) | Grus japonicus |
| 20 | Nordmann’s Greenshank (Japan) | Tringa guttifer |
| 21 | Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris |
| 22 | Stejneger’s Wood Pigeon (Japan) | Columba janthina stejnegeri |
| 23 | Red‑headed Wood Pigeon (Japan) | Columba janthina nitens |
| 24 | Norfolk Island Parrot | Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii |
| 25 | Coxen’s Fig Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni |
| 26 | Night Parrot | Geopsittacus occidentalis |
| 27 | Orange‑bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster |
| 28 | Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus |
| 29 | Alexandra’s Parrot | Polytelis alexandrae |
| 30 | Golden‑shouldered Parrot | Psephotus chrysopterygius |
| 31 | Hooded Parrot | Psephotus dissimilis |
| 32 | Paradise Parrot | Psephotus pulcherrimus |
| 33 | Norfolk Island Boobook Owl | Ninox novaeseelandiae royana |
| 34 | Christmas Island Hawk Owl | Ninox squamipila natalis |
| 35 | Blakiston’s Eagle‑owl (Japan) | Bubo blakistoni blakistoni |
| 36 | Marbled Frogmouth | Podargus ocellatus plumiferus |
| 37 | Noisy Scrub Bird | Atrichornis clamosus |
| 38 | Pryer’s Woodpecker (Japan) | Sapheopipe noguchii |
| 39 | Owston’s White‑backed Woodpecker (Japan) | Dendrocopus leucotos owstoni |
| 40 | Ezo Three‑toed Woodpecker (Japan) | Picoides tridactylus inouei |
| 41 | Purple‑crowned Fairy‑wren | Malurus coronatus |
| 42 | Carpentarian Grasswren | Amytornis dorotheae |
| 43 | Thick‑billed Grasswren | Amytornis textilis textilis |
| 44 | Western Bristlebird | Dasyornis longirostris |
| 45 | Eastern Bristlebird | Dasyornis brachypterus |
| 46 | Rufous Bristlebird | Dasyornis broadbenti littoralis |
| 47 | Lord Howe Island Currawong | Strepera graculina crissalis |
| 48 | Western Whipbird | Psophodes nigrogularis |
| 49 | Forty‑spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus quadragintus |
| 50 | Norfolk Island Silvereye | Zosterops albogularis |
| 51 | Helmeted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops cassidix |
| 52 | Black‑eared Miner | Manorina flavigula melanotis |
| 53 | Hahajima Honey‑eater (Japan) | Apalopteron familiare hahasima |
| 54 | Bonin Greenfinch (Japan) | Chloris sinica kittlitzi |
| 55 | Lidth’s Jay (Japan) | Garrulus lidthi |
| 56 | Torishima Bush‑warbler (Japan) | Cettia diphone panafidinicus |
| 57 | Japanese Swamp‑warbler (Japan) | Bradypterus pryeri pryeri |
| 58 | Lesser Chinese Bulbul (Japan) | Pycnonotus sinensis orii |
| 59 | Borodino Wren (Japan) | Troglodytes troglodytes orii |
| 60 | Ryukyu or Temminck’s Robin (Japan) | Erithacus komadori komadori |
| 61 | Stejneger’s Robin (Japan) | Erithacus komadori namiyei |
| 62 | Yaeyama Robin (Japan) | Erithacus komadori subrufa |
| 63 | Amami Tiger Thrush (Japan) | Turdus dauma amami |
| 64 | Norfolk Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus |
| 65 | Northern Scrub‑robin | Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi |
Schedule 3 Migratory Birds
(section 3)
| Column 1 Item | Column 2 Common name | Column 3 Scientific name (species or subspecies) |
| 1 | Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans |
| 2 | Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri |
| 3 | Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas (Puffinus leucomelas) |
| 4 | Wedge‑tailed Shearwater | Puffinus pacificus |
| 5 | Flesh‑footed Shearwater | Puffinus carneipes |
| 6 | Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
| 7 | Short‑tailed Shearwater | Puffinus tenuirostris |
| 8 | Wilson’s Storm‑petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
| 9 | Leach’s Storm‑petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| 10 | White‑tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
| 11 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 12 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
| 13 | Red‑footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 14 | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor |
| 15 | Least Frigatebird | Fregata ariel |
| 16 | Cattle Egret | Ardeola ibis (Bubulcus ibis) |
| 17 | Great Egret | Egretta alba |
| 18 | Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| 19 | Garganey | Anas querquedula |
| 20 | Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 21 | Mongolian Plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| 22 | Large Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| 23 | Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus |
| 24 | Lesser Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| 25 | Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 26 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 27 | Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| 28 | Red‑necked Stint | Calidris ruticollis |
| 29 | Long‑toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
| 30 | Baird’s Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| 31 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| 32 | Sharp‑tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| 33 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 34 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| 35 | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 36 | Sanderling | Calidris alba (Crocethia alba) |
| 37 | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| 38 | Buff‑breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis |
| 39 | Broad‑billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
| 40 | Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| 41 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 42 | Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 43 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 44 | Grey‑tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes |
| 45 | Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana |
| 46 | Common Sandpiper | Tringa hypoleucos |
| 47 | Terek Sandpiper | Tringa terek (Xenus cinereus) |
| 48 | Black‑tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 49 | Bar‑tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 50 | Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 51 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| 52 | Little Curlew | Numenius minutus (Numenius borealis) |
| 53 | Pin‑tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura (Capella stenura) |
| 54 | Swinhoe’s Snipe | Gallinago megala (Capella megala) |
| 55 | Latham’s Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii (Capella hardwickii) |
| 56 | Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
| 57 | Red‑necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 58 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum |
| 59 | South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki |
| 60 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| 61 | Arctic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 62 | Long‑tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicauda |
| 63 | White‑winged Tern | Chlidonias leucoptera |
| 64 | Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| 65 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia (Hydroprogne tschegrava) |
| 66 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 67 | Black‑naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 68 | Bridled Tern | Sterna anaethetus |
| 69 | Little Tern | Sterna albifrons |
| 70 | Common Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 71 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| 72 | White‑throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| 73 | Rainbow Bee‑eater | Merops ornatus |
| 74 | Fork‑tailed Swift | Apus pacificus |
| 75 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 76 | Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| 77 | Eastern Reef Egret | Egretta sacra |
| 78 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
| 79 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 80 | White‑bellied Sea‑eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| 81 | Sarus Crane | Grus antigone |
| 82 | Red‑legged Crake | Rallina fasciata |
| 83 | Corncrake | Crex crex |
| 84 | Pheasant‑tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
| 85 | Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| 86 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| 87 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| 88 | Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 89 | Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| 90 | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis (Sterna bengalensis) |
| 91 | Greater Striated Swallow | Hirundo striolata |
| 92 | Yellow‑headed Wagtail | Motacilla citreola |
| 93 | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| 94 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| 95 | Great Reed‑warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| 96 | Arctic Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| 97 | Andrew’s Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi |
| 98 | Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
Notes to the Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980
Note 1
The Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980 (in force under the Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954) as shown in this compilation comprises Ordinance No. 2 of 1980 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Ordinances
| Year and | Date of notification | Date of | Application, saving or |
| No. 2, 1980 | 12 Aug 1980 | 15 Oct 1980 (see s. 2 and Gazette, 1980 No. G41) | |
| No. 1, 1982 | 9 July 1982 | 9 July 1982 | — |
| No. 1, 1983 | 22 Sept 1983 | 22 Sept 1983 | — |
| No. 1, 1985 | 14 Mar 1985 | 14 Mar 1985 | — |
| No. 1, 1988 | 1 June 1988 | 1 June 1988 | — |
Table of Amendments
| ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |
| Provision affected | How affected |
| S. 3............................................... | am. No. 1, 1982; No. 1, 1983; No. 1, 1988 |
| S. 4............................................... | am. No. 1, 1982; No. 1, 1988 |
| S. 5............................................... | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| S. 7............................................... | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| S. 8............................................... | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| S. 10............................................ | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| S. 11............................................ | am, No. 1, 1982 |
| S. 16............................................ | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| S. 18............................................ | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| S. 22............................................ | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| rs. No. 1, 1983 | |
| S. 25............................................ | am. No. 1, 1982; No. 1, 1988 |
| Schedule 1................................. | rs. No. 1, 1982; No. 1, 1983 |
| rep. No. 1, 1988 | |
| Schedule 3 | |
| Heading to Schedule 2............ | am. No. 1, 1983 |
| Renumbered Schedule 3.... | No. 1, 1983 |
| Schedule 2................................. | am. No. 1, 1982 |
| rs. No. 1, 1983 | |
| Schedule 3................................. | rs. No. 1, 1985; No. 1, 1988 |
| Schedule 3................................. | rep. No. 1, 1983 |
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