Migratory Birds (Amendment) Ordinance 1988 (AAT)

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AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY

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Migratory Birds (Amendment) Ordinance 1988

 

No. 1 of 1988

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954.

 Dated 25 May 1988.

 

 N. M. STEPHEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

 

 

GRAHAM RICHARDSON

Minister of State for the Arts, Sport,
the Environment, Tourism and Territories

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An Ordinance to amend the Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980

 

Short title

 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Migratory Birds (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.1

Principal Ordinance

 2. In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980.2

Interpretation

 3. Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:

 (a) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “Agreement”; and

(b) by omitting subsection (2).

 

Permits to take birds

 4. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from paragraph (5) (e) “, being a purpose consistent with the Agreement”.                            

 

Permits for purchase of birds

 5. Section 10 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from paragraph (5) (d) “, being a purpose consistent with the Agreement”.

 

Regulations

 6. Section 25 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from subsection (2) “that is not consistent with the Agreement” and substituting:

 “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 environmnet, as in force from time to time, to which Australia is a party”.

 

Schedule 1

 7. Schedule 1 to the Principal Ordinance is repealed.

 

Schedule 3

 8. Schedule 3 to the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

 

 SCHEDULE 3 Section 3

MIGRATORY BIRDS

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


SCHEDULE 3 – continued

 

Column 1

 

 

Item

Column 2

 

 

Common Name

Column 3

 

Scientific name (species or subspecies)

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

Oriential 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


SCHEDULE 3 – continued

 

Column 1

 

 

Item

Column 2

 

 

Common Name

Column 3

 

Scientific name (species or subspecies)

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

Oriential 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

Childonias leucoptera

64

Black Tern

Childonias 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


SCHEDULE 3 – continued

 

Column 1

 

 

Item

Column 2

 

 

Common Name

Column 3

 

Scientific name (species or subspecies)

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

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 June 1998.

2. No. 2, 1980 as amended by No. 1, 1982; No. 1, 1983; No. 1, 1985.

 

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