Refuge For Fauna (Horn Head) Designation Order, 1988.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: (1) This Order may be cited as the Refuge for Fauna (Horn Head) Designation Order, 1988.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 12th day of June, 1988.
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paragraphs: (1) The land specified in paragraph (2) of this Article is hereby designated as and there is established thereon a refuge (in this Order referred to as " the refuge") for the species of fauna specified in paragraph (3) of this Article.
(2) The land referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article is the area of land known as Horn Head in the county of Donegal following the line of the cliff top from the townland boundary adjacent to Micky's hole between the townlands of Largatreany and Claggan on the west and extending 8.8 kilometres to the laneway at Ross Glenn in the townland of Muntermellan on the east and extending 200 metres from the cliff face on the seaward side.
(3) The species of fauna referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article are the following:
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Rock Pipit (Anthus spinoletta petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
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paragraphs: A person shall not on the land referred to in Article 2(2) of this Order (other than for the purposes of saving life or other emergency)—
( a ) climb the cliff face within the refuge, other than during the period from the 1st day of September in any year to the 31st day of March in any following year under and in accordance with the permission of the Minister,
( b ) wilfully disturb any wild bird or a species specified in Article 2(3) of this Order,
( c ) carry on any part of the refuge any firearm or other weapon, instrument or device capable of being used to hunt any such wild bird,
( d ) use drift nets within the refuge,
( e ) dump or dispose of any bottle, glass, container or other refuse in any part of the refuge,
( f ) dump or dispose of any deleterious matter which, on entry or discharge into the refuge, would be liable to cause death or injury to any such wild bird or damage a nest of any such wild bird, or dump or dispose of any domestic or industrial waste, oil or any other form or petroleum in or into the refuge,
( g ) fly an aircraft within 500 metres of the cliff face within the refuge or up to 1,000 feet above any part of the refuge other than for educational or scientific purposes under and in accordance with the permission of the Minister, or
( h ) hang-glide in or from any part of the refuge during the period from the 1st day of April to the 31st day of August in any year.
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paragraphs: (1) Notices relating to the contents of this Order may be erected by or on behalf of the Minister in any part of the refuge.
(2) A person shall not alter, deface, disfigure, mark, or otherwise interfere with, or cause to be altered, defaced, disfigured, marked, or otherwise interfered with any such notice.
GIVEN under my hand, this 16th day of May, 1988.
NOEL TREACY,
Minister of State at the Department
of Finance.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
The Order designates part of Horn Head, Co. Donegal as a refuge for certain species of seabirds that inhabit the area.
The Order specifies the measures to be taken for the protection of these species.