The Spring Traps Approval (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1961
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Order, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)

Section 1D of the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, provides that after the 31st December, 1961, it shall be an offence to use for the purpose of killing or taking animals a spring trap other than one approved by Order of the Ministry of Home Affairs. By this Order the Ministry approves certain traps subject to conditions as to the animals for which and the circumstances in which such trap...