20 of 2014 fisheries protection (hawksbill turtle) (close season) order 2014

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FISHERIES PROTECTION (HAWKSBILL TURTLE) (CLOSE SEASON) ORDER 2014 (Legal Notice 20 of 2014) ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS PARAGRAPH

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Citation and commencement Close season

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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FISHERIES PROTECTION (HAWKSBILL TURTLE) (CLOSE SEASON) ORDER 2014 (Legal Notice 20 of 2014) MADE by the Governor under regulation 12(2) of the Fisheries Protections Regulations.

Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Fisheries Protection (Hawksbill Turtle) (Close Season) Order 2014 and comes into operation on 1st July 2014.

Close season 2. (1) The close season in relation to hawksbill turtle shall be the period from the first day of August to the thirty-first day of March (inclusive) in each year.

(2) Where, in any year, the first day of April falls upon a Sunday, the “close season” in relation to hawksbill turtle shall end on midnight on that day instead of the thirty-first March.

MADE this 18th day of June 2014.

PETER BECKINGHAM GOVERNOR

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EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order provides a close season for hawksbill turtle which is the period 1st August to 31 March in each year.

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