
1 
This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Preservation Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 7th September 1998.
2 
It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or purchase grouse for consumption in Northern Ireland or elsewhere by human beings or animals at any time from 7th September 1998 to 11th August 1999.
3 
It shall not be lawful for any person to kill or take partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants at any time from 30th September 1998 to 30th September 1999 provided that the Department of the Environment may, where it is considered expedient so to do, grant exemption from the terms of this Article.
4 
It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or purchase partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants for consumption in Northern Ireland or elsewhere by human beings or animals at any time from 30th September 1998 to 30th September 1999 except that a person who has been exempted under Article 3 to kill partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants may sell them to a licensed game dealer.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
R. W. Rogers
Assistant Secretary
17th August 1998.