SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE No. 4518 of 08 November, 2018

LEGAL NOTICE NO. 251 OF 2018.

NATURE PROTECTION ACT 1991

NATURE PROTECTION (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULES) NOTICE 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 23 of the Nature Protection Act 1991, the Minister has made the following Notice-

Title.

1. This Notice may be cited as the Nature Protection (Amendment of Schedules) Notice 2018.

Commencement.

2. This Notice comes into operation on the day of publication.

Amendment to the Nature Protection Act 1991.

3.(1) The Nature Protection Act 1991 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) In Schedule 1–

(a) delete the following entry–

“ Dictyoptera Mantids all all species ”; and

(b) insert the following before the entry for “Lepidoptera”–

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Mantatodea All mantids

Coleoptera Buprestis sanguinea Jewel beetle Paratyphlus tristancanoi (Gibraltar endemic beetle) Lusitanopsis herculeanus (Gibraltar endemic beetle) Torneuma bensusani (A near-endemic beetle)

Hymenoptera Technomyrmex vexatus (A rare ) ghilianii (A trap-jaw ant) ”.

(3) Substitute the following for Schedule 3–

“ SCHEDULE 3.

Section 13

Wild , including wild birds and wild in respect of which no licence shall be issued under section 13 which may result in the extinction in Gibraltar of that wild , wild bird or wild .

Name Common name or description

Phalacrocrax aristotelis desmarestii Mediterranean Shag

Falconiformes Any bird of prey

Alectoris barbara Barbary Partridge

Tytonidae and Strigidae Any Owl

Vulpes vulpes Red Fox

Macaca sylvanus Barbary Macaque

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Acicula norris (Gibraltar endemic snail)

Osteophora calpeana (Gibraltar endemic snail)

Ceciliodes spp. (Gibraltar endemic snail)

Macrothele calpetana Gibraltar Funnel-web Spider

Buprestis sanguinea Jewel Beetle

Paratyphlus tristancanoi (Gibraltar endemic beetle)

Lusitanopsis herculeanus (Gibraltar endemic beetle)

Technomyrmex vexatus A rare ant

Torneuma bensusani A near-endemic beetle

Cerastium gibraltaricum Gibraltar Chickweed

Silene tomentosa Gibraltar Sea Campion

Iberis gibraltarica Gibraltar Candytuft

Saxifraga globurifera var. gibraltarica Gibraltar Saxifrage

Ononis natrix subsp. ramosissima Gibraltar Restharrow

Limonium emarginatum Gibraltar Sea Lavender

Thymus willdenowii Gibraltar Thyme

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All species of the family ORCHIDACEAE ”.

Dated 8th November, 2018.

DR. J CORTES, Minister with responsibility for the Environment.

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Notice amends Schedule 1 and Schedule 3 of the Nature Protection Act 1991.

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