(1)  For the holder of a muttonbird licence, the open season for muttonbird in each year is the period starting at 8.00 a.m. on the Saturday nearest 1 April of the year and ending on the third Sunday following that day, except where that day immediately precedes Easter Monday, in which case the period ends on Easter Monday of the year.

(2)  During the open season, juvenile muttonbirds may be taken from the rookeries specified in Schedule 1 to this order.

(3)  During an open season, the holder of a muttonbird licence may only take up to 25 muttonbirds in a single day.