In these Regulations—

• “lead shot” means any shot made of—

  1. a

     lead, or

  2. b

     any alloy or compound of lead where lead comprises more than 1% of that alloy or compound;

• “the Ramsar Convention” means the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat, signed at Ramsar on 2nd February 1971, as amended by—

  1. a

     the Protocol known as the Paris Protocol done at Paris on 3rd December 1982; and

  2. b

     the amendments known as the Regina Amendments adopted at the Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting parties held at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada between 28th May and 3rd June 19872;

• “shot gun” means a smooth-bore gun but does not include any shot gun chambered for 9 millimetre or smaller rim-fire cartridges;

• “wetlands” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3.