Title, commencement, interpretation and application

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982, and shall come into operation on 28th September 1982.

(2) These regulations apply for the purposes of references in section 6(5) of the Act.

(3) In these regulations:

“approved supplier” means any supplier specified in Schedule 1 to these regulations;

“close ring” means a continuous ring or band, without any break or join, for ringing a bird;

“ring” means any ring or band for ringing a bird;

“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Environment;

“the Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

(4) Any reference in these regulations to a bird to which these regulations apply is a reference to a bird included in Part I of Schedule 3 which was bred in captivity.

Ringing

2.  Any bird to which these regulations apply which immediately before the date on which these regulations come into operation was close ringed, or was otherwise ringed for the purpose of being shown for competition, may continue to be so ringed for the period of three years beginning on that date.

3.—(1) Subject as mentioned in regulation 2 above, any bird to which these regulations apply shall be close ringed with a ring of a size no larger than the size specified in Schedule 2 to these regulations.

(2) Any such ring as is mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall be obtained from an approved supplier, and the application for the ring shall—

(a)be made by the keeper, or prospective keeper, of the bird to be ringed;

(b)provide details of its parents, or prospective parents; and

(c)in the case of a bird in being, specify its age and (where known) its sex.

SCHEDULE 1APPROVED SUPPLIERS

SCHEDULE 2SIZES OF RING

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These regulations have been made for the purposes of s.6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and provide for the ringing of birds included in Part I of Schedule 3 to that Act and bred in captivity.