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The Wildlife and Countryside (Registration, Ringing and Marking of Certain Captive Birds) (England) Regulations 2015

Consolidated Text Cited authorities 16 Cited in Amendments 5 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2015/618
Year2015
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Registration, Ringing and Marking of Certain Captive Birds) (England) Regulations 2015.(2) They extend to England and Wales.birds kept in England or registered in accordance with these Regulations in consequence of having been kept in England; andbirds treated by virtue of regulation 5(1) as registered in accordance with these Regulations.(4) They come into force on 1st July 2015.
  • In these Regulations—
    • (1) The Secretary of State must, for the purposes of section 7(1) of the Act, maintain a register of relevant birds in respect of which the Secretary of State has received an application for registration in accordance with this regulation or regulation 3(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and Ringing of Certain Captive Birds) Regulations 1982.(2) The register must specify the address (the “registered address”) at which each registered bird is kept.(3) An application for registration must be made by the keeper, or prospective keeper, of the bird to which the application relates on a form obtained from the Secretary of State.(4) Upon receiving an application for registration, the Secretary of State must (subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) ) enter the information on the register.(5) The Secretary of State must not register any relevant bird unless satisfied that the bird has been ringed or marked in accordance with regulation 6.(6) The Secretary of State may decline to make an entry in the register in respect of an application until the charge (if any) determined by the Secretary of State under section 7(2A) of the Act has been paid.(7) Upon being notified in accordance with regulation 4(1) (d) (ii) of a change in the address at which a registered bird will be kept, the Secretary of State must update the register with the new address as the registered address for that bird.dies;escapes or is released into the wild;is disposed of by way of sale or otherwise; oris exported from the United Kingdom;when the ring obtained from the Secretary of State, or, as

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