The Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and Ringing of Certain Captive Birds) (Scotland) Regulations 2009
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2009/419 |
| Year | 2009 |
SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2009 No. 419
WILDLIFE
The Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and Ringing of
Certain Captive Birds) (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Made - - - - 24th November 2009
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 26th November 2009
Coming into force - - 21st December 2009
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by
them to do so.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and
Ringing of Certain Captive Birds) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and come into force on
21st December 2009.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
“keep” means keep, possess or control;
“keeper” means the person who keeps, or has possession of, or control over, a bird;
“register” means the register referred to in regulation 3(1); and
“ring” means any ring or band for ringing a bird.
(2) Any reference to a bird to which these Regulations apply is a reference to any bird included
in Schedule 4 to the Act which any person keeps, possesses or controls.
Registration
3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must, for the purposes of section 7(1) of the Act, maintain a
register of birds to which these Regulations apply which are kept at addresses in Scotland.
(2) An application for registration must be made by either the keeper or the prospective keeper
of the bird to which the application relates.
(a) 1981 c.69. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the
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