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.