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

Interpretation E+W

2.  In these Regulations—

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

“CITES marking” means a mark in accordance with the specimen marking requirements of Article 66 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein(1);

“CITES register” means a register of birds kept by the Secretary of State in respect of which a CITES certificate has been issued, and for this purpose a “CITES certificate” means a certificate referred to in Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein(2) issued by the management authority for the United Kingdom(3);

“keep” means keep, or have in one’s possession or control;

“keeper”, in relation to a bird, means the person who keeps the bird;

“registered” means entered in the register maintained by the Secretary of State under regulation 3(1) or, before the coming into force of these Regulations, regulation 3(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and Ringing of Certain Captive Birds) Regulations 1982(4) (and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly);

“registration” includes re-registration (and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly);

“relevant bird” means a bird included in Schedule 4 to the Act;

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

“the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

(1)

OJ No L 166, 19.6.2006 p1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 (OJ No L 31, 5.2.2008, p3). Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 gives effect to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed in Washington on 3rd March 1973, the text of which is set out in Cmnd.5459.

(2)

OJ No L 161, 3.3.1997, p1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2008 (OJ L No 195, 8.4.2008, p3).

(3)

The Secretary of State is the management authority for the United Kingdom having been designated under Article IX(1) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to carry out that function and to grant permits or certificates on behalf of the United Kingdom pursuant to that Convention.

(4)

S.I. 1982/1221.