In these Regulations—

• “keep” (“cadw”) means keep, possess or control;

• “keeper” (“ceidwad”) means the person who keeps, or has possession of, or control over, a bird;

• “registered address” (“cyfeiriad cofrestredig”) means the address contained in the register maintained by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 3(1);

• “registered keeper” (“ceidwad cofrestredig”) in relation to a registered bird means the person registered as keeper of the bird in the register maintained by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 3(1);

• “ring” (“modrwy”) means any ring or band for ringing a bird; and

• “the Act” (“y Deddf”) means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

In these Regulations, 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.