The Wildlife and Countryside (Registration, Ringing and Marking of Certain Captive Birds) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Termination

4.—(1) A registration ceases to have effect—

(a) when the registered bird—

(i) dies;

(ii) escapes or is released into the wild;

(iii) is disposed of by way of sale or otherwise;

(iv) is exported from the United Kingdom;

(b) when the ring or marking referred to in regulation 6 is removed or the identifying information on it or stored within it becomes unreadable;

(c) when the registered bird is kept by a person other than its registered keeper, unless it is intended at the time when the bird begins to be so kept that it will be returned to its registered keeper within the specified period and the bird is so returned;

(d) when the registered bird is kept by its registered keeper but ceases to be kept at its registered address, unless—

(i) it is intended at the time when the bird ceases to be so kept that it will be returned to its registered address within 3 weeks and the bird is so returned, or

(ii) the Welsh Ministers are notified in writing in accordance with paragraph (2) of the new address at which the bird will be kept.

(2) The notification referred to in paragraph (1)(d)(ii) must—

(i) be made before the bird ceases to be kept at the registered address; and

(ii) contain the date from which the bird will be kept at the new address.

(3) In regulation 4(1)(c) “the specified period” (“y cyfnod penodedig”) means—

(i) in circumstances where the bird will not be kept continuously at its registered address, a period of 3 weeks; or

(ii) in circumstances where the bird will be kept continuously at its registered address, a period of 6 weeks.