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Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982

S.I. 1982/1220 · Made 23 August 1982 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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WILDLIFE

Made 23rd August 1982

Laid before Parliament 6th September 1982

Coming into Operation 28th September 1982

The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, hereby make the following regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

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Regulations revoked (E.W.) (28.12.2017) by The Ringing of Certain Captive-bred Birds (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1213), regs. 1(1), 3(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(2))

Contents

  1. Title, commencement, interpretation and application
  2. 1Regulation 1
  3. Ringing
  4. 2Regulation 2
  5. 3Regulation 3
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule 1: APPROVED SUPPLIERS
  8. 1Paragraph 1
  9. 2Paragraph 2
  10. Schedule 2SIZES OF RING
  11. Explanatory note

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(1)

These regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982, and shall come into operation on 28th September 1982.

(2)

These regulations apply for the purposes of references in section 6(5) of the Act.

(3)

In these regulations:

  • “approved supplier” means any supplier specified in Schedule 1 to these regulations;

  • “close ring” means a continuous ring or band, without any break or join, for ringing a bird;

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

  • “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Environment;

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

and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

(4)

Any reference in these regulations to a bird to which these regulations apply is a reference to a bird included in Part I of Schedule 3 which was bred in captivity.

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Any bird to which these regulations apply which immediately before the date on which these regulations come into operation was close ringed, or was otherwise ringed for the purpose of being shown for competition, may continue to be so ringed for the period of three years beginning on that date.

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(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.

Signature

F1Michael R.D. Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

9th August 1982

George Younger

Secretary of State for Scotland

23rd August 1982

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Michael Roberts

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Welsh Office

16th August 1982

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  1. 1

    The British Bird Council

  2. 35

    Chatham Road

  3. 3

    Kingston-upon-Thames

  4. 4

    Surrey

  5. 5

    KT1 3AB.

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  1. 1

    The International Ornithological Association

  2. 7

    Cleve Road

  3. 3

    Sidcup

  4. 4

    Kent

  5. 5

    DA14 4RF.

Schedule 2SIZES OF RINGI1F1

Common nameScientific nameSize of ring (internal diameter, in millimetres)
BlackbirdTurdus merula4.4
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2.7
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2.5
Bunting, ReedEmberiza schoeniclus2.7
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2.7
DunnockPrunella modularis2.9
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2.5
GreenfinchCarduelis chloris2.9
JackdawCorvus monedula7.1
JayGarrulus glandarius6.0
LinnetCarduelis cannabina2.5
MagpiePica pica7.1
Owl, BarnTyto alba9.5
RedpollCarduelis flammea2.4
SiskinCarduelis spinus2.4
StarlingSturnus vulgaris4.4
Thrush, SongTurdus philomelos3.9
TwiteCarduelis flavirostris2.4
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2.9

Explanatory note

These regulations have been made for the purposes of s.6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and provide for the ringing of birds included in Part I of Schedule 3 to that Act and bred in captivity.