The title of this Order is the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (Wales) Order 2009, it comes into force on the 23 April 2009 and applies in relation to Wales.
Specified date: 23 April 2009: see above.
(1) Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (birds which must be registered and ringed if kept in captivity) is amended as follows.
(2) The following birds are omitted—
| Common name | Scientific name | ||
| Bunting, Cirl | Emberiza cirlus | ||
| Bunting, Lapland | Calcarius lapponicus | ||
| Bunting, Snow | Plectrophenax nivalis | ||
| Eagle, Adalbert's | Aquila adalberti | ||
| Eagle, Great Philippine | Pithecophaga jefferyi | ||
| Eagle, Imperial | Aquila heliaca | ||
| Eagle, New Guinea | Harpyopsis novaeguineae | ||
| Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | ||
| Crossbills (all species) | Loxia spp | ||
| Falcon, Barbary | Falco pelegrinoides | ||
| Falcon, Gyr | Falco rusticolus | ||
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | ||
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapillus | ||
| Fish-Eagle, Madagascar | Haliaeetus vociferoides | ||
| Forest-Falcon, Plumbeous | Micrastur plumbeus | ||
| Harrier, Hen | Circus cyaneus | ||
| Hawk, Galapagos | Buteo galapagoensis | ||
| Hawk, Grey-backed | Leucopternis occidentalis | ||
| Hawk, Hawaiian | Buteo solitarius | ||
| Hawk, Ridgway's | Buteo ridgwayi | ||
| Hawk, White-necked | Leucopternis lacernulata | ||
| Hawk-Eagle, Wallace's | Spizaetus nanus | ||
| Hobby | Falco subbuteo | ||
| Honey-Buzzard, Black | Henicopernis infuscatus | ||
| Kestrel, Lesser | Falco naumanni | ||
| Kestrel, Mauritius | Falco punctatus | ||
| Kite, Red | Milvus, milvus | ||
| Oriole, Golden | Oriolus, oriolus | ||
| Redstart, Black | Phoenicurus ochruros | ||
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | ||
| Sea-Eagle, Pallas' | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | ||
| Sea-Eagle, Steller's | Haliaeetus pelagicus | ||
| Serin | Serinus serinus | ||
| Serpent-Eagle, Andaman | Spilornis elgini | ||
| Serpent-Eagle, Madagascar | Eutriorchis astur | ||
| Serpent-Eagle, Mountain | Spilornis kinabaluensis | ||
| Shorelark | Eremophila alpestris | ||
| Shrike, Red-backed | Lanius collurio | ||
| Sparrowhawk, Gundlach's | Accipiter gundlachi | ||
| Sparrowhawk, Imitator | Accipiter imitator | ||
| Sparrowhawk, New Britain | Accipiter brachyurus | ||
| Sparrowhawk, Small | Accipiter nanus | ||
| Tit, Bearded | Panurus biarmicus | ||
| Tit, Crested | Parus cristatus | ||
| Warbler, Cetti's | Cettia cetti | ||
| Warbler, Dartford | Sylvia undata | ||
| Warbler, Marsh | Acrocephalus palustris | ||
| Warbler, Savi's | Locustella luscinioides | ||
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | ||
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | ||
(3) The words “Any bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule” are omitted.
Specified date: 23 April 2009: see art 1.
Article 3 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994 is revoked.
Specified date: 23 April 2009: see art 1.
Jane Davidson
Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, one of the Welsh Ministers
24 March 2009
Section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”), together with Regulations made under that section, provide for the registration and ringing or marking of birds that are kept in captivity and are listed in Schedule 4 to the Act.
Article 3 of this Order removes the birds listed in that article from Schedule 4 to the Act. It also removes the reference to hybrids so that Schedule 4 no longer includes hybrids of the species of birds in the list.
From the coming into force of this Order, the birds included in Schedule 4 to the Act will be—
| Common name | Scientific name | ||
| Buzzard, Honey | Pernis apivorus | ||
| Eagle, Golden | Aquila chrysaetos | ||
| Eagle, White-tailed | Haliaeetus albicilla | ||
| Falcon, Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | ||
| Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | ||
| Harrier, Marsh | Circus aeruginosus | ||
| Harrier, Montagu's | Circus pygargus | ||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
Article 4 contains a consequential revocation of Article 3 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994 (SI 1994/1151).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effect that this instrument will have to the costs of business and the voluntary sector has been prepared in respect of this Order. A copy of the Impact Assessment can be obtained from the Department for Environment, Sustainability and Housing. Nature, Access and Marine Unit, Crown Buildings, Northgate Street Aberystwyth, or viewed on the National Assembly for Wales website—www.assemblywales.org.
