Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and Ringing of Certain Captive Birds) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. No. 419 of 2009). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Scotland Document type Regulation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Birds Marking/identification Registration Endangered species Protection of species Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, make provision for the registration and ringing or marking of the birds included in Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for the purposes of section 7(1) of that Act. Any person who keeps, or has possession of, or control over, one of these birds commits an offence under that subsection if it has not been registered and ringed or marked in accordance with these Regulations. Regulation 5 states that where a bird of a species listed in the Schedule is registered on the CITES register, it is treated as being registered in accordance with these Regulations. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk