Citation, commencement and extent

1.–(1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (Scotland) Order 2009, and comes into force on 21st December 2009.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Variation of Schedule 4

2.–(1) The following birds are removed from Schedule 4(3) to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ("the 1981 Act") (birds which must be registered and ringed if kept in captivity):–

(2) 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" at the end of the list of birds in Schedule 4 to the 1981 Act are omitted.

Revocation

3. Article 3 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994(4) is revoked.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

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 2 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 are–

Article 3 contains a consequential revocation of article 3 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994.

A full regulatory impact assessment has been produced for this instrument and a copy of it placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Further copies may be obtained from the Scottish Government Rural Directorate, Landscapes and Habitats Division, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.