In these Regulations —

• “CITES” (“CITES”) means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora3;

• “CITES marking” (“marc CITES”) means a marking which satisfies the requirements set out in regulation 5(3);

• “keeper” (“ceidwad”) means the person who keeps, or has possession of, or control over, a bird;

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

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

• “the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales.

In these Regulations, any reference to a bird to which these Regulations apply is a reference to any bird included in Schedule 4 to the Act which any person keeps, possesses or controls.