Delegation of authority in accordance with the Act to prescribe measures in respect of diseases of freshwater fish to county veterinarians (No. 626 of 1987).

Subject

Fisheries

Keyword

Aquaculture Fish disease Institution Fishery management and conservation Animal health

Geographical area

Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Entry into force notes

This provision enters into force on 1 August 1987.

Abstract

With the present Decree, the Ministry of Agriculture delegates power vested in it, pursuant to sections 2, 4, and 8 of the Act to Prescribe Measures in Relation to Diseases Affecting Freshwater Fish, 1968 (probably repealed), to the county veterinarian concerned. Power is delegated to these local animal health officers "to prescribe measures or to do whatever else is necessary to prevent, limit, or eradicate diseases to which the present Act applies".

Full text

Norwegian

Website

www.lovdata.no

References - Legislation

Implements

Act No. 54 of 1997 to prescribe measures in respect of fish and other aquatic animal disease.

Legislation | Norway | 1997 (2000)

Keyword: Aquaculture, Mariculture, Aquatic animals, Fish disease, Quarantine, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX