Diseases of Fish (Control) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 1447 of 2000).

Subject: Fisheries
Keyword: Fish disease Inspection Vaccination Animal health
Geographical area: Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract: These Regulations which apply to Great Britain, implement Council Directive 93/53 EC introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases. The Regulations, inter alia: (a) require that an official census be kept of the fish populations on farms which are suspected of being infected (reg. 3); (b) set out the control measures to be taken when the presence of a disease in Part I of Schedule 3 is suspected (reg. 4); (c) set out the control measures to be taken when the presence of a disease in Part I of Schedule 3 is confirmed (reg. 5); (d) set out the control measures to be taken when the presence of a disease listed in Part II of Schedule 3 is suspected in an approved zone or on an approved farm in a non-approved zone (reg. 6); (e) set out the control measures to be taken when the presence of a disease listed in Part II of Schedule 3 is confirmed in an approved zone or on an approved farm in a non-approved zone (reg. 7); (f) set out the control measures to be taken when a disease listed in Part II of Schedule 3 is suspected in a non-approved farm in a non-approved zone (reg. 8); (g) set out the control measures to be taken when a disease listed in Schedule 3 is discovered amongst fish in the wild (reg. 9); (h) prohibit the vaccination of fish against diseases (reg. 10); and (i) provide powers for the enforcement of these Regulations including powers of entry (regs. 11 to 14).
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