The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009
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(1) These Regulations, which implement Directive 2006/88/EC, may be cited as the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009.for the purposes of regulation 5(1) , on 1st May 2009;for the purposes of regulation 12(1) , on 1st August 2009; andfor all other purposes, on 27th March 2009.(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.any ornamental aquatic animal reared in a non-commercial aquarium; any wild aquatic animal harvested or caught for direct entry into the food chain other than one which is to be treated as an aquaculture animal under regulation 18(3) ; any aquatic animal caught for the purpose of production of fishmeal, fish feed, fish oil or any similar product. (1) In these Regulations–
- F43“Commission Decision 2009/177/EC” means Commission Decision 2009/177/EC implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments;
- F41“the competent authority” has the meaning given in regulation 3A;
- F44“Decision 2015/1554” means Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1554 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for surveillance and diagnostic methods; ......
- “Directive 2006/88/EC” means Council Directive 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals, as amended from time to time;
- “inspector” means any person authorised by the competent authority to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations;
- “listed disease” means–
- (a) a disease listed in the second column of F45Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No. 1251/2008; or
- (b) a disease listed in the first column of Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
- “non-commercial installation” means any aquaculture production business in which aquatic animals are kept with no intention of placing them on the market;
- “operator”, in relation to an aquaculture production business, a specialist transport business, a processing establishment, a non-commercial installation or a put and take fishery, means any person who is responsible for the management of that business, establishment, installation or fishery;
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F30“processing establishment” means any food business which is approved for processing aquaculture animals for food purposes in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and which may, when granted an authorisation under regulation 7, slaughter aquaculture animals for disease control purposes in accordance with Article 33 of Chapter V of Directive 2006/88/EC; which aquaculture animals—
- ((a) ) are the subject of a notice; or
- ((b) ) come from an area, farm or mollusc farming area which is the subject of a notice,
- F31“Regulation (EC) No 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p.55) , as amended from time to time;
- “Regulation (EC) No. 1251/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1251/2008 on implementing Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species, as amended from time to time;
- “Scotland” includes so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Scotland; and
- “specialist transport business” means a business or undertaking which wholly or mainly transports live aquaculture animals in means of transport specially designed or adapted for that purpose.
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