The Diseases of Fish (Control) Regulations 1994
These Regulations which apply to Great Britain, implement Council Directive 93/53 EEC (OJ No. L 175, 19.7.93, p. 23) (“the Directive”) introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases. The Regulations—require that an official census be kept of the fish populations on farms which are suspected of being infected (regulation 3);set out the control measures to be taken when the presence of a disease in Part I of Schedule 3 is suspected (regulation 4);set out the control measures to be taken when the presence of a disease in Part I of Schedule 3 is confirmed (regulation 5);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 (regulation 6);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 (regulation 7);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 (regulation 8);set out the control measures to be taken when a disease listed in Schedule 3 is discovered amongst fish in the wild (regulation 9);prohibit the vaccination of fish against diseases (regulation 10);provide powers for the enforcement of these Regulations including powers of entry (regulations 11 to 14);provide that contravention of, or failure to comply with a provision of the Regulations shall be an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (regulation 15);provide for the amendment of the Registration of Fish Farming and Shellfish Farming Businesses Order 1985 in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 5 (regulation 16).