The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) Order 1998
This Order, which is made under section 1 of the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 (“the Act”), and which comes into force, in relation to fish first kept before 1st November 1998, on 1st May 1999 and, in relation to all other fish, on 1st November 1998, prohibits the keeping or release in England and Wales of any species of fish specified in the Schedule to the Order, except under authority of a licence granted by the Minister.