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The Aquatic Animal Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

S.R. 2011/118 · Made 18 March 2011

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Aquatic Animal Health

Made 18th March 2011

Coming into operation 1st May 2011

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a department designated f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2000/2812

f2

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3 of, and Part 1 of Schedule to, European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Aquatic Animal Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and come into operation on 1st May 2011.

2Amendment of Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

(1)

The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009f1 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In Schedule 1 (list of diseases) after the entry relating to Spring viraemia of carp add—

“Ostreid herpesvirus 1 µvar       Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas).”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 18th March 2011

L.S.

Liam McKibben

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 by adding Ostreid herpesvirus 1µvar (OsHV1- µvar) to Schedule 1 List of Diseases.