{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquatic-animal-health-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquatic-animal-health-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/85",
  "legislation_title": "The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquatic-animal-health-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Obligation to notify in case of suspicion of a listed disease or increased mortality",
  "text": "(1) A relevant person is guilty of an offence if that person–\n(a) knows or suspects that a listed disease is present in aquatic animals; and\n(b) fails immediately to notify the competent authority of that knowledge or suspicion.\n(2) A relevant person is guilty of an offence if that person–\n(a) knows or suspects that increased mortality has occurred or is occurring in aquaculture animals; and\n(b) fails immediately to notify the competent authority or a veterinarian of that knowledge or suspicion.\n(3) In this regulation “relevant person” means–\n(a) the owner of, or any person attending, those aquatic animals;\n(b) any person accompanying those aquaculture animals during transport;\n(c) any veterinarian, or other professional, involved in providing aquatic animal health services to those aquatic animals;\n(d) any other person with an occupational relationship to those aquatic animals of susceptible species or to products of such animals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/85/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:47.247705+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}