{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquatic-animal-health-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquatic-animal-health-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-28.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/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Confirmed designation",
  "text": "(1) Where the competent authority has confirmed that a listed disease or an emerging disease is present in aquatic animals in Scotland it must designate such area as it considers appropriate to prevent or limit the spread of that disease.\n(2) A person commits an offence if, without the prior written consent of the competent authority, that person–\n(a) moves any aquatic animal into, out of or within a confirmed designation area; or\n(b) disposes of any dead aquatic animal which comes from that area.",
  "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/28",
    "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."
}