Explanatory note

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).