{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-control-regulations-1994/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-control-regulations-1994/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1447",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Fish (Control) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-control-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Control measures when a disease listed in Part II of Schedule 3 is confirmed in an approved zone or on an approved farm",
  "text": "If the fish on a farm which is either—\n(a) a farm in an approved zone; or\n(b) an approved farm which is not in an approved zone;\nare confirmed to be infected fish which have a disease listed in Part II of Schedule 3, the Minister shall, by notice in writing served on the occupier of the farm, require—\n(i) the immediate removal of all fish from the waters of the farm;\n(ii) the draining, cleaning and disinfection of all pools on inland farms;\n(iii) the destruction of all eggs, gametes, dead fish, and fish showing clinical signs of disease, under the supervision of the Minister and in accordance with the provisions of Directive 90/667/EEC;\n(iv) (aa) the killing and destruction of all live fish, under the supervision of the Minister and in accordance with the provisions of Directive 90/667/EEC; or\n(bb) the slaughter of all live fish, for marketing or processing for human consumption, under the supervision of the Minister, but only if the fish have reached commercial size and show no clinical signs of disease;\n(v) the cleaning and disinfection or destruction of equipment, material or substances liable to be contaminated with the disease pathogen, under the supervision of the Minister; and\n(vi) that the repopulation of the farm shall only take place when the Minister so authorises by notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1447/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:32:06.096798+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."
}