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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-regulations-1984/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1984/455",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Fish Regulations 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-regulations-1984",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These regulations re-enact with amendments the Diseases of Fish Regulations 1937, as amended, and the Diseases of Fish (Scotland) Regulations 1937.\nThe regulations—\n(a) prescribe the form of licences to import live freshwater fish or live eggs of fish of the salmon family or of freshwater fish and provide for the manner of applying for such licences (regulation 2 and Schedule 1);\n(b) prescribe the manner in which orders under section 2 of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937, as amended, are to be published (regulation 3);\n(c) prescribe the form of notices to be served by an inspector under sections 4(1) and 4A(1) of the Act when he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that waters are infected waters (regulation 4 and Schedule 2);\n(d) prescribe the manner in which any fish, eggs of fish, foodstuff or articles seized or forfeited under the Act are to be dealt with (regulation 5).\nThe amendments (other than minor and drafting amendments) are as follows:—\n(a) the text of the regulations has been modified where necessary so as to reflect the amendments made by the Diseases of Fish Act 1983 to the Diseases of Fish Act 1937;\n(b) the form of application for a licence is no longer set out in the regulations, but is left to the discretion of the Minister (regulation 2(1));\n(c) the provision giving the Minister power to give directions as to the disposal of live fish of the salmon family seized by reason of a contravention of section 1(1) of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937 has been extended to apply in respect of any live fish or live eggs of fish so seized (regulation 5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/455/note",
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  "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."
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