# The Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009, Regulation 18: By-wash


(1) This regulation applies where an eel screen placed in accordance with regulation 17 is located at a point in the diversion structure other than at the entrance to the conduit or channel by which the water is abstracted.
(2) A responsible person must provide a continuous by-wash immediately upstream from the eel screen which allows eels to return by as direct route as practicable to the waters from which they entered the diversion structure.
(3) Failure to comply with paragraph (2) is an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3344/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-18
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