Regulation 4 Records

(1)

An aquaculture production business operator must keep a record, in such form and manner as the F1appropriate agency may specify, of—

(a)

any eels of 12 centimetres or less received at their aquaculture production business;

(b)

the name and fishing licence identification number of the person who caught the eels;

(c)

the destination of any such eels sold.

(2)

The aquaculture production business operator must provide the appropriate agency with a copy of the record at such intervals as the appropriate agency may specify and must allow the appropriate agency to inspect the record at any reasonable time.

(3)

Failure to comply with paragraph (1) or (2) is an offence.

F2(4)

For the purposes of this regulation, “the appropriate agency” means—

(a)

in relation to business premises in England, the Agency;

(b)

in relation to business premises in Wales, the NRBW; and

(c)

in relation to business premises partly in England and partly in Wales, the Agency or the NRBW, at the election of the aquaculture production business operator.

(5)

The election referred to in paragraph (4)(c) must be notified in writing to both the Agency and the NRBW on or before 31 January in each year that the premises are used in connection with an aquaculture production business.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 4 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 356(2) (with Sch. 7)
F2: Reg. 4(4)(5) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 356(3) (with Sch. 7)