{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3344",
  "legislation_title": "The Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“aquaculture production business” and “aquaculture production business operator” have the same meaning as in Council Directive 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals;\n“eel river basin” is a river basin for which there is an Eel Management Plan as defined in Article 1A of Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/746), regs. 1, 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No L 328, 24.11.2006, p14; corrected by OJ No L 140, 1.6.2007, p59, OJ No L 239, 12.9.2007, p70."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No L 248, 22.9.2007, p17."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3344/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:57:56.974993+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."
}