# The Fish Health Regulations 1997, Regulation 12: Notification of disease


(1) Any person who—
(a) knows of any observed abnormal mortality amongst bivalve molluscs in farms, farming areas, harvested natural beds, or purification centres or storage tanks which discharge water into the sea;
(b) knows of any symptom amongst fish or molluscs which might constitute grounds for suspecting the presence of a disease listed in Schedule 1;
(c) has any reason for suspecting the presence amongst fish or molluscs of a disease listed in Schedule 1;
shall notify the Minister as quickly as possible.
(2) Any person who has in his possession or under his charge an infected item, or an item which he suspects is an infected item, shall detain it until—
(a) it has been examined by a veterinary inspector; or
(b) a veterinary inspector has instructed him to dispose of it.
(3) A veterinary inspector shall have powers to take such samples of or from fish or molluscs as may be necessary to establish whether a disease listed in Schedule 1 is present amongst fish or molluscs.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation—
“infected item” means a fish or mollusc or the carcase or part of the carcase of the same which is infected with a disease listed in Schedule 1; and
“observed abnormal mortality” shall have the meaning it is given in Article 2 of Directive 95/70/EC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1881/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fish-health-regulations-1997/regulation-12
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