# The Foyle Area (Oyster Logbook and Identification Tagging) Regulations 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations—
(a) require every person using a dredge for the taking of oysters (Ostrea Edulis) to affix a tag to every oyster bag retained (Regulation 4);
(b) provide for the issue of tags to such persons (Regulation 5);
(c) provide for the removal of a tag which is affixed to an oyster bag only in specified circumstances (Regulation 6);
(d) prohibit the sale, export or transhipment at sea of any oysters (Ostrea Edulis) that have not been placed in a bag and a tag affixed to the bag (Regulation 6);
(e) prohibit the forging or alteration of tags (Regulation 6);
(f) prohibit the giving of false information to obtain a tag (Regulation 6);
(g) provide for the keeping of logbooks and the issue and return of such logbooks (Regulations 7 and 8).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/301/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-oyster-logbook-and-identification-tagging-regulations-2008/note
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