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Section 30 Introduction of fish into inland waters.

England and Wales

F1A person shall be guilty of an offence if he introduces any fish or spawn of fish into an inland waterF2in Wales, or has in his possession any fish or spawn of fish intending to introduce it into an inland waterin Wales, unless he first obtains the written F3consent of the appropriate agency or the inland water F4is one which consists exclusively of, or of part of, a fish farm and which, if it discharges into another inland water, does so only through a conduit constructed or adapted for the purpose.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 30 repealed (W.) (20.1.2015) by The Keeping and Introduction of Fish (Wales) Regulations 2014 (No. 3303), regs. 1(2), 18 (with reg. 3)

F2

Words in s. 30 inserted (19.1.2015) by The Keeping and Introduction of Fish (England and River Esk Catchment Area) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/10), regs. 1(1)(b), 18(1) (with reg. 3)

F3

Words in s. 30 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 142 (with Sch. 7)

F4

Words added (E.W. and as mentioned in s. 43(4) of the amending act (border rivers)) by Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62, SIF 52:2), ss. 34, 43(4)

F5

S. 30: paragraph defining “fish farm”repealed and superseded (1.1.1999) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 105, 120(3), Sch. 15 para. 17, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/1983, art. 4