Introductory text

Animals

Aquaculture

Fish Farming

Made 19th November 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 23rd November 2015

Coming into force 8th January 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972^f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for the reference in regulation 2 of these Regulations to Council Directive 2006/88/EC^f2 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals, and to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008^f3 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species, to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 26 of the 2006 Act and was amended by the Schedule, Part I of the 2008 Act.
f2: OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p.14, most recently amended by Commission Implementing Directive 2014/22/EU (OJ L 44 14.2.2014, p.45).
f3: OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p.45, most recently amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 25/2014 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2014, p.5).