Part 1Fish farms and shellfish farms

Code of practice

I18Monitoring and enforcement: code of practice

1

The Scottish Ministers are to monitor compliance with any approved code.

2

Where the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that a person who carries on a business of—

a

fish farming,

b

shellfish farming,

is not complying with an approved code in a material regard, the Scottish Ministers may serve a notice on that person.

3

Where it appears to the Scottish Ministers that a person who carries on a business of—

a

fish farming,

b

shellfish farming,

is likely not to comply with an approved code in a material regard, the Scottish Ministers may serve a notice on the person.

4

A notice served by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) may require—

a

the execution of such works,

b

the taking of such other steps,

as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary for securing compliance with the approved code in any particular respect.

5

Subsections (6) to (13) of section 6 apply to a notice served by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) as they apply to an enforcement notice.