Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fish Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 23rd April 2008.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment of the Fish Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

2.  The Fish Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(2) shall be amended by:

(a) substituting for regulation 9(2A) the following paragraph—

“(2A) Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall not relay any live molluscs, eggs or gametes from any part of an area referred to in Schedule 7 in any other place or area (including any other area referred to in Schedule 7) within Northern Ireland unless he has been authorized to do so in writing by the Department.”; and

(b) substituting for Schedule 7 the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 22nd April 2008.

L McKibben

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development