The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Additional requirements in respect of aquaculture animals and wild aquatic animals N.I.

21.—(1) Where any aquaculture animal, which is of a species susceptible to a disease listed in the second column of Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2006/88 or is a vector for that disease, is introduced into Northern Ireland with the intention of being released into the wild or into a put and take fishery, the place of introduction shall, for the purposes of regulation 20(1), be treated as if it has, in relation to that disease, a Category I disease-free health status as referred to in Part A of Annex III to Directive 2006/88.

(2) Where any wild aquatic animal, which is of a species susceptible to a listed disease or is a vector for that disease, is introduced into Northern Ireland with the intention of being released into the wild or into a put and take fishery, the animal is, for the purpose of regulations 20(1) and 21(1), to be treated as if it is an aquaculture animal introduced with the intention of being released into the wild or into a put and take fishery.

(3) Where any wild aquatic animal, which is of a species susceptible to a listed disease or is a vector for that disease, is introduced into Northern Ireland for further processing before human consumption, the animal is, for the purposes of regulation 20(1), to be treated as if it is an aquaculture animal introduced for further processing before human consumption.

(4) In paragraph (1)—

(a) an aquaculture animal is of a species susceptible to a disease listed in the second column of Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2006/88 if it is of a species listed in the third column of that Part opposite the disease listed in the second column of that Part;

(b) an aquaculture animal is a vector for a disease if it is of a species listed in Column 2 of the table in Annex I to Regulation 1251/2008 opposite the disease listed in Column 1 and it fulfils the conditions set out in Columns 3 and 4 of that table.

(5) In paragraphs (2) and (3)—

(a) “wild aquatic animal” means any live aquatic animal which can survive in the natural aquatic environment in Northern Ireland and is not an aquaculture animal;

(b) a wild aquatic animal is of a species susceptible to a listed disease if it is of a species listed—

(i) in the third column of Part II of Annex IV of Directive 2006/88 opposite the disease listed in the second column of that Part; or

(ii) in the second column of Schedule 1 opposite the disease listed in the first column of that Schedule;

(c) a wild aquatic animal is a vector for a disease if it is of a species listed in Column 2 of the table in Annex I to Regulation 1251/2008 opposite the disease listed in Column 1 and it fulfils the conditions set out in Columns 3 and 4 of that table.

(6) In paragraphs (1) to (3) any reference to the introduction of any animal into Northern Ireland includes the introduction of any animal into any zone or compartment within Northern Ireland from any other zone or compartment within Northern Ireland.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 21 in operation at 27.3.2009, see reg. 1(1)