The Aquatic Animal Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Amendment to regulation 19 (General health requirements)

6.  In regulation 19—

(a) in paragraph (8)(1)—

(i) for “the second column of Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2006/88” substitute “Annex II to Regulation 2016/429”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(i)—

(aa) for “declared” substitute “recognised as”; and

(bb) for “Article 49 or 50 of Directive 2006/88” substitute “Article 36 or 37 of Regulation 2016/429”;

(b) in paragraph (9)—

(i) for “the second column of Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2006/88” substitute “Annex II to Regulation 2016/429”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa) for “declared” substitute “recognised as”; and

(bb) for “Article 49 or 50 of Directive 2006/88” substitute “Article 36 or 37 of Regulation 2016/429”;

(c) for paragraphs (11)(a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) an aquaculture animal, mollusc or crustacean is of a species susceptible to a disease listed in Annex II to Regulation 2016/429 if it is of a species listed in the third column of the table in the Annex to Regulation 2018/1882 opposite the disease listed in the first column of that table;

(b) an aquaculture animal is a vector for a disease if—

(i) it is of a species listed in the fourth column of the table in the Annex to Regulation 2018/1882 opposite the disease listed in the first column of that table; and

(ii) where conditions relevant to that species are set out in the third column of the table in Annex I of Regulation 2020/990, opposite the disease listed in the first column, the animal fulfils such conditions.”.

(1)

Paragraphs (8) and (9) of regulation 19 were amended by S.R. 2020/353