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