The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009

PART 6 Miscellaneous

Vaccination

41.  It is an offence to vaccinate an aquatic animal against a listed disease without the prior written consent of the competent authority.

Public register of disease-free zones and compartments

42.—(1) The competent authority must establish and maintain a register of declarations made by the authority under Article 50 of Directive 2006/88/EC.

(2) The register must be publicly available for inspection free of charge at all reasonable times and at such place as determined by the competent authority.

Disclosure of information

43.—(1) The competent authority, any local authority, the Environment Agency and the Food Standards Agency may disclose information to each other for the purposes of Directive 2006/88/EC or these Regulations.

(2) The competent authority may disclose information to the equivalent authority in Scotland or Northern Ireland for the purposes of Directive 2006/88/EC, these Regulations or the equivalent Regulations in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Service of notices

44.—(1) Any notice served under these Regulations may be served on a person by—

(a) delivering it to that person;

(b) sending it by post;

(c) transmitting it electronically.

(2) Where the person on whom a notice to be served is a body corporate, the notice is duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978(1) (references to service by post) in its application to this regulation, the proper address of any person to whom a notice is to be given is—

(a) if the person has given an address for service, that address;

(b) if no address has been given—

(i) in the case of the secretary or clerk of a body corporate, the registered or principal office of that body;

(ii) in any other case, the person’s last known address at the time of service.

(4) If the notice is transmitted electronically, it is to be treated as duly served if—

(a) the person upon whom the notice is required or authorised to be served (“the recipient”) has indicated to the person serving the notice the recipient’s willingness to receive notices transmitted by electronic means and has provided an address suitable for that purpose; and

(b) the notice is sent to the address provided.

Repeals, amendments and revocations

45.  Schedule 2 (repeals, amendments and revocations) has effect.

(1)

1978 c.30.