Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order—

(a) may be cited as the Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (England) Order 2014;

(b) comes into force on 17th February 2014; and

(c) applies in relation to England.

(2) This Order does not apply in relation to the introduction of any live fish by a person who has been—

(a) issued with a permit under Council Regulation (EC) No. 708/2007(1) concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture, or

(b) served with a notice under regulation 7(2)(b) or (3)(b) (notices permitting movement) of the Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture (England and Wales) Regulations 2011(2).

(1)

O.J. No. L 168, 28.06.07 p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 304/2011, O.J. No L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 1.

(2)

S.I. 2011/2292.