SCHEDULE 4UK STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

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1

Regulation 4 is amended as follows.

2

For “Agency”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ appropriate agency ”.

3

After paragraph (3) insert—

4

For the purposes of this regulation, “the appropriate agency” means—

a

in relation to business premises in England, the Agency;

b

in relation to business premises in Wales, the NRBW; and

c

in relation to business premises partly in England and partly in Wales, the Agency or the NRBW, at the election of the aquaculture production business operator.

5

The election referred to in paragraph (4)(c) must be notified in writing to both the Agency and the NRBW on or before 31 January in each year that the premises are used in connection with an aquaculture production business.