The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009

• (b) Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008;

• (c) Commission Decision 2008/896/EC on guidelines for the purpose of the risk-based animal health surveillance schemes provided for in Council Directive 2006/88/EC;

• (d) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1554 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for surveillance and diagnostic methods.

PART3A — Quarantine

Interpretation of Part 3A

21A

• (1) In this Part—

• “Commission Decision 2008/946/EC” means Commission Decision 2008/946/EC implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for quarantine of aquaculture animals;

• “constituent GB territory” means England, Wales or Scotland as the case may be;

• “the EU Directive” means Council Directive 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals as it has effect in European Union law, as amended from time to time.

• (2) References in this Part to a part of England or Wales and to a constituent GB territory, or a zone or compartment thereof, being “declared free” of one or more diseases means declared free in accordance with Section 2 of Commission Decision 2009/177/EC.

Vector species

21B

• (1) An aquaculture animal intended for farming or restocking may only be introduced into a part of England or Wales which has been declared free of a disease for which that animal is a vector if it—

• (a) originates from—

• (i) a constituent GB territory, or a zone or compartment thereof, declared free of that disease;

• (ii) Northern Ireland, or a zone or a compartment thereof, declared free of that disease in accordance with Article 49 or 50 of the EU Directive; or

• (iii) the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a third country, where the competent authority has consented to its introduction; or

• (b) has been, or will be, held in quarantine facilities in accordance with the requirements of Commission Decision 2008/946/EC.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(iii), consent may only be given if the appropriate authority is satisfied that the aquaculture animal concerned is free of the relevant disease.

• (3) In this regulation, an aquaculture animal is a vector for a disease if it is of a species listed as a vector for that disease in a document published under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 and fulfils the conditions set out in that document.

Wild aquatic animals

21C

• (1) Wild aquatic animals of species susceptible to one or more of the diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 which are intended for release into a farm or mollusc farming area in a part of England or Wales which has been declared free of any of those diseases must—

• (a) originate from—

• (i) a constituent GB territory, or a zone or compartment thereof, declared free of that disease;

• (ii) Northern Ireland, or a zone or a compartment thereof, declared free of that disease in accordance with Article 49 or 50 of the EU Directive; or

• (iii) the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a third country, where the appropriate authority has consented to its introduction; or

• (b) be, or have been, held in quarantine facilities in accordance with the requirements of Commission Decision 2008/946/EC.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(iii), consent may only be given if the appropriate authority is satisfied that the aquaculture animal concerned is free of the relevant disease.

• (3) In this regulation, an animal is susceptible to a disease listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008 if it is of a species listed as susceptible to that disease in a document published under Article 3a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008.

SCHEDULE1A — Modifications to Directive 2006/88/EC

Modifications to Article 29

1

Article 29 is to be read as if—

• (a) in the words before paragraph 1(a)—

• (i) the reference to “Member States” were to the competent authority;

• (ii) the reference to “Article 28(b)(iii)” were to regulation 24(2)(c) of these Regulations;

• (iii) the reference to “Article 28(a)” were to regulation 24(2)(a) and (b) of these Regulations;

• (b) in paragraph 1(a)—

• (i) the reference to “Part II of Annex IV” were to Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008;

• (ii) the reference to “any Member State” were to England or Wales;

• (c) in paragraph 1(b)—

• (i) the reference to “Part II of Annex IV” were to Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008;

• (ii) the reference to “Member States, zones or compartments” were to England or Wales, or any zone or compartment within England or Wales; and

• (iii) the reference to “Part A of Annex III” were a reference to Part A of Annex 3 read in accordance with paragraph 4;

• (d) in paragraph 2(b), the reference to “Article 26(1)” were to regulation 23 of these Regulations;

• (e) in paragraph 3—

• (i) the reference to “the Member State” were to the competent authority;

• (ii) the references to “Article 28” were to regulation 24 of these Regulations;

• (f) paragraph 4 were omitted.

Modifications to Part 1 of Annex 2

2

Part 1 of Annex 2 is to be read as if—

• (a) in paragraph 1—

• (i) in the words before point (a), the reference to “Article 6” were to regulation 13(1)(a) of these Regulations;

• (ii) in point (f), the reference to “Part II of Annex IV” were to Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008;

• (iii) in point (g)—

• (aa) the reference to “a Member State, zone or compartment” were to England or Wales, or any zone or compartment within England or Wales;

• (bb) the reference to “Annex 4” were to Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008;

• (b) in paragraph 2, the reference to “the second subparagraph of Article 4(1)” were to regulation 5(2) of these Regulations..

Modifications to Part 2 of Annex 2

3

Part 2 of Annex 2 is to be read as if, in the words before point (a), the reference to “Article 6” were to regulation 13(1)(b) of these Regulations.

Modifications to Part A of Annex 3

4

Part A of Annex 3 is to be read as if—

• (a) in the heading, the words from “to” to “Article 12” were omitted;

• (b) in the second column of the table—

• (i) in the entry corresponding to Category 1, the words in brackets referred to Article 2a or 2b of Commission Decision 2009/177/EC;

• (ii) in the entry corresponding to Category 2, the words in brackets referred to Article 2b(1) of Decision 2015/1554;

• (iii) in the entry corresponding to Category 4, the words in brackets referred to Article 2b(3) of Decision 2015/1554;

• (iv) in the entry corresponding to Category 5, the words in brackets referred to regulation 28 of these Regulations.

List of susceptible species and geographic areas declared disease-free

3B

• (1) The appropriate authority may from time to time specify in a document a list of species susceptible to any diseases listed in Schedule 1 together with the geographic areas declared free from any such disease.

• (2) “The appropriate authority” for the purposes of paragraph (1) means—

• (a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

• (b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers,

but the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given by the Welsh Ministers in respect of the exercise of the function conferred by paragraph (1) in relation to Wales.