Statutory Instruments
1995 No. 886
RIVER, ENGLAND AND WALES
RIVER, SCOTLAND
SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES
SEA FISHERIES
The Fish Health (Amendment) Regulations 1995
Made
22nd March 1995
Laid before Parliament
27th March 1995
Coming into force
17th April 1995
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Title and commencement
1. —These Regulations may be cited as the Fish Health (Amendment) Regulations 1995, and shall come into force on 17th April 1995.
Amendment of the Fish Health Regulations 1992
2.—(1) The Fish Health Regulations 1992(3) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 14 (powers of veterinary inspector) for the words “Subject to regulation 9 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1992” there shall be substituted—
“Subject to regulation 10 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1993”(4).
(3) For Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(4) For Schedule 3 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
(5) In Part I of Schedule 7 there shall be inserted the following new provisions after the entry relating to “Commission Decision 93/169/EEC”—
Commission Decision 94/306/EC of 16 May 1994 laying down the sampling plans and diagnostic methods for the detection and confirmation of certain mollusc diseases.
OJ No. L133, 28.5.94, p.51.
Commission Decision 94/450/EC of 24 June 1994 amending Decision 93/74/EEC concerning the status of Denmark with regard to infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia.
OJ No. L187, 22.7.84 p.8.
Commission Decision 94/817/EC of 15 December 1994 amending Decision 92/538/EEC concerning the status of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with regard to infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia.
OJ No. L337, 24.12.94, p.88.
Commission Decision 94/865/EC of 20 December 1994 amending Decision 93/44/EEC approving the programmes concerning spring viraemia of carp submitted by the United Kingdom, and defining the additional guarantees of certain fish species for consignment to Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Guernsey.
OJ No. L352, 31.12.94, p.75.
Michael Jack
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
22nd March 1995
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
21st March 1995
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 7
SCHEDULE 2ZONES IN GREAT BRITAIN—LIVE FISH, EGGS AND GAMETES
Item
Zone(a)
Live fish, eggs and gametes(b)
Form of movement document
Diseases(a)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(a)
For the purpose of this schedule the “Island of Gigha” shall mean the area bounded by a continuous line drawn from a point at 55°44'.42" north latitude and 5°40'.50" west longitude; then in a westerly direction to a point at 55°44'.33" north latitude and 5°45'.14" west longitude; then in a south-westerly direction to a point at 55°40'.32" north latitude and 5°47'.54" west longitude; then in a south-easterly direction to a point at 55°36'.37" north latitude and 5°47'.04" west longitude; then in an easterly direction to a point at 55°36'.44" north latitude and 5°43'.27" west longitude; then in a north-easterly direction to a point at 55°41'.16" north latitude and 5°41'.31" west longitude; and then in a north-easterly direction to the point of beginning.
(b)
The common names of the fish referred to in this Schedule are as follows:
Name
Common Name
Salmonid sp.
Salmonids
Thymallus thymallus
Grayling
Coregonus sp.
Whitefishes
Esox lucius
Pike
Scophthalmus maximus
Turbot
Carassius auratus
Gold fish and all variants
Carassius carassius
Crucian Carp
Cyrprinus carpio
Common carp and all variants such as mirror carp, leather carp, koi carp and hygoi carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grass carp
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Silver carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Bighead carp
Leuciscus idus
Orfe
Rutilus rutilus
Roach
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Rudd
Siluris glanis
Wels Catfish
Tinca tinca
Tench
(c)
The full names of the disease in column 5 are—
(i)
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (“IHN”).
(ii)
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (“VHS”).
(iii)
Spring viraemia of carp (“SVC”).
1
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live farmed and wild fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
Form A
IHN and VHS
2
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of farmed fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
Form A or Form B
IHN and VHS
3
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
Form A
IHN and VHS
4
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form A
Form E
VHS
IHN
5
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live wild fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form A
Form F
VHS
IHN
6
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of farmed fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form A or Form B
Form E
VHS
IHN
7
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form A
Form F
VHS
IHN
8
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish of the species—
Esox lucius
Form A
Form E
Form I
VHS
IHN
SVC
9
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live wild fish of the species—
Esox lucius
Form A
Form F
Form I
VHS
IHN
SVC
10
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of farmed fish of the species—
Esox lucius
Form A or Form B
Form E
Form I
VHS
IHN
SVC
11
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—
Esox lucius
Form A
Form F
Form I
VHS
IHN
SVC
12
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live farmed and wild fish of the species—
Esox lucius(fry only)
Form A
Form I
IHN and VHS
SVC
13
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish, their eggs and gametes of the following species—
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
Form E
Form I
IHN and VHS
SVC
14
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live wild fish, their eggs and gametes of the following species—
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
Form F
Form I
IHN and VHS
SVC
15
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish, their eggs and gametes other than—
(1)
fish of the following species—
Salmonidsp.
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonussp.
Esox lucius (including fry)
Scophthalmus maximus
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
their eggs and gametes
(2)
ornamental tropical fish kept permanently in aquaria.
Form E
IHN and VHS
16
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Live wild fish, their eggs and gametes other than—
(1)
fish of the following species—
Salmonidsp.
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonusp.
Esox lucius (including fry)
Scophthalmus maximus
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
their eggs and gametes
(2)
ornamental tropical fish kept permanently in aquaria.
Form F
IHN and VHS
17
The Island of Gigha
Live farmed and wild fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
Form A
IHN
18
The Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
Form A
IHN
19
The Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
Form A
IHN
20
The Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form E
IHN
21
The Island of Gigha
Live wild fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form F
IHN
22
The island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of farmed fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form E
IHN
23
The Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Scophthalmus maximus
Form F
IHN
24
The Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish of the species—
Esox lucius
Form E
Form I
IHN
SVC
25
The Island of Gigha
Live wild fish of the species—
Esox Luciuss
Form F
Form I
IHN
SVC
26
The Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of farmed fish of the species—
Esox luciuss
Form E
Form I
IHN
SVC
27
The Island of Gigha
Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—
Esox luciuss
Form F
Form I
IHN
SVC
28
The Island of Gigha
Live farmed and wild fish of the species—
Esox luciuss (fry only)
Form A
Form I
IHN
SVC
29
The Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish, their eggs and gametes of the following species—
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys noblis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
Form E
Form I
IHN
SVC
30
The Island of Gigha
Live wild fish, their eggs and gametes of the following species—
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
Form F
Form I
IHN
SVC
31
Island of Gigha
Live farmed fish, their eggs and gametes other than—
(1)
fish of the following species—
Salmonidsp.
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonussp.
Esox lucius (including fry)
Scophthalmus maximus
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngoden idella
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
their eggs and gametes
(2)
ornamental tropical fish kept permanently in aquaria.
Form E
IHN
32
The Island of Gigha
Live wild fish, their eggs and gametes other than—
(1)
fish of the following species—
Salmonidsp.
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonussp.
Esox lucius (including fry)
Scophthalmus maximus
Carassius auratus
Carassius carassius
Cyprinus carpio
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Leuciscus idus
Rutilus rutilus
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Siluris glanis
Tinca tinca
their eggs and gametes
(2)
ornamental tropical fish kept permanetly in aquaria.
Form F
IHN
Regulation 2.
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 8
“SCHEDULE 3ZONES IN GREAT BRITAIN—DEAD FISH
Item
Zone(a)
Dead fish(b)
Conditions(a)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
For the purposes of this schedule the “Island of Gigha” shall mean the area bounded by a continuous line drawn from a point at 55°44'.42" north latitude and 5°40'.50" west longitude; then in a westerly direction to a point at 55°44'.33" north latitude and 5°45'14"west longitude; then in a south-westerly direction to a point at 55 40'.32" north latitude and 5°47'54" west longitude; then in a south-easterly direction to a point at 55°35'.37" north latitude and 5°47'.04" west longitude; then in a easterly direction to a point at 55°36".44' north latitude and 5°43'.26" west longitude; then in a north-easterly direction to a point at 55°41'.16" north latitude and 5°41'.31" west longitude; and then in a north-easterly direction to the point of beginning.
(b)
The common names of the fish referred to in this Schedule are as follows:
Name
Common Name
Salmonid sp.
Salmonids
Thymallus thymallus
Grayling
Coregonus sp.
Whitefishes
Pike
Esox lucius
Scophthalmus maximus
Turbot
(c)
The full names of the diseases in column 4 are set out in Schedule 1.”
1
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Dead fish of the species—
Salmonid sp.
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Esox lucius
Scophthalmus maximus
The fish was slaughtered and eviscerated prior to despatch.
2
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Dead uneviscerated fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of IHN and VHS and was slaughtered prior to despatch.
3
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Dead uneviscerated fish of the species—
Esox lucius(fry only)
The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of IHN and VHS and was slaughtered prior to despatch.
4
Great Britain excluding the Island of Gigha
Dead uneviscrated fish of the species—
Thymallus thymallus Coregonussp.
Esox lucius(other than fry)
Scophthalmus maximus
The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of VHS and was slaughtered prior to despatch.
5
The Island of Gigha
Dead fish of the species—
Salmonoidsp.
The fish was slaughtered and eviscerated prior to despatch.
6
The Island of Gigha
Dead uneviscerated fish of the species—
Salmonidsp.
The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of IHN and was slaughtered prior to despatch.
7
The Island of Gigha
Dead uneviscerated fish of the species—
Esox lucius(fry only)
The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of IHN and was slaughtered prior to despatch.
8
The Island of Gigha
Dead fish (whether uneviscerated or not) of the species—
Thymallus thymallus
Coregonus sp.
Esox luciuis (other than fry)
Scophthalmus maximus
None.
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Fish Health Regulations 1992 (“the principal Regulations”) so as to implement Commission Decisions 948/817/EC (OJ No. L337, 24.12.94, p 88) and 94/865/EC (OJ No. L352, 31.12.94, p.75).
The Regulations:
(a)provide for the substitution of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations;
(b)provide for the substitution of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations;
(c)provide for the amendment of Schedule 7 to the principal Regulations;
(d)Update the reference in regulation 14(1) of the principal Regulations to the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1992.
(1)
S.I. 1972/1811.
(2)
1972 c. 68.
(3)
S.I. 1992/3300, as amended by S.I. 1993/2255 and S.I. 1994/1448.
(4)
S.I. 1993/3247.
