Aquatic Animal Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 118 of 2011)

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2011 No. 118 AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH The Aquatic Animal Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 Made - - - - 18th March 2011 Coming into operation 1st May 2011 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a department 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 Union. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aquatic Animal Health (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and come into operation on 1st May 2011. Amendment of Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 2.—(1) The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(3) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) In Schedule 1 (list of diseases) after the entry relating to Spring viraemia of carp add— “Ostreid herpesvirus 1 µvar Pacific oysters ( Crassostrea gigas).”. (1) S.I. 2000/2812 (2) 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3 of, and Part 1 of Schedule to, European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (3) S.R. 2009 No. 129 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2812 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/51 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2009/129 Document Generated: 2011-03-22 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 2 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 18th March 2011 Liam McKibben A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Document Generated: 2011-03-22 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 by adding Ostreid herpesvirus 1µvar (OsHV1- µvar) to Schedule 1 List of Diseases.