Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996 (S.I. No. 1104)

The Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk7929.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:04] Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1104 The Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996 © Crown Copyright 1996 The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996, ISBN 0110547454. Purchase this item. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1996 No. 1104 RIVER, ENGLAND AND WALES SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES The Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996 Made 15th April 1996 Laid before Parliament 17th April 1996 Coming into force 29th May 1996 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1(1) of the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980[1] and all other enabling powers in that behalf; and, in accordance with section 1(2) of the Act, after consultation with the Nature Conservancy Council for England and the Countryside Council for Wales and such other persons as the Minister and the Secretary of State consider appropriate; and being of the opinion that the species of live fish to which this Order applies might compete with, displace, prey on or harm the habitat of any freshwater fish, shellfish or salmon in England and Wales, hereby make the following Order: http://www.ukstate.com/portal.asp?CH=YourLife&PR=BookItem&BI=0110547454 http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/howtoorder.htm The Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk7929.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:04] Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation 1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996, shall come into force on 29 May 1996 and shall extend to England and Wales. (2) In this Order "crayfish" means a freshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, other than the species Austropotamobius pallipes (commonly known as the Atlantic stream, or white clawed, crayfish). Prohibition of keeping of crayfish 2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall keep any live crayfish, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Minister. (2) The prohibition specified in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to crayfish of the species Pacifastacus leniusculus (commonly known as the signal crayfish) kept within those parts of England and Wales which are within the postcode areas set out in column 1 (and described in column 2), as read with column 3, of the Schedule to this Order. Tony Baldry Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 10th April 1996 Rod Richards Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 15th April 1996 Notes: [1] 1980 c. 27; section 1(2) was amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 4), section 132(1)(a) and Schedule 9, paragraph 8; section 1(3) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 24), section 37(2); see section 4 for definitions of "the Minister" , "fish" and "shellfish" . back file:///acts/acts1990/Ukpga 19900004 en 1.htm