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Diseases of Fish Act 1983

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2(1)Section 3 of the 1937 Act (functions of water authorities as to infected waters) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1) (water authority to report to Minister if waters suspected to be infected) for "any waters" (in both places) there shall be substituted " any inland waters " .

(3)For subsection (2) (Minister may authorise water authority to remove fish) there shall be substituted—

(2)Where an order is in force in relation to an area under section 2 of this Act, the Minister may authorise any water authority to remove any fish (or any fish of a description specified in the authorisation) from any inland waters in that area (not being a fish farm) and to do so by such agents and by such methods (including methods otherwise illegal) as he considers to be most expedient for the purpose.

(4)In subsection (3)(b) (returns to Minister) the words from " and " to the end shall be omitted.

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