[F1Vector species
21B.—(1) An aquaculture animal intended for farming or restocking may only be introduced into a part of Scotland 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 Article 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 competent 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 appearing in Column 2 of the table in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 1251/2008 opposite the reference to the disease in Column 1, and it fulfils the conditions set out in Columns 3 and 4 of that table.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3A inserted and immediately substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aquaculture and Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/393), regs. 1(2)(3), 2(4), 3(5)