F1PART 3AQUARANTINE
Wild aquatic animals21C
1
Wild aquatic animals of species susceptible to one or more of the diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No. 1251/2008 which are intended for release into a farm or mollusc farming area in a part of Scotland which has been declared free of any of those diseases must—
a
originate 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
be, or have been, 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.
F23
In this regulation an animal is susceptible to a disease listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008 if it is of a species listed as susceptible to that disease in a document published under Article 3a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008.
Pt. 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)