The Keeping and Introduction of Fish (England and River Esk Catchment Area) Regulations 2015

PART 5 MISCELLANEOUS

Transitional

17.—(1) A licence under section 1 of the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980(1) authorising a person to keep or release live fish, or the live eggs of fish, which is in force immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, is to be taken to be a permit under these Regulations authorising the keeping of fish or the introduction of fish into inland waters.

(2) This regulation applies in relation to live fish, and live eggs of fish, in England only.

Amendment of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

18.—(1) In section 30 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975(2), after “an inland water” on each occasion on which it appears, insert “in Wales”.

(2) In section 39(1)(b) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975, at the beginning, insert “except where otherwise indicated,”.

(1)

1980 c. 27. Section 1 was amended by regulation 45 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2009/463; section 132 of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 9 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43); section 105(1) of, and paragraph 62 of Schedule 11 to, the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16); article 4(1) of, and paragraph 158 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2013/755; and section 37(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29).

(2)

1975 c. 51. Section 30 was amended by article 4(1) of, and paragraph 127 and 142 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2013/755; section 190 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 27 to, the Water Act 1989 (c. 15); section 34 of the Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62); and sections 105 and 120 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 15 to, and Schedule 24 to, the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).