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Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013

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13Orders under section 12(1): samples and surveillance
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(1)An order under section 12(1) may include provision for or about—

(a)the taking of samples of any fish from a fish farm, or shellfish from a shellfish farm, by a person appointed by the Scottish Ministers (an “appointed person”),

(b)the taking of samples of material from any such fish or shellfish by an appointed person,

(c)the analysis of such fish or shellfish, or such material, by an appointed person for the purposes of ascertaining whether a commercially damaging species is present on the fish farm or shellfish farm,

(d)the powers of an appointed person, including powers to—

(i)enter any land, fish farm or shellfish farm,

(ii)enter any premises (other than a dwelling house) associated with the management or operation of a fish farm or shellfish farm,

(iii)require the operator of a fish farm or shellfish farm to provide the appointed person with samples such as are mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b),

(e)the size of any sample such as is mentioned in either of those paragraphs.

(2)Subsection (3) applies to an order under section 12(1) that controls the movement of fish or shellfish that are produced by fish farming or shellfish farming.

(3)The order may include provision for or about—

(a)requiring a person who carries on a business of fish farming or shellfish farming to carry out a programme of surveillance of—

(i)the fish or shellfish the movement of which is controlled by the order,

(ii)any other animal, or any plant, specified in the order that is present at the place to which the fish or shellfish mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) are to be, or have been, moved,

(iii)such conditions of that place as may be specified in the order,

(b)the carrying out by a person appointed by the Scottish Ministers of such a programme of surveillance,

(c)the powers of a person so appointed, including powers to enter—

(i)any land, fish farm or shellfish farm,

(ii)any premises (other than a dwelling house) associated with the operation or management of a fish farm or shellfish farm,

(d)the matters which such a programme of surveillance is to address, including any risks associated with the movement of the fish or shellfish controlled by the order.

(4)An order under section 12(1) which includes provision conferring a power such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(d)(i) or (ii) or subsection (3)(c) must provide—

(a)for the power to be exercised at a reasonable hour, unless the person exercising it considers the case is one of urgency, and

(b)for any person who proposes to exercise the power to produce, if so required, evidence of the person’s identity and appointment.

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