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6.—(1) Any person who exports live eels from England or Wales must—
(a)record where and the date on which the eels were obtained, including the name of the aquaculture production business, the food business or the eel river basin in which the eels were caught (as the case may be) and, in the case of eels obtained from an eel river basin, the name and fishing licence identification number of the person who caught the eels;
(b)be satisfied that eels obtained from an eel river basin are caught in a manner consistent with the eel management plan prepared for that eel river basin; F1...
(c)prepare, sign and date a certificate to that effect [F2;
(d)ensure that the eels they export are accompanied by a copy of the certificate prepared under sub-paragraph (c); and
(e)retain all certificates prepared under this paragraph for 12 months from the date of the certificate and allow the Agency [F3, where those certificates are retained in England, or the NRBW, where those certificates are retained in Wales,] to inspect those certificates at any reasonable time].
(2) For the purposes of this regulation an eel management plan is a plan marked as such M1, dated [F4March 2010] and deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.
(3) Failure to comply with paragraph (1) is an offence.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 6(1) omitted (3.1.2012) by virtue of The Eels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2976), regs. 1(b), 2(2)(a)
F2Reg. 6(1)(d)(e) added (3.1.2012) by The Eels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2976), regs. 1(b), 2(2)(b)
F3Words in reg. 6(1)(e) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 357 (with Sch. 7)
F4Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (3.1.2012) by The Eels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2976), regs. 1(b), 2(3)
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M1Eel management plans, for illustrative purposes only, can be accessed on http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/fisheries/freshwater/fishman.htm#emp but the version deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State is the definitive version.
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