PART 3PERMITS
Grant of permit6
1
On receipt of an application for a permit authorising the carrying on of any of the activities mentioned in paragraph (2), the Agency may grant such a permit.
2
The activities to which paragraph (1) refers are—
a
the keeping of fish of a kind to which regulation 5 applies in inland waters;
b
the introduction of fish into inland waters.
3
A permit may be granted subject to such conditions as the Agency may see fit.
4
In particular, conditions may be imposed—
a
to limit the number of fish introduced into, or kept in, any inland waters;
b
to minimise the risk of fish escaping from any inland waters;
c
to ensure that the keeping or movement of fish is not harmful to the environment or to any fishery in waters that are connected to each other (including waters connected by a floodplain);
d
in relation to the keeping and retention of records for any activity authorised by the permit;
e
in relation to the disposal of fish;
f
setting out the circumstances in which a permit holder must notify the Agency; and
g
limiting the time for which the permit is valid, so that the keeping of specified fish in inland waters is only allowed as a temporary measure.
5
In this regulation, “movement of fish” means removal of fish from, or introduction of fish into, inland waters.