Statutory Instruments
1996 No. 1374
RIVER, ENGLAND AND WALES
SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES
The Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) (Amendment) Order 1996
Made
23rd May 1996
Laid before Parliament
24th May 1996
Coming into force
29th May 1996
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1(1) of the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980(1) and all other powers enabling them in that behalf; and, in accordance with section 1(2) of the Act, after consultation with the Nature Conservancy Council for England and the Countryside Council for Wales and such other persons as the Minister and the Secretary of State consider appropriate; and being of the opinion that the species of live fish to which this Order applies might compete with, displace, prey on or harm the habitat of any freshwater fish, shellfish or salmon in England and Wales, hereby make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th May 1996.
Amendment of principal Order
2. For the Schedule to the Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996(2) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
23rd May 1996
Rod Richards
Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
22nd May 1996
Article 2
SCHEDULE
Article 2
“SCHEDULEPARTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN WHICH NO LICENCE IS REQUIRED TO KEEP CRAYFISH OF THE SPECIES PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS
COLUMN 1
COLUMN 2
COLUMN 3
Postcode Areas
Town on which postcode area is centred
Postal districts in postcode area within which no licence is required
AL
St Albans
All
B
Birmingham
B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B10, B11, B13, B14, B15, B16, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B25, B27, B28, B29, B30, B31, B32, B38, B45, B47, B48, B49, B50, B60, B61, B62, B63, B64, B65, B66, B67, B68, B69, B70, B71, B80, B94, B95, B96, B97, B98
BA
Bath
All
BH
Bournemouth
BH1, BH2, BH3, BH4, BH5, BH6, BH7, BH8, BH9, BH10, BH11, BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH16, BH17, BH18, BH19, BH20, BH21, BH22, BH31
BN
Brighton
All
BR
Bromley
All
BS
Bristol
All
CB
Cambridge
All
CM
Chelmsford
All
CO
Colchester
All
CR
Croydon
All
CT
Canterbury
CT5, CT19, CT20, CT21
CV
Coventry
CV1, CV2, CV3, CV4, CV5, CV6, CV8, CV21, CV22, CV23, CV31, CV32, CV33, CV34, CV35, CV36, CV37
DA
Dartford
All
DT
Dorchester
All
DY
Dudley
All
E
London E
All
EC
London EC
All
EN
Enfield
All
EX
Exeter
EX19, EX20, EX21, EX22, EX23, EX31, EX32, EX33, EX34, EX35, EX36, EX37, EX38, EX39
GL
Gloucester
GL1, GL2, GL3, GL4, GL5, GL6, GL7, GL8, GL9, GL10, GL11, GL12, GL13, GL14, GL18, GL19, GL20, GL50, GL51, GL52, GL53, GL54, GL55, GL56
GU
Guildford
All
HA
Harrow
All
HP
Hemel Hempstead
All
IG
Ilford
All
IP
Ipswich
IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, IP5, IP6, IP7, IP8, IP9, IP10, IP11, IP24, IP26, IP27, IP28, IP29, IP30, IP31
KT
Kingston
All
LD
Llandrindod Wells
LD7, LD8
LE
Leicester
LE16
LU
Luton
All
ME
Maidstone
All
MK
Milton Keynes
All
N
London N
All
NG
Nottingham
NG33
NN
Northampton
All
NR
Norwich
NR17
NW
London NW
All
OX
Oxford
All
PE
Peterborough
PE1, PE2, PE3, PE4, PE5, PE6, PE7, PE8, PE9, PE10, PE11, PE12, PE14, PE15, PE16, PE17, PE18, PE19, PE20, PE30, PE31, PE32, PE33, PE34, PE37, PE38
PL
Plymouth
All
PO
Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
All
RG
Reading
All
RH
Redhill
All
RM
Romford
All
SE
London SE
All
SG
Stevenage
All
SL
Slough
All
SM
Sutton
All
SN
Swindon
All
SO
Southampton
SO14, SO15, SO16, SO19, SO20, SO22, SO31, SO32, SO51, SO52
SP
Salisbury
All
SS
Southend
All
SW
London SW
All
SY
Shrewsbury
SY1, SY2, SY3, SY4, SY5, SY6, SY7, SY8, SY9, SY10, SY11, SY15, SY16, SY17, SY21, SY22
TA
Taunton
TA1, TA2, TA5, TA6, TA7, TA8, TA9, TA10, TA11, TA12, TA13, TA14, TA15, TA16, TA17, TA18, TA19
TF
Telford
All
TN
Tunbridge Wells
TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4, TN5, TN6, TN7, TN8, TN9, TN10, TN12, TN13, TN14, TN15, TN16, TN17, TN18, TN19, TN20, TN21, TN22, TN28, TN29, TN30, TN31, TN32, TN33, TN34, TN35, TN36, TN37, TN38, TN39, TN40
TQ
Torquay
All
TR
Truro
All
TW
Twickenham
All
UB
Uxbridge
All
W
London W
All
WC
London WC
All
WD
Watford
All
WR
Worcester
All
WS
Walsall
WS1, WS2, WS3, WS4, WS5, WS6, WS8, WS9, WS10
WV
Wolverhampton
WV1, WV2, WV3, WV4, WV5, WV6, WV7, WV12, WV13, WV14, WV15, WV16”
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which is made under section 1 of the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980, and which comes into force on 29th May 1996, amends the Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996 by substituting a new Schedule for the Schedule to that Order.
(1)
1980 c. 27; section 1(2) was amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 4), section 132(1)(a) and Schedule 9, paragraph 8; section 1(3) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 24), section 37(2); see section 4 for definitions of “the Minister”, “fish” and “shellfish”.
(2)
S.I. 1996/1104.