Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 129 of 2009).

These Regulations require aquaculture production businesses and certain processing establishments to be authorized by or registered with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. It shall be an offence to operate an aquaculture production business or a processing establishment without the required authorization. The Regulations further, among other things, impose health requirements in relation to the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products and certain other aquatic animals and establish a system for the notification and control of disease outbreaks in aquatic animals.