S.I. No. 464/2016 - Aquaculture (Licence Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th September, 2016. | ||
I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 10 , 68 and 70 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 (No. 23 of 1997) and the Sea Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aquaculture (Licence Application)(Amendment) Regulations 2016. | ||
2. The Aquaculture (Licence Application) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1998 ) are amended by substituting for Regulation 5(1)(i) (substituted by Regulation 2 of the Aquaculture (Licence Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 280 of 2010 )) the following- | ||
“(i) a seawater salmonid breeding installation (other than for trial or research purposes where the output would not exceed 50 tonnes), or” | ||
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Given under my Official Seal, | ||
25 August 2016. | ||
MICHAEL CREED, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
These Regulations amend the Aquaculture (Licence Application) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1998 ) by specifying the Environmental Impact Statement requirements for applications solely for salmonid aquaculture research and development. |