These requirements apply to all business activities in this division.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 — general duties
Enforced by:
HSE
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
General duty to protect employees and others affected by the business — shore-side processing, handling, hatchery and farm operations. Note that the health and safety of fishing-vessel crew at sea is regulated separately by the MCA under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (see the fishing-vessel safety requirements on 03.11).
insurance
Great_Britain
Annual
Employers' Liability Insurance
Enforced by:
HSE
Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
Required for any business employing at least one person, including share-fishermen who are employees and farm/hatchery staff.
registration
Uk
Annual
UK GDPR + Data Protection Act 2018
Enforced by:
ICO
Data Protection Act 2018; UK GDPR (retained EU law)
Applies to any business processing personal data — staff, customers, suppliers. ICO registration unless specifically exempt.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Equality Act 2010 — protected characteristics
Enforced by:
EHRC
Equality Act 2010
No discrimination, harassment or victimisation in employment or in services to the public.
compliance
England_Wales
Ongoing
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Enforced by:
LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Applies to shore-based non-domestic premises — hatcheries, processing and packing sheds, feed and net stores, offices. The responsible person must carry out a fire risk assessment and maintain fire safety arrangements. Does not cover vessels at sea (MCA regime). Devolved variants: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006.
compliance
Scotland
Ongoing
Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 / Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 — fire safety duties
Enforced by:
LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY
Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Scottish equivalent of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, covering shore-based non-domestic premises — hatcheries, processing and packing sheds, feed and net stores, offices. The person with control of the premises must carry out a fire risk assessment (Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, Part 3) and comply with the duties on assessment, fire safety arrangements, means of escape and maintenance set out in the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006. Enforced by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Does not cover vessels at sea (MCA regime).
compliance
Ni
Ongoing
Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 — fire safety duties
Enforced by:
LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY
The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
Northern Ireland equivalent of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, covering shore-based non-domestic premises — hatcheries, processing and packing sheds, feed and net stores, offices. Part III (Articles 25-26) imposes employer fire-safety duties and requires the person in control of 'relevant premises' to carry out a fire risk assessment and implement appropriate safety measures. Enforced by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service. Does not cover vessels at sea (MCA regime).
registration
England_Wales
Ongoing
Aquaculture production business (APB) authorisation
Enforced by:
APHA
The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
A business keeping, rearing or trading farmed fish, molluscs or crustaceans must be authorised as an aquaculture production business by the APHA Fish Health Inspectorate before starting, must keep movement and mortality records, and is subject to risk-based health inspections. Scotland: see the separate aquaculture_production_business_authorisation_scotland requirement.
registration
Scotland
Ongoing
Aquaculture production business (APB) authorisation (Scotland)
Enforced by:
SCOTTISH_GOVERNMENT
The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Scottish equivalent of the England and Wales APB authorisation. A business keeping, rearing or trading farmed fish, molluscs or crustaceans in Scotland must be authorised as an aquaculture production business by the Marine Directorate's Fish Health Inspectorate before starting, must keep movement and mortality records, and is subject to risk-based health inspections under the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009. Farm sites are also registered under the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp/2007/12) — see the separate fish_health_disease_controls_scotland requirement for its parasite/containment duties.
compliance
England_Wales
Ongoing
Fish and shellfish health and disease controls
Enforced by:
APHA
The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
Duty to notify the Fish Health Inspectorate of suspected listed/notifiable diseases, comply with movement controls and confirmation testing, and meet biosecurity conditions. Live-animal imports/exports need health certification. Scotland: see the separate fish_health_disease_controls_scotland requirement.
compliance
Scotland
Ongoing
Fish and shellfish health and disease controls (Scotland)
Enforced by:
SCOTTISH_GOVERNMENT
The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009; Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007
Scottish equivalent of the England and Wales fish-health regime. Duty to notify the Marine Directorate's Fish Health Inspectorate of suspected listed/notifiable diseases, comply with movement controls and confirmation testing, and meet biosecurity conditions under the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009; live-animal imports/exports need health certification. The Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007, Part 1 (sections 3-5), adds parasite (e.g. sea-lice) monitoring/control duties and containment/escape-prevention requirements for fish farms.