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(1) This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996, shall come into force on 29 May 1996 and shall extend to England and Wales.
(2) In this Order “crayfish” means a freshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, other than the species Austropotamobius pallipes (commonly known as the Atlantic stream, or white clawed, crayfish).
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall keep any live crayfish, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Minister.
(2) The prohibition specified in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to crayfish of the species Pacifastacus leniusculus (commonly known as the signal crayfish) kept within those parts of England and Wales which are within the postcode areas set out in column 1 (and described in column 2), as read with column 3, of the Schedule to this Order.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
10th April 1996Rod Richards
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
15th April 1996
SCHEDULE
Article 2


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, B12, 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, EX35, EX36, EX37, EX38, EX39
GL Gloucester GL1, GL2, GL3, GL4, GL5, GL6, GL7, GL8, GL9, GL10, GL11, GL12, GL13, GL14, GL18, GL19, GL20, 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 LE160
LU Luton All
ME Maidstone All
MK Milton Keynes All
N London N All
NG Nottingham NG33
NN Northampton All
NR Norwich NR1, NR2, NR3, NR4, NR5, NR6, NR7, NR8, NR9, NR10, NR11, NR12, NR13, NR14, NR15, NR16, NR18, NR19, NR20, NR21, NR22, NR23, NR24, NR25, NR26, NR27, NR28, NR29, NR30, NR31, NR32, NR33, NR34, NR35
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, SO17, SO18, SO19, SO20, SO21, SO22, SO23, SO24, SO31, SO32, SO50, SO51, SO52, SO53
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
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
WD Watford All
WR Worcester All