Gravel-cleaning for fish-spawning bedsE+W
17.—(1) Gravel-cleaning for fish-spawning beds.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—
(a)the works are only carried out in September or October in any year,
(b)the works are to no more than 20m2 of gravel per location, with a gap of at least 30 metres between locations,
(c)the works do not adversely affect the banks or established bed of the main river,
(d)the works are carried out using only hand tools or machinery carried and operated by one person, and
(e)the works do not occur in, or within 500 metres upstream of, a type of habitat included in a list published by the Secretary of State under section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 or by Welsh Ministers under section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016.