These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Regulations implementing various EC Directives. Part I of the Regulations contains general provisions relating to citation, commencement and interpretation (regs. 1 and 2). Part II contains the provisions relating to the production and placing on the market of live shellfish. The Department has the power to designate certain areas as designated production areas for live bivalve molluscs; relaying areas (areas where live bivalve molluscs may be re