PART 1General
Title, commencement, extent and application
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Marine, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Financial Assistance) Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 December 2022.
(3) These Regulations—
(a)extend to England and Wales;
(b)apply in relation to—
(i)Wales;
(ii)the Welsh zone;
(iii)Welsh fishing boats.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“notified” (“hysbysedig”) means notified in writing;
“specified” (“a bennir”) means specified in writing by the Welsh Ministers, including in any documentation published or otherwise provided by the Welsh Ministers;
“Welsh fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota Cymreig”) means a fishing boat—
which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), and
whose entry in the register specifies a port in Wales as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;
“writing” (“ysgrifenedig”) includes electronic communications within the meaning of section 15(1) (general interpretation) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(2), which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.
1995 c. 21. Part 2 has been amended by S.I. 2002/794 and S.I. 2015/664.
2000 c. 7. Section 15 was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), section 406(1) and Schedule 17, paragraph 158.