The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Wales) Order 2003

Interpretation E+W

2.  In this Order —

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;

[F1 “the Council Regulation (“Rheoliad y Cyngor”) means Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures;]

“beam trawler” (“treill-long drawst”) means a fishing boat which, in so far as it carries or uses nets, carries or uses only nets which are designed to be towed along the sea-bed and which have their mouth extended by a beam, bar or other rigid device;

“equivalent Order” (“Gorchymyn cyfatebol”) means an Order applying to England, Northern Ireland or Scotland and made under section 5 of the Act, pursuant to Article 46 of the Council Regulation, which prohibits fishing by any trawl other than a single trawl;

“net” (“rhwyd”) means a trawl, Danish Seine or similar towed net; and

“single trawl” (“treillrwyd unigol”) means a single net towed by a two warp rig in which the net has a single bosom groundrope (the bosom being the central portion of the trawl between the lower wings), where the groundrope is attached to the towing rig at each wing-end only and does not have any further attachment, including bridles, wires or ropes, connecting it to the said towing rig;

and any other corresponding expression used in the Council Regulation has the same meaning in this Order as in that Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 2 substituted (1.11.2019) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1332), regs. 1(2), 2

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1(2)