The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018

Title, application, interpretation and commencement

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018.

(2) Save as provided in paragraph (3), this Order applies in relation to Wales and the Welsh zone.

(3) Articles 3 and 4 of this Order apply in relation to Wales.

(4) In this article, “Wales” (“Cymru”) and the “Welsh zone” (“parth Cymru”) have the meanings given by section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006(1).

(5) This Order comes into force on 20 November 2018.

(1)

2006 c. 32. There are amendments to section 158 which are not relevant to this definition. For the purposes of the definition of “Wales” in section 158(1) of the 2006 Act, the boundary between those parts of the sea within the Severn and Dee Estuaries which are to be treated as adjacent to Wales and those which are not are, in each case, a line drawn between the co-ordinates set out in Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). By virtue of section 162 of and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2006 Act, S.I. 1999/672 continues to have effect. The definition of “Welsh zone” in section 158(1) was inserted by section 43 of the 2009 Act. The Welsh zone is specified in the Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/760).