Amendment of the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2000

7.  The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2000(1) is amended as follows:–

(a) in article 2(1)–

(i) there is inserted, before the definition of “Community control measure”, as follows:–

“Annex XVII” means Annex XVII to Council Regulation 2341/2002 of 20th December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required;”;

(ii)

at the end of the definition of “the Council Regulation” there is added “and as applied by paragraph 12 and qualified by paragraph 20 of Annex XVII”; and

(b)

in the Schedule, in column 3 of each entry opposite items 2(l), (m), (n) and (o), after the words “15 metres” wherever they appear there is inserted “(or to the extent applicable in consequence of paragraph 12 of Annex XVII, equal to or greater than 10 metres)”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2000/7.