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Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984

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Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 9. Help about Changes to Legislation

9 Interpretation.S

(1)In this Act—

  • British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, [F1excluded from registration by regulations under section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 or owned wholly by a person who is (within the meaning of Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894)] a person qualified to own a British ship;

  • fishing boat” means any vessel which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;

  • master” includes, in relation to any fishing boat, the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;

  • miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;

  • Scottish inshore waters” means the sea adjacent to the coast of Scotland and to the landward of a limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides;

  • sea fish” means fish of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, salmon and migratory trout.

(2)Orders under section 1 or 2 of this Act shal be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

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