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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 9.
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9 Interpretation.S
(1)In this Act—
[“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which either is registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or is wholly British-owned]
“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 [area] adjacent to the coast of Scotland [and within the Scottish zone,] 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;
[“the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998;]
“sea fish” means fish of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, salmon and migratory trout.
[“wholly British-owned” means wholly owned by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;]
(2)Orders under section 1 or 2 of this Act shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of [the Scottish Parliament].
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