Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 27 inserted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 225(2), 324(3); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 14
7(1)The [F2appropriate agency] may, at any time before an emergency fisheries byelaw expires, apply to the appropriate national authority for it to be extended.E+W
(2)On such an application, the appropriate national authority may extend the byelaw at any time before its expiry, provided the authority is satisfied that—
(a)the byelaw is still needed to prevent or limit the harm referred to in paragraph 1(2)(a) above, and
(b)the need for the extension could not reasonably have been avoided by the [F2appropriate agency].
(3)A byelaw may be extended under sub-paragraph (2) above for such period not exceeding six months as the appropriate national authority may specify.
(4)A byelaw may not be extended under sub-paragraph (2) above on more than one occasion.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 27 paras. 7-9 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 315(d) (with Sch. 7)