SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 3AFunctions of Ministers of Crown etc exercisable concurrently or jointly with Welsh Ministers
Functions exercisable concurrently with Welsh Ministers
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1
The functions listed in sub-paragraph (2), so far as exercisable in relation to Welsh fishing boats beyond the seaward limit of the Welsh zone, are exercisable concurrently with the Welsh Ministers.
2
The functions are—
a
functions of a Minister of the Crown under the following provisions of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967—
i
section 1(3), (4) and (6) (size limits for fish carried by fishing boat);
ii
section 3(1), (3) and (4) (regulation of nets and other fishing gear);
iii
section 5 (power to restrict fishing for sea fish);
iv
section 15(3) (order by Ministers as to powers of British sea-fishery officers for enforcement of the Act);
b
functions of a Minister of the Crown or the Marine Management Organisation under the following provisions of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967—
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ii
section 4A (licensing of vessels receiving trans-shipped fish);
c
functions of a Minister of the Crown under the following provisions of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968—
i
section 5(1) and (2)(a) (regulation of conduct of fishing operations);
ii
section 7(1)(g) and (2) (appointment of British sea-fishery officers);
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e
functions of a Minister of the Crown under section 30(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (enforcement of Community rules).
3
Any provision of section F4... 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 requiring the consent of the Treasury to the exercise of a function does not apply in relation to the exercise of the function by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of this paragraph.
4
In this paragraph “"Welsh fishing boat”” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and whose entry in the register specifies a port in Wales as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging.
Sch. 3A inserted (8.1.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/893, reg. 2