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Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Section 194 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

194Size limits for sea fishE+W

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(1)Section 1 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c. 84) (size limits, etc for fish) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1), for the words from “, being a fish” to “prescribed” substitute “ which does not meet such requirements as to size as may be prescribed ”.

(3)In subsection (2), for the words from “, being a fish” to “prescribed” substitute “ which does not meet such requirements as to size as may be prescribed ”.

(4)For subsection (3) substitute—

(3)Sea fish of any description which do not meet the requirements as to size prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description by an order of the appropriate national authority shall not be carried, whether within or outside relevant British fishery limits, on a relevant British vessel; and an order under this subsection may prohibit the carrying by a Scottish or Northern Ireland fishing boat or a foreign vessel in waters to which subsection (3A) applies of sea fish of any description prescribed by the order which do not meet the requirements as to size so prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description.

(3A)This subsection applies to the sea within British fishery limits, other than the Scottish zone and the Northern Ireland zone.

Northern Ireland zone” has the meaning given by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (see section 98 of that Act).

(5)For subsection (9) substitute—

(9)In this section—

  • the appropriate national authority” means—

    (a)

    in relation to Wales (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006), the Welsh Ministers;

    (b)

    in any other case, the Secretary of State;

  • foreign vessel” means any vessel other than a relevant British vessel, a Scottish fishing boat or a Northern Ireland fishing boat;

  • Northern Ireland fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and whose entry in the register specifies a port in Northern Ireland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;

  • relevant British vessel” means a vessel, other than a Scottish fishing boat or a Northern Ireland fishing boat, which—

    (a)

    is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, or

    (b)

    is owned wholly by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of that Part of that Act.

Commencement Information

I1S. 194 partly in force; s. 194 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent see s. 324(1)(c)

I2S. 194 in force at 12.1.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 8

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