Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

213 Orders prohibiting the taking and sale of certain lobsters

(1) Section 17 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c. 83) (taking and sale of certain crabs and lobsters prohibited) is amended as set out in subsections (2) and (3) below.

(2) In subsection (3) (orders prohibiting the taking and sale of certain lobsters), for the words from “If the Minister” to “England and Wales,” substitute “If the appropriate national authority by order so directs, no person shall, in the part of the United Kingdom to which the order relates,”.

(3) For subsection (3A) substitute—

“(3ZA) In subsection (3) of this section “the appropriate national authority” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”

(4) In section 20(3) of that Act (procedure for orders made under section 17(3)), for the words from “shall be laid before Parliament” to the end substitute “shall—

(a) in the case of an order in relation to England, be laid before Parliament;

(b) in the case of an order in relation to Wales, be laid before the National Assembly for Wales;

(c) in the case of an order in relation to Scotland, be laid before the Scottish Parliament.”