SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Regulation of foreign fishing boats

PART 1England and Wales

Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001

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1

The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/649) is amended as follows.

2

In article 3 (application and exemptions), after paragraph (1) insert—

1A

Subject to paragraph (3), article 4 applies to any net carried in, or used by, any foreign fishing boat in waters that are—

a

within the area mentioned in paragraph (1), and

b

within relevant British fishery limits.

In the law of Northern Ireland, the reference in this paragraph to article 4 includes a reference to article 6.

3

In article 7 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

a

a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be;

b

any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.