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.