Title, commencement and interpretation1
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This Order may be cited as the Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 23rd December 1992.
2
In this Order——
“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or which, not being so registered, is British-owned;
“length”, in relation to a boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86 defining characteristics for fishing vessels2;
“sea area” means a statistical sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea3 specified in the Schedule hereto.