1998 No. 2074

SEA FISHERIESCONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Revocation) Order 1998

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 5(1), 15(3), 20(1) and 22(2)(a) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Title and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Revocation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th September 1998.

Revocation2

The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 19982 is hereby revoked.

Jeff RookerMinister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
SewelParliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Peter HainParliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
Tony BeetonAssistant Secretary, Northern Ireland Office

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1998 which prohibits fishing for cod in sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions VIIb, c, d, e, f, g, h, j and k by certain British fishing boats (article 2).