The North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries District Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order replaces the order made in 1986 by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c. 38) to establish the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries District. It consolidates the 1986 order and its subsequent amending orders, and consequently provides for the continuation of the sea fisheries district and sets out its geographical extent (article 2). The Order also varies the existing constitution of the local fisheries committee for the district, originally constituted under the 1986 Order. Changes are made to take account, firstly, of the decision of Cheshire County Council to withdraw from the committee, and, secondly, of the changes made to the structure of local government in England under the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19) and, in particular, the Lancashire (Boroughs of Blackburn and Blackpool) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1868). Since the number and size of the constituent councils has altered, the number of representatives from each council and their proportionate contributions to the expenses of the committee have been revised (articles 3 and 4, and Schedule).