InterpretationU.K.
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
[F1“Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District” means the inshore fisheries and conservation district established on 1st October 2010 by the Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010;]
“edible crab” means crab of the species Cancer pagurus;
“size”, in relation to an edible crab, means the maximum width of the carapace measured perpendicular to the antero-posterior midline of the carapace and shall be measured as shown in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(2) In this Order—
(a)the term “within relevant British fishery limits” does not include:
(i)the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;
(ii)the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man;
(iii)the territorial sea adjacent to the Bailiwick of Jersey; and,
(iv)seas within British fishery limits adjacent to Guernsey, as defined by section 8 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976(1);
(b)any reference to any relevant British fishing boat “wherever it may be” does not include such a fishing boat while in the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;
(c)the term “any equivalent order” means any other order made under section 6 of the Act, extending to any part of the United Kingdom, which prohibits the landing in any part of the United Kingdom of edible crabs which have not attained a size of 130 millimetres and have been caught in waters within British fishery limits which are outside the [F2Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/603), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 7(2)
F2Words in Order substituted (1.4.2011) by The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/603), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 7(3)
Commencement Information
1976, c. 86; as modified by paragraph 3(c) of the Schedule to the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (Guernsey) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2407).