Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order further amends the Sea Fish (Conservation) (Channel Islands) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”, S.I. 1981/737) (as previously amended by the Sea Fish (Conservation) (Amendment) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2411)), to the extent that it relates to the Bailiwick of Guernsey. In particular, it extends to the Bailiwick of Guernsey certain of the amendments made to the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (“the 1967 Act”) by the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992. It also amends section 4(1) and 4A(1) of the 1967 Act, as extended to Guernsey, so as to enable the power of Ministers to make an order prohibiting fishing without a licence to be exercised in relation to specified areas within territorial waters.
This Order substitutes a new Part for Part I of the Schedule to the 1981 Order, for ease of reference, but the only other changes made are minor drafting improvements and alterations to references to Great Britain made necessary by the devolution of certain fisheries functions to Scotland and Wales. Article 3 of this Order contains transitional savings.