1A

In the aforesaid Act as extended to Guernsey, the following expressions have the meanings hereafter assigned to them, except as specifically provided or where the context otherwise requires:

• “British fishing boat”, except in section 1, means a fishing boat which is—

  1. a

     registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 19956,

  2. b

     registered in accordance with the laws of any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man,

  3. c

     exempted from registration by regulations under section 373 of the Merchant Shipping Act 18947, or

  4. d

     British owned;

• “British owned” means owned by a person who is (within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 as it has effect in Guernsey) a person qualified to own a British ship or owned by two or more persons any one of whom is a person so qualified;

• “British sea-fishery officer” means any person who by virtue of section 7 of the Sea Fisheries Act 19688 is a British sea-fishery officer;

• “fishing boat” means a vessel of whatever size, and in whatever way propelled which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;

• “foreign fishing boat” means a fishing boat other than a British fishing boat;

• “master” includes, in relation to any vessel, the person for the time being in command or charge of the vessel;

• “migratory trout” means trout which migrate to or from the sea;

• “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fish industry in Northern Ireland;

• “salmon” includes any fish of the salmon species;

• “sea fish” means fish, whether fresh or cured, of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, and any parts of any such fish but does not include salmon or migratory trout;

• “shellfish” includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind and any spat or spawn of shellfish;

• “statutory maximum” means the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 32 of the Magistrates' Court Act 19809;

• “vessel” includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation.