Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amend the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1081) (“the principal Order”) which makes provision for the enforcement of restrictions and obligations contained in Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 (OJ No. L125, 27.4.98, p. 1) for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, as amended (“the Council Regulation”). Like the principal Order, the present Order does not form part of the law of Scotland and does not apply in relation to fishing activities within the territorial sea of Wales.
Article 3 of this Order updates the definition of “the Council Regulation” in article 2(1) of the principal Order to take account of the amendment of the Council Regulation by Council Regulation (EC) No. 812/2000 (OJ No. L100, 20.4.2000, p. 3), Council Regulation (EC) No. 1298/2000 (OJ No. L148, 22.6.2000, p. 1) and Council Regulation (EC) No. 724/2001 (OJ No. L102, 12.4.2001, p. 16).
This Order also amends the principal Order to make provision for the enforcement of restrictions contained in article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2549/2000 (OJ No. L292, 21.11.2000, p. 5) establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa) as amended by Council Regulation 1456/2001 (OJ No. L194, 18.7.2001, p. 1) and articles 4 to 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2056/2001 (OJ No. L277, 20.10.2001, p. 13) establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stocks of cod in the North Sea and to the coast of Scotland. This Order inserts references to the provisions in the definition of “specified Community measure” in article 2(1) and in the Schedule to the principal Order (articles 3 and 6). Article 5 makes other consequential changes. Article 4 corrects a drafting error in the principal Order.