References in this Schedule to statutory provisions are to provisions of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 M1, unless otherwise indicated.

Expressions used in this Schedule which are also used in the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 shall have the same meaning as in that Act, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly, except that references to, or to any of, the Ministers shall be construed without the modification made by section 22A of that Act M2.

Any reference in this Schedule to a function of the Ministers or to a function of one of the Ministers includes a function which has been transferred to the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly of Wales only if, and only to the extent that, it remains exercisable by the Ministers or (as the case may be) one of the Ministers, as well as by the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly of Wales.