4.—(1) The function conferred by section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 M1 of designating by order a country and areas within the Northern Ireland zone in which fishing boats registered in that country may fish—
(a)shall be treated as exercisable in or as regards Northern Ireland for the purposes of sections 6 and 86 of the 1998 Act, and
(b)shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
(2) Sections 2(7) and 6(1) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 shall not apply to any order made under section 2 by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, but any such order—
(a)shall be a statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979, and
(b)shall be subject to negative resolution, within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
Marginal Citations
M11976 c.86. Relevant amendments to the Fishery Limits Act 1976 include the transfer of functions under that Act by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), the Consequential Modifications Order, the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38), the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) art.2, Sch.1, the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Fisheries) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1812) [and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/)]. Section 2 was amended by the Consequential Modifications Order art.4, Sch.2, para.57, the Fisheries Act 1981 s.46(2), Sch.5 Pt.II, and the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 s.57(5), Sch.7.