1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 7th July 2003.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall not form part of the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be treated as prejudicing in the rest of the United Kingdom the effect of section 30(2A) of the Fisheries Act 1981 in relation to, or for purposes incidental to, any provision which creates an offence.
(4) This Order does not apply to any fishing boat which is less than 10 metres in overall length within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Annex XVII.