The Solent European Marine Site (Prohibition of Method of Dredging) Order 2004

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“dredge” means any form of shellfish dredge used in conjunction with any means of injecting water into the dredge or into the vicinity of the dredge;

“highest astronomical tide” means the highest level of tide which can be predicted to occur under average meteorological conditions and any combination of astronomical conditions;

“latitude” means the angular distance north or south of the earth’s equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe;

“longitude” means the angular distance of any place on the earth’s surface east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, measured in degrees up to 180 degrees east or west;

“Northern Ireland zone” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act(1); and

“Solent European Marine Site” means the areas specified in the Schedule to this Order.

(2) In this Order—

(a) the term “relevant British fishery limits” does not include—

(i) the Northern Ireland zone;

(ii) the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;

(iii) the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man;

(iv) the territorial sea adjacent to the Bailiwick of Jersey; and

(v) seas within British fishery limits adjacent to Guernsey, as defined by section 8 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976(2) as extended to Guernsey.

(b) the term “relevant British fishing boat” does not include a vessel whose entry in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3) specifies a port in Northern Ireland as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging.

(1)

1998 c. 47.

(2)

1976 c. 86; see also paragraph 3(c) of the Schedule to the Fishery Limits Act (Guernsey) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2407).

(3)

1995 c. 21.