3.—(1) The grantee has the right of regulating a fishery for cockles within the fishery for a period of 20 years starting on 1st July 2008.
(2) This right includes the right, with the consent of the appropriate national authority, to impose restrictions on, and make regulations respecting, the dredging, fishing for or taking of cockles within the limits of the fishery.
(3) In this article, “the appropriate national authority” means—
(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State; and
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.