The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites (Wales) Regulations 2006

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

“Article 9” (“Erthygl 9”) means Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy(1) as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 768/2005(2);

“the CFP Regulation” (“y Rheoliad CFP”) means Council Regulation 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy(3);

“document” (“dogfen”) includes information recorded in any form;

“equivalent provisions” (“darpariaethau cywerth”) means any provision in any other regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 for the purposes of implementing Article 9, or Article 22 of the CFP Regulation, extending to any part of the United Kingdom, which has equivalent effect to any provision in these Regulations;

“first sale fish” (“pysgod gwerthiant cyntaf”) means fish being marketed for the first time;

“fish” (“pysgod”) means fishery products landed from a fishing vessel to which Article 9 or Article 22 of the CFP Regulation applies;

“licensed fishing vessel” (“cwch pysgota trwyddedig”) means a fishing vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967(4) or under similar fisheries related provisions by another Member State or by the appropriate authorities in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or another country;

“National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

“PLN” (“PLN”) means a vessel’s port number within the meaning of regulation 31 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993(5);

“registered fish buyer” (“prynwr pysgod cofrestredig”) means a person who is registered by the National Assembly in accordance with regulation 7; and

“registered fish seller” (“gwerthwr pysgod cofrestredig”) means a person who is registered by the National Assembly in accordance with regulation 3.

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a fish seller includes–

(a) an agent who sells fish on behalf of the seller; and,

(b) an auction trader.

(3) Expressions used in these Regulations, which are not defined in paragraphs (1) or (2) above and which appear in the CFP Regulation or Article 9, have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the CFP Regulation or Article 9.

(1)

OJ No. L261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

(2)

OJ No. L128, 21.05.2005, p. 1.

(3)

OJ No. L358, 31.12.2002, p.59.

(4)

1967 c. 84.

(5)

S.I. 1993/3138; the relevant amending instrument is 1999/3206.