The Cockles and Mussels (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2011

Article 2

SCHEDULE E+W SPECIFIED AREA

1.  Subject to paragraph 2, the specified area is so much of the sea within six nautical miles from the baselines in Wales, as lies within the following limits— E+W

(a) on the north, a line drawn between the co-ordinates in the Dee Estuary set out in Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999(1); and

(b) on the south, a line drawn true north-west from the northern extremity of Cemaes Head in the county of Ceredigion.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.9.2011, see art. 1(1)

2.  The specified area does not extend above a line drawn at or near the mouth of every river or stream flowing into the sea or into any estuary, or of the estuaries, within the limits of the specified area as follows— E+W

(a) a line drawn across the river Dee (Dyfrdwy) from Hilbre Point to the north-western extremity of Hilbre Island in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and then to the disused lighthouse at the Point of Ayr, in the county of Flintshire;

(b) a line drawn across the river Clwyd, along the seaward side of the bridge carrying the A548 road at Rhyl;

(c) lines drawn across the rivers Conwy and Aber, along the seaward side of the railway bridges across the said rivers near Conwy and Aber respectively;

(d) a line drawn across the river Seiont, along the seaward side of the bridge carrying the A487 road at Caernarfon;

(e) a line drawn across the mouth of Foryd Bay (river Gwyrfai) from Tŷ Calch to the flagstaff at Belan Fort;

(f) a line drawn across the river Cefni, along the seaward side of the bridge carrying the A4080 road at Malltraeth;

(g) a line drawn across the river Soch, along the seaward side of the bridge carrying the A499 road at Abersoch;

(h) a line drawn across the river Erch, along the seaward side of the railway bridge at Pwllheli Harbour;

(i) a line drawn across the river Rhyd-hir, along the seaward side of the bridge carrying the Embankment Road at the western side of Pwllheli Harbour;

(j) a line drawn across the river Glaslyn, along the seaward side of the embankment near Porthmadog;

(k) lines drawn across the rivers Dwyryd and Artro, along the seaward side of the railway bridges across the said rivers near Llandecwyn and Llanbedr and Pen-Sarn Stations respectively;

(l) lines drawn across the rivers Ysgethin and Dysynni, along the seaward side of the railway bridges across the said rivers near Tal-y-bont and Tonfannau respectively;

(m) a line drawn across the river Mawddach, from the point at which it is joined on the north shore by the Cwm-llechen stream near Bontddu to the point on the south shore where it is joined by the Gwynant stream;

(n) a line drawn across the river Dyfi, from the point at Trefri to the south-western abutment of the railway bridge across the Tre'r-ddôl stream (river Cletwr);

(o) a line drawn across the river Aeron, along the seaward side of the bridge carrying the A487 road at Aberaeron;

(p) a line drawn across the river Teifi, along the seaward side of the bridge carrying the A487 road at Cardigan; and

(q) a line drawn across every river or stream not specified above, such line being in continuation of the coast at mean high water springs.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. para. 2 in force at 1.9.2011, see art. 1(1)

(1)

S.I. 1999/672.