The Mussels (Prohibition of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Interpretation

3.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;

“mussels” means shell-fish of the species Mytilus Edulis;

“mussel seed licence” means a licence granted by the Department under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (1) for the collection of mussel seed.

(1)

1967 c.84. Section 4 was substituted by 1976 c.86 section 3 and amended by 1981 c.29 section 20, 1992 c.60 section 1 and S.I. 1999/1820 article 4, Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 43. By virtue of article 3(1) of, and paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2002/790, the functions of the Ministers exercisable under section 4 of the 1967 Act in relation to the granting of licences authorising fishing within the Northern Ireland zone were transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development but, by virtue of paragraph 3(2)(a), the Ministers retain a concurrent function to grant licences authorising fishing by British fishing boats, other than Northern Ireland fishing boats, within the Northern Ireland zone.