This Order amends the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Order 2000 (“the principal Order”).

The Order makes a number of amendments to the definition of the Council Regulation and inserts definitions of Council Regulations 2549/2000, 2056/2001 and 254/2002 (article 2).

It also makes further provision for the enforcement of certain Community restrictions and obligations concerning the recovery of the stocks of cod in the Irish Sea (Council Regulation 2549/2000 and Council Regulation 254/2002) and the North Sea and to the west of Scotland (Commission Regulation 2056/2001) (article 3).

The Order creates a number of new offences in respect of breaches of the Council Regulation, Council Regulation 2549/2000 and 2056/2001 (article 4 and the Schedule).

The Order includes references to the year 2002 which, because the Order comes into force part way through the year, are to be taken for the purposes of the principal Order as references only to the period from the date of coming into force of this Order up to 31st December 2002.