The Orkney Islands (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2016

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 50

Sea Fisheries

Conservation Of Sea Fish

The Orkney Islands (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2016

Made

26th January 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

28th January 2016

Coming into force

7th March 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (4) and (6), 6(1) and (3) and 20(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

(1)

1967 c.84 (“the Act”); section 1 was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 19(1) and was relevantly amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), Schedule 13, paragraph 38(a) and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 194, which extends to Scotland by virtue of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5), section 158(1). Section 6(1) was amended by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(6)(a). Sections 1 and 6 of the Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (2A) and (7) of the Act. Section 22A was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(13). Relevant modifications are contained in S.I. 1999/1748, article 5 and S.I. 1999/1756, articles 3, 5 and 6. The functions of the Secretary of State, in or as regards Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Section 22(2) of the Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers” was relevantly amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), sections 19(2)(d) and (3) and 45 and by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(12). The definition was modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(12)(b) of the Act.