5(1)The provisions of this paragraph apply to orders made under section 5 of the M1Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 imposing a prohibition in relation to fishing in an area specified in the order.U.K.
(2)Where such an order specifies the area to which it applies by reference to “the fishery limits of the British Islands", “the exclusive fishery limits" or any similar expression that reference shall continue to be construed in accordance with the M2Fishery Limits Act 1964.
(3)From the coming into force of the amendment by this Act of subsection (8) of the said section 5 replacing the reference to the fishery limits of the British Islands that subsection applies as amended—
(a)to the prohibition contained in the M3Herring (Celtic Sea) (Prohibition of Fishing Method) Order 1971, and
(b)to subsection (6) of section 5 (duty to return fish) as that subsection applies to fish caught in contravention of that prohibition.
(4)The subsection applies as unamended—
(a)to prohibitions contained in other orders made before the coming into force of the amendment, and
(b)to subsection (6) of section 5 as that subsection applies to fish caught in contravention of such prohibitions.