The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 874

SEA FISHERIES, ENGLAND

SEA FISHERIES, NORTHERN IRELAND

CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) Order 2000

Made

24th March 2000

Laid before Parliament

27th March 2000

Coming into force

17th April 2000

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, after having consulted the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 5(1), 6(1) and 15(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

(1)

1967, c. 84. See section 22(2)(a) for the definition of “ the Ministers”, as amended by sections 19(2)(d) and 45(b) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29). Section 5(1) was substituted by section 22(1) of the 1981 Act. Section 15(3) was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), Schedule 1, paragraph 38(3) and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1). Sections 15(3) and 6(1) were amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), Schedule 2, paragraph 43(2) and (6) respectively. Sections 5(1) and 6 were modified in their effect by section 33(1) of the 1981 Act. Article 3(1) and Schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1592) provide for the functions exercisable under sections 5 and 15(3) of the 1967 Act to be exercised by the Ministers, concurrently with Scottish Ministers, in relation to: relevant British fishing boats within the Scottish zone; and, Scottish fishing boats within British fishery limits but outside the Scottish zone. The functions of the Board of Trade under section 6(1) are exercisable concurrently with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry by virtue of S.I. 1970/1537 articles 2(1) and 5(3), S.I. 1974/692 articles 2(1) and Part III of Schedule 1, and S.I. 1983/1127 article 2(1).