The Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 648

Sea Fisheries, England

Fishery Limits, England

Boats And Methods Of Fishing, England

The Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 2015

Made

9th March 2015

Laid before Parliament

13th March 2015

Coming into force

1st July 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1) and (4) and 6(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976(1), and section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978(2), and now vested in the Secretary of State(3), makes the following Order.

(1)

1976 c.86 (“the 1976 Act”). Section 2(1) and (4) was amended by S.I. 1999/1820 article 4, Schedule 2, paragraph 57(1) and (2)(a).

(2)

1978 c.30. Section 14A was inserted by section 59(1) and (2) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24).

(3)

The functions of the Ministers under the 1976 Act in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales and then transferred from that body to Welsh Ministers: see article 2(a) of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I 1999/672) and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). Insofar as those functions were exercisable in relation to the Welsh zone, they have been transferred to Welsh Ministers by article 4(1)(d) of the Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/760). The functions under the 1976 Act within British fishery limits but outside the Scottish zone are exercisable by the Ministers. Section 2(9) of the 1976 Act provides for the Scottish Ministers to exercise the functions under section 2 of the 1976 Act. Any remaining functions of the Secretaries of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland and Wales under section 2 of the 1976 Act were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: see article 2(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Fisheries) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1812). Functions under section 2 of the 1972 were transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development under article 3(3) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to, the Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/790). Functions under section 2 of the 1976 Act have been transferred to the Secretary of State: see article 3(1)(c) of the Transfer of Functions (Sea Fisheries) Order (S.I. 2012/2747).