Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order:
“British fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota Prydeinig”) means a fishing boat which is either registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1) or is owned wholly by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of that part of that Act;
“codend” (“pen y cwd”) means the rearmost part of a net, being made up of one or more panels comprising pieces of netting of the same mesh size attached to one another along their sides in the long axis of the net by a lacing;
“equivalent Order” (“Gorchymyn cyfatebol”) means an order extending to any other part of the United Kingdom made under section 3 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 containing a similar provision to that in article 3; and
“Wales” (“Cymru”) has the meaning given to it in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006(2).
(2) For the purpose of this Order, the mesh of a net or netting is to be measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 129/2003 of 24 January 2003 laying down detailed rules for determining the mesh size and thickness of twine of fishing nets(3).
(3) Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.
2006 c. 32. This definition includes “the sea adjacent to Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea”.
OJ No. L22, 25.1.2003, p.5.