Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29)

Part II U.K. Financial Assistance for Sea Fish Industry

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pts. II-IV: transfer of functions (31.3.2010) by The Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/760), arts. 1(3), 4(1)(e) (with arts. 5(2)(3), 6(2))

C2 Pts. 2-4 functions transferred (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 53(2)(c)(3), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(l)

18 Interpretation of Part II. U.K.

(1) In this Part of this Act—

• “the Ministers” means—

(a) in relation to a scheme not extending outside England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(b) in relation to a scheme not extending outside Wales, F1 . . .or Northern Ireland respectively, the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fish industry in that country;

(c) in relation to a scheme extending to the whole or part of two or more of the countries mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (if those countries include England) and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fish industry in each of the countries (other than England) to the whole or part of which the scheme extends:

but a scheme made by two or more Ministers may provide for payments under the scheme to be made by any of them;

“sea fish” means fish of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish but not salmon or migratory trout.

(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act “the sea fish industry” means the sea fish industry in [F2 England and Wales and Northern Ireland] and a person shall be regarded as engaged in the sea fish industry if—

(a) he carries on or is employed in the business of operating vessels for catching or processing sea fish or for transporting sea fish or sea fish products, being vessels registered in the [F2 England and Wales and Northern Ireland]; or

(b) he carries on in [F2 England and Wales and Northern Ireland], or is employed in [F2 England and Wales and Northern Ireland] in, the business of selling sea fish or sea fish products by wholesale or retail, of loading, unloading or the inland transport of sea fish or sea fish products or of processing sea fish (including the business of a fish fryer).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 18(1) repealed (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 68(3), Pt. IV; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

F2 Words in s. 18(2) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820 art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 68(2); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3