For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in Scotland of any sea fish of any description, which does not meet such requirements as to size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), in relation to landing in any part of Scotland apart from the areas of coast specified in paragraph (2), there is prescribed as the minimum size in relation to sea fish of the description of king scallop a size of 105 millimetres.

The prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraph (1), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.

For the purposes of this article, the size of a scallop is measurable in accordance with paragraph 6 of F2Annex 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measuresF3.