Fisheries Act 2020

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation

2 (1) The Common Fisheries Policy Regulation is amended as follows.

(2) Article 2 (objectives) is revoked.

(3) In Article 4 (definitions), in paragraph 1, at the end insert—

“(46) ‘the fisheries objectives’ has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the Fisheries Act 2020.”

(4) Article 5 (right of equal access for EU fishing vessels to waters of member States) is revoked.

(5) Article 9 (principles and objectives of multiannual plans) is revoked.

(6) Article 10 (content of multiannual plans) is revoked.

(7) Article 16 (distribution of fishing opportunities by the Council to member States) is revoked.

(8) Article 17 (criteria for the allocation of fishing opportunities by member States) is revoked.

(9) In Article 28 (external relations)—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “a fisheries administration” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(ii) omit “objectives and”;

(iii) for “Articles 2 and 3” substitute “Article 3”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “In particular, a fisheries” substitute “A fisheries”.

(10) In Article 29 (United Kingdom activities in international fisheries organisations) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2 The Secretary of State must take such steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purpose of supporting the improvement of the performance of RFMOs in relation to the conservation and management of marine living resources.”

(11) In Article 33 (management of stocks of common interest), in paragraph 1—

(a) for “a fisheries administration”, in both places it occurs, substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(b) omit the words from “, and in” to “Article 2(2)”;

(c) omit the words from “, in particular, concerning” to the end.

(12) In Article 35 (organisation of the markets), in paragraph 1, in point (a), for the words from “objectives” to the end substitute “fisheries objectives”.

(13) Annex I (right of equal access for EU fishing vessels to waters of member States) is revoked.