6(1)The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/649) is amended as follows.
(2)In article 3 (application and exemptions), after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A)Subject to paragraph (3), article 4 applies to any net carried in, or used by, any foreign fishing boat in waters that are—
(a)within the area mentioned in paragraph (1), and
(b)within relevant British fishery limits.
In the law of Northern Ireland, the reference in this paragraph to article 4 includes a reference to article 6.”
(3)In article 7 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
“(a)a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be;
(b)any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.”