Fisheries Act 2020

PART 1 Access to British fisheries by foreign fishing boats

Sea Fish Industry Act 1962

1 Section 17 of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1962 (exemption from s.2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 for operations for scientific and certain other purposes) is repealed.

Sea Fisheries Act 1968

2 (1) The Sea Fisheries Act 1968 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 8 (general powers of British sea-fishery officers)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 or any order thereunder” substitute “of section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020”;

(b) in subsection (4), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 or any order thereunder” substitute “section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020”.

(3) In section 12 (recovery of fines imposed on master etc or crew), in subsections (1) and (2), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976” substitute “section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020”.

(4) In section 13 (compensation for damage caused by offence), in subsections (2) and (4), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976” substitute “section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020”.

(5) In section 14 (jurisdiction to try offences), omit “or section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976”.

Fishery Limits Act 1976

3 (1) Section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (access to British fisheries) is repealed.

(2) In consequence of the repeal made by sub-paragraph (1), the following provisions of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 are also repealed—

(a) in section 8 (interpretation), the following definitions—

• “relevant British fishery limits”;

• “the Scottish zone”;

• “sea fish”;

• “wholly British-owned”;

(b) in Schedule 3 (transitional provisions), paragraphs 1 and 7.

Subordinate legislation made under section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976

4 The following orders were made (or have effect as if made) under powers contained in section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 and are therefore revoked by virtue of paragraph 3(1)—

(a) the Fishing Boats (France) Designation Order 1965 (S.I. 1965/1241);

(b) the Fishing Boats (Republic of Ireland) Designation Order 1965 (S.I. 1965/1448);

(c) the Fishing Boats (Belgium) Designation Order 1965 (S.I. 1965/1569);

(d) the Foreign Fishing Boats (Stowage of Gear) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/318);

(e) the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/253);

(f) the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation (Variation) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/382);

(g) the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation (Variation) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3108);

(h) the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation (Variation) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/248);

(i) the Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1035);

(j) the Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation (Variation) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1630);

(k) the Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/648);

(l) the Fishing Boats Designation (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1219).

Fishery Limits Act 1976 (Guernsey) Order 1989

5 The Fishery Limits Act 1976 (Guernsey) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2407) is revoked.