1988 No. 2071

SEA FISHERIESCONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Revocation) Order 1988

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 5(1), 15(3) and 20(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Title and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Revocation) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988.

Revocation2

The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 19882 is hereby revoked.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 24th November 1988.

John MacGregorMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of BowdenMinister of State, Scottish Office
Peter WalkerSecretary of State for Wales
Tom KingSecretary of State for Northern Ireland

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1988 as varied, which prohibited fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands within any part of a sea area specified in that Order with effect from 11th April 1988.