70.—(1) The British Fishing Boats Act 1983 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (restrictions on fishing etc., by British fishing boats)–
(a)before “British fishing boat” or “British fishing boats”, in each place where it appears, there is inserted “relevant”; and
(b)in subsection (4) for “British sea fishing industry” there is substituted “sea fishing industry in England and Wales and Northern Ireland”.
(3) In section 9 (interpretation)(1), there is inserted in the appropriate places–
““relevant British fishing boat” means a British fishing boat which is not a Scottish fishing boat;”;
““relevant British fishery limits” means British fishery limits so far as they do not relate to the Scottish zone;”;
““the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998;”; and
““Scottish fishing boat” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and whose entry in the register specifies a port in Scotland as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging;”.
(4) After section 9 there is inserted–
“9A.—(1) This Act has effect in relation to Scotland with the following modifications (and any other necessary modifications).
(2) In section 1–
(a)for “relevant British fishing boat” or “relevant British fishing boats” there is substituted “Scottish fishing boat” or “Scottish fishing boats”; and
(b)for “England and Wales and Northern Ireland” there is substituted “Scotland”.
(3) In section 1(8) for “either House of Parliament” there is substituted “the Scottish Parliament”.
(4) In section 9, in the definition of “the Ministers”, from “Minister” to the end there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”.”.
Section 9 was amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12), Schedule 6, the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (c. 22), Schedule 2 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21), Schedule 13.