2003 No. 1560
SEA FISHERIES, ENGLAND
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Amendment) Order 2003

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Northern Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 15(3) and 20(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671, and now vested in them2, make the following Order:

Title, commencement and extent

1.

This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 7th July 2003.

Amendment of the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001

2.

Except insofar as it extends to Northern Ireland, the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 20013 is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

3.

In article 2(1), the definition of “extension piece” shall be omitted and the definition of “the Council Regulation” shall be replaced with the following definition—
““the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms4 as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 973/20015;”.

4.

In article 3(1) and 3(2), the phrase, “articles 4 and 6 apply” shall be replaced with “article 4 applies”.

5.

In article 3(3), the phrase, “Articles 4 and 6 do not apply” shall be replaced with “Article 4 does not apply”.

6.

Article 6 is deleted.

Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Paul Murphy
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/649), which regulates the carriage of certain nets and other fishing gear. The amendment does not apply insofar as the 2001 Order extends to Northern Ireland.

The Order deletes article 6 of S.I. 2001/649 which imposed requirements on the maximum thickness of multiple twines in nets to which that order applied. It also makes minor consequential amendments to articles 2 and 3.