EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order confers on the Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority a right of several fishery for shellfish of any kind for a period of 20 years commencing on 1st July 2015. The area within which the right is conferred (“the fishery area”) is, for illustrative purposes only, shown hatched on the map below.
Article 3 requires the authority to manage the fishery area in accordance with the management plan. A copy of the management plan can be obtained from the Southern IFCA website (http://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk) or from the offices of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.
Article 4 requires the authority to review the management plan annually and to publish, after consultation, an updated version of its plan.
Article 5 sets out certain provisions relating to leases of the several fishery.
Article 6 requires the Authority to provide annual accounts to the Secretary of State.
Article 7 preserves the power of certain persons to exercise statutory functions.
Article 8 revokes the Poole Fishery Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/847).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum is available at www.legislation.gov.uk.