2015 No. 1791

Sea Fisheries, England

The Undersized Bass (Revocation) (England) Order 2015

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (2), (3) and (6), 3(1) and (2), 15(3) and 20(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671 and now vested in her2, makes this Order.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Undersized Bass (Revocation) (England) Order 2015 and comes into force on 11th November 2015.

Revocations2

The following Orders are revoked in relation to England—

a

the Undersized Bass Order 19893;

b

the Undersized Bass (Revocation) Order 20074.

George EusticeMinister of StateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Undersized Bass Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1285) and the Undersized Bass (Revocation) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/857) in relation to England.

The Undersized Bass Order 1989 set the minimum landing size in Great Britain for bass landed from British fishing boats. This is now redundant as a result of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1316 of 30th July 2015 derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98, as regards the minimum conservation reference size for sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) (OJNo. L 203, 31.07.2015, p. 9).

The Undersized Bass (Revocation) Order 2007 revived the Undersized Bass Order 1989 following an earlier revocation. It is therefore no longer necessary.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact is foreseen on the private, voluntary or public sectors.