Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1791

Sea Fisheries, England

The Undersized Bass (Revocation) (England) Order 2015

Made

12th October 2015

Laid before Parliament

16th October 2015

Coming into force

11th November 2015

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 1967(1) and now vested in her(2), makes this Order.

(1)

1967 c.84; section 1 was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 19(1), and amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 194 and Schedule 15, paragraph 1 and S.I. 1999/1820. Section 3 was amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1) and S.I. 1999/1820. Section 15(3) was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), Schedule 1, Part 2, and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976, Schedule 2, paragraph 16 and S.I. 1999/1820. Section 22(1) was amended in relation to the definitions of “British sea-fishery officer”, “relevant British fishery limits”, “relevant British fishing boat” and “Scottish fishing boat” by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968, Schedule 1, paragraph 39 and S.I. 1999/1820. Section 22(2)(a) and (b) (which contains definitions of “the Ministers”) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981, sections 19(2)(d) and 45.

(2)

The relevant functions of the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland and Wales were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Fisheries) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1812), article 2(1) and the Schedule. The relevant functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), article 2(2), and the relevant functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Northern Ireland, acting jointly, were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Northern Ireland, acting jointly, by article 2(5) of that Order. Functions exercisable by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Northern Ireland jointly were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Transfer of Functions (Sea Fisheries) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2747), article 3(1)(a).