2.—(1) The Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 2015(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 3—
(a)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) In paragraph (5) and Schedule 1, “the baselines”, except where otherwise indicated, means the baselines as they existed on 25th January 1983 in accordance with the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964(2).”;
(b)in paragraph (4), for “(other than squids)” substitute “(other than cephalopods)”.
(3) Schedule 1 (access to fisheries: designated countries and designated areas) is amended as follows.
(4) In relation to “Belgium” in column 1, for paragraph 2(e)(ii) in column 2 substitute—
“(ii)the southern boundary of the Welsh zone.”;
(5) In relation to “France” in column 1—
(a)for paragraph 2(c)(ii) in column 2 substitute—
“(ii)a line drawn due south from longitude 2 degrees 56 minutes W;”;
(b)for paragraph 2(d)(i) in column 2 substitute—
“(i)a line drawn due south from longitude 2 degrees 56 minutes W and”;
(c)for paragraph 4(b) substitute—
“(b)the southern boundary of the Welsh zone”;
(d)after paragraph 4, insert in the appropriate columns the following designated area and description of sea fish—
“4A. The area within 12 miles, but outside 6 miles, from baselines adjacent to the United Kingdom and between— (e) the northern boundary of the Welsh zone; and (f) latitude 53 degrees 52 minutes N. | All descriptions of sea fish” |
(6) In relation to “Republic of Ireland” in column 1, for paragraph 2 in column 2 substitute—
“2. Such parts of the area within 12 miles, but outside 6 miles, from the baselines adjacent to Great Britain, and between—
(a)the northern boundary of the Welsh zone, and
(b)the south-western boundary of the Scottish zone,
as lie no nearer to the Isle of Man than a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of, on the one hand, the baselines adjacent to Great Britain and, on the other hand, the baselines adjacent to the Isle of Man.”.
The Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964: Statutory Instruments 1965 III p.6452A; HMSO, 1966, amended by the Territorial Waters (Amendment) Order in Council: Statutory Instruments 1979 III p.2866; HMSO, 1980; and revoked by S.I. 2014/1353.