2001 No. 2018 (W.139)

SEA FISHERIES, WALES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

The Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) (Revocation) (Wales) Order 2001

Made

Coming into force

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 6(1) and 20(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Name and commencement1

This Order is named the Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) (Revocation) (Wales) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st June 2001.

Revocation2

The Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) Order 19862 is hereby revoked in relation to Wales.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19983.

John MarekThe Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

(This note does not form part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) Order 1986 (“the 1986 Order”), which has already been revoked in relation to Scotland, England and Northern Ireland (article 2).

The 1986 Order prohibited the landing of crab claws in the United Kingdom if they have been detached from edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) caught within British fishery limits. It also made related provision for enforcement.

Provisions relating to the retention on board and the landing of edible crabs and detached claws can now be found in Article 18.4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 (OJNo. L125, 27.04.98, p.1) for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms.

Provisions for the enforcement of restrictions and obligations contained in that Regulation have been made in the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Wales) Order 2000 (2000 No.2230 (W.148)) which came into force on 11th September 2000.