The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites (Wales) Regulations 2006

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

F1 ...

F2 ...

[F3 “the Control Regulation” (“y Rheoliad Rheolaeth”) means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, as amended from time to time;]

“document” (“dogfen”) includes information recorded in any form;

“equivalent provisions” (“darpariaethau cywerth”) means any provision in any other regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 for the purposes of implementing [F4 Chapter II of Title V], extending to any part of the United Kingdom, which has equivalent effect to any provision in these Regulations;

“first sale fish” (“pysgod gwerthiant cyntaf”) means fish being marketed for the first time;

“fish” (“pysgod”) means fishery products landed from a fishing vessel to which [F5 the Control Regulation] applies;

“licensed fishing vessel” (“cwch pysgota trwyddedig”) means a fishing vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967(1) or under similar fisheries related provisions F6 ... by the appropriate authorities in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or another country;

“National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

“PLN” (“PLN”) means a vessel’s port number within the meaning of regulation 31 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993(2);

“registered fish buyer” (“prynwr pysgod cofrestredig”) means a person who is registered by the National Assembly in accordance with regulation 7; and

“registered fish seller” (“gwerthwr pysgod cofrestredig”) means a person who is registered by the National Assembly in accordance with regulation 3.

[F3 “Wales” (“Cymru”) has the same meaning as it has by virtue of section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;]

[F3 “Welsh zone” (“parth Cymru”) has the same meaning as it has by virtue of section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.]

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a fish seller includes–

(a) an agent who sells fish on behalf of the seller; and,

(b) an auction trader.

[F7 (3) Terms used in these Regulations which are not defined in paragraph (1) or (2) and which appear in the Control Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the Control Regulation.

(4) In these Regulations, a reference to an Article means an Article of the Control Regulation, and a reference to Chapter II of Title V means Chapter II of Title V of the Control Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (20.11.2018) by virtue of The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1095), arts. 1(5), 2(3)(a)(i)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (20.11.2018) by virtue of The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1095), arts. 1(5), 2(3)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (20.11.2018) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1095), arts. 1(5), 2(3)(a)(iii)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (20.11.2018) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1095), arts. 1(5), 2(3)(a)(iv)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (20.11.2018) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1095), arts. 1(5), 2(3)(a)(v)

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Fisheries and Marine Management (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/370), regs. 1(2), 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Reg. 2(3)(4) substituted for reg. 2(3) (20.11.2018) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1095), arts. 1(5), 2(3)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 9.6.2006, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

1967 c. 84.

(2)

S.I. 1993/3138; the relevant amending instrument is 1999/3206.