The Scallop Fishing (Wales) (No.2) Order 2010

Interpretation E+W

2.  In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;

• “baselines” (“gwaelodlinau”) means the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured for the purposes of the Territorial Sea Act 1987(1);

• “British fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota Prydeinig”) means a fishing boat which is either registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(2) or is owned wholly by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of that part of that Act;

• “equivalent provision” (“darpariaeth gyfatebol”) means a provision in any other order extending or applying to any part of the United Kingdom which has equivalent effect to a provision in this Order;

• “scallop” (“cregyn bylchog”) means shellfish of the species Pecten maximus;

• “scallop dredge” (“llusgrwyd cregyn bylchog”) includes any appliance with a rigid framed mouth which is towed through the water and is manufactured, adapted, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing for scallops;

• “tow bar” (“bar tynnu”) means any device or appliance which is capable of being used for the purpose of fixing or attaching a scallop dredge to a vessel for the purpose of enabling such a dredge to be towed by the vessel;

• “Wales” (“Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006(3); and

• “Welsh waters” (“dyfroedd Cymru”) means sea areas within Wales.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 1.3.2010, see art. 1(2)

(1)

1987 c. 49.

(2)

1995 c. 21.

(3)

2006 c. 32.