The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Fishing, Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Wales) Order 2015

Revocations and consequential amendments E+W

7.—(1) The following Orders are revoked in relation to Wales—

(a) the Undersized Crabs Order 1986(1);

(b) the Undersized Crabs (Variation) Order 1989(2);

(c) the Undersized Lobsters Order 1993(3);

(d) the Lobster and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) (Wales) Order 2002(4);

(e) the Undersized Spider Crabs (Wales) Order 2002(5).

(2) The Lobster and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) Order 2000(6) is revoked in relation to the area of the Welsh zone that lies beyond Wales.

(3) The Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989(7) is revoked in relation to Wales and the Welsh zone.

(4) The following Byelaws of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee(8) are revoked in relation to Wales—

(a) Byelaw 3 (Lobster – Minimum size)(9);

(b) Byelaw 5 (Protection of V-Notched Lobsters)(10);

(c) Byelaw 6 (Crabs – Minimum size)(11);

(d) Byelaw 7 (Crawfish – Minimum size)(12); and

(e) Byelaw 46 (Parts of Crustacean Shellfish)(13).

(5) The following Byelaws of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee(14) are revoked in relation to Wales—

(a) Byelaw 29 (Minimum size of Lobster)(15); and

(b) Byelaw 31 (Protection of V-Notched Lobsters)(16).

(6) In the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010(17)—

(a) in the Table in Schedule 3, delete the rows relating to Byelaws 3, 5, 6, 7 and 46; and

(b) in the Table in Schedule 4, delete the rows relating to Byelaws 29 and 31.

(7) In Byelaw 19 (Specified Fish Sizes)(18) of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee(19), in the Table specifying minimum shellfish size, delete the rows relating to Crawfish (Palinurus spp), Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus), Lobster (Homarus gammarus), Spider Crab (Maja squinado) and Velvet Crab (Liocarcinus puber).

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 7 in force at 1.2.2016, see art. 1(1)

(1)

S.I. 1986/497 as amended by S.I. 1989/2443.

(2)

S.I. 1989/2443.

(3)

S.I. 1993/1178.

(4)

S.I. 2002/676 (W. 73).

(5)

S.I. 2002/1897 (W. 198).

(6)

S.I. 2000/874.

(7)

S.I. 1989/919.

(8)

The South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee was dissolved on 1 April 2010 when article 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)) brought into force section 187 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), with the effect of repealing the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c. 38).

(9)

Byelaw 3 of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that Byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(10)

Byelaw 5 of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(11)

Byelaw 6 of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(12)

Byelaw 7 of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(13)

Byelaw 46 of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(14)

The North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee was dissolved, in relation to Wales, on 1 April 2010 when article 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)) brought into force section 187 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), with the effect of repealing the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c. 38) in relation to Wales.

(15)

Byelaw 29 of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that Byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(3) of and Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(16)

Byelaw 31 of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that Byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(3) of and Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(17)

S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42). There are amendments to Schedule 4 to the 2010 Order but they are not relevant to this Order.

(18)

Byelaw 19 of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that Byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(3) of and Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

(19)

The North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee was dissolved, in relation to Wales, on 1 April 2010 when article 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)) brought into force section 187 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), with the effect of repealing the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c. 38) in relation to Wales.