Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c. 84)U.K.

38U.K.In the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967—

[F1(a)for section 1(9), substitute—

“(9)In this section—

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

  • “foreign fishing boat” means any fishing boat other than a British fishing boat.”;]

[F1(b)in section 5(8)(b), for “Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993” substitute “ Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ”; and]

(c)in section 22(1), for the definition of “British-owned” substitute—

““British-owned”, in relation to a fishing boat, means owned by a person who is for the purposes of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 a person qualified to own a British ship, or owned by two or more persons any one of whom is for those purposes a person so qualified;”.

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