Explanatory note

This Order varies the Bass (Specified Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1156) (“the principal Order”).

The Order varies the principal Order to prohibit fishing for sea fish using sand eels for bait in the areas, and during the periods, specified in the Schedule to the Order (article 2(2)).

The Order substitutes a new Schedule for the Schedule set out in the principal Order (article 2(3)).

The Bass (Specified Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1992 is revoked (article 3).

A single regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to both this Order and the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Variation) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/74) and deposited in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from: