Section 9 Interpretation.

In this Act—

• F1“British fishing boat” means a fishing vessel which either is registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or is wholly British-owned;

• “British sea-fishery officer” means any person who by virtue of section 7 of the M1Sea Fisheries Act 1968 is a British sea-fishery officer;

• “fishing boat” means any vessel for the time being employed in fishing operations or any operations ancillary to fishing operations;

• “master” includes, in relation to any fishing boat, the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;

• “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and

• F2“relevant British fishery limits” means British fishery limits so far as they do not relate to the Scottish zone;

• F3“relevant British fishing boat” means a British fishing boat which is not a Scottish fishing boat;

• F4“Scottish fishing boat” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and whose entry in the register specifies a port in Scotland as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging;

• F5“the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998;

  • “sea fish” includes shellfish, salmon and migratory trout, and “sea fishing industry” has a corresponding meaning;

  • F6“wholly British-owned” means wholly owned by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

  and references to a restricted fishing area shall be read in accordance with section 1(2) of this Act.