Paragraph 4 Byelaws of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries CommitteeI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Byelaws^f1 of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee are amended as follows.

(2)

In Byelaw 13 (Shellfish – Minimum Sizes) , omit paragraph c).

(3)

Byelaw 21 (Prohibition of Night Gathering of Cockles) is revoked.

(4)

In Byelaw 22 (Allowance for Weighing), at the end insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.

(5)

In Byelaw 23 (Shellfish – Re-Deposit of)—

(a)

omit “, and in re-depositing cockles (Crerastoderma edule), in accordance with this Byelaw shall spread them thinly and evenly over the beds”;

(b)

at the end insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.

(6)

In Byelaw 24 (Temporary Closure of Shellfish Fisheries), after paragraph ii insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.

(7)

In Byelaw 40 (Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish - Methods of Fishing), at the end insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.

(8)

Byelaw 47 (Permit to Take Cockles within the Three Rivers Estuary) is revoked.

Annotations

f1: From 1 April 2010, the Byelaws of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee have 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)).