# The Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/2593 · made 15 November 1991

This Order varies the Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1991 which is prohibited, subject to an exception, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) or sole (Solea vulgaris) in specified sea areas during the period from 18th November 1991 to 31st December 1991 inclusive.

Made under: Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (Section 5, Section 15, Section 20, Section 22)

## Introductory text

SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
Made 15th November 1991
Laid before Parliament 18th November 1991
Coming into force 19th November 1991
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, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 5(1), 15(3), 20(1) and 22(2)(a) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 19th November 1991.

## 2 Variation of the Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1991

The Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1991 shall be varied by substituting in article 2(1) thereof (prohibition on fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) for the date “1st January 1992” the date “19th November 1991”.

## Signature

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
11th November 1991.
Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
12th November 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
11th November 1991
Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
15th November 1991

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1991 which is prohibited, subject to an exception, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) or sole (Solea vulgaris) in specified sea areas during the period from 18th November 1991 to 31st December 1991 inclusive.
This Order removes the prohibition on fishing for cod with effect from 19th November 1991 (article 2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2593 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cod-and-sole-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-variation-order-1991
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