Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Cod (Irish Sea) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 7th May 1993.

In this Order—

• “British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or which, not being so registered, is British-owned;

• “length”, in relation to a boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86^f1 defining characteristics for fishing vessels;

• “sea area” means the statistical division of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea^f2 specified in Schedule 1 hereto.