# The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (No. 3) Order 1989, Article 1: Title, commencement, duration and interpretation


(1) This Order may be cited as the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (No. 3) Order 1989, shall come into force on 31st July 1989 and shall cease to have effect on 1st September 1989.
(2) In this Order–
“sea area” means a statistical sub-area or division of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea or the area known as CECAF Division 34.1.1 (EC Zone) described in the Schedule hereto;
“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” means–
(a) in relation to a boat registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988, the length recorded as the registered length in the Certificate of Registry, that is to say the certificate of registration of the boat under that Part;
(b) in relation to a boat not registered under Part II of that Act, the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Vessels—Tonnage) Regulations 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1295/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-no-3-order-1989/article-1
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