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The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Revocation) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/2074 · Made 21 August 1998

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SEA FISHERIES

CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

Made 21st August 1998

Laid before Parliament 4th September 1998

Coming into force 7th September 1998

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 1967f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1967 c. 84; section 5(1) was substituted by section 22(1) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29); section 15(3) was substituted by paragraph 38(3) of Schedule 1 to the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77) and amended by paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 2 to the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86); section 22(2)(a) which contains a definition of “the Ministers” for the purposes of sections 5 and 15(3) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981, sections 19(2)(d) and 45(b).

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Revocation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Revocation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th September 1998.

2Revocation

The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1998f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Jeff Rooker

Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

19th August 1998

Sewel

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

21st August 1998

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Peter Hain

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

17th August 1998

Tony Beeton

Assistant Secretary, Northern Ireland Office

18th August 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1998 which prohibits fishing for cod in sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions VIIb, c, d, e, f, g, h, j and k by certain British fishing boats (article 2).