# The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1988 “the principal Order”, which prohibits fishing for cod (Gadus morhua —
(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man within any part of a sea area specified in the Schedule to that Order, or
(b) by any British fishing boat registered in any of the Channel Islands or by any British-owned fishing boat within any part of such a sea area which lies inside British fishery limits.
This Order varies article 2 of the principal Order to provide that the above-mentioned prohibition shall not apply on and between 17th October and 31st October 1988.
The principal Order ceases to have effect on 31st December 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1761/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-variation-order-1988/note
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