Regulation 3 Amendment of the Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in consequence of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020

(1)

The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 9—

(a)

in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—

“(a)
for point (b) substitute—

“(b)
‘Domestic trade’ means trade in Great Britain in bluefin tuna caught in the ICCAT Convention Area by a United Kingdom catching vessel or trap, which is landed in Great Britain, or which is caged in a farm established in the United Kingdom;”;

(b)
in point (c)—

(i)
after “third country” insert “or Northern Ireland”,

(ii)
for “Union” in the first place it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”, and

(iii)
for “the territory of the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c)
in point (d), for “the territory of the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(d)
in point (e), for “the territory of the Union” in both places it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(b)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa)

in paragraph (ii), omit “and”, and

(bb)

after paragraph (ii), insert—

“(iia)
after “ports,” insert “and”, and”,

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b)—

(aa)

for “territory” substitute “the territory”, and

(bb)

for “United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”,

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (d), for “8; and” substitute “7;”, and

(iv)

after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

“(da)
in paragraph 8—

(i)
for “Flag or trap Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must only”, and

(ii)
for “only to their” substitute “to”; and”;

(c)

in paragraph (5)(a), in the new paragraph 2 to be substituted by that paragraph, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(d)

in paragraph (7)(b), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(e)

in paragraph (8), in the new paragraph 1 to be substituted by that paragraph, for “Where the United Kingdom is the re-exporting country” substitute “Where a re-export from Great Britain takes place”; and

(f)

in paragraph (10)(a)(iii), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2019/753; amended by S.I. 2019/1312 and the Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/XXX).