# Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, Paragraph 4: Fishery Limits Act 1976


(1) The function conferred by section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 of designating by order a country and areas within the Northern Ireland zone in which fishing boats registered in that country may fish—
(a) shall be treated as exercisable in or as regards Northern Ireland for the purposes of sections 6 and 86 of the 1998 Act, and
(b) shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
(2) Sections 2(7) and 6(1) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 shall not apply to any order made under section 2 by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, but any such order—
(a) shall be a statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979, and
(b) shall be subject to negative resolution, within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110392442/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sea-fisheries-northern-ireland-order-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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