Introductory text

Sea Fisheries

Made 8th December 2021

Coming into operation- 8th January 2022

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs^f1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 124(1) and (2) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966^f2 and Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241^f3 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures.

In accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has obtained scientific evidence to support the measures made under Article 15(2) contained in these Regulations.

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f1: Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1), Article 3(4); and 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), Article 1(2).
f2: 1966 c.17, section 124 was substituted by S.I. 1981/227 (N.I.7), Article 6 and amended by S.I. 2002/790, Article 6 and 2001 c. 4 (N.I.), section 1.
f3: EUR 2019/1241, as amended by S.I. 2019/1312 and paragraph 11 of Schedule 11 to the Fisheries Act 2020. S.I. 2019/1312 was amended before it came into force by S.I. 2020/1542.