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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1627/article-19A",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/1627",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1627",
  "path": "article/19A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19A",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n1. “British-owned” has the same meaning as in section 52 of the Fisheries Act 2020;\n2. “Permit” means a permit granted under Article 19D in respect of a specified recreational UK fishing boat;\n3. “Permit number” is interpreted in accordance with Article 19D(5);\n4. “recreational UK fishing boat” means a recreational fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;\n5. “relevant permitting authority” means, in relation to an application for a Permit to authorise, or in relation to a Permit which authorises, fishing for bluefin tuna within—\n(i) the Scottish zone, the Scottish Ministers;\n(ii) the Welsh zone, the Welsh Ministers;\n(iii) the Northern Ireland zone, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland;\n(iv) the United Kingdom zone excluding the zones mentioned in points (i), (ii) and (iii), the Marine Management Organisation;\n6. “nominee” is interpreted in accordance with Article 19C(5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 4 substituted (7.6.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/655), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1627/article/19A",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}