Paragraph 3

(1)

The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1284) is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 1(2) (interpretation), omit the definition of “British fishing boat”.

(3)

In article 2 (prohibition), in paragraph (1)(a) and (b), omit “British”.

(4)

In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)—

(a)

omit “in relation to any British fishing boat anywhere”;

(b)

at the end insert

“—
(a)
in relation to a British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and
(b)
in relation to any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within British fishery limits.”