# Fisheries Act 2020, 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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