{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-marking-and-documentation-enforcement-order-1993/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2015",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Boats (Marking and Documentation) (Enforcement) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-marking-and-documentation-enforcement-order-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom;\n“Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1381/87 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels;\n“Community fishing boat” means a fishing boat flying the flag of, or registered in, a member State other than the United Kingdom;\n“fish room” means any space or compartment in a vessel in which its catch may be stowed;\n“Islands fishing boat” means a boat which is registered in the Isle of Man or in any of the Channel Islands.\n(2) For the purposes of—\n(a) the information referred to in indents 1, 2, 4 and 5 of article 3(1) of the Commission Regulation, the competent authority in respect of vessels registered in England and Wales, is the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in respect of vessels registered in Scotland, is the Secretary of State for Scotland, and in respect of vessels registered in Northern Ireland, is the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland;\n(b) the information referred to in indent 3 of article 3(1) of the Commission Regulation, the competent authority is the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry;\n(c) the documents certifying the size of fish rooms and indicating the calibration of chilled or refrigerated sea-water tanks, the competent authority is any authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above;\n(d) the document recording the date of entry into service in respect of vessels registered in the United Kingdom, the competent authority is the Secretary of State for Transport.\n(3) In this Order, references to British fishing limits shall be construed as excluding the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man.\n(4) In relation to vessels registered in the Isle of Man, the competent authority for each of the purposes specified in paragraph (2) above, is the Department of Highways, Ports and Properties, a department of the Government of the Isle of Man.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L132, 21.5.87, p.9."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2015/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:04.597502+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}