Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Herring (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 15th December 1998.

In this Order–

• “British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or which, not being so registered, is British-owned;

• “sea area” means a statistical division or sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea^f1 specified in the Schedule hereto.