{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inshore-fishing-scotland-act-1984/section-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/26",
  "legislation_title": "Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inshore-fishing-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which either is registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or is wholly British-owned\n“fishing boat” means any vessel which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;\n“master” includes, in relation to any fishing boat, the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;\n“miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;\n“Scottish inshore waters” means the area adjacent to the coast of Scotland and within the Scottish zone, and to the landward of a limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides;\n“the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998;\n“sea fish” means fish of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, salmon and migratory trout.\n“wholly British-owned” means wholly owned by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;\n(2) Orders under section 1 or 2 of this Act shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “British fishing boat” substituted (1.1.1996) by virtue of 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 70(a) (with s. 312(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in definition of “Scottish inshore waters” in s. 9(1) substituted (8.8.1994) by 1994 c. 27, s. 4(2); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in definition of “Scottish inshore waters” in s. 9(1) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(3)(a); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 9(1): definition of “the Scottish Zone” inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(3)(b); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definition of “wholly British-owned” inserted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 70(b) (with s. 312(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(2) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para 72(4); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/26/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:02:35.307083+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."
}