# Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 9: Interpretation.

Extent: S

(1) In this Act—
“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
“fishing boat” means any vessel which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;
“master” includes, in relation to any fishing boat, the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;
“miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;
“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;
“the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998;
“sea fish” means fish of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, salmon and migratory trout.
“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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/26/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/inshore-fishing-scotland-act-1984/section-9
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