Introductory text

SEA FISHERIES

SHELLFISH

Made 10th March 1997

Laid before Parliament 14th March 1997

Coming into force 4th April 1997

Whereas an application for an order under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967^f1 has been made to the Secretary of State, the appropriate Minister^f2, by Mrs Jane Hardman or Grant;

And whereas the Secretary of State has prepared a draft order and has served a copy of it on the applicant in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act;

And whereas the applicant has caused printed copies of the draft order to be published and circulated and has given notice of the application in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule;

And whereas objections were received by the Secretary of State under paragraph 3 of that Schedule but those objections were considered by him to be frivolous or irrelevant;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of, as read with Schedule 1 to, that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and with the consent of the Crown Estate Commissioners hereby makes the following order:

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Footnotes

f1: 1967 c. 83; section 1 was amended by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), section 15(2) and the Fisheries Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), Schedule 2, paragraph 15, and is to be read with the Sea Fisheries Act 1968, section 15(3) to (5); Schedule 1 was amended by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968, section 15(7). Scallops and queens were specified for the purpose of section 1 by the Shellfish (Specification of Molluscs) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/218).
f2: The “appropriate Minister” is defined in section 22(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c. 83).