Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Mackerel (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 9th December 1992.

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;

• “length” in relation to a boat means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 defining characteristics for fishing vessels^f1;

• “sea area” means a statistical sub-area or division of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea^f2 specified in the Schedule hereto.