Explanatory note

This Order makes transitional and savings provisions consequential on the repeal of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c.38) when the Orders creating the sea fisheries districts for which local fisheries committees were constituted will lapse.

Article 1(3) provides that article 8 of this Order is to cease to have effect on 1st April 2015.

Article 3 makes provision for the transfer of staff employed by or on behalf of local fisheries committees so that those individuals will become members of the staff of an inshore fisheries and conservation authority.

Article 4 provides for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from local fisheries committees to inshore fisheries and conservation authorities.

Article 5 provides for the continuation of proceedings and other matters.

Articles 6 to 8 contain savings provisions consequential on the repeal of sections 5, 5A and 17 of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966.

Article 9 and Schedule 2 contain amendments and revocations.

A full impact assessment of the effect that the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 Act will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector has been produced, and copies are available from the website of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at www.defra.gov.uk. No separate impact assessment has been produced for this instrument.