# Northern Ireland Act 1998, Paragraph 19


Regulation of sea fishing outside the Northern Ireland zone (except in relation to Northern Ireland fishing boats).
In this paragraph “Northern Ireland fishing boat” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and whose entry in the register specifies a port in Northern Ireland as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/2/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-19
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