Article 1 Title, commencement and extentI1

This order may be cited as the Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls Order 2003 and shall come into force on 7th July 2003.

Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall not form part of the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be treated as prejudicing the effect in Scotland or Northern Ireland of section 14 of the Act^f1 in relation to, or for purposes incidental to, any provision of this Order which creates an offence.