# The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Wales) Order 2003, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In this Order —
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
“the Council Regulation (“Rheoliad y Cyngor”) means Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures;
“beam trawler” (“treill-long drawst”) means a fishing boat which, in so far as it carries or uses nets, carries or uses only nets which are designed to be towed along the sea-bed and which have their mouth extended by a beam, bar or other rigid device;
“equivalent Order” (“Gorchymyn cyfatebol”) means an Order applying to England, Northern Ireland or Scotland and made under section 5 of the Act, pursuant to Article 46 of the Council Regulation, which prohibits fishing by any trawl other than a single trawl;
“net” (“rhwyd”) means a trawl, Danish Seine or similar towed net; and
“single trawl” (“treillrwyd unigol”) means a single net towed by a two warp rig in which the net has a single bosom groundrope (the bosom being the central portion of the trawl between the lower wings), where the groundrope is attached to the towing rig at each wing-end only and does not have any further attachment, including bridles, wires or ropes, connecting it to the said towing rig;
and any other corresponding expression used in the Council Regulation has the same meaning in this Order as in that Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/1855/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-wales-order-2003/article-2
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