# The Sandeels Licensing Order 1989, Article 1: Title, commencement and interpretation


(1) This Order may be cited as the Sandeels Licensing Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st July 1989.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
“sandeels” means sea fish of the family Ammodytidae;
“Scottish inshore waters” means the sea adjacent to the coast of Scotland and to the landward of a limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high water-mark of ordinary spring tides;
“ICES” followed by a roman numeral and a letter shall be construed as a reference to whichever of the statistical sub-areas and divisions of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea() is identified by that roman numeral and letter; and
“mile” means an international nautical mile of 1,852 metres.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1066/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sandeels-licensing-order-1989/article-1
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