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Article 2 InterpretationI1

England and Wales

In this Order—

  • “nominated receiver” (“derbynnydd enwebedig”) means the body nominated by the Welsh Ministers from time to time to receive the required information transmitted by a tracking device in accordance with this Order;

  • “person in charge” (“person sydd â gofal”) means, in relation to a F1fishing boat, the owner, master or charterer, if any, of the fishing boat or the agent of any of them;

  • “port letters” (“llythrennau porthladd”) has the meaning given in regulation 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993f1;

  • “port number” (“rhif porthladd”) has the meaning given in regulation 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993;

  • “required information” (“yr wybodaeth ofynnol”) means the information set out in article 5;

  • “scallop” (“cregyn bylchog”) means shellfish of the species Pecten maximus;

  • “scallop dredge” (“llusgrwyd cregyn bylchog”) includes any appliance with a rigid framed mouth which is towed through the water and is manufactured, adapted, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing for scallops;

  • “tracking device” (“dyfais olrhain”) means a device which is capable of transmitting the required information;

  • “Wales” (“Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006f2; and

  • “WGS 84” (“WGS 84”) means the World Geodetic System revised in 1984 and further revised in 2004.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 19(2)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

Commencement

I1

Art. 2 in force at 1.11.2012, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1993/3138. The definitions of “port letters” and “port number” in regulation 1 of S.I. 1993/3138 were amended by S.I. 1999/3206, regulations 2 and 3(a) and (d). There are other amendments to regulation 1 of S.I. 1993/3138 which are not relevant to this Order.

f2

2006 c. 32. Section 158(1) was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), section 43(1) and (2).