# The Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Order—
“the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;
“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat, other than a Scottish fishing boat, which is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned; and
“Scottish 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 Scotland as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) a reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section so numbered in the 1998 Act; and
(b) a reference to a numbered Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order so numbered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1592/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-concurrent-functions-order-1999/article-2
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