{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fish-licensing-order-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fish-licensing-order-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2015",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fish Licensing Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fish-licensing-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“CECAF Division 34.1.1. (EC Zone)” means the waters commonly known as the Moroccan coast bounded by a line drawn from a position on the coast of Spain in 36°00' north latitude and 5°36' west longitude (isthmus of Punto Marroqui); thence due west to 13°00' west longitude; thence due south to 29°00' north latitude; thence in a southerly and westerly direction to a position in 26°00' north latitude and 16°00' west longitude; thence due east to a point on the coast of the continent of Africa in 26°00' north latitude; thence in a northerly and easterly direction along the coast of the continent of Africa to a point in 5°36' west longitude; thence due north to the point of commencement;\n“Community waters” means any waters which are under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a member State;\n“ICES” followed by a roman numeral with or without 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 described in Schedule 1 to this Order is identified therein by that roman numeral or that roman numeral and letter as the case may be;\n“length” in relation to a boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86;\n“mile” means an international nautical mile of 1,852 metres;\n“NAFO sub-area 1” means the area of sea which is described in paragraph 2(a) of Annex III to the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries and is commonly known asWest Greenland;\n“NAFO sub-area 2” means the area of sea which is described in paragraph 3(a) of Annex III to the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries;\n“NAFO sub-area 3” means the area of sea which is described in paragraph 4(a) of Annex III to the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries;\n“third country waters” means any waters which are not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a member State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd. 2586."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L274, 25.9.86, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3179/78 concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (OJ No. L378, 30.12.78, p. 1) as amended by article 1 of, and the Annex to, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 654/81 amending Regulation (EEC) No. 3179/78 (OJ No. L69, 14.3.81, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/1014",
      "affecting_title": "The Sea Fish Licensing (Variation) (No. 2) Order 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2015/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:35:23.942797+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}