Regulation 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

For regulation 3 thereof (scope) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“3

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to—

(a)

any fishing vessel which is registered in the United Kingdom where the vessel has an overall length that exceeds 10 metres and its landings of cod and haddock from the sea areas described in Schedule 1 during the period 1st January 1989 to 30th June 1990 exceeded 100 tonnes and 40% by weight of its total landings, and

(b)

any vessel replacing a vessel in the category referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.

(2)

These Regulations do not apply to any fishing vessel for the time being exempted by the appropriate Minister pursuant to the decision of the Commission of the European Communities dated 13th February 1991 issued under Article 13 of the Council Regulation.”.