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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1993/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2016",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-control-measures-order-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;\n“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2241/87 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3483/88;\n“the first Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish, as read with the Commission communication of 29th January 1985 concerning the date of application of that Regulation, and as amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Economic Community and Commission Regulation (EEC) No.473/89;\n“fishing boat” includes a receiving vessel and a third vessel, within the meaning in each case of the Council Regulation;\n“foreign fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is not a British fishing boat;\n“the second Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1382/87 establishing detailed rules concerning the inspection of fishing vessels.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule bearing that number in this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L207, 29.7.87, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L306, 11.11.88, p.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L276, 10.10.83, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L24, 29.1.85, p.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No. L302, 15.11.85, p.23, at p.241."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ No. L53, 25.2.89, p.34."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ No. L132, 21.5.87, p.11."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2016/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:04.120361+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."
}