Article 1 Citation, commencement and extent

This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (EU Recording and Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010 and comes into force on 31st October 2010.

Subject to paragraph (3), this Order extends to Scotland and the Scottish zone only.

Insofar as it extends beyond Scotland and the Scottish zone, it does so only as a matter of Scots law.

Nothing in paragraph (2) is to be treated as prejudicing the effect of section 30(2A) of the Fisheries Act 1981 M1 in the rest of the United Kingdom in relation to, or for purposes incidental to, any provision which creates an offence.