Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000^f1;

• F1“licence” means a licence to which these regulations apply (see regulation 1(2));

• “newspaper” means a newspaper circulating within, or within any part of, the United Kingdom and includes a journal, magazine or other periodical publication;

• “nominee” means either—

  1. (a)

     an individual resident in the United Kingdom, or

  2. (b)

     a body incorporatedF2, and having a place of business, in the United Kingdom,

  appointed by the owner or charterer of a F3... fishing boat to receive, on the owner or charterer’s behalf, licences and notices;

• F4“notice” means a notice of variation, suspension or revocation of a licence;

• “relevant fishing boat” means—

  1. (a)

     a fishing boat or other vessel which is registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (central register of British ships) and whose entry in the register specifies a port in England as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging, or

  2. (b)

     a fishing boat which is registered under the law of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

• F5“sea fishing licence ” means a licence to which these regulations apply by virtue of regulation 1(2)(a) or (b);

• “temporary foreign vessel licence” means a licence that—

  1. (a)

     is granted in respect of a foreign fishing boat, and

  2. (b)

     has effect for a period of no more than three weeks.