Explanatory note

These Regulations make miscellaneous amendments to legislation in the field of sea fisheries and sea fish conservation to reflect the repeal, amendment and replacement of certain EU instruments relating to fisheries conservation and to amend out of date references to such instruments.

Regulation 2 makes a minor amendment to the Scallop Fishing (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2283) to replace an out of date reference to Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (OJ No. L 125, 27.4.1998, p.1).

Regulation 3 replaces the table in the Schedule to the Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/849) which specifies the EU fisheries conservation measures in relation to which inshore fisheries and conservation officers have the enforcement powers in section 166(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23). The replacement table reflects the repeal of a number of EU instruments, the amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (OJ No L 343, 22.12.2009, p.1) and the coming into force of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 198, 25.7.2019, p.105).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.