# The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2018, Introduction: Introductory text


Sea Fisheries, Wales
Made 16 October 2018
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 18 October 2018
Coming into force 20 November 2018
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1), 5(1), 5(6), 6(1), 6(1A) and 15(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, which are now vested in them, and section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”).
The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.
This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for any reference in this Order, the Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites (Wales) Regulations 2006, the Tope (Prohibition of Fishing) (Wales) Order 2008 or the Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) Order 2008, to the following Regulations to be construed as a reference to those Regulations as amended from time to time—
(a) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 517/2008 of 10 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 as regards the determination of the mesh size and assessing the thickness of twine of fishing nets, and
(b) Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1095/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-order-2018/introduction
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