Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “fishing operations” (“gweithrediadau pysgota”) means catching fish and includes activities ancillary thereto;

• “Fleet Register Number” (“Rhif Cofrestr Fflyd”) means—

  1. (a)

     the United Kingdom fleet register number assigned to the vessel by the Secretary of State as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218^f1; or

  2. (b)

     the common fleet register number assigned to the vessel by a member State as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218 on the Union fishing fleet register ^f2;

• “IRCS” (“IRCS”) means the international radio call sign of the fishing boat^f3;

• “length” (“hyd”) in relation to a fishing boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 defining characteristics for fishing vessels^f4;

• “monitoring device” (“dyfais fonitro”) means a device which has a unique identification number and is capable of transmitting the required information every 30 seconds;

• “relevant fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota perthnasol”) means a fishing vessel of less than 12 metres in length which is licensed under section 15 or section 17 of the Fisheries Act 2020^f5, other than a Welsh fishing boat;

• “the person in charge” (“person sydd â gofal”) means the owner, master and charterer, if any, of the fishing boat;

• “the required information” (“yr wybodaeth ofynnol”) means the information specified in article 4;

• “Welsh fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota Cymreig”) means a fishing vessel of less than 12 metres in length which is—

  1. (a)

     registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f6 and whose entry in that register specifies a port in Wales at which the vessel is to be treated as belonging; and

  2. (b)

     licensed under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020.