Introductory text

Sea Fisheries, Wales

Made 18th March 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 19 March 2019

Coming into force 21 March 2019

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981^f1 now vested in them^f2 and sections 294 and 316(1)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009^f3, make the following Order.

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f1: 1981 c. 29 (“the 1981 Act”); see section 30(3) for the definition of “the Ministers.
f2: The functions of the Ministers under section 30 of the 1981 Act, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales and then transferred from that body to the Welsh Ministers: see article 2(a) of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). The functions of the Ministers under section 30 of the 1981 Act, so far as exercisable in relation to the Welsh zone, were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 4(1)(e) of the Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/760). Those functions were further transferred, on a concurrent basis, in relation to Welsh fishing boats beyond the seaward limit of the Welsh zone by section 59A of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3A to, the Government of Wales Act 2006.
f3: 2009 c. 23; see section 294(8) for the definition of “the appropriate national authority”.