# The Sea Fishing (Specified Western Waters) (Restrictions on Landing) (Variation) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/2565 · made 11 November 1991

This Order varies the Sea Fishing (Specified Western Waters) (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1990 “the principal Order” which prohibits, with exceptions, the landing in the United Kingdom of any sea fish (other than salmon or migratory trout) caught in ICES sub-area VII or VIII.

Made under: Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (Section 6, Section 15, Section 20, Section 22)

## Introductory text

SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
Made 11th November 1991
Laid before Parliament 18th November 1991
Coming into force 9th December 1991
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(1), (2) and (3), 15(3), 20(1) and 22(2)(a) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with the Secretary of State for Transport, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Specified Western Waters) (Restrictions on Landing) (Variation) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 9th December 1991.

## 2 Variation of the Sea Fishing (Specified Western Waters) (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1990

The Sea Fishing (Specified Western Waters) (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1990 shall be varied–
(a) by omitting paragraph (g) in article 4 thereof (exceptions from prohibition on landing);
(b) by omitting Schedule 2 thereto (statistical divisions of ICES VII and descriptions of sea fish caught therein to which exception from landing prohibition applies).

## Signature

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 4th November 1991.
L.S.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
5th November 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
11th November 1991
Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
4th November 1991

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the Sea Fishing (Specified Western Waters) (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1990 “the principal Order” which prohibits, with exceptions, the landing in the United Kingdom of any sea fish (other than salmon or migratory trout) caught in ICES sub-area VII or VIII.
This Order removes the provision in the principal Order which permitted the landing of a quantity of one or more of the descriptions of sea fish referred to in an entry in Schedule 2 to that Order caught in specified areas otherwise than under the authority of a licence as a by-catch not exceeding 10 per cent. by weight of the landed catch in the course of lawful fishing for another description of sea fish (article 2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2565 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-specified-western-waters-restrictions-on-landing-variation-order-1991
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