Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order:

• “British fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota Prydeinig”) means a fishing boat which is either registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f1 or is owned wholly by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of that part of that Act; and

• “codend” (“pen y cwd”) means the rearmost part of a net, being made up of one or more panels comprising pieces of netting of the same mesh size attached to one another along their sides in the long axis of the net by a lacing.

For the purpose of this Order, the mesh of a net or netting shall be measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2108/1984 of 23rd July 1984 laying down detailed rules for determining the mesh size of fishing nets^f2 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2550/1997^f3.