Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Sole and Nephrops (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 20th December 1994.

In this Order—

• “British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or which, not being so registered, is British-owned;

• “length”, in relation to a boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86 defining characteristics for fishing vessels^f1;

• “sea area” means a statistical division or sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea^f2 specified in the Schedule hereto.