# The Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing)Order 1996, Introduction: Introductory text


SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
Made 23rd December 1996
Laid before Parliament 23rd December 1996
Coming into force 14th January 1997
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 5(1), 15(3) and 22(2)(a) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3235/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sole-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishingorder-1996/introduction
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