Article 6 Variation of the principal Order

for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following two paragraphs—

“(1)

Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1A) below, no person shall dredge, fish for or take oysters within the limits of the fishery except under the authority and in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued in that behalf by the Committee.

(1A)

The prohibition in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the activity of picking oysters by hand from the shore.”;

in paragraph (7)(ii) the words from “that is to say” to “the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966,” shall be omitted.

after paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(8)

For the purposes of this article a relevant offence is—

(a)

an offence either—

(i)

under section 3(3) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967, or

(ii)

under a byelaw made under section 5(1)(d) of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966

which was committed since the coming into force of this Order; or

(b)

an offence under a byelaw made under section 5(1)(a) or (b) of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 which relates to fishing for oysters and which was committed on or after 12th April 1996.”.