Article 1 Citation, commencement and extent

This Order may be cited as the South-west Territorial Waters (Prohibition of Pair Trawling) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 24th December 2004.

Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall not form part of the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland or apply in Wales.

Nothing in paragraph (2) shall prejudice the effect of section 14 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 in relation to, or for purposes incidental to, any provision which creates an offence.