# The Thames Estuary Cockle Fishery (No. 2) Order 2024, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In this Order—
“the Act” means the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967;
“the application window” means the period prescribed by the Authority in which an application for a licence or transitional period licence must be submitted;
“the Authority” means the Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority established under section 149 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and as defined in articles 2 and 4 of the Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010;
“cockle” means any shellfish of the genus Cerastoderma;
“fisheries offence” means any offence under any UK fisheries legislation other than that specified by the definition of “relevant offence”;
“licence holder” means the person or company named on a licence issued by the Authority under this Order permitting that person to dredge, fish for or take cockles within the regulated fishery;
“the regulated fishery” means that part of the Thames Estuary described in Schedule 1;
“relevant fishing vessel” means a vessel—
(a) registered in accordance with Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993; and
(b) in respect of which there is a valid fishing licence issued under the Fisheries Act 2020;
“relevant offence” means any offence under the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 or section 292 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;
“transitional period licence” means a licence to dredge, fish for or take cockles within the regulated fishery issued pursuant to article 6.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1211/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/thames-estuary-cockle-fishery-no-2-order-2024/article-2
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