Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Thames Estuary Cockle Fishery Order 1994 and shall come into force on 28th September 1994.

In this Order—

• “the Committee” means the local fisheries committee for the Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries District established under section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966^f1;

• “the definitive map” means the map sealed in duplicate by the Minister and marked “Map referred to in the Thames Estuary Cockle Fishery Order 1994” one copy of which is in the possession of the Committee and the other copy of which is in the possession of the Minister;

• “the regulated fishery” means that part of the Thames Estuary in the Counties of Kent and Essex which lies below the line of mean high water and is shown coloured pink on the definitive map.