Article 2 InterpretationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

In this Order—

“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
F1“Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District” means the inshore fisheries and conservation district established on 1st October 2010 by the Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010;
“edible crab” means crab of the species Cancer pagurus;
“size”, in relation to an edible crab, means the maximum width of the carapace measured perpendicular to the antero-posterior midline of the carapace and shall be measured as shown in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2)

In this Order—

(a)

the term “within relevant British fishery limits” does not include:

(i)

the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;

(ii)

the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man;

(iii)

the territorial sea adjacent to the Bailiwick of Jersey; and,

(iv)

seas within British fishery limits adjacent to Guernsey, as defined by section 8 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976^f1;

(b)

any reference to any relevant British fishing boat “wherever it may be” does not include such a fishing boat while in the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;

(c)

the term “any equivalent order” means any other order made under section 6 of the Act, extending to any part of the United Kingdom, which prohibits the landing in any part of the United Kingdom of edible crabs which have not attained a size of 130 millimetres and have been caught in waters within British fishery limits which are outside the F2Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/603), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 7(2)
F2: Words in Order substituted (1.4.2011) by The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/603), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 7(3)

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 28.8.2000, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1976, c. 86; as modified by paragraph 3(c) of the Schedule to the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (Guernsey) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2407).