# The Undersized Edible Crabs Order 2000, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
“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;
(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 Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation District.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2029/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-edible-crabs-order-2000/article-2
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