# The Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989, Article 4: Prescribed minimum size for carriage of velvet crabs ...

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

(1) For the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act (which prohibits the carriage on a relevant British vessel of sea fish of any description which are of less than the minimum size prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), there is hereby prescribed as the minimum size in relation to sea fish of the description of velvet crab a size of 65 mm.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to the Welsh zone.
(3) A Northern Ireland fishing boat is prohibited from carrying in the English zone velvet crab that are below the minimum size mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).
(4) A foreign vessel is prohibited from carrying in the English zone velvet crab that were caught in waters lying within British fishery limits and are below the minimum size mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).
(5) So far as it extends to Northern Ireland, this Article applies as if—
(a) references to a “relevant British vessel” were to a relevant British fishing boat;
(b) references to a “foreign vessel” were to a foreign fishing boat;
(c) references to a “Northern Ireland fishing boat” were to a Scottish fishing boat;
(d) references to “the English zone” were to the English zone or the Northern Ireland zone.
(6) Expressions used in this Article and in section 1 of the Act have the same meaning in this Article as they have in that section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/919/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-velvet-crabs-order-1989/article-4
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