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England, Wales and Scotland

SEA FISHERIES, ENGLAND

SHELLFISH

Made 4th April 2001

Laid before Parliament 5th April 2001

Coming into force 27th April 2001

Whereas an application for an Order under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967^f1 was made to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the local fisheries committee for the Devon Sea Fisheries District;

And whereas the said Minister prepared a draft Order and served a copy of it on the said committee in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the said Act;

And whereas the said committee caused printed copies of the draft Order to be published and circulated, and gave notice of the application, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the said Schedule;

And whereas no objections were received by the said Minister;

Now, therefore, the said Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the consent of the Possessor of the Duchy of Cornwall and the Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: 1967 c. 83; section 1 was amended by section 15(2) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86) and paragraph 42(2) of Schedule 2 to the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), and is to be read with section 15(3) to (5) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 and S.I. 1987/218 and S.I. 2001/1381; Schedule 1 was amended by section 15(7) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 and sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48); section 22(1) contains a definition of “the Minister”, as amended by paragraph 42(10) of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1999/1820, and is to be read subject to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), Article 2 and Schedule 1.