The Edible Crabs (Undersized) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made: 8th December 2021

Coming into operation-: 8th January 2022

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs[^f00001] makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 127(1) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966[^f00002].

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Edible Crabs (Undersized) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and comes into operation on 8th January 2022.

• (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[^f00003] applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Edible Crabs (Undersized) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020

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• (1) The Edible Crabs (Undersized) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020[^f00004] is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) In Article 3 for “140” substitute “150”.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 8th December 2021.

Owen Lyttle — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order increases the minimum landing size of edible (brown) crab to 150 millimetres carapace width.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1), Article 3(4); and 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), section 1(2).

[^f00002]: 1966 c.17, section 127 was amended by S.I. 1981/227 (N.I.7), Article 10(2) and Schedule 4, 2001 c. 4 (N.I.), section 1 and S.I. 2002/790, Article 6.

[^f00003]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

[^f00004]: S.R. 2020 No. 153.