The Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2014

Made: 7th January 2014

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 9th January 2014

Coming into force: 14th February 2014

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Citation, commencement, cessation, effect and extent

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Interpretation

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Prohibited methods of fishing

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Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats

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Revocation

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Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Government — 7th January 2014

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.84 (“the 1967 Act”); section 5(1) was substituted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 198(2), which extends to Scotland by virtue of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5) (“the 2010 Act”), section 158(1). Section 15(3) of the 1967 Act was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), section 22(5), Schedule 1, paragraph 38(3) and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1) and the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), Schedule 2, paragraph 43(2)(b). Sections 5 and 15(3) of the 1967 Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (6) and (10) of that Act. Section 22A was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(13) and section 22A(6) was substituted by section 159(4) of the 2010 Act”. Relevant modifications are contained in the Scotland Act 1998 (Functions Exercisable in or as Regards Scotland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1748), article 5 and the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), articles 3, 5 and 6. The functions of the Secretary of State, in or as regards Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Section 22(2) of the 1967 Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers” for the purposes of section 15(3), was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), sections 19(2)(d) and (3) and 45. The definition was modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(12)(b) of the 1967 Act.

[^f00002]: Cmnd. 2586.

[^f00003]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00004]: 1998 c.46. The sea within British fishery limits (that is, the limits set by or under section 1 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86)) which is adjacent to Scotland is determined by the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1126).

[^f00005]: OJ L 125, 27.4.98, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 227/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 78, 20.3.13, p.1); Annex I was relevantly amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 308/1999 (OJ L 38, 12.2.99, p.6).

[^f00006]: These are co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 (“WGS 84”). WGS84 is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf). International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) standardise the division of sea areas for statistical analysis. Each ICES statistical rectangle is ’30 min latitude by 1 degree longitude’ in size.

[^f00007]: S.S.I. 2012/4.

Editorial notes