The Outer Hebrides (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2015

Made: 28th April 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 30th April 2015

Coming into force: 29th May 2015

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Prescribed minimum size for landing velvet crabs in the Outer Hebrides

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Prescribed minimum size for landing edible crabs in the Outer Hebrides

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Prescribed minimum size for landing lobsters in the Outer Hebrides

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Prescribed maximum size for landing female lobsters in the Outer Hebrides

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Prohibition on landing crippled female lobsters caught in specified waters

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SCHEDULE 1 — MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A LOBSTER

SCHEDULE 2 — DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIED WATERS

Interpretation

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Description of the specified waters

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Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Government — 28th April 2015

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.84 (“the 1967 Act”); section 1 was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 19(1) and was amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c.12), Schedule 6 and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23) (“the 2009 Act”), section 194, which extends to Scotland by virtue of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5) (“the 2010 Act”), section 158(1). Section 6(1) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (“S.I. 1999/1820”), Schedule 2, paragraph 43(6)(a). Sections 1 and 6 of the 1967 Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (2A) and (7) of that Act. Section 22A was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(13). 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” 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]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1989/919.

[^f00004]: S.S.I. 2000/228.

[^f00005]: S.S.I. 2000/197.

[^f00006]: Definitions of the World Geodetic System 1984 datum and co-ordinate reference system are available via EPSG GeodeticParameter Registry at EPSG:6326 (http://epsg.io/6326-datum) and EPSG:4326 (http://epsg.io/4326).

Editorial notes