The Orkney Islands (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2016

Made: 26th January 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 28th January 2016

Coming into force: 7th March 2016

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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 Orkney Islands

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Prescribed minimum size for landing lobsters in the Orkney Islands

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Prescribed minimum size for landing green crabs in the Orkney Islands

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Prohibition on landing berried velvet crabs caught in specified waters

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SCHEDULE 1 — MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A GREEN CRAB

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 — 26th January 2016

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.84 (“the Act”); section 1 was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 19(1) and was relevantly amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), Schedule 13, paragraph 38(a) and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 194, which extends to Scotland by virtue of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5), section 158(1). Section 6(1) was amended by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(6)(a). Sections 1 and 6 of the Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (2A) and (7) of the Act. Section 22A was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(13). Relevant modifications are contained in S.I. 1999/1748, article 5 and 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 Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers” was relevantly amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), sections 19(2)(d) and (3) and 45 and by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(12). The definition was modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(12)(b) of the Act.

[^f00002]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1989/919. Article 2 was amended by S.S.I. 2015/183.

[^f00004]: S.S.I. 2000/197. Article 3 was amended by S.S.I. 2015/183.

[^f00005]: 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).

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