The Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2019

Made: 10th December 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 12th December 2019

Coming into force: 14th February 2020

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Citation, commencement, cessation and effect

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Interpretation

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Prohibited methods of fishing

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Revocation

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Signed

FERGUS EWING — A member of the Scottish Government — 2019-12-10

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.84 (“the 1967 Act”). Section 5(1) of the 1967 Act was substituted by section 198(2) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23) (“the 2009 Act”), which extends to Scotland by virtue of section 158(1) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5) (“the 2010 Act”). Section 5(2) of the 1967 Act was amended by paragraph 3 of schedule 15 of the 2009 Act, which extends to Scotland by virtue of section 158(1) of the 2010 Act. Section 15(3) of the 1967 Act was substituted by section 22(5) and paragraph 38(3) of schedule 1 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77) and amended by paragraph 16(1) of schedule 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86) and S.I. 1999/1820. Sections 5, 15(3), 20 and 22(2) of the 1967 Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of that Act. Section 22A of the 1967 Act was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820 and section 22A(6) of the 1967 Act was substituted by section 159(4) of the 2010 Act. Section 22(2) of the 1967 Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers” for the purposes of section 15(3) of that Act, was relevantly amended by sections 19(2)(d) and 45 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29). The definition of “the Ministers” was modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(12)(b) of the 1967 Act.

[^f00002]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00003]: Cmnd. 2586.

[^f00004]: These are co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 (“WGS 84”). WGS 84 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). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) standardises the division of sea areas for statistical analysis. Each ICES statistical rectangle is ’30 min latitude by 1 degree longitude’ in size. A more detailed description of ICES statistical rectangles is available at http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/maps/Pages/ICES-statistical-rectangles.aspx.

[^f00005]: S.S.I. 2015/437.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2017/450.

Editorial notes

[^key-30d79647b64c172b067b7fead993c219]: Order revoked (12.2.2022) by The Sea Fish (Prohibition on Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/35), arts. 1(1), 4(a)