The Sea Fish (Prohibition on Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2022

Made: 11th January 2022

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 13th January 2022

Coming into force: 13th February 2022

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Citation, commencement, cessation and effect

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Interpretation

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Prohibition on fishing

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Revocation

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Signed

MAIRI GOUGEON — A member of the Scottish Government — 11th January 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

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 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), S.I. 1999/1820 and paragraph 6(9)(b) of schedule 4 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22) (“the 2020 Act”). 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. Section 22A(2) of the 1967 Act was amended by section 159 of the 2010 Act. Section 22A(6) of the 1967 Act was substituted by section 159(4) of the 2010 Act and section 22A(11) of the 1967 Act was amended by S.I. 2000/2040 and paragraph 6(13)(d) of schedule 4 of the 2020 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) and S.I. 1999/1820. 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 3 January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://geodesy.unr.edu/hanspeterplag/library/geodesy/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 https://www.ices.dk/data/maps/Pages/ICES-statistical-rectangles.aspx.

[^f00005]: S.S.I. 2019/419.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2021/467.

Editorial notes

[^key-4b06484c569441fef16a86b521c68303]: 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(c) (with art. 1(2))