The Shellfish (Specification of Crustaceans) Regulations 2001

Made: 4th April 2001

Coming into force: 26th April 2001

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Shellfish (Specification of Crustaceans) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 26th April 2001.

• (2) These Regulations do not apply in relation to Scotland or in relation to Wales as defined in section 155(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00002].

Specification of crustaceans

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Crabs are hereby specified for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967.

Signed

E. A. Morley — Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 4th April 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations, which apply only in relation to England, add crabs to the types of shellfish falling within section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (“the 1967 Act”). This enables several or regulated fisheries for crabs to be established by an order under that section.

Scallops and queens were specified for the purpose of section 1 of the 1967 Act by the Shellfish (Specification of Molluscs) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/218).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 83; relevant amendments to section 1(1) were made by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77) section 15(2), by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86) Schedule 2, paragraph 15, by the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 3) section 1, and by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820) Schedule 2, paragraph 42(2). The definition of “the appropriate Minister” in section 22(1) is to be read subject to the transfer of functions under this section in relation to Wales to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), Article 2 and Schedule 1.

[^f00002]: 1998 c. 38.