The Whelk Fishing (Wales) Order 2019

Made: 24 June 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 25 June 2019

Coming into force: 4 July 2019

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 1(3) 1(4), 1(6), 5(1) and 5(2) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 , now vested in them .

Title, commencement and application

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• (1) The title of this Order is the Whelk Fishing (Wales) Order 2019 and it comes into force on 4 July 2019.

• (2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order applies in relation to Wales.

• (3) Articles 3 and 5 apply in relation to the Welsh zone.

Interpretation

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In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 ;

• ...

• “Specified minimum size” (“maint lleiaf penodedig”) means—55 millimetres before 4 July 2020, and65 millimetres on and after 4 July 2020;

• “Wales” (“Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 ;

• “Welsh zone” (“parth Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 ; and

• “Whelk” (“cregyn moch”) means shellfish of the species Buccinum undatum.

Fishing prohibition for specified whelk

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It is prohibited for a fishing boat to fish for whelk with a size of less than the specified minimum size.

Prohibition on landing of specified whelk

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For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing of any sea fish of any description which does not meet the requirements as to size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description) it is prescribed that the minimum size for whelk is the specified minimum size.

Prohibition on carriage of specified whelk

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• (1) For the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act (which prohibits the carriage on specified fishing boats of any sea fish of any description which does not meet the requirements as to size prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), whelk with a size of less than the specified minimum size may not be carried by a fishing boat that has fished in the Welsh zone during that boat’s current fishing trip.

• (2) In this article, “current fishing trip” means the time from when the fishing boat departed from a port to the time when it returns to a port.

Measurement of whelk

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For the purposes of articles 3, 4 and 5, the size of a whelk is to be measured in accordance with paragraph 6 of Annex 6 to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures.

Revocation and Amendments

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• (1) Byelaw 11 (Whelk – Minimum Size) of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee is revoked.

• (2) In Byelaw 19 (Specified Fish Sizes) of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee ,in the Table specifying minimum shellfish size, delete the row relating to Whelk.

• (3) In the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 , in the Table in Schedule 3, delete the row relating to Byelaw 11.

Signed

Lesley Griffiths — Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers — 2019-06-24

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 p. 84, (“Deddf 1967”). Amnewidiwyd adran 1 o Ddeddf 1967 gan adran 19(1) o Ddeddf Pysgodfeydd 1981 (p. 29). Diwygiwyd adran 1(1) o Ddeddf 1967 gan adran 194(1) a (2) o Ddeddf y Môr a Mynediad i’r Arfordir 2009 (p. 23) (“Deddf 2009”) ac erthygl 4 o O.S. 1999/1820 a pharagraffau 43(1) a (2)(a) o Ran I o Atodlen 2 iddo. Amnewidiwyd adran 1(3) o Ddeddf 1967 gan adran 194(1) a (4) o Ddeddf 2009. Diwygiwyd adran 1(4) o Ddeddf 1967 gan adran 201 o Ddeddf 2009 a pharagraff 1(1), (2)(a) a (b) o Atodlen 15 iddi. Gweler adran 1(9) am ddiffiniad o “appropriate national authority”. Mewnosodwyd adran 1(9) gan adran 194(1) a (5) o Ddeddf 2009 ac fe’i diwygiwyd gan erthygl 4(2) a (3) o O.S. 2010/760. Amnewidiwyd adran 5(1) gan adran 198(1) a (2) o Ddeddf 2009. Diwygiwyd adran 5(2) gan adran 201 o Ddeddf 2009 a pharagraff 3(1) a (2) o Atodlen 15 iddi. Gweler adran 5(9) am ddiffiniad o “the appropriate national authority”. Mewnosodwyd adran 5(9) gan adran 198(3) o Ddeddf 2009 ac fe’i diwygiwyd gan erthygl 4(2) a (4) o O.S. 2010/760. Diwygiwyd adran 22(2) o Ddeddf 1967, sy’n cynnwys diffiniad o “the Ministers”, gan adran 19(2)(d) a (3) ac adrannau 45 a 46 o Ddeddf Pysgodfeydd 1981 (p. 29), a Rhan II o Atodlen 5 iddi ac erthygl 4 o O.S. 1999/1820, a pharagraff 43(1) a (12) o Ran I, a Rhan IV, o Atodlen 2 iddo.

[^f00002]: Trosglwyddwyd swyddogaethau’r Gweinidogion o dan adrannau 1(1), 1(3), 1(4), 1(6), 5(1) a 5(2), i’r graddau yr oeddent yn arferadwy o ran Cymru, i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru (fel y’i cyfansoddir o dan Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 (p. 38)): gweler erthygl 2(a) o Orchymyn Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru (Trosglwyddo Swyddogaethau) (O.S. 1999/672) ac Atodlen 1 iddo. Trosglwyddwyd y swyddogaethau hynny wedi hynny i Weinidogion Cymru gan adran 162 o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 (p. 32), a pharagraff 30 o Atodlen 11 iddi. I’r graddau yr oeddent yn arferadwy o ran parth Cymru, trosglwyddwyd swyddogaethau’r Gweinidogion o dan adrannau 1(3), 1(4), 1(6), 5(1) a 5(2) o Ddeddf 1967 i Weinidogion Cymru gan erthygl 4(1)(b) o Orchymyn Parth Cymru (Ffiniau a Throsglwyddo Swyddogaethau) 2010 (O.S. 2010/760).

[^f00004]: 2006 p. 32; diwygiwyd adran 158(1) gan adran 43(1) a (2) o Ddeddf y Môr a Mynediad i’r Arfordir 2009 (p. 23). At ddibenion y diffiniad o “Wales” yn adran 158(1) o Ddeddf 2009, y ffin rhwng y rhannau hynny o’r môr o fewn Aberoedd Hafren a Dyfrdwy sydd i’w trin fel rhai sy’n gyfagos i Gymru a’r rhai nad ydynt i’w trin felly, ym mhob achos, yw llinell a dynnir rhwng y cyfesurynnau a nodir yn Atodlen 3 i Orchymyn Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru (Trosglwyddo Swyddogaethau) 1999 (O.S. 1999/672). Yn rhinwedd adran 162 o Ddeddf 2006, a pharagraff 26 o Atodlen 11 iddi, mae O.S. 1999/672 yn parhau i gael effaith.

[^f00005]: 1967 p. 84.

[^f00006]: Pennir parth Cymru yn O.S. 2010/760.

[^f00008]: Mae Is-ddeddf 11 Pwyllgor Pysgodfeydd Môr De Cymru gynt yn cael effaith fel pe bai wedi ei gwneud gan Weinidogion Cymru mewn offeryn statudol mewn perthynas â’r un ardal o Gymru â’r ardal yr oedd yr Is-ddeddf honno’n gymwys iddi yn wreiddiol yn rhinwedd erthygl 13(1) o Orchymyn Deddf y Môr a Mynediad i’r Arfordir 2009 (Cychwyn Rhif 1, Darpariaethau Canlyniadol, Trosiannol ac Arbed) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2010 (O.S. 2010/630 (C. 42)) ac Atodlen 3 iddo.

[^f00009]: Diddymwyd Pwyllgor Pysgodfeydd Môr De Cymru ar 1 Ebrill 2010 pan ddaeth erthygl 3 o Orchymyn Deddf y Môr a Mynediad i’r Arfordir 2009 (Cychwyn Rhif 1, Darpariaethau Canlyniadol, Trosiannol ac Arbed) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2010 (O.S. 2010/630 (C. 42)) ag adran 187 o Ddeddf y Môr a Mynediad i’r Arfordir 2009 (p.23) i rym. Effaith hynny oedd diddymu Deddf Rheoleiddio Pysgodfeydd Môr 1966 (p. 38).

[^f00010]: Mae Is-ddeddf 19 Pwyllgor Pysgodfeydd Môr Gogledd-orllewin Lloegr a Gogledd Cymru gynt yn cael effaith fel pe bai wedi ei gwneud gan Weinidogion Cymru mewn offeryn statudol mewn perthynas â’r un ardal o Gymru â’r ardal yr oedd yr Is-ddeddf honno’n gymwys iddi yn wreiddiol yn rhinwedd erthygl 13(3) o Orchymyn Deddf y Môr a Mynediad i’r Arfordir 2009 (Cychwyn Rhif 1, Darpariaethau Canlyniadol, Trosiannol ac Arbed) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2010 (O.S. 2010/630 (C. 42)) ac Atodlen 4 iddo.

[^f00011]: O.S. 2010/630 (C. 42), fel y’i diwygiwyd gan erthygl 7(6)(a) o Orchymyn Cramenogion Penodedig (Gwahardd eu Pysgota, eu Glanio, eu Gwerthu a’u Cludo) (Cymru) 2015 (O.S. 2015/2076 (Cy. 312)).

Editorial notes

[^c23789041]: 1967 c. 84, (“the 1967 Act”). Section 1 of the 1967 Act was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29), section 19(1). Section 1(1) of the 1967 Act was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) (“the 2009 Act”), section 194(1) and (2) and S.I. 1999/1820, article 4, Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraphs 43(1), (2)(a). Section 1(3) of the 1967 Act was substituted by the 2009 Act, section 194(1) and (4). Section 1(4) of the 1967 Act was amended by the 2009 Act, section 201, Schedule 15, paragraph 1(1), (2)(a) and (b). See section 1(9) for a definition of the “appropriate national authority”. Section 1(9) was inserted by the 2009 Act, section 194(1) and (5) and amended by S.I. 2010/760. Article 4(2) and (3). Section 5(1) was substituted by the 2009 Act, section 198(1) and (2). Section 5(2) was amended by the 2009 Act, section 201, Schedule 15, paragraph 3(1) and (2). See section 5(9) for a definition of “the appropriate national authority”. Section 5(9) was inserted by the 2009 Act, section 198(3) and amended by S.I. 2010/760, article 4(2) and (4). Section 22(2) of the 1967 Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers”, was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29), section 19(2)(d) and (3), and 45 and 46, Schedule 5, Part II and S.I.1999/1820, article 4, Schedule 2, Part I, paragraph 43(1) and (12)), Part IV.

[^c23789051]: The functions of the Ministers under sections 1(1), 1(3) 1(4), 1(6), 5(1) and 5(2) so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (as constituted under the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)): see article 2(a) of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order (S.I. 1999/672). Those functions were then further transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). So far as exercisable in relation to the Welsh zone, the functions of the Ministers under sections 1(3), 1(4), 1(6), 5(1) and 5(2) of the 1967 Act, were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 4(1)(b) of the Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/760).

[^c23789061]: 1967 c. 84.

[^c23789081]: 2006 c. 32; Section 158(1) was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), section 43(1) and (2). For the purposes of the definition of “Wales” in section 158(1) of the 2009 Act, the boundary between those parts of the sea within the Severn and Dee Estuaries which are to be treated as adjacent to Wales and those which are not are, in each case, a line drawn between the co-ordinates set out in Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). By virtue of section 162 of and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2006 Act, S.I. 1999/672 continues to have effect.

[^c23789091]: The Welsh zone is specified in S.I. 2010/760.

[^c23789111]: Byelaw 11 of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that Byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

[^c23789121]: The South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee was dissolved on 1 April 2010 when article 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)) brought into force section 187 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), with the effect of repealing the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c. 38).

[^c23789131]: Byelaw 19 of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee has effect as if made by the Welsh Ministers in a statutory instrument in relation to the same area of Wales as the area to which that Byelaw originally applied by virtue of article 13(3) of and Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)).

[^c23789141]: The North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee was dissolved, in relation to Wales, on 1 April 2010 when article 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42)) brought into force section 187 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), with the effect of repealing the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c. 38) in relation to Wales.

[^c23789151]: S.I. 2010/630 (C. 42), as amended by the Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Fishing, Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Wales) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2076 (W. 312)), article 7(6)(a).

[^key-3212101d8dcfd6b42fa173678222db6f]: Art. 7 in force at 4.7.2019, see art. 1(1)

[^key-f73deb1e951b413540c6edcc115df476]: Art. 1 in force at 4.7.2019, see art. 1(1)

[^key-d7d8de53cf16643cc3267cfa1a8ca235]: Art. 4 in force at 4.7.2019, see art. 1(1)

[^key-cdba628f806cde0db5affe5f6e8df7a8]: Art. 2 in force at 4.7.2019, see art. 1(1)

[^key-e0fb5db391108deb1bf839f8b7551c11]: Art. 3 in force at 4.7.2019, see art. 1(1)

[^key-a085ccc97b527f246efaf792bf38e09e]: Art. 6 substituted (1.11.2019) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1332), regs. 1(2), 4

[^key-c66814d84f6288ed8ec797f90c18d43a]: Art. 5 substituted (15.1.2020) by The Whelk Fishing (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1498), arts. 1, 2(3)

[^key-a4521a3ea4201930249a80f3e931cedb]: Word in art. 4 substituted (15.1.2020) by The Whelk Fishing (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1498), arts. 1, 2(2)

[^key-e642ea92f5e099d5c72d27ad344244f1]: Words in art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 21(2)(b) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-cd4db06c61dac0cec4defa578f712c4f]: Words in art. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 21(3)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-df7c9cba845e45310dd0a433c894ad00]: Words in art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 21(4)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

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