The Fishing Boats Designation (England) (Amendment) Order 2017
2017 No. 1219
Sea Fisheries, EnglandFishery Limits
The Fishing Boats Designation (England) (Amendment) Order 2017
Made 6th December 2017
Laid before Parliament 7th December 2017
Coming into force 4th January 2018
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1) and (4) and 6(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 19761, and now vested in the Secretary of State2.
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Fishing Boats Designation (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 4th January 2018.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, but applies only in relation to England and areas within British Fishery limits3, other than the excluded areas.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the excluded areas are—
(a)
(a) the Northern Ireland zone (within the meaning of section 98(1) and (8) of the Northern Ireland Act 19984);
(b)
(b) the Scottish zone (within the meaning of section 126(1) and (2) of the Scotland Act 19985); and
(c)
(c) the Welsh zone (within the meaning of section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 20066).
Amendment of the Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 2015
2.—(1) The Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 20157is amended as follows.
(2) In article 3—
(a)
(a) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“3 In paragraph (5) and Schedule 1, “the baselines”, except where otherwise indicated, means the baselines as they existed on 25th January 1983 in accordance with the Territorial Waters Order in Council 19648.”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph (4), for “(other than squids)” substitute “(other than cephalopods)”.
(3) Schedule 1 (access to fisheries: designated countries and designated areas) is amended as follows.
(4) In relation to “Belgium” in column 1, for paragraph 2(e)(ii) in column 2 substitute—
“(ii)
“(ii) the southern boundary of the Welsh zone.”;
(5) In relation to “France” in column 1—
(a)
(a) for paragraph 2(c)(ii) in column 2 substitute—
“(ii)
“(ii) a line drawn due south from longitude 2 degrees 56 minutes W;”;
(b)
(b) for paragraph 2(d)(i) in column 2 substitute—
“(i)
“(i) a line drawn due south from longitude 2 degrees 56 minutes W and”;
(c)
(c) for paragraph 4(b) substitute—
“(b)
“(b) the southern boundary of the Welsh zone”;
(d)
(d) after paragraph 4, insert in the appropriate columns the following designated area and description of sea fish—
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“4A. The area within 12 miles, but outside 6 miles, from baselines adjacent to the United Kingdom and between— (a) the northern boundary of the Welsh zone; and (b) latitude 53 degrees 52 minutes N. |
All descriptions of sea fish” |
(6) In relation to “Republic of Ireland” in column 1, for paragraph 2 in column 2 substitute—
“2. Such parts of the area within 12 miles, but outside 6 miles, from the baselines adjacent to Great Britain, and between—
(a) the northern boundary of the Welsh zone, and
(b) the south-western boundary of the Scottish zone,
as lie no nearer to the Isle of Man than a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of, on the one hand, the baselines adjacent to Great Britain and, on the other hand, the baselines adjacent to the Isle of Man.”.
George Eustice
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6th December 2017
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order applies in relation to England and areas within British fishery limits other than the Northern Ireland zone, the Scottish zone, and the Welsh zone.
The Order amends the Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 2015 ( S.I. 2015/648) by substituting the definition of “baselines” in article 3(3) of the 2015 Order, amending the definition of “demersal fish” in article 3(4), and making minor textual amendments...
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