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

S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2022 No. 5
SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
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
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections
5(1)(a), 15(3), 20(1), 22(2) and 22A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967(a) and all other
powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement, cessation and effect
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish (P rohibition on Fishing) (Firth of C lyde) Order
2022 and comes into force on 13 February 2022.
(2) This Order remains in force until the end of 30 April 2023.
(3) The prohibition in article 3 has effect during the following periods—
(a) from 14 February 2022 until the end of 30 April 2022, and
(b) from 14 February 2023 until the end of 30 April 2023.
(a) 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 20 20 Act”).
Sections 5, 15(3), 20 and 22(2) of the 1 967 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 22 A(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 secti on 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.

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