Hake (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/2847 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 2847
SEA FISHERIESCONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
The Hake (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1992
Made 11th November 1992
Laid before Parliament 17th November 1992
Coming into force 18th November 1992
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 5(1), 15(3) and 22(2)(a) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Hake (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 18th November 1992.
(2) In this Order—
“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or which, not being so registered, is British-owned;
“Community waters” means any waters which are under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a member State;
“sea area” means the statistical sub-area or division of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea2specified in the Schedule hereto.
Prohibition
2. Fishing for hake ( Merluccius merluccius)—
(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of a sea area which lies within Community waters; or
(b) by any other British fishing boat within any part of a sea area which lies within British fishery limits,
is prohibited during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of this Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1993.
Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats
3.—(1) For the purpose of the enforcement of this Order a British sea-fishery officer may exercise the powers conferred by paragraphs (2) to (4) below—
(a)
(a) anywhere in relation to any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom, and
(b)
(b) in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within British fishery limits in relation to any other British fishing boat.
(2) He may go on board the boat, with or without persons assigned to assist him in his duties, and for that purpose may require the boat to stop and do anything else which will facilitate the boarding of the boat.
(3) He may require the attendance of the master and other persons on board the boat and may make any examination and inquiry which appears to him to be necessary for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) above and, in particular—
(a)
(a) may examine any fish on the boat and the equipment of the boat, including the fishing gear, and require persons on board the boat to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the examination;
(b)
(b) may require any person on...
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