UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
1974 No. 1555
SEA FISHERIESSHELLFISH
The Molluscan Shellfish (Control of Deposit) Order 1974
Made 17th September 1974
Coming into Operation 7th October 1974
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—
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Citation and commencementCitation and commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Molluscan Shellfish (Control of Deposit) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 7th October 1974.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this order:—
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(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if this order and the orders hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.
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Revocation of previous ordersRevocation of previous orders
3. The Molluscan Shellfish (Control of Deposit) Order 1965, the Molluscan Shellfish (Control of Deposit) Amendment Order 1966and the Molluscan Shellfish (Control of Deposit) Amendment Order 1968are hereby revoked.
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Designation of watersDesignation of waters
4.—(1) The Minister hereby designates for the purposes of this order the areas of water specified in the Schedule hereto.
(2) The Minister hereby also designates for the purposes of this order the foreshore adjacent to the areas of water hereby designated and all land adjacent to such areas comprising shellfish cleansing and storing establishments, shellfish hatcheries, shellfish pits and shellfish ponds.
Prohibition
5. The deposit in any area of water designated by this order of molluscan shellfish, being shellfish taken from any shellfish bed outside that area of water, is hereby prohibited.
Exceptions
6. The prohibition imposed by Article 5 of this order shall not apply to any molluscan shellfish if—
(a) they are deposited under the authority of a licence granted by the Minister, and
(b) the conditions (if any) specified in that licence are complied with.
Frederick Peart
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
SCHEDULE
DESIGNATED WATERS
In this Schedule a group of two letters and eight figures identifying or associated with any point represents the map co-ordinates of that point estimated to the nearest ten metres on the grid of the national reference system used by the Ordnance Survey on its maps and plans.
The areas of water comprising tidal waters (whether forming part of the sea or not) within the seaward limits of the territorial waters adjacent to England and Wales which lie between or within, as the case may be, the limits specified below:—
Area 1 |
A line drawn due east from NT 97945752 being the point where the border with Scotland intersects the coastline and a line drawn due east from Dunstanburgh Castle at NU 25752195. |
Area 2 |
A line drawn due east from Dunstanburgh Castle at NU 25752195 and a line drawn due east from the Heugh Lighthouse, Hartlepool at NZ 53213378. |
Area 3 |
A line drawn due east from the Heugh Lighthouse, Hartlepool, at NZ 53213378 and a line drawn due east from the Flamborough Lighthouse at TA 25427064. |
Area 4 |
A line drawn due east from the Flamborough Lighthouse at TA 25427064 and a line drawn due east from Donna Nook at TF 43029971. |
Area 5 |
A line drawn due east from Donna Nook at TF 43029971 and a line drawn due north from the westernmost tip of Scolt Head at TF 79194627. |
Area 6 |
A line drawn due north from the westernmost tip of Scolt Head at TF 79194627 and a line drawn due east from the end of the northern pier at the entrance to Yarmouth Harbour at TG 53500381. |
Area 7 |
A line drawn due east from the end of the northern pier at the entrance to Yarmouth Harbour... |
