Sandeels Licensing Order 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/1066 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 1066
SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
The Sandeels Licensing Order 1989
26thJune1989
29thJune1989
1stJuly1989
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 upon them by sections 4(1)(a) and (2)(a), 15(3) and 22(2) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967( ( a)), 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 Sandeels Licensing Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st July 1989.
(2) In this Order-
"the Act" means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
"sandeels" means sea fish of the family Ammodytidae;
"Scottish inshore waters" means the sea adjacent to the coast of Scotland and to the landward of a limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high water-mark of ordinary spring tides;
"ICES" followed by a roman numeral and a letter shall be construed as a reference to whichever of the statistical sub-areas and divisions of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea( ( b)) is identified by that roman numeral and letter; and
"mile" means an international nautical mile of 1,852 metres.
(a) 1967 c.84; section 4 was substituted by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), section 3; section 15(3) was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), Schedule 1, paragraph 38(3), and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976, Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1); section 22(2), which contains a definition of "the Ministers" relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made, was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), sections 19(2) and 45.
(b) Cmnd. 2586.
Prohibition of fishing for sandeels without a licence
2. Fishing for sandeels by any British fishing boat within Scottish inshore waters in ICES IVa and ICES VIa is prohibited unless authorised by a licence granted by one of the Ministers.
Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to British fishing boats
3.-(1) For the purposes of the enforcement of section 4 of the Act and of this Order a British sea-fishery officer may exercise in relation to any British fishing boat anywhere the powers conferred by paragraphs (2) to (4) of this article.
(2) He may go on board...
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