Undersized Lobsters Order 1993
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1993 No. 1178
SEA FISHERIESCONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
The Undersized Lobsters Order 1993
Made 28th April 1993
Laid before Parliament 29th April 1993
Coming into force 20th May 1993
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland and Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(1), (2) and (6) and 22(2)(b) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671and of all their other enabling powers, and the said Minister, the said Secretaries of State and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(3), 15(3) and 22(2)(a) of the said Act, and of all their other enabling powers, hereby make the following Order:
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Undersized Lobsters Order 1993 and shall come into force on 20th May 1993.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
“carapace length”, in relation to any lobster, means the length of the carapace, measured parallel to the mid-line from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace, as shown in the Schedule hereto;
“lobster” means lobster of the species Homarus gammarus.
Prescribed minimum size for landing lobsters and exemption from landing prohibition
2.—(1) For the purpose of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in Great Britain of any sea fish of any description, being a fish of a smaller size than such size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), a carapace length of 85 millimetres is hereby prescribed as the minimum size in relation to lobsters.
(2) Landing from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act as read with paragraph (1) above.
Prescribed minimum size for sale etc. of lobsters and exemptions from sale prohibitions
3.—(1) For the purposes of section 1(2) of the Act (which prohibits the sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession for the purpose of sale of any sea fish of any description, being a fish of a smaller size than such size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), a carapace length of 85 millimetres is hereby prescribed as the minimum size in relation to lobsters.
(2) The sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession for the purpose of sale of lobsters which are landed from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibitions imposed by section 1(2) of the Act as read with paragraph (1) above.
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