The Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2016

Made: 12th January 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 14th January 2016

Coming into force: 14th February 2016

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Citation, commencement, cessation and effect

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Interpretation

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Prohibited methods of fishing

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Revocation

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Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Government — 12th January 2016

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.84 (“the 1967 Act”); section 5(1) was substituted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23) (“the 2009 Act”), section 198(2), which extends to Scotland by virtue of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5) (“the 2010 Act”), section 158(1). Section 5(2) of the 1967 Act was amended by the 2009 Act, Schedule 15, paragraph 3 which extends to Scotland by virtue of the 2010 Act, section 158(1). Section 15(3) of the 1967 Act was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), section 22(5), Schedule 1, paragraph 38(3) and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1) and S.I. 1999/1820. Sections 5 and 15(3) of the 1967 Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (6) and (10) of that Act. Section 22A was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(13) and section 22A(6) was substituted by section 159(4) of the 2010 Act. Relevant modifications are contained in S.I. 1999/1748, article 5 and S.I. 1999/1756, articles 3, 5 and 6. The functions of the Secretary of State, in or as regards Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Section 22(2) of the 1967 Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers” for the purposes of section 15(3), was relevantly amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), sections 19(2)(d) and (3) and 45. The definition was modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(12)(b) of the 1967 Act.

[^f00002]: Cmnd. 2586.

[^f00003]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00004]: OJ L 125, 27.4.98, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p.1); Annex I was relevantly amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 308/1999 (OJ L 38, 12.2.99, p.6).

[^f00005]: These are co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 (“WGS 84”). WGS84 is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) standardises the division of sea areas for statistical analysis. Each ICES statistical rectangle is ’30 min latitude by 1 degree longitude’ in size. A more detailed description of ICES statistical rectangles is available at http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/maps/Pages/ICES-statistical-rectangles.aspx.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2015/437.

[^f00007]: S.S.I. 2014/2.

Editorial notes

[^key-1606c6e8544b4b025cdaf5a79184a210]: Order revoked (14.2.2018) by The Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/450), arts. 1(1), 4