The Sea Fish Licensing (Wales) Order 2019

Made: 6 March 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 7 March 2019

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

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Title, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Prohibition on Welsh fishing boats fishing without a licence and exceptions

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Prohibition on fishing in the Welsh zone by non-British-owned Crown Dependencies fishing boats

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Prohibition on fishing in the Welsh zone by foreign fishing boats

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Revocations

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ATODLEN — Dirymu

Signed

Lesley Griffiths — Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers — 6 March 2019

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.84 (“the 1967 Act”); section 4 was substituted by section 3 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86) and amended by section 20 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 1 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c.60), sections 4, 196 and 197 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23) and S.I. 1999/1820. The definitions of “relevant British fishing boat” and “foreign fishing boat” are contained in section 4(12). Section 4A was inserted by section 21 of the Fisheries Act 1981 and amended by section 3 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992, section 6 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and S.I. 1999/1820. Section 15 was amended by section 22, paragraph 38 of Schedule 1 and Part II of Schedule 2 to the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), section 25 of the Fisheries Act 1981, paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the Fishery Limits Act 1976, section 199 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Section 20 was amended by section 21 of the Fisheries Act 1981 and section 7 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992.

[^f00002]: The functions of the Ministers under sections 4, 4A, 15(3), so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales and then transferred from that body to the Welsh Ministers: see article 2(a) of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order (S.I. 1999/672) and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). So far as exercisable in relation to the Welsh zone, the functions of the Ministers under sections 4, 4A and 15(3) of the 1967 Act, were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 4(1)(b) of the Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/760) on a concurrent basis. Those functions were further transferred, on a concurrent basis, in relation to Welsh fishing boats beyond the seaward limit of the Welsh zone by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3A to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2014/1353.

[^f00004]: 2006 c.32.

[^f00005]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00006]: See section 22(1) (as amended by paragraph 38(c) of Schedule 13 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) and S.I. 1999/1820) for the definition of “British-owned”.

[^f00007]: Varied by S.I. 1993/188 and 2291 and amended by S.I. 1999/1820.

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Editorial notes

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