Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996. (S.I. No. 1035 of 1996)
Made 1996-04-03 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- English
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- European Union
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- United Kingdom
- Subjects
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Keywords
- marine fisheries, foreign fishing, protected fishing area, fishery management and conservation
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The Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk7928.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:04] Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1035 The Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 © Crown Copyright 1996 The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996, ISBN 0110546350. Purchase this item. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1996 No. 1035 SEA FISHERIES The Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 Made 3rd April 1996 Laid before Parliament 3rd April 1996 Coming into Force 24th April 1996 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with sea fishing in Scotland and Northern Ireland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976[1] and now vested in them[2] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:— Title and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th April 1996. Interpretation 2. In this Order— http://www.ukstate.com/portal.asp?CH=YourLife&PR=BookItem&BI=0110546350 http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/howtoorder.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/howtoorder.htm The Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk7928.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:04] "the Act" means the Fishery Limits Act 1976; "ICES areas" means those statistical sub-areas and divisions of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea[3] which are referred to by their short names in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order and are described in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the reference to their short names, but excluding any part of those areas which is within 12 miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is measured or which is outside British fishery limits[4]. Access to British fisheries 3.—(1) The countries specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 of this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 2(1) of the Act (hereinafter called "the designated countries"). (2) In relation to each of the designated countries there are hereby designated the ICES areas specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the reference to that country (hereinafter called "the designated areas"). (3) The descriptions of sea fish for which the fishing boats registered in any of the designated countries may fish in any of the designated areas shall be those specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 opposite the reference to that area, which shall have effect subject to the Notes to that Schedule. Tony Baldry Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 26th March 1996 Raymond Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 27th March 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Rod Richards Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 3rd April 1996 Patrick Mayhew Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 28th March 1996 Notes: [1] 1976 c. 86; see section 8 for the definition of "the Ministers". back The Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk7928.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:04] [2] In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272. back [3] Cmnd. 2586. back [4] "British fishery limits" are the limits set by or under section 1 of the Act. back