S.I. No. 438/2003 - Blue Ling (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No 2) Order 2003

1. This Order may be cited as the Blue Ling (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No 2) Order 2003.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1

st

day of October 2003.

3. The Blue Ling (Fisheries Management and Conservation) Order, 2003 (

S.I.No. 316 of 2003

) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal

this 19th day of September, 2003.

Dermot Ahern

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The effect of the Order is to permit the fishing for, landing, transhipment, or having on board the Blue Ling species by Irish sea-fishing boats, duly licensed, with effect from the 1

st

day of October, 2003.

I, Dermot Ahern, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by

section 9

of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978

(No. 18 of 1978) and amended by

section 4

of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983

(No. 27 of 1983)) of the

Fisheries (Consolidation Act, 1959

(No. 14 of 1959) and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 (

S.I. No. 30 of 1977

) (as adapted by the Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 307 of 2002

)), hereby order as follows