S.I. No. 660/2003 - Celtic Sea (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 3) Order, 2003

1. This Order may be cited as the Celtic Sea (Fisheries Management and Conservation (No 3) Order, 2003.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 07

th

day of December 2003.

3. The Celtic Sea (Fisheries Management and Conservation) Order, 2002 (

S.I. No. 10 of 2002

) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN

under my Official Seal,

This 3rd day of December, 2003.

Dermot Ahern

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to permit the fishing for, transhipment, landing or having on board herring by Irish sea-fishing boats, duly licensed, in the Celtic Sea within the following area

- the south-east coast of Ireland at latitude 52 00'N,

- latitude 52 00'N, longitude 6 00'W,

- latitude 52 30'N, longitude 6 00' W,

- the south-east coast of Ireland at latitude 52 30'.

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