S.I. No. 182/2006 - Sea Fisheries (Marking and Documentation of Sea-Fishing Boats) Regulations 2006
SEA FISHERIES (MARKING AND DOCUMENTATION OF SEA-FISHING BOATS) REGULATIONS 2006. | ||||||
I, John Browne, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006), and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2006 (No. 167 of 2006), and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/871 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels hereby make the following Regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Marking and Documentation of Sea-Fishing Boats) Regulations 2006. 2. (1) In these Regulations “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (E.E.C.) No. 1381/87 of 20th May 19871 and any further Regulation of the Commission or the Council made after the making of these Regulations, which amends, extends, replaces or consolidates (with or without modification) the Commission Regulation (as defined herein); | ||||||
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Commission Regulation has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Commission Regulation. 3. A contravention of any provision of the Commission Regulation relating to: | ||||||
(a) sea-fishing boats within the exclusive fishery limits of the State; or | ||||||
(b) an Irish sea-fishing boat wherever it may be; | ||||||
or a failure to comply with an obligation imposed by the Commission Regulation so relating, other than an obligation imposed on the State, shall, for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 , be deemed to be a contravention of these Regulations and the provisions of that Act relating to a contravention of a regulation under the said section 14 shall accordingly apply thereto. | ||||||
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||||||
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||||||
The effect of these Regulations is to transpose into Irish law Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1381/87, which establishes certain rules for the marking and documentation of sea-fishing boats. | ||||||