S.I. No. 141/2013 - Sea-Fisheries (Quotas) (Deep-Sea Stocks) Regulations 2013.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th April, 2013. | ||
I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea-Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EU) No. 1262/2012 of 20 December 20121 hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Quotas) (Deep-Sea Stocks) Regulations 2013. | ||
2. (1) In these Regulations— | ||
“Deep-Sea Quota Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) No. 1262/2012 of 20 December 2012. | ||
(2) A word or expression that is used in the Deep-Sea Quota Regulation and is also used in these Regulations, has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Deep-Sea Quota Regulation. | ||
3. The master of— | ||
(a) an Irish sea-fishing boat wherever it may be, or | ||
(b) a sea-fishing boat in the exclusive fishing limits of the State, | ||
shall comply with the requirement imposed by the Deep-Sea Quota Regulation in respect of fishing vessels and masters of such vessels. | ||
5. The Sea-Fisheries (Control of catches) (Deep-Sea Stocks) Regulations 2011( S.I. No. 482 of 2011 ) are revoked. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
11 April 2013. | ||
SIMON COVENEY, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
These Regulations provide for the provisions of Council Regulation (EU) No 1262/2012 of 20 December 2012 fixing for 2013 and 2014 the annual fishing opportunities available to Community fishing vessels for stocks of deep-sea species in Community waters and in certain non-Community waters where catch limitations are required, and the specific conditions under which such fishing opportunities may be used. | ||