2020 No. 95

Sea Fisheries

The Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 7th July 2020

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs1 with the approval of the Department of Finance2, makes the following Scheme in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) and (2) of the Fisheries Act 19813, as read with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 of the Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 20024, and now vested in it5.

Title and commencementI11

This Scheme may be cited as the Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020 and comes into operation on 8 June 2020.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

art. 1 in operation at 8.6.2020, see s. 1

Amendment of the Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020I22

1

The Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 20206 is amended as follows.

2

In Article 2(2), in the definition of “length overall” for “Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/867 substitute “Regulation (EU) 2017/1130”8.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

art. 2 in operation at 8.6.2020, see s. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 4th June 2020.

seal_r00001Claire VincentA senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

The Department of Finance approves this Scheme.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 4th June 2020.

seal_r00001Emer MorelliA senior officer of theDepartment of Finance
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

This Scheme amends the definition of “length overall” in article 2 of the Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2020 to refer to the most recent EU legislation (EU) 2017/1130 that provides for the characteristics of fishing vessels.