The Sussex Sea Fisheries District (Variation) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/847
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Sussex Sea Fisheries District (Variation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 19th March 1996.

Section 2 Variation of the Sea Fisheries District

The Order made by the Board of Trade on 15th February 1893 (which created the Sussex Sea Fisheries District) shall be varied as follows—

(a) in article 1 (Creation of District), for the words “within three nautical miles from the baselines” there shall be substituted “within six nautical miles from the baselines”;

(b) at the end of article 1, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

In this article “the baselines” means the baselines as they existed at 25th January 1983 in accordance with the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964 as amended by the Territorial Waters (Amendment) Order in Council 1979 .