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The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Wales) Order 2003 art 2

The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Wales) Order 2003 art 2

art 2 Interpretation

In this Order — “the Act” (“ y Ddeddf ”) means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967; “the Council Regulation (“ Rheoliad y Cyngor ”) means Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures; “beam trawler” (“ treill-long drawst ”) means a fishing boat which, in so far as it carries or uses nets, carries or uses only nets which are designed to be towed along the sea-bed and which have their mouth extended by a beam, bar or other rigid device; “equivalent Order” (“ Gorchymyn cyfatebol ”) means an Order applying to England, Northern Ireland or Scotland and made under section 5 of the Act, pursuant to Article 46 of the Council Regulation, which prohibits fishing by any trawl other than a single trawl; “net” (“ rhwyd ”) means a trawl, Danish Seine or similar towed net; and “single trawl” (“ treillrwyd unigol ”) means a single net towed by a two warp rig in which the net has a single bosom groundrope (the bosom being the central portion of the trawl between the lower wings), where the groundrope is attached to the towing rig at each wing-end only and does not have any further attachment, including bridles, wires or ropes, connecting it to the said towing rig; and any other corresponding expression used in the Council Regulation has the same meaning in this Order as in that Regulation.

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