art 8 Restriction on size of tow bars
(1) No fishing boat is permitted, at any time, in any part of Welsh waters which lies beyond 1 nautical mile and within 3 nautical miles of baselines, to use a tow bar in connection with fishing for, taking or killing scallops, unless that tow bar– (a) does not exceed 3 metres in length; and (b) is not constructed in a way which enables more than 3 scallop dredges to be attached to it at the same time. (2) No fishing boat is permitted, at any time, in any part of Welsh waters which lies beyond 3 nautical miles and within 6 nautical miles of baselines, to use a tow bar in connection with fishing for, taking or killing scallops, unless that tow bar– (a) does not exceed 4 metres in length; and (b) is not constructed in a way which enables more than 4 scallop dredges to be attached to it at the same time. (3) No fishing boat is permitted, at any time, in any part of Welsh waters which lies beyond 6 nautical miles and within 12 nautical miles of baselines, to use a tow bar in connection with fishing for, taking or killing scallops, unless that tow bar– (a) does not exceed 6.8 metres in length; and (b) is not constructed in a way which enables more than 7 scallop dredges to be attached to it at the same time.