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These Regulations may be cited as the Conservation of Scallops (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 30th March 1998.
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(1) The Conservation of Scallops Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 2 after the definition of “scallop dredge” there shall be inserted the following definition—“
 “size” in relation to any scallop means the size calculated by measuring the maximum length of the shell;”.
(3) In regulation 3(2)(e) for the words “minimum mesh size of 100mm” there shall be substituted the words “mesh size of less than 100mm”.
(4) In regulation 3(5) for the words “scallops with a minimum size of less than 110mm” there shall be substituted “scallops of a size less than 110mm”.
(5) For regulation 3(6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—“
(6) A person who, within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland, catches fish by any means other than a scallop dredge shall not take and retain on board his vessel scallops which are more than 1% by weight of the total of all fish on board.”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on
G. Lavery
Assistant Secretary
19th February 1998.