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These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2023.
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(1) The Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1)(g) delete “restricted area”.
(3) In regulation 4(3) after “10” insert “metres”.
(4) In Schedule 5 (Red Bay Special Area of Conservation)—
(a) In the longitude coordinate at Point A for “5° 36.670’W” substitute “006° 01.492’W”.
(b) In the longitude coordinate at Point B for “5° 34.734’W” substitute “006° 00.516’W”.
(c) In the latitude coordinate at Point C for “55° 08.450’N” substitute “55° 05.450’N”.
(d) In the longitude coordinate at Point C for “5° 34.733’W” substitute “006° 00.516’W”.
(e) In the longitude coordinate at Point D for “5° 35.203’W” substitute “006° 02.816’W”.
(5) In Schedule 6 (Skerries and Causeway Special Area of Conservation)—
(a) In the latitude coordinate at Point C for “55° 11.540’N” substitute “55° 13.540’N”.
(b) In the longitude coordinate at Point E for “006° 36.920’W” substitute “006° 26.920’W”.
(6) In Schedule 8 for “Area 2” where it first appears substitute “Area 1”.
(7) In Schedule 9 in the Schedule head for “Strangford Lough” substitute “Waterfoot”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 30th December 2022.
Owen Lyttle
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
