
2023 No. 135
Sea Fisheries
The Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
Made 15th September 2023
Coming into operation 15th October 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(1) and 124(1), (2) and (2A) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and come into operation on 15th October 2023.
Amendment of the Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

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(1) The Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 8 (The Maidens Special Area of Conservation) in the table (Area 3)—
(a) in the longitude coordinate at Point B for “005° 42.010’W” substitute “005° 45.010’W”;
(b) in the longitude coordinate at Point C for “005° 43.250’W” substitute “005° 42.250’W”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 15th September 2023.
Owen Lyttle
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
