Section A: Principal acts relating to sea fishing
Updated 7 November 2024
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A1.10: The Fishery Limits Act 1976
Amended by: A 1995/C21 Schedule 13 (49), A 2009/C23 Schedule 4, A 2020/C22 Schedule 4
A1.12: The Territorial Sea (Baselines) Order 2014
A1.20: The Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967
Amended by: A 1995/C21 Schedule 13 (49), A 2020/C22 Schedule 4, A 2009/C23, SI 2019/746 – Reg 2
A1.30: The Sea Fisheries Act 1968
Amended by: A 2020/C22 Schedule 4, A 1995/C21
A1.40: The Fisheries Act 1981
Amended by: SI 2019/746 – Reg. 3, A 2020/C22 Schedule 4
A1.41: The Sea Fishing (Enforcement and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015
Amended by: SI 2019/746 – Reg. 12
A1.42: The Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
Amended by SI 2019/746 - Reg. 14, SI 2019/526 - Reg. 22, SI 2020/516 - Reg. 2
A1.42a: The Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2020
A1.43: The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018
A1.44: The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018
A1.50: The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967
Amended By: A 1997/C3 - Reg. 1, A 2009/C23, SI 2017/1012 - Schedule 6 (2)
A1.50a: The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Act 1997
A1.60: The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
Amended by: A 2017/1012, A 2017/1013, SI 2018/942 - Reg. 6, SI 2018/1399 - Reg. 2, SI 2019/746 - Reg. 4, A 2020/C22 - Schedule 4, A 2020/C22 - Schedule 10
A1.70: Exclusive Economic Zone Order
A1. 80 Fisheries Act 2020