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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1998 S.I. No. 499/1998 - Horse Mackerel (Prohibition on Fishing) Order, 1998 S.I. No. 499/1998 - Horse Mackerel (Prohibition on Fishing) Order, 1998 AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 499 of 1998. HORSE MACKEREL (PROHIBITION ON FISHING) ORDER, 1998 I, Michael Woods, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by section 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 18 of 1978), and amended by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 27 of 1983)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Marine (Alteration of Name of Department and title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 301 of 1997 )), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Horse Mackerel (Prohibition on Fishing) Order, 1998. 2. This Order shall come into operation on the 10th day of December, 1998. 3.
(1)In this Order - "the specified area" means ICES Sub-area Vb), ICES Sub-area VI, ICES Sub-area VII, ICES Sub-area VIIIa), b), d), e), ICES Sub-area XII and ICES Sub-area XIV.
(2)In any proceedings in which a contravention of this Order is alleged prima facie evidence of the Communication may be given by the production of a copy of the Official Journal purporting to contain the Communication.
(3)In this Article - "the Communication" means the Communication from the Commission of the European Communities on the description of the ICES Sub-areas and Divisions used for the purpose of fishing statistics and regulations in the North East Atlantic
(1);
(1)O.J. C.347/14 of 31/12/85 "ICES Sub-area Vb)", "ICES Sub-area VI", "ICES Sub-area VII", "ICES Sub-area VIIIa), b), d), e)", "ICES Sub-area XII" and "ICES Sub-area XIV" mean, respectively, the parts of the sea described in the Annex to the Communication and therein referred to as Sub-area Vb), Sub-area VI, Sub-area VII, Sub-area VIIIa), b), d), e), Sub-area XII and Sub-area XIV. 4. Neither an Irish sea-fishing boat nor a person on board an Irish sea-fishing boat shall engage in fishing for horse mackerel in the specified area and the master of an Irish sea-fishing boat shall not cause or permit the boat or any person on board to engage in such fishing in the specified area. 5.
(1)An Irish sea-fishing boat shall not have horse mackerel on board within the specified area.
(2)The master of an Irish sea-fishing boat shall not cause or permit the boat or any person on board to have horse mackerel on board within the specified area. 6. The master of an Irish sea-fishing boat shall not cause or permit the boat to be used within the specified area for the transhipment of horse mackerel from an Irish sea-fishing boat. 7
(1)In a prosecution for an offence under Article 6 of this Order the following shall be prima facie evidence that the sea-fishing boat concerned was, at the time of the alleged offence, used for the transhipment of horse mackerel in contravention of that Article; (
- a)evidence that such sea-fishing boat had on board any books, papers or other documents from which it appears to the Court that on the day on which the offence is alleged to have been committed horse mackerel were received on board the boat otherwise than in the course of fishing, (
- b)any admission by any person who is for the time being the master or other person in charge, or another member of the crew, of such sea-fishing boat that at such time she was so used, (
- c)any other matter from which it so appears that such sea-fishing boat was so used or which in the opinion of the Court suggests, or tends to suggest, that such sea-fishing boat was so used.
(2)In a prosecution for an offence under Article 5 of this Order it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that the horse mackerel to which the prosecution relates - (
- a)were taken in the course of fishing that did not contravene Article 4 of this Order, or (
- b)were taken outside the specified area. GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of December, 1998 Michael Woods TD Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources EXPLANATORY NOTE This Order prohibits fishing for, transhipment or having on board horse mackerel by Irish sea-fishing boats in ICES Divisions V(b), VI, VII, VIII(a), (b), (d), (e), XII and XIV with effect from 10th December, 1998. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais