S.I. No. 565/2014 - European Union (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Sea-fisheries) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 16th December, 2014. | ||
I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 20091 and Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 19922 (as amended by Council Directive 97/62/EC of 27 October 19973 , Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 20034 and Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 20065 ), in so far as those Directives relate to the impact of sea-fisheries on the marine environment, hereby make the following Regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Sea-fisheries) (Amendment) Regulations 2014. | ||
2. The European Union (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Sea-fisheries) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 290 of 2013) are amended by substituting for Regulation 2(4) the following: | ||
“(4) These Regulations apply to the regulation of sea-fishing activity in so far as the regulation of that activity is necessary to secure compliance with the Regulations of 2011 and the objectives of the habitats Directive.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
3 December 2014. | ||
SIMON COVENEY, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
The effect of these Regulations is to amend the scope of S.I. No. 290 of 2013 to sea-fishing activity. | ||