The Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
The Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Independent editorial summary — not the official statute text. Read the official version on legislation.gov.uk.
Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2022
Number: 292
Made: 2022-11-01
Coming into force: 2023-01-01
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
These Regulations prohibit fishing for sea-fish by demersal mobile and static fishing gear in the waters in a number of marine protected areas which were designated under The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 and the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013.
Regulation 3 prohibits fishing within the respective marine protected areas using demersal fishing gear and static fishing gear.
Regulation 4 provides for exceptions to the prohibitions in regulation 3.
Regulation 5 revokes some Statutory Rules as a consequence of the Regulations.
Contravention of these Regulations is an offence under section 124(3) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966. The penalty on summary conviction is a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000).