The Fishing Vessels (EC Directive on Harmonised Safety Regime) Regulations 1999

means the persons referred to in section 7 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968;

means Council Directive 97/70/EC setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over;

means the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea not extending beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured;

means a fishing vessel which is not a new fishing vessel;

means the State whose flag the ship flies;

means drift ice covering 80% or more of the sea surface;

means any person appointed by the Secretary of State, either generally or in a particular case, to exercise powers under these Regulations;

means, unless provided otherwise, 96% of the total length on a waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth measured from the keel line, or the length from the foreside of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater.

means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions;

means a Notice described as such and issued by the MCA;

means a fishing vessel for which: (a) on or after 1st January 1999 the building or major conversion contract is placed;

means such a vessel which is a new fishing vessel.

means the waters north of the boundary defined by the parallel of latitude 62°N from the west coast of Norway to latitude 4°W, thence the meridian of longitude 4°W to latitude 60°30'N, thence the parallel of latitude 60°30'N to longitude 5°W, thence the meridian of longitude 5°W to latitude 60°N, thence the parallel of latitude 60°N to longitude 15°W, thence the meridian of longitude 15°W to latitude 62°N, thence the parallel of latitude 62°N to longitude 27°W, thence the meridian of longitude 27°W to latitude 59°N and thence the parallel of latitude 59°N to the west, excluding the Baltic Sea;

means catching or catching and processing fish or other living resources of the sea without prejudice to the right of innocent passage in the territorial sea and the freedom of navigation in the exclusive economic zone;

means the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal areas, within 20 miles from the coast of Spain and Portugal, of the summer zone of the Atlantic Ocean, as defined on the “Chart of zones and seasonal areas” in Annex II to the 1966 International Convention on Load Lines, as amended;

means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a State which is not an EEA State;

means the Torremolinos Protocol relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels 1977, together with the amendments thereto;

means a fishing vessel registered in the United Kingdom, and “new United Kingdom fishing vessel” means such a vessel which is a new fishing vessel.