Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 28th September, 2012.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea-Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008¹ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1010/2009 of 22 October 2009² , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 86/2010 of 29 January 2010³ , and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 202/2011 of 1 March 2011⁴ hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 554 of 2010 ) is amended by substituting--

(a) in Regulation 2(1) the definition of "Council Regulation" for the following-

""Council Regulation" means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 86/2010 of 29 January 2010 and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 202/2011 of 1 March 2011." and

(b) in Regulation 4(1), by substituting the following-

"4.(1) Killybegs and Castletownbere are the ports within the State designated for the purposes of Article 5 of the Council Regulation."

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 September 2012.

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.)

These Regulations provide for an amendment to the Sea-Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 554 of 2010 ).

1 O.J. L 286 29.10.2008, p.1

2 O.J. L 280 27.10.2009, p.5

3 O.J. L 26 30.1.2010, p.1

4 O.J. L 57 2.3.2011, p.10