The Molluscan Shellfish (Control of Deposit) Order 1974
This Order, which is made under Section 12 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967, designates areas of tidal water within the seaward limits of the territorial waters adjacent to England and Wales and prohibits the deposit in any area so designated of molluscan shellfish taken from a shellfish bed outside that area except under the authority of, and in compliance with any conditions specified in, a licence granted by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The order also designates certain land adjacent to the designated waters, and by virtue of Section 12(3) of the Act, the prohibition imposed by Article 5 of the Order applies also to the deposit of molluscan shellfish on that land.