12   General provisions relating to closures

Sections 42–45 of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to notifications of fishing closures in the same way as they apply to statutory rules within the meaning of that Act.

Note. The above provisions of the Interpretation Act 1987 relate to standard provisions authorising the adoption of other publications by reference, the making of differential closures, the amendment or repeal of closures and judicial notice and presumptions as to validity for closures.