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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

My point was that paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) under head 3 in Clause 152(5) relate to the making of by-laws that would prohibit or restrict the type of vessel, the method of fishing or, indeed, certain equipment. My point relating to the amendment that I spoke to was that an IFCA might wish not to prohibit but to stipulate the use of a technology. For example, a fisherman might come along and say, "If you’re going to oblige me to do that, it is going to cost me money and I’m going to challenge your right to do it". The Bill refers to by-laws that tell you what you cannot do, but I should like to know where it says that a by-law can be made saying what you have to do. Is the Minister confident that a by-law would be intra vires in these circumstances?