2.— In this Act—

“Act of 1894” means Merchant Shipping Act 1894;

“Act of 1955” means Mercantile Marine Act 1955;

“Act of 2003” means Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003;

“Community law” means an act adopted by an institution of the European Communities;

“Department” means F1[Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine;]

F2[“fisheries monitoring centre“ has the same meaning as it has in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009³;]

“foreign sea-fishing boat” means a sea-fishing boat which is not an Irish sea-fishing boat;

“Irish sea-fishing boat” means a sea-fishing boat which is—

(a) entered in the Register of Fishing Boats,

(b) required by regulations under section 76 to be so entered, or

(c) exempt from such registration by regulations under that section;

“Minister” means F1[Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;]

“Principal Act” means Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959;

“Register of Fishing Boats” means the register maintained under section 74.