The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) Order 2004

Made: 7th December 2004

Laid before Parliamen: 8th December 2004

Coming into force: 1st January 2005

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PART 1 — GENERAL

Citation, commencement, extent and application

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Interpretation

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Application

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PART 2 — PROVISIONS RELATING TO RELEVANT BRITISH FISHING BOATS AND BRITISH AND COMMUNITY FISHING BOATS WITHIN RELEVANT BRITISH FISHERY LIMITS

Application of Part 2

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Installation of a satellite-tracking device

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Prohibition against switching off a satellite-tracking device whilst in port without prior notification

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Transmission of required information

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Responsibilities relating to the satellite-tracking device

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Technical failure or non-functioning of the satellite-tracking device

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PART 3 — PROVISIONS RELATING TO THIRD COUNTRY FISHING BOATS WITHIN RELEVANT BRITISH FISHERY LIMITS

Application of Part 3

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Installation of a satellite-tracking device

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Transmission of required information

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Responsibilities relating to the satellite-tracking device

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Technical failure or non-functioning of the satellite-tracking device

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PART 4 — PENALTIES AND RECOVERY OF FINES

Penalties

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Recovery of fines

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PART 5 — POWERS AND PROTECTION OF BRITISH SEA FISHERY OFFICERS

Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats

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Protection of officers

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Obstruction etc

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PART 6 — MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Provisions as to offences and proceedings

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Admissibility in evidence of logbooks and other documents

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PART 7 — REVOCATION

Revocation

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Signed

Ben Bradshaw — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2004-12-07

Ian Pearson — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2004-12-06

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 29. See section 30(3) for the definition of “the Ministers”, as modified by Schedule 2, paragraph 68(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820).

[^f00002]: Article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1592) provide for the functions exercisable under section 30(2) of the 1981 Act to be exercised by the Ministers, concurrently with the Scottish Ministers, in relation to: British fishing boats (other than Scottish ones) within the Scottish zone; and Scottish fishing boats within British fishery limits but outside the Scottish zone. By virtue of article 2(a) of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) the functions exercisable under section 30(2) of the 1981 Act were transferred to the National Assembly in so far as exercisable in relation to Wales (defined in section 155(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) as including “the sea adjacent to Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea”). By virtue of article 2(1) of the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Fisheries) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1812), remaining functions of the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales under section 30(2) of the 1981 Act relevant to this Order were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and one or more named Secretaries of State (however described) acting jointly were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the one or more Secretaries of State acting jointly by virtue of article 2(5) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^f00003]: Section 30(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 68(5)(a).

[^f00004]: 1995 c. 21.

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L333, 20.12.03, p.17.

[^f00006]: 1998 c. 47.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L261, 20.10.93, p.1.

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L301, 14.12.95, p.1.

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L301, 14.12.95, p.35.

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L338, 28.12.96, p.12.

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L102, 19.4.97, p.1.

[^f00012]: O.J. No. L304, 7.11.97, p.1.

[^f00013]: O.J. No. L356, 31.12.97, p.14.

[^f00014]: O.J. No. L358, 31.12.98, p.5.

[^f00015]: O.J. No. L122, 16.5.03, p.1.

[^f00016]: O.J. No. L289, 7.11.03, p.1.

[^f00017]: 1998 c. 46. The sea within British fishery limits (that is, the limits set by or under section 1 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86)) which is adjacent to Scotland is determined by the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1126).

[^f00018]: 1998 c. 38.

[^f00019]: 1976 c. 86.

[^f00020]: 1980 c. 43. Section 78 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), sections 37 and 46, and section 90 was amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), section 47(2).

[^f00021]: S.I. 2000/181, amended by S.I. 2001/3912.

Editorial notes

[^key-43209a7b3d86657e78b552f075bfb42d]: Order revoked (E.W.) (6.3.2015) by The Sea Fishing (Enforcement and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/191), art. 1(1), Sch.

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