The Sea Fishing (Recovery Measures) Order 2008

Made: 1st September 2008

Laid before Parliament: 5th September 2008

Coming into force: 30th September 2008

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Citation and commencement

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Extent and application

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Interpretation

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Requirements to communicate effort reports etc. and to record and account for time

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Margin of tolerance in estimation of quantities reported in the logbook

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Prior notification requirements and prohibition of certain transhipment

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Prohibition of retention on board of containers of mixed fish and requirement of separate stowage of fish

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Sampling and weighing regime

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Transport without required documentation

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Landing of fish in excess of two tonnes at designated ports

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Penalties

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Recovery of fines

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

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Powers of British sea-fishery officers on land

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Warrants to enter premises

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Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish

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Protection of officers

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Obstruction of officers

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Offences by corporate bodies

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Admissibility of documents in evidence

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE — Designated Ports

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Signed

Jonathan Shaw — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2008-08-26

Paul Goggins — Minister of State — Northern Ireland Office — 2008-09-01

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order makes provision for the enforcement of restrictions and obligations relating to fishing for cod, northern hake, plaice and sole contained in Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 (OJ No L 70, 9.3.04, p 70) (the “Cod Regulation”), Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 (OJ No L 150, 30.4.04, p 1, as corrected by a corrigendum published in OJ No L 185, 24.5.04, p 1) (the “Hake Regulation”), Council Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 (OJ No L 157, 19.6.07, p 1) (the “North Sea Place and Sole Regulation”) and Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2007 (OJ No L122, 11.5.07, p 7) (the “Western Channel Sole Regulation”).

Articles 4 to 9 make it an offence to fail to comply with provisions in the Cod Regulation, Hake Regulation, North Sea Plaice and Sole Regulation or Western Channel Sole Regulation relating to fishing effort messages and recording time spent in the areas, margin of tolerance in estimation of quantities in the logbook, requirements for prior notification of entry into a port, landing, discharge at sea and transhipment, separate stowage of fish, sampling regimes and transport of cod, northern hake and sole. Article 10 makes it an offence to contravene or fail to comply with provisions in the Cod Regulation and Hake Regulation relating to the requirement to land fish at designated ports.

The penalties for offences under articles 4 to 10 are contained in article 11. Article 12 contains provisions for the recovery of fines.

Articles 13 to 18 set out the powers of British sea-fishery officers.

Article 21 contains revocations.

An impact assessment of the effect that this Order will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Sea Fisheries Conservation Division, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 29 (“the 1981 Act”). See section 30(3) for the definitions of “the Ministers” (as modified in relation to Scotland by section 30(5), “enforceable Community restriction” and “enforceable Community obligation”.

[^f00002]: The function of the Ministers under section 30(2) of the 1981 Act in relation to Wales was transferred to the National Assembly for Wales and then transferred from that body to the Welsh Ministers: see article 2(a) of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). Despite its transfer, that function remains exercisable by the Ministers in relation to Wales for the purpose of implementing Community obligations and connected purposes: see section 58 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006, as read with paragraph 26(1) of Schedule 11. The function under section 30(2) exercisable in relation to British fishing boats (other than Scottish ones) within the Scottish zone and Scottish fishing boats outside that zone but within British fishery limits remains exercisable by the Ministers despite being transferred to the Scottish Ministers under section 53(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46): see article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1592). The function under section 30(2) exercisable in relation to the Northern Ireland zone and Northern Ireland fishing boats outside that zone remains exercisable by the Ministers despite being transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland under article 3(2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/790): see paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 to that Order. Any remaining functions of the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales under section 30(2) the 1981 Act in relation to England have been transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: see article 2(1) of the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Fisheries) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1812). The function of that Minister and the Secretary of State concerned with sea fishing in Northern Ireland acting jointly under section 30(2) has been transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State concerned with sea fishing in Northern Ireland acting jointly: see article 2(5) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^f00003]: 1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

[^f00004]: 1998 c. 46.

[^f00005]: 1998 c. 47.

[^f00006]: See section 1 of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49), as extended to Jersey by the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (Jersey) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/278) as amended by S.I. 2002/250, and to the Isle of Man by the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (Isle of Man) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1722).

[^f00007]: 1968 c. 77; section 7 is amended by article 4 of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 1999/1820; by sections 26(1) and 46(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 5 to, the Fisheries Act 1981, and by section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36).

[^f00008]: OJ No L 70, 9.3.04, p 8.

[^f00009]: OJ No L 261, 20.10.93, p 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ No L 409, 30.12.06, p 11).

[^f00010]: 1995 c. 21.

[^f00011]: Section 30(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820.

[^f00012]: OJ No L 150, 30.4.04, p 1, as corrected by a corrigendum published in OJ No L 185, 24.5.04, p 1.

[^f00013]: OJ No L 157, 19.6.07, p 1.

[^f00014]: 2006 c. 32.

[^f00015]: OJ No L 122, 11.5.07, p 7.

[^f00016]: Articles 19b, 19c and 19e of the Control Regulation should be read with Commission Regulation (EEC) 1449/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards effort reports (OJ No L 192, 8.7.98, p 4), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States’ catches of fish (OJ No L 276, 10.10.83, p 1, corrected by a corrigendum published in OJ No L 353, 15.12.83, p 21), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1804/2005 (OJ No L 290, 4.11.05, p 10).

[^f00017]: 1980 c. 43; section 78 was amended by the Courts Act 2000 (c. 39), section 109(1) and Schedule 8 paragraph 219.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1981/1675 (NI 26).

[^f00019]: 1995 c. 46.

[^f00020]: S.I. 2005/393.

[^f00021]: S.I. 2006/1327.

[^f00022]: S.I. 2006/1796 (W 191).

Citation and commencement

Extent and application

Interpretation

Margin of tolerance in estimation of quantities reported in the logbook

Penalties

Recovery of fines

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

Powers of British sea-fishery officers on land

Warrants to enter premises

Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish

Protection of officers

Obstruction of officers

Offences by corporate bodies

Admissibility of documents in evidence

Revocations

Editorial notes

[^key-704a91d47c357d06e157f8c58d816a01]: Order revoked (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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