
1 
This order may be cited as the Receiving of Trans-shipped Sea Fish (Licensing) (Variation) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 10th August 1983.
2 
The Receiving of Trans-shipped Sea Fish (Licensing) Order 1982 shall be varied by substituting for article 3 thereof the following articles:—“
3 
Within British fishery limits the receiving by any vessel (whether British or foreign) of any pelagic sea fish trans-shipped from any other vessel is prohibited unless authorised by a licence granted by one of the Ministers.

3A 
In any proceedings under article 3 of this order in respect of the receiving of pelagic sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat, it shall be a defence, unless the receiving of the fish took place within the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, for the person charged to prove that the fish to which the charge relates were caught outside British fishery limits.
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In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 25th July 1983.
Michael Jopling
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
26th July 1983Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
27th July 1983James Prior
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
26th July 1983