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(1) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 5th January 1996.
(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) Order 1994.
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The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with articles 3 to 11 of this Order and any reference in those provisions to any specified provision shall, unless the context requires otherwise, be taken to be a reference to the provision so specified of the principal Order.
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In article 2(1)—
(a) for the definition of “Regulation 2807/83” there shall be substituted the following definition—“
 “Regulation 2807/83” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on member States' catches of fish as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 473/89 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2945/95”;
(b) for the definition of “Regulation 2241/87” there shall be substituted the following definition—“
 “Regulation 2241/87” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2241/87 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3483/88”;
(c) for the definition of “Regulation 2847/93” there shall be substituted the following definition—“
 “Regulation 2847/93” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2870/95”.
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In article 3—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) the words “as read with any qualifying words relating thereto in the Schedule” shall be omitted;
(ii) in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), for the words “or the charterer” (wherever they occur) there shall be substituted the words “and the charterer”;
(iii) in paragraph (ii), for the words “article 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 of Regulation 1382/87” there shall be substituted the words “article 3.1 of, article 3.2 of and Annex II to, or article 3.3 of, Regulation 1382/87”;
(iv) in paragraph (iii)—(aa) for the words “article 6, 7, 10.1, 11, 12, 17.2, 20.1 or 21.3” there shall be substituted the words “article 6, 7, 10.1 11, 12, 17.2, 19a.2, 19e.1, 19e.2, 19e.3, 20.1, 20.2, 20a, 21.3 or 21c.2”;(bb) for the words “article 8.1” there shall be substituted the words “article 8.1 or articles 19b and 19c”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for the words “set out” there shall be substituted the word “specified”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “or the charterer” there shall be substituted the words“and the charterer”;
(iii) in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), for the words “in the case of the provision of” (wherever they occur) there shall be substituted the words “in relation to the requirement to provide”;
(c) in paragraph (3), for the words “articles 6 to 13, 17.2 or 21” there shall be substituted the words “articles 6, 7, 8.1, 9, 10.1, 11, 12, 13 or 17.2, articles 19b and 19c or article 19e or 20.2”;
(d) at the end of the article there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(4) Where there is in respect of any fishing boat a contravention of, or failure to comply with, articles 19b and 19c of Regulation 2847/93 in so far as it concerns entry into British fishery limits, the master and his representative, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence.”.
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In article 4—
(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “article 3(1) or (2)” there shall be substituted the words“article 3(1), (2) or (4)”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for the words “article 3(1) or (2)” there shall be substituted the words “article 3(1), (2) or (4)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “articles 20.1 or 21” there shall be substituted the words“article 19a.2, 20.1, 20a, 21.3 or 21c.2”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “article 6, 8.1 or 9 to 13 or 17.2” there shall be substituted the words “article 6, 8.1, 9, 10.1, 11, 12, 13 or 17.2, articles 19b and 19c or article 19e or 20.2”.
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In article 5—
(a) in paragraphs (1) and (2), for the words “on the master and the owner or the charterer (if any), any other person responsible for the vessel and any other person, who is convicted” (in each place that they occur) there shall be substituted the words “on the master, owner, charterer, person responsible for the vessel or any other person who is convicted”;
(b) in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b), for the words “if the boat is a foreign fishing boat, order it” (in each place that they occur) there shall be substituted the words “order the boat”.
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In article 6(4), the words “within British fishery limits” shall be omitted.
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In article 8—
(a) in paragraph (a)—
(i) after the word “fish” there shall be inserted the words “(including any receptacle which contains the fish)”;
(ii) for the words “article 6, 8.1, 9 to 13, 17.2 or 21” there shall be substituted the words “article 6, 8.1, 9, 10.1, 11, 12, 13, 17.2 or 19a.2, articles 19b and 19c or article 19e, 20.2, 21.3 or 21c.2”;
(b) in paragraph (b), for the words “article 20.1” there shall be substituted the words “article 20.1 or 20a”;
(c) in paragraph (c)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for the words “article 20.1” there shall be substituted the words“article 20.1 or 20a”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for the words “article 21” there shall be substituted the words “article 19a.2, 21.3 or 21c.2”.
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In article 10(c) the word “intentionally” shall be omitted.
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In article 12, before the words “and any document drawn up under article 9” there shall be inserted the words “, any effort report completed under articles 19b and 19c of Regulation 2847/93”.
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In the Schedule—
(a) items 5(k) and (l) shall be omitted;
(b) after item 5(j) there shall be inserted, in the appropriate columns, the Community provisions, subject matters and maximum fines on summary conviction which are specified in the Schedule to this Order.
Tim Boswell
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
3rd January 1996James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, Scottish Office
28th December 1995Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Rod Richards
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
2nd January 1996Patrick Mayhew
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
3rd January 1996
SCHEDULE
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Community provision Subject matter Maximum fine on summary conviction

(k) Article 19a.2 Prohibition from carrying out of fishing activities in the areas specified in article 19a.1 of Regulation 2847/93 in relation to Community fishing boats exceeding 15 metres in length between perpendiculars or over 18 metres in overall length which have not been authorised by member States in accordance with articles 2, 3.5 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 685/95 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources £50,000

(l) Articles 19b and 19c, as read with article 3a of, and Annexes VIIIa and VIIIb to, Regulation 2807/83 Requirement in relation to Community fishing boats exceeding 15 metres in length between perpendiculars or over 18 metres in overall length authorised to carry out fishing activities directed at demersal species to complete an effort report containing the information prescribed in article 19b of Regulation 2847/93–
(a) by one of the methods prescribed in article 19c.1 (as read with article 19c.3) of Regulation 2847/93 or, in the case of boats carrying out fishing activities in the waters of the State in which they are registered, in accordance with arrangements adopted under article 19c.2, second indent, of Regulation 2847/93; £50,000
 
(b) to the authorities prescribed in article 19c.1 of Regulation 2847/93; £50,000
 
(c) at the time or times prescribed in article 19c.1 of Regulation 2847/93 or–
(i) in the case of boats conducting trans-zonal fisheries as defined in article 19b.2, prescribed in article 19b.2 and 19c.2, first indent, of Regulation 2847/93;
(ii) in the case of boats spending less than 72 hours at sea, prescribed in article 19c.2, third indent, of Regulation 2847/93 (including the requirement in such case to notify changes occurring in the information provided in the report). £50,000

(m) Article 19e.1 and 19e.2, as read with article 1a of, and Annexes I, IVa and VIa to, Regulation 2807/83 Requirement in relation to Community fishing boats exceeding 15 metres in length between perpendiculars or over 18 metres in overall length to record in logbooks the information (as regards time spent at sea) prescribed in article 19e.1 of Regulation 2847/93 or, in the case of boats conducting trans-zonal fisheries as defined in article 19b.2 of Regulation 2847/93, prescribed in article 19e.2 of Regulation 2847/93. £50,000

(n) Article 19e.3, as read with article 1a of, and Annexes I, IVa and VIa to, Regulation 2807/83 Requirement on Community fishing boats exceeding 15 metres in length between perpendiculars or over 18 metres in overall length authorised to carry out fishing activities directed at demersal species to record in logbooks an effort report containing the information prescribed in article 19b of Regulation 2847/93. £50,000

(o) Article 20.1 Requirement relating to stowage of nets, when not in use, in Community fishing boats. The statutory maximum

(p) Article 20.2 Requirement in relation to Community fishing boats to record in log books and landing declarations all changes in mesh size and catch composition at moment of change. £50,000

(q) Article 20a Requirements relating to carriage, use and stowage of gear in Community fishing boats exceeding 15 metres in length between perpendiculars or over 18 metres in overall length carrying out fishing activities in the areas specified in article 19a.1 of Regulation 2847/93. The statutory maximum

(r) Article 21.3 Prohibitions in relation to Community fishing boats from fishing for, and retention on board, trans-shipment and landing of, stock subject to quota or total allowable catch from the date, fixed by the Commission of the European Communities, on which the quota or total allowable catch for such stock is deemed to have been exhausted. £50,000

(s) Article 21c.2 Prohibition in relation to fishing boats of a member State from carrying out fishing activities in a fishery from the date, fixed by the Commission of the European Communities, on which the maximum fishing effort of that State for that fishery is deemed to have been exhausted. £50,000