
2006 No. 300
AGRICULTURE
The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006
Made 4th July 2006
Coming into operation 1st August 2006
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981 and now vested in it, makes the following Order
PART 1 Preliminary
Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1 August 2006.
Interpretation
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PART 2 Days at Sea
Establishment of management periods for Northern Ireland boats
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Deeming provisions in respect of certain management periods notified in the first half 2006
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Offences in relation to management periods
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Allocation of days for fishing in the Cod Recovery Zone and Sole Recovery Zone
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Allocation of days – pair trawling
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Adjustment of the allocation of days
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Fishing in the first half 2006, notification requirement and adjustment of allocation of days
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Offences in relation to allocation of days and other restrictions on presence in the Cod Recovery Zone and Sole Recovery Zone
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Transfer of days
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Offence in relation to transfers of days
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Offences in relation to fishing gears
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Maintenance of logbooks requirements and related offence
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PART 3 Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance in respect of fishing in the Sole Recovery Zone
Transhipment or landing relating to third countries
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Mixing of species
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Weighing sole
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Transport of sole
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Recording information on catches of sole
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PART 4 Enforcement
Interpretation of Part 4
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Penalties and defence
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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 and fishing gear
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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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PART 5 Supplementary
Consequential amendments
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(1) The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 is amended as follows.
(2) Omit Articles 3 to 6 and 12 to 22.
(3) In Article 23(2) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 of this Order” substitute “any of Articles 7 to 11 of this Order”.
(4) In Article 23(3) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 of this Order” substitute “any of Articles 7 to 11 of this Order”.
(5) Omit Article 23(5).
(6) In Article 25(1) omit “and Part 3”.
(7) In Article 25(4) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21 or 22” substitute “A Article 8 or 11 of this Order”.
(8) In Article 26(1) omit “and Part 3”.
(9) In Article 27(2) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21” substitute “any of Articles 7 to 11 of this Order”.
Sealed with Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 4 July 2006
Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
