Fisheries Act 2020

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<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-fisheries-objectives-fisheries-statements-and-fisheries-management-plans"><heading><i>Fisheries objectives, fisheries statements and fisheries management plans</i></heading><section eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Fisheries objectives</heading><subsection eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The fisheries objectives are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the sustainability objective,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the precautionary objective,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the ecosystem objective,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the scientific evidence objective,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>the bycatch objective,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>the equal access objective,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the national benefit objective, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-1-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the climate change objective.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The “sustainability objective” is that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>fish and aquaculture activities are—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-1-2-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>environmentally sustainable in the long term, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-1-2-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>managed so as to achieve economic, social and employment benefits and contribute to the availability of food supplies, and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the fishing capacity of fleets is such that fleets are economically viable but do not overexploit marine stocks.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The “precautionary objective” is that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the precautionary approach to fisheries management is applied, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>exploitation of marine stocks restores and maintains populations of harvested species above biomass levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The “ecosystem objective” is that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fish and aquaculture activities are managed using an ecosystem-based approach so as to ensure that their negative impacts on marine ecosystems are minimised and, where possible, reversed, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>incidental catches of sensitive species are minimised and, where possible, eliminated.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The “scientific evidence objective” is that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>scientific data relevant to the management of fish and aquaculture activities is collected,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>where appropriate, the fisheries policy authorities work together on the collection of, and share, such scientific data, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the management of fish and aquaculture activities is based on the best available scientific advice.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The “bycatch objective” is that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the catching of fish that are below minimum conservation reference size, and other bycatch, is avoided or reduced,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>catches are recorded and accounted for, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>bycatch that is fish is landed, but only where this is appropriate and (in particular) does not create an incentive to catch fish that are below minimum conservation reference size.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>The “equal access objective” is that the access of UK fishing boats to any area within British fishery limits is not affected by—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the location of the fishing boat's home port, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other connection of the fishing boat, or any of its owners, to any place in the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>The “national benefit objective” is that fishing activities of UK fishing boats bring social or economic benefits to the United Kingdom or any part of the United Kingdom.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>The “climate change objective” is that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the adverse effect of fish and aquaculture activities on climate change is minimised, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>fish and aquaculture activities adapt to climate change.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-10"><num>(10)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-ecosystem-based-approach" eId="term-ecosystem-based-approach">ecosystem-based approach</term>” means an approach which—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>ensures that the collective pressure of human activities is kept within levels compatible with the achievement of good environmental status (within the meaning of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1627)), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>does not compromise the capacity of marine ecosystems to respond to human-induced changes;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-precautionary-approach-to-fisheries-management" eId="term-precautionary-approach-to-fisheries-management">precautionary approach to fisheries management</term>” means an approach in which the absence of sufficient scientific information is not used to justify postponing or failing to take management measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species, non-target species or their environment.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection></section><section eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Joint fisheries statement</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The fisheries policy authorities must prepare and publish a document, to be known as a joint fisheries statement (a “JFS”), that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sets out the policies of the fisheries policy authorities (or any of them) for achieving, or contributing to the achievement of, the fisheries objectives,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>contains a statement explaining the use the fisheries policy authorities (or any of them) propose to make of fisheries management plans in order to achieve, or contribute to the achievement of, the fisheries objectives, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>contains a statement explaining how the fisheries objectives have been interpreted and proportionately applied in formulating the policies and proposals mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The policies for achieving, or contributing to the achievement of, the fisheries objectives required to be set out in a JFS by subsection (1)(a) include, in particular, the policies of the fisheries policy authorities relating to the distribution, in accordance with section 25, of catch quotas and effort quotas for use by fishing boats.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The statement under subsection (1)(b) must, in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>contain a list of fisheries management plans that are already in force;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>contain a list of fisheries management plans that the fisheries policy authorities (or any of them) propose to prepare and publish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>specify, in relation to each proposed fisheries management plan—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-2-3-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the fisheries policy authority or authorities by whom it is to be prepared and published;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-2-3-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>if it is to be prepared and published otherwise than by all of the fisheries policy authorities acting jointly, the reasons for that;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-2-3-c-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>the stock or stocks of sea fish, the type or types of fishing and the geographical area or areas to which the plan will relate;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-2-3-c-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content><p>a timetable for preparation and publication;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>set out the fisheries policy authorities' reasons for deciding which stocks of sea fish, types of fishing and geographical areas should be subject to fisheries management plans and which should not.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>A JFS must contain a statement that it has been prepared for the purposes of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authorities must comply with subsections (1) to (4) before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>In this Act “<term refersTo="#term-fisheries-management-plan" eId="term-fisheries-management-plan">fisheries management plan</term>” means a document, prepared and published under this Act, that sets out policies designed to restore one or more stocks of sea fish to, or maintain them at, sustainable levels.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>For provision under which certain policies of the Secretary of State that would otherwise be required by subsection (1)(a) to be set out in a JFS may be set out instead in a separate document, see section 4.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Joint fisheries statement: procedure</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authorities may at any time prepare and publish a replacement JFS or amendments of a JFS.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Part 1 of Schedule 1 contains provision applying in relation to the preparation and publication by the fisheries policy authorities of a JFS or amendments of a JFS.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>A JFS or an amendment of a JFS comes into effect when it is published in accordance with that Part of that Schedule.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The fisheries policy authorities must review a JFS whenever they consider it appropriate to do so and in any event—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the day on which it was published, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the case of a JFS that has already been reviewed, before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the end of the most recent review.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>If, in the light of a review, the fisheries policy authorities conclude that changes are required to the JFS they must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare and publish amendments of the JFS, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>prepare and publish a replacement JFS.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section, a review of a JFS ends—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if the fisheries policy authorities conclude in the light of the review that no changes are required to the JFS, at the time they reach that conclusion;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the fisheries policy authorities conclude in the light of the review that changes are required to the JFS, at the time the document mentioned in subsection (5) is published.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-4"><num>4</num><heading>Secretary of State fisheries statement</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authorities may, under section 2 or 3, prepare and publish a JFS that omits a relevant Secretary of State policy that would (apart from this subsection) be required by section 2(1)(a) to be set out in it.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authorities may, under section 3, prepare and publish an amendment of a JFS the effect of which is that the JFS omits a relevant Secretary of State policy that would (apart from this subsection) be required by section 2(1)(a) to be set out in it.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subsections (4) and (5) apply where, in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), one or more relevant Secretary of State policies are omitted from a JFS.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must (subject to subsection (5)) prepare and publish a document, to be known as a Secretary of State fisheries statement (“SSFS”), that sets out the policy or policies omitted from the JFS.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>Where an SSFS has already been prepared and published, the Secretary of State must either—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare and publish amendments of that SSFS so that it sets out the policy or policies omitted from the JFS, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>prepare and publish a replacement SSFS that sets out the policy or policies omitted from the JFS.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>An SSFS must contain a statement that it has been prepared for the purposes of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must comply with subsections (4) to (6) before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the JFS mentioned in subsection (1) is published or (as the case may be) the amendment of the JFS mentioned in subsection (2) is published.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-secretary-of-state-policy" eId="term-relevant-secretary-of-state-policy">relevant Secretary of State policy</term>” means a policy of the Secretary of State that involves the exercise of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a UK quota function, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a function not within paragraph (a) that relates to a reserved matter.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In subsection (8)—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-uk-quota-function" eId="term-uk-quota-function">UK quota function</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a function under section 23 (determination of catch quotas and effort quotas), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a function of determining how much of a catch quota or effort quota is to be available for distribution by the Marine Management Organisation, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or the Northern Ireland department;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-reserved-matter" eId="term-reserved-matter">reserved matter</term>” means a matter which—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is a reserved matter within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998 (see Schedule 5 to that Act),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>is a reserved matter within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (see Schedule 7A to that Act), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>is an excepted or reserved matter within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (see section 4(1) of that Act).</p></content></level></hcontainer></subsection></section><section eId="section-5"><num>5</num><heading>Secretary of State fisheries statement: procedure</heading><subsection eId="section-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may at any time prepare and publish a replacement SSFS or amendments of an SSFS.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Part 2 of Schedule 1 contains provision applying in relation to the preparation and publication by the Secretary of State of an SSFS or amendments of an SSFS.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>An SSFS or an amendment of an SSFS comes into effect when it is published in accordance with that Part of that Schedule.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State must review an SSFS whenever the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so and in any event—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the day on which it was published, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the case of an SSFS that has already been reviewed, before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the end of the most recent review.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>If, in the light of a review, the Secretary of State concludes that changes are required to the SSFS the Secretary of State must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare and publish amendments of the SSFS, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>prepare and publish a replacement SSFS.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section, a review of an SSFS ends—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if the Secretary of State concludes in the light of the review that no changes are required to the SSFS, at the time the Secretary of State reaches that conclusion;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the Secretary of State concludes in the light of the review that changes are required to the SSFS, at the time the document mentioned in subsection (5) is published.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>Where, at any time after an SSFS has come into effect, a replacement JFS comes into effect or amendments of a JFS come into effect, and—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the policies in the SSFS are included in the new JFS, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State considers that the policies in the SSFS are superseded by the policies in the new JFS,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>the Secretary of State may publish a document revoking the SSFS.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In subsection (7) “<term refersTo="#term-the-new-jfs" eId="term-the-new-jfs">the new JFS</term>” means the replacement JFS or the JFS as amended.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>The revocation comes into effect when the document is published.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-6"><num>6</num><heading>Fisheries management plans: duty to comply with proposals in JFS</heading><subsection eId="section-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The relevant authority or authorities must, in relation to each proposed fisheries management plan in the list contained in a JFS under section 2(3)(b), prepare and publish a fisheries management plan that relates to the matters specified in relation to it under section 2(3)(c)(iii).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A fisheries management plan must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>specify the relevant authority or authorities,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>specify each stock of sea fish, type of fishing and geographical area to which the plan relates,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>specify an indicator or indicators to be used for monitoring the effectiveness of the plan, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>comply with subsection (3) in relation to each stock of sea fish to which the plan relates.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The plan must specify whether the available scientific evidence is sufficient to enable the relevant authority or authorities to make an assessment of the stock's maximum sustainable yield and—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if it is, must specify policies of the relevant authority or authorities for restoring the stock to, or maintaining it at, sustainable levels or for contributing to its restoration to, or maintenance at, sustainable levels;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>if it is not, must—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-6-3-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>specify policies of the relevant authority or authorities for maintaining or increasing levels of the stock,</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-6-3-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>specify the steps (if any) that the relevant authority or authorities propose to take to obtain the scientific evidence necessary to enable an assessment of the stock's maximum sustainable yield to be made, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-6-3-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>where no such steps are proposed, state the reasons for that.</p></content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In determining the policies to be specified under subsection (3)(b)(i), the relevant authority or authorities must adopt the precautionary approach to fisheries management (within the meaning of section 1).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>A fisheries management plan must contain a statement that it has been prepared and published for the purposes of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The relevant authority or authorities must comply with subsections (1) to (5) in accordance with the timetables specified in the JFS under section 2(3)(c)(iv).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-6-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-authority-or-authorities" eId="term-the-relevant-authority-or-authorities">the relevant authority or authorities</term>”, in relation to a fisheries management plan, means the fisheries policy authority or authorities by whom the JFS specifies the plan is to be prepared and published.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-7"><num>7</num><heading>Fisheries management plans: power to depart from proposals in JFS</heading><subsection eId="section-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Subsection (2) applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>one or more fisheries policy authorities prepare and publish a fisheries management plan,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the fisheries policy authority or authorities decide that, in view of a relevant change of circumstances, the plan should be amended, replaced or revoked, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the decision is not consistent with the proposals contained in the JFS by virtue of section 2(1)(b).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The fisheries policy authority or authorities may prepare and publish—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>amendments of the fisheries management plan that take account of the relevant changes of circumstances,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a replacement fisheries management plan that takes account of the relevant change of circumstances, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a document revoking the fisheries management plan in order to take account of the relevant change of circumstances.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Subsection (4) applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>one or more fisheries policy authorities decide that, in view of a relevant change of circumstances, they should prepare and publish a fisheries management plan, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the decision is not consistent with the proposals contained in the JFS by virtue of section 2(1)(b).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authority or authorities may prepare and publish a fisheries management plan that takes account of the relevant change of circumstances.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>A document under subsection (2) or (4) must contain a statement explaining the ways in which, and the reasons why, it is not consistent with the proposals contained in the JFS by virtue of section 2(1)(b).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Subsections (2) to (5) of section 6 (required contents of fisheries management plans) apply in relation to a fisheries management plan under this section (reading references to the relevant authority or authorities as references to the fisheries policy authority or authorities that prepare and publish the plan).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-7-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section the changes in circumstances that are capable of being “relevant” include (in particular) changes relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-7-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the international obligations of the United Kingdom,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>things done (or not done) by the government of a territory outside the United Kingdom that affect the marine and aquatic environment,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>available scientific evidence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-7-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>available evidence relating to the social, economic or environmental elements of sustainable development.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-8"><num>8</num><heading>Fisheries management plans: procedure</heading><subsection eId="section-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The relevant authority or authorities may at any time prepare and publish a replacement fisheries management plan, or amendments of a fisheries management plan, in relation to the same stock or stocks of sea fish, type or types of fishing and geographical area or areas.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Part 3 of Schedule 1 contains provision applying in relation to the preparation and publication by the relevant authority or authorities of a fisheries management plan, amendments of a fisheries management plan or a document under section 7(2)(c) revoking a fisheries management plan.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>A fisheries management plan, or an amendment or revocation of a fisheries management plan, comes into effect when it (or, in the case of a revocation, the document containing it) is published in accordance with that Part of that Schedule.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The relevant authority or authorities must review a fisheries management plan whenever they consider it appropriate to do so and in any event—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the day on which it was published, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the case of a fisheries management plan that has already been reviewed, before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the end of the most recent review.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>If, in the light of a review, the relevant authority or authorities conclude that changes are required to the fisheries management plan, they must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare and publish amendments of the fisheries management plan,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>prepare and publish a replacement fisheries management plan, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>(if section 7(2) applies) prepare and publish a document under section 7(2)(c) revoking the fisheries management plan.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section, a review of a fisheries management plan ends—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-8-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if the relevant authority or authorities conclude in the light of the review that no changes are required to the fisheries management plan, at the time they reach that conclusion;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-8-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the relevant authority or authorities conclude in the light of the review that changes are required to the fisheries management plan, at the time the document mentioned in subsection (5) is published.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-8-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-authority-or-authorities" eId="term-the-relevant-authority-or-authorities">the relevant authority or authorities</term>”, in relation to a fisheries management plan, means the fisheries policy authority or authorities that prepare and publish it.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-9"><num>9</num><heading>Fisheries management plans: transitional provision</heading><content><p>At any time before the fisheries policy authorities have complied with section 2(1) to (4), a fisheries policy authority acting alone, or two or more fisheries policy authorities acting jointly, may prepare and publish a fisheries management plan that relates to any stock or stocks of sea fish, any type or type of fishing, and any geographical area or areas.</p></content></section><section eId="section-10"><num>10</num><heading>Effect of fisheries statements and fisheries management plans</heading><subsection eId="section-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>A national fisheries authority must exercise its functions relating to fisheries, fishing or aquaculture in accordance with the policies contained in a JFS, SSFS or fisheries management plan that are applicable to the authority, unless a relevant change in circumstances indicates otherwise.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>If, in view of a relevant change of circumstances, a national fisheries authority takes a decision in the exercise of its functions relating to fisheries, fishing or aquaculture otherwise than in accordance with the policies contained in a JFS, SSFS or fisheries management plan that are applicable to the authority, the authority must prepare and publish a document—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>describing the decision and the relevant change of circumstances, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>explaining how the relevant change in circumstances affected the decision.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-10-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-10-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a policy in a JFS is “applicable to” a national fisheries authority within any paragraph of subsection (5), unless the JFS states that it is not applicable to that authority;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a policy in an SSFS is “applicable to” a national fisheries authority within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (5), unless the SSFS states that it is not applicable to that authority;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-3-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>a policy in a fisheries management plan is “applicable to”—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-10-3-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a national fisheries authority within paragraph (a), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (5) if the plan is prepared and published by that authority, unless the plan states that it is not applicable to that authority, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-10-3-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>the Marine Management Organisation if the plan is prepared and published by the Secretary of State, unless the plan states that it is not so applicable.</p></content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-10-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section the changes in circumstances that are capable of being “relevant” include (in particular) changes relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-10-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the international obligations of the United Kingdom,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>things done (or not done) by the government of a territory outside the United Kingdom that affect the marine and aquatic environment,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>available scientific evidence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>available evidence relating to the social, economic or environmental elements of sustainable development.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-10-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-national-fisheries-authority" eId="term-national-fisheries-authority">national fisheries authority</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-10-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Marine Management Organisation,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-5-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-10-5-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-11"><num>11</num><heading>Reports on fisheries statements and fisheries management plans</heading><subsection eId="section-11-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The fisheries policy authorities acting jointly must, in relation to each reporting period, prepare and publish a report on the extent to which the policies set out in a relevant JFS—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>have been implemented, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>have achieved or contributed to the achievement of the fisheries objectives.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A report under subsection (1) must also report on the extent to which the policies contained in a relevant fisheries management plan—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>have been implemented, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>have affected the levels of stocks of sea fish.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A copy of a report under subsection (1) must be laid —</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>before Parliament by the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>before Senedd Cymru by the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>before the Northern Ireland Assembly by the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of subsection (1) the following are reporting periods—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the period of three years beginning with the day on which the first JFS is published, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>each subsequent three year period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State must, in relation to each reporting period, prepare and publish a report on the extent to which the policies set out in a relevant SSFS—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>have been implemented, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>have achieved or contributed to the achievement of the fisheries objectives.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In preparing a report under subsection (5) the Secretary of State must consult—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>A copy of a report under subsection (5) must be laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of subsection (5) the following are reporting periods—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-11-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the period of three years beginning with the day on which the first SSFS is published, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-11-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>each subsequent three year period;</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>but a period is not a reporting period if no SSFS is in force at any time during the period.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-11-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>For the purposes of this section a JFS , SSFS or fisheries management plan is “relevant” if it is in force at any time during the period.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-access-to-british-fisheries-and-regulation-of-foreign-fishing-boats"><heading><i>Access to British fisheries and regulation of foreign fishing boats</i></heading><section eId="section-12"><num>12</num><heading>Access to British fisheries by foreign fishing boats</heading><subsection eId="section-12-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A foreign fishing boat must not enter British fishery limits except—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-12-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for the purpose of fishing in accordance with a sea fishing licence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-12-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for a purpose recognised by international law or by any international agreement or arrangement to which the United Kingdom is a party.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A foreign fishing boat that enters British fishery limits for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1) must return outside British fishery limits as soon as the purpose has been fulfilled.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-12-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Where a fishing boat is used in contravention of subsection (1) or (2), the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are each guilty of an offence.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-12-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For further provision about an offence under subsection (3) (including provision as to penalties), see—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-12-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 19 to 21, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-12-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>section 12 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (recovery of fines) and section 13 of that Act (compensation in Scotland for damage caused by offence).</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-13"><num>13</num><heading>Regulation of foreign fishing boats</heading><content><p>Schedule 2 contains amendments of subordinate legislation relating to the regulation of foreign fishing boats.</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-licensing-of-fishing-boats"><heading><i>Licensing of fishing boats</i></heading><section eId="section-14"><num>14</num><heading>British fishing boats required to be licensed</heading><subsection eId="section-14-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Fishing anywhere by a British fishing boat is prohibited unless authorised by a licence.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Subsection (1) does not apply to fishing—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for salmon or migratory trout;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for common eels (Anguilla anguilla) by a boat whose length is 10 metres or less;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>by a boat whose length is 10 metres or less and which does not have an engine to power the boat;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>by a boat used wholly for the purpose of conveying persons wishing to fish for pleasure;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>in waters lying within 12 miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands respectively is measured, but not extending beyond a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of such baselines and the corresponding baselines adjacent to the United Kingdom and France respectively.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to add, remove or vary exceptions to the prohibition in subsection (1).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Regulations under subsection (3) may not be made without the consent of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-14-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-14-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Where a boat is used in contravention of subsection (1), the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are each guilty of an offence.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>For further provision about an offence under subsection (6) (including provision as to penalties), see sections 19 to 21.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-14-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-length" eId="term-length">length</term>”, in relation to a fishing boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 defining characteristics for fishing vessels;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-licence" eId="term-licence">licence</term>” means a licence granted under section 15.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection></section><section eId="section-15"><num>15</num><heading>Power to grant licences in respect of British fishing boats</heading><subsection eId="section-15-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A licence may be granted—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in respect of a Scottish fishing boat, by the Scottish Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in respect of a Welsh fishing boat, by the Welsh Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in respect of a Northern Ireland fishing boat, by the Northern Ireland department;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>in respect of any other British fishing boat, by the Marine Management Organisation.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A licence granted under this section may be granted so as to confer limited authority by reference, in particular, to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the area in which fishing is authorised,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the periods, times or particular voyages during which fishing is authorised,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the descriptions and quantities of fish which may be caught, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the method of sea fishing.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-15-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A licence granted under this section—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>must name the fishing boat in respect of which it is granted, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-15-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>is granted to the boat's owner or charterer.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-16"><num>16</num><heading>Foreign fishing boats required to be licensed if within British fishery limits</heading><subsection eId="section-16-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Fishing within British fishery limits by a foreign fishing boat is prohibited unless authorised by a licence.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Subsection (1) does not apply to fishing in waters lying within 12 miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man is measured.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to add, remove or vary exceptions to the prohibition in subsection (1).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Regulations under subsection (3) may not be made without the consent of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-16-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-16-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Where a boat is used in contravention of subsection (1), the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are each guilty of an offence.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>For further provision about an offence under subsection (6) (including provision as to penalties), see sections 19 to 21.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-16-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-licence" eId="term-licence">licence</term>” means a licence granted under section 17.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-17"><num>17</num><heading>Power to grant licences in respect of foreign fishing boats</heading><subsection eId="section-17-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A licence may be granted in respect of a foreign fishing boat by—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Marine Management Organisation.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A licence granted under this section—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if granted by the Scottish Ministers, does not authorise fishing anywhere outside Scotland and the Scottish zone;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if granted by the Welsh Ministers, does not authorise fishing anywhere outside Wales and the Welsh zone;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>if granted by the Northern Ireland department, does not authorise fishing outside Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland zone;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>if granted by the Marine Management Organisation, does not authorise fishing within—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-17-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>Scotland or the Scottish zone,</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>Wales or the Welsh zone, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-2-d-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>Northern Ireland or the Northern Ireland zone.</p></content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A licence under this section may be granted so as to impose limits on the authority it confers (in addition to the limits imposed by subsection (2)) by reference, in particular, to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the area in which fishing is authorised,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the periods, times or particular voyages during which fishing is authorised,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the descriptions and quantities of fish which may be caught, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the method of sea fishing.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>A licence granted under this section—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>must name the fishing boat in respect of which it is granted, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>is granted to the boat's owner or charterer.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-18"><num>18</num><heading>Further provision about licences</heading><subsection eId="section-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In this Act “<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-licence" eId="term-sea-fishing-licence">sea fishing licence</term>” means a licence granted under section 15 (licensing of British fishing boats) or section 17 (licensing of foreign fishing boats).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-18-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Schedule 3 contains further provision about sea fishing licences.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-access-and-licensing-offences-and-consequential-amendments"><heading><i>Access and licensing: offences and consequential amendments</i></heading><section eId="section-19"><num>19</num><heading>Penalties for offences</heading><subsection eId="section-19-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A person who commits an offence under section 12(3), 14(6) or 16(6) or paragraph 1(4) or 3(2) or (3) of Schedule 3 is liable—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-1-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-19-1-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in the case of an offence under paragraph 3(2) or (3) of Schedule 3, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-19-1-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in any other case, to a fine not exceeding £50,000;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>on conviction on indictment, to a fine.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under section 12(3), 14(6) or 16(6) or paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 3 may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>order that the owner or charterer (if any) of the fishing boat used to commit the offence or, as the case may be, of the fishing boat named in the licence of which a condition is broken, be disqualified for a specified period from holding a sea fishing licence in respect of that fishing boat;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-19-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>(subject to subsection (4)) order the forfeiture of any fish, or any net or other fishing gear, in respect of which the offence was committed and of any net or other fishing gear used in committing the offence.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>A person who commits an offence under section 14(6) or 16(6) or paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 3 is (subject to subsection (4)) liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the value of the fish in respect of which the offence was committed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>A person is not liable to a fine under subsection (3) if, under subsection (2)(b), the court orders the forfeiture of the fish in respect of which the offence was committed; and where a fine is imposed under subsection (3), the court may not under subsection (2)(b) order the forfeiture of the fish in respect of which the offence was committed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-19-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>A fine to which a person is liable under subsection (3) is in addition to any other penalty (whether pecuniary or otherwise) to which the person is liable in respect of the same offence (whether under this section or under any other enactment).</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-20"><num>20</num><heading>Offences by bodies corporate etc</heading><subsection eId="section-20-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Where a relevant offence is committed by a body corporate and is proved—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>to be attributable to the neglect of any such person,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>that person (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In subsection (1) “<term refersTo="#term-officer" eId="term-officer">officer</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a director, manager, secretary or similar officer of the body corporate, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a person purporting to act in such a capacity.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and omissions of a member in connection with that management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where a relevant offence is committed by a Scottish partnership and is proved—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-20-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner or a person purporting to act as a partner, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-20-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any such person,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>that person (as well as the partnership) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-20-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-offence" eId="term-relevant-offence">relevant offence</term>” means an offence under section 12(3), 14(6) or 16(6) or paragraph 1(4) or 3(2) or (3) of Schedule 3.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-21"><num>21</num><heading>Jurisdiction of court to try offences</heading><content><p>Proceedings for an offence under section 12(3), 14(6) or 16(6) or paragraph 1(4) or 3(2) or (3) of Schedule 3 may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.</p></content></section><section eId="section-22"><num>22</num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><intro><p>Schedule 4 contains—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-22-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in Part 1, consequential amendments relating to the provision made by section 12;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-22-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in Part 2—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-22-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>minor amendments relating to the licensing of fishing boats, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-22-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>consequential amendments relating to the provision made by sections 14 to 21;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-22-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in Part 3, transitional provision relating to the provision made by sections 14 to 21.</p></content></level></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-fishing-opportunities"><heading><i>Fishing opportunities</i></heading><section eId="section-23"><num>23</num><heading>Power of Secretary of State to determine fishing opportunities</heading><subsection eId="section-23-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may determine, for such year or other period as may be specified in the determination—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-23-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the maximum quantity of sea fish that may be caught by British fishing boats;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-23-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the maximum number of days that British fishing boats may spend at sea.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A determination under subsection (1) may be made only for the purpose of complying with an international obligation of the United Kingdom to determine the fishing opportunities of the United Kingdom.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Different maxima may be determined under subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-23-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for, or for fishing boats fishing for, different descriptions of sea fish,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-23-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for different areas of sea, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-23-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>(subject to subsection (4)) for different descriptions of fishing boat.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Different maxima may not be so determined by reference to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-23-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the location of a British fishing boat's home port, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-23-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other connection of a British fishing boat, or any of its owners, to any place in the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In this Act—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-23-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-catch-quota" eId="term-catch-quota">catch quota</term>” means a quantity of sea fish determined under subsection (1)(a);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-23-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-effort-quota" eId="term-effort-quota">effort quota</term>” means a number of days at sea determined under subsection (1)(b).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-23-6-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>exercise a power in subsection (1) so as to—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-23-6-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>determine a maximum quantity of sea fish, or maximum number of days at sea, of zero, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-23-6-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>make a determination replacing a determination already made;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-23-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>withdraw a determination already made.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>A determination under subsection (1) may not be made or withdrawn after the end of the period to which it relates.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for determining, for the purposes of this Act, the number of days in a period that a fishing boat is to be regarded as spending at sea in any area of sea.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>Regulations under subsection (8) may make provision by reference to provision made under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 3 (provision included in sea fishing licence as to the circumstances in which time is, or is not, to count as time spent at sea for the purposes of the licence).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p>Regulations under subsection (8) are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-23-11"><num>(11)</num><content><p>References in <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-930cc37db275c753b46a7b35d9be6651-1707240334248" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-930cc37db275c753b46a7b35d9be6651"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-930cc37db275c753b46a7b35d9be6651" class="commentary"/>assimilated direct</ins> legislation to fishing opportunities (however expressed) are, in relation to British fishing boats, references to catch quotas and effort quotas or (as the context requires) to either.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-24"><num>24</num><heading>Duties relating to a determination of fishing opportunities</heading><subsection eId="section-24-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Before making or withdrawing a determination under section 23, the Secretary of State must consult—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Marine Management Organisation.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-24-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>As soon as reasonably practicable after making or withdrawing a determination under section 23, the Secretary of State must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, a notice stating that the determination has been made or (as the case may be) withdrawn,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>lay a copy of that notice before Parliament, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-24-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>send a copy of that notice to the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-25"><num>25</num><heading>Distribution of fishing opportunities</heading><subsection eId="section-25-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>When distributing catch quotas and effort quotas for use by fishing boats, the national fisheries authorities must use criteria that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>are transparent and objective, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>include criteria relating to environmental, social and economic factors.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The criteria may in particular relate to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the impact of fishing on the environment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the history of compliance with regulatory requirements relating to fishing;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the contribution of fishing to the local economy;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>historic catch levels.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>When distributing catch quotas and effort quotas for use by fishing boats, the national fisheries authorities must seek to incentivise—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the use of selective fishing gear, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the use of fishing techniques that have a reduced impact on the environment (for example that use less energy or cause less damage to habitats).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-25-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-the-national-fisheries-authorities" eId="term-the-national-fisheries-authorities">the national fisheries authorities</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Marine Management Organisation,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-25-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-26"><num>26</num><heading>Duties to ensure fishing opportunities not exceeded</heading><subsection eId="section-26-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The national fisheries authorities must exercise their functions relating to fisheries so as to secure (so far as possible) that, in any period—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>no sea fish are caught by British fishing boats in excess of a catch quota for that period;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>no days are spent at sea by British fishing boats in excess of an effort quota for that period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In determining under subsection (1) whether a catch quota is exceeded, only count sea fish caught that are required to be counted against it under—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>Article 15 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (landing obligation), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other provision of <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8535d23434d9e5e1c589b8cd342faf98-1707240406378" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8535d23434d9e5e1c589b8cd342faf98"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8535d23434d9e5e1c589b8cd342faf98" class="commentary"/>assimilated direct</ins> legislation.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In determining under subsection (1) whether a catch quota or effort quota is exceeded, ignore any sea fish caught, or days spent at sea, that are referable to fishing opportunities of a territory outside the United Kingdom.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-26-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-the-national-fisheries-authorities" eId="term-the-national-fisheries-authorities">the national fisheries authorities</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-26-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Marine Management Organisation,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-26-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-27"><num>27</num><heading>Sale of English fishing opportunities</heading><subsection eId="section-27-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the sale of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>rights to use one or more English catch quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>rights to use one or more English effort quotas.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A right to use an English catch or effort quota that is sold in accordance with the regulations is exercisable in relation to such fishing boats, by such persons, in such manner, and subject to such conditions, as may be specified in or in accordance with the regulations.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The regulations may include provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for rights to be sold by competitive tender or auction;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for a competitive tender process or auction to be run by such person as the regulations may designate;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>conferring functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person running a competitive tender process or auction, or on any other person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>specifying persons, or descriptions of person, who are eligible or ineligible to buy rights;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>requiring a person to pay a deposit, or do any other thing, in order to be eligible to buy rights;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>requiring or prohibiting the repayment of a deposit;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>setting, or conferring power to set, limits on the rights that may be bought by a person or description of person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>requiring or permitting rights to be sold, or not to be sold, to a person who meets such conditions (whether relating to the price offered for the rights or otherwise) as may be specified in or in accordance with the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>for terminating a competitive tender process or auction where there has been, or appears to the person running the competitive tender process or auction to have been, a failure to comply with the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-j"><num>(j)</num><intro><p>about how and when—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-27-3-j-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>payments for rights are to be made, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-27-3-j-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>payments received are to be dealt with;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-k"><num>(k)</num><content><p>allowing or requiring rights sold in accordance with the regulations to a person to be transferred to, or be exercised by, another person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-l"><num>(l)</num><content><p>prohibiting rights sold to a person in accordance with the regulations from being transferred to, or being exercised by, another person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-m"><num>(m)</num><content><p>for extinguishing or limiting rights sold in accordance with the regulations where any amount due in respect of them is not paid, or any condition attached to the exercise of the rights is not met;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-n"><num>(n)</num><content><p>for the payment of compensation to a person who holds but does not use rights sold in accordance with the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-o"><num>(o)</num><content><p>about appeals relating to eligibility for, or the outcome of, a tender process or auction;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-3-p"><num>(p)</num><content><p>requiring a person running a tender process or auction to issue guidance.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Marine Management Organisation must exercise its functions so as to secure (so far as possible) that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing boats are not used in contravention of section 14(1) (prohibition on fishing without authority of licence), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-27-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>conditions attached to sea fishing licences under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 are not broken,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>as a result of the exercise of rights sold in accordance with the regulations.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Before making regulations under this section the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-english-catch-quota" eId="term-english-catch-quota">English catch quota</term>” means so much of a catch quota as would (if not sold in accordance with the regulations) be available for distribution by the Secretary of State or the Marine Management Organisation for use by English fishing boats;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-english-effort-quota" eId="term-english-effort-quota">English effort quota</term>” means so much of an effort quota as would (if not sold in accordance with the regulations) be available for distribution by the Secretary of State or the Marine Management Organisation for use by English fishing boats.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-27-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Schedule 5 contains provision conferring power on the Welsh Ministers corresponding to that conferred on the Secretary of State by this section.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-discard-prevention-charging-schemes"><heading><i>Discard prevention charging schemes</i></heading><section eId="section-28"><num>28</num><heading>Discard prevention charging schemes</heading><subsection eId="section-28-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations establish a scheme (“a charging scheme”) under which chargeable persons are required to pay a charge in respect of unauthorised catches of sea fish.</p><p>For the meaning of “chargeable person” and “unauthorised catch of sea fish”, see section 29.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme must include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-28-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>how a charge is to be calculated, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-28-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>when payments of a charge are due.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme may provide for a charge to be calculated (to any extent) by reference to a matter specified in the scheme, for example—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-28-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the quantity of fish caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-28-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the description of fish caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-28-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the value of fish caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-28-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the method by which fish are caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-28-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>the area in which fish are caught.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-28-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>may only require a chargeable person to pay a charge in respect of an unauthorised catch of sea fish caught while the person is registered under the scheme, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-28-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>may not require a chargeable person to register under the scheme.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme may provide that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-28-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>only a chargeable person in relation to whom prescribed conditions are met is eligible to be registered under the scheme, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-28-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a chargeable person in relation to whom prescribed conditions are met is ineligible to be registered under the scheme.</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>In this subsection “<term refersTo="#term-prescribed" eId="term-prescribed">prescribed</term>” means prescribed by or in accordance with the scheme.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>A charging scheme may make further provision about registration or de-registration under the scheme, including provision about the effect of a person's de-registration.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-28-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-29"><num>29</num><heading>Meaning of “chargeable person” and “unauthorised catch of sea fish”</heading><subsection eId="section-29-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In the charging scheme provisions, “<term refersTo="#term-chargeable-person" eId="term-chargeable-person">chargeable person</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the holder of an English sea fishing licence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a producer organisation that has at least one member who is the holder of an English sea fishing licence.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In the charging scheme provisions, “<term refersTo="#term-unauthorised-catch-of-sea-fish" eId="term-unauthorised-catch-of-sea-fish">unauthorised catch of sea fish</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-29-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a chargeable person who is the holder of an English sea fishing licence, an amount of sea fish caught in any period by the fishing boat named in that licence that exceeds the amount which that boat is authorised by the Marine Management Organisation to catch in that period;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-29-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to a chargeable person who is a producer organisation, an amount of sea fish caught in any period by the fishing boats named in the English sea fishing licences held by its members that exceeds the total amount which those boats are authorised by the Marine Management Organisation to catch in that period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>A charging scheme may make provision about whether, for the purposes of subsection (2), the catching in any period of an amount of sea fish by a fishing boat is authorised by the Marine Management Organisation.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-29-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-the-charging-scheme-provisions" eId="term-the-charging-scheme-provisions">the charging scheme provisions</term>” means sections 28 to 32.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-30"><num>30</num><heading>Catches subject to a charge ignored for certain regulatory purposes</heading><subsection eId="section-30-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme may provide that if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a charge is payable in respect of an unauthorised catch of sea fish, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>such other conditions as may be prescribed by or in accordance with the scheme are met,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>the catch is to be ignored in determining (for any purpose) whether a relevant regulatory breach has occurred.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>For this purpose “<term refersTo="#term-a-relevant-regulatory-breach" eId="term-a-relevant-regulatory-breach">a relevant regulatory breach</term>” means the catching by a fishing boat of a quantity of sea fish which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>by virtue of a limit imposed under section 15(2) on the authority conferred by the fishing boat's sea fishing licence, constitutes a contravention of the prohibition in section 14(1), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-30-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>constitutes a breach of a condition attached under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the fishing boat's sea fishing licence.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-30-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The conditions which may be prescribed by virtue of subsection (1)(b) include any condition that could be contained in an English sea fishing licence.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-31"><num>31</num><heading>Charge collectors</heading><subsection eId="section-31-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme may include provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for the appointment by the Secretary of State of one or more persons (“charge collectors”) to administer the scheme;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>about the terms on which a charge collector holds office;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>conferring functions on a charge collector, including functions involving the exercise of a discretion;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>about the termination of a charge collector's appointment.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The functions that may be conferred on a charge collector under subsection (1)(c) include functions relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the keeping, for the purposes of the scheme, of registers of chargeable persons;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>the imposition of, or monitoring of compliance with, conditions prescribed by virtue of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-31-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>section 28(5) (conditions relating to eligibility to be registered), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-31-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>section 30(1)(b) (conditions relating to availability of regulatory action);</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the collection or management of payments received under the scheme;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the keeping, disclosure or publication of accounts, records or other documents or information relating to the scheme.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The provision that may be made under subsection (1)(d) includes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision imposing duties on a person who has ceased to be a charge collector;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-31-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision under which a person is treated as de-registered on the termination of the appointment of the charge collector who registered that person.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>A charging scheme may make provision about appeals from decisions of charge collectors under the scheme.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may make payments to charge collectors to cover expenditure incurred in the carrying out of their functions.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-31-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Payments may be made under subsection (5) subject to any conditions the Secretary of State thinks appropriate (including conditions as to repayment).</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-32"><num>32</num><heading>Discard prevention charging schemes: supplementary provision</heading><subsection eId="section-32-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>A charging scheme may provide that, where the holder of an English sea fishing licence is liable to pay a charge, the master of a fishing boat that catches the fish in respect of which the charge is due is liable for the payment jointly and severally with the licence holder.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A charging scheme may provide that a payment due to be paid to a person under the scheme is recoverable by that person as a debt.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme may make provision about the application of payments received under the scheme, including provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>permitting or requiring charge collectors to pay such receipts to the Secretary of State;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>permitting or requiring charge collectors to use such receipts to cover expenditure incurred by them in carrying out their functions under the scheme;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>permitting or requiring charge collectors or the Secretary of State to use such receipts for such charitable or conservation purposes as may be specified in the scheme.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>A charging scheme may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-32-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer functions on the Secretary of State, including functions involving the exercise of a discretion;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-32-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provide for the Secretary of State to appoint a person to exercise any of the Secretary of State's functions under the scheme.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-32-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-conservation-purpose" eId="term-conservation-purpose">conservation purpose</term>” has the meaning given by section 36(2).</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-grants-and-charges"><heading><i>Grants and charges</i></heading><section eId="section-33"><num>33</num><heading>Financial assistance: powers of Secretary of State</heading><subsection eId="section-33-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may give financial assistance, or arrange for financial assistance to be given, to any person for any of the following purposes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the conservation, enhancement or restoration of the marine and aquatic environment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the reorganisation of businesses involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>contributing to the expenses of persons involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>maintaining or improving the health and safety of individuals who are involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>the training of individuals who are, were or intend to become involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or are family members of such individuals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the economic development or social improvement of areas in which commercial fish or aquaculture activities are carried out;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>improving the arrangements for the use of catch quotas or effort quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-1-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of recreational fishing.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Financial assistance given under, or under arrangements made pursuant to, subsection (1) must be given in accordance with a scheme established by regulations made by the Secretary of State.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The scheme may only provide for financial assistance to be given—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to England,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-3-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in relation to an area that is, or areas that are—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-33-3-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>within the UK marine area, but</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-33-3-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>not within the Scottish zone, the Welsh zone or the Northern Ireland zone, or</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in relation to English fishing boats.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The scheme may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>require a person on whom functions are conferred to keep, and make available for inspection, accounts and other records;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>require the Secretary of State, or another person, to publish specified information about financial assistance given in accordance with the scheme.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In subsection (4)(c) “<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>” means specified by the scheme; and information that may be specified under that provision includes information about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the recipient of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose for which the financial assistance was given.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The scheme may not impose a duty to publish information where its publication would (taking the duty into account) contravene the data protection legislation (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2018).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>The scheme may include provision under which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>financial assistance is given subject to conditions specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>financial assistance is required to be repaid in circumstances specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-family-member" eId="term-family-member">family member</term>”, in relation to an individual (“P”), means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>P's spouse or civil partner,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a child or grandchild of P or of P's spouse or civil partner, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a parent or grandparent of P or of P's spouse or civil partner;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-financial-assistance" eId="term-financial-assistance">financial assistance</term>” means grants or loans;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-uk-marine-area" eId="term-uk-marine-area">UK marine area</term>” has the meaning given by section 42(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-33-10"><num>(10)</num><intro><p>Schedule 6 contains—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-33-10-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision conferring power on the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Northern Ireland department corresponding to that conferred on the Secretary of State by this section, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-33-10-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>consequential amendments and transitional provision relating to this section and the provision mentioned in paragraph (a).</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-34"><num>34</num><heading>Charges: powers of Marine Management Organisation</heading><subsection eId="section-34-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the Marine Management Organisation (“the MMO”) to impose charges in respect of the exercise by the MMO of a relevant marine function.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-marine-function" eId="term-relevant-marine-function">Relevant marine function</term>” means a function relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>ensuring that commercial fish activities are carried out lawfully;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the registration of buyers and sellers of first-sale fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>catch certificates for the import and export of fish.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The charges which may be authorised by the regulations are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-34-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a charge on a person in respect of the exercise of a function in relation to that person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>periodic or other charges on persons carrying out an activity in respect of the exercise of a function which relates to that activity.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The regulations may include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>who is liable to pay a charge;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the circumstances in which a charge is payable;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the amount of a charge (including how an amount is to be calculated);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>reductions and exemptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>waivers;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>how and when a charge is to be paid;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the collection and recovery of payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>interest payable on outstanding payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-34-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the resolution of disputes (including appeals).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The regulations may confer a discretion on the MMO.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>A power conferred on the MMO under this section does not affect, and is not affected by, any other power of the MMO to impose charges.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>Before making regulations under this section the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-first-sale-fish" eId="term-first-sale-fish">first-sale fish</term>” means fish which is marketed for the first time;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fishing-quota" eId="term-fishing-quota">fishing quota</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a catch quota or an effort quota, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other limit relating to the quantity of sea fish that may be caught or the time that fishing boats may spend at sea.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-34-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p>Schedule 7 contains provision conferring power on the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Northern Ireland department corresponding to that conferred on the Secretary of State by this section.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-35"><num>35</num><heading>Sea Fish Industry Authority: fees for services provided for industry in EU</heading><content><p>In the Fisheries Act 1981, in section 3 (powers of the Sea Fish Industry Authority), in subsection (5)(a), omit “in the case of a country which is not a member State,”.</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-powers-to-make-further-provision"><heading><i>Powers to make further provision</i></heading><section eId="section-36"><num>36</num><heading>Power to make provision about fisheries, aquaculture etc</heading><subsection eId="section-36-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for the purpose of implementing an international obligation of the United Kingdom relating to fisheries, fishing or aquaculture,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for a conservation purpose (see subsection (2)), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>for a fish industry purpose (see subsection (3)).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-36-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-conservation-purpose" eId="term-a-conservation-purpose">A conservation purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of conserving, improving or developing marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting the marine and aquatic environment from the effects of fishing or aquaculture, or of related activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting or improving the health of any fish or other aquatic animal.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-36-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-fish-industry-purpose" eId="term-a-fish-industry-purpose">A fish industry purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of promoting or developing commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of improving the traceability of fishery products;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of disseminating information about fishery products.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-36-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Except so far as they are regional fisheries management regulations, regulations under subsection (1) may only include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the quantity of sea fish that may be caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of time that fishing boats may spend at sea;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the landing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>bycatch;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>catching, landing or selling sea fish that are below a certain size;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>setting and enforcing targets relating to marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the design of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the use of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the retrieval of lost or discarded sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-j"><num>(j)</num><content><p>methods of sea fishing;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-k"><num>(k)</num><content><p>the processing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-l"><num>(l)</num><content><p>the use to which the Secretary of State may put information obtained in the exercise of the Secretary of State's functions relating to fisheries or aquaculture;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-m"><num>(m)</num><content><p>the functions, objectives or regulation of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-n"><num>(n)</num><content><p>the marketing of fishery products (including labelling);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-o"><num>(o)</num><intro><p>keeping, disclosing or publishing accounts, records or other documents or information by persons involved in—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-36-4-o-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-36-4-o-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-p"><num>(p)</num><content><p>the use in aquaculture, or transport, of aquatic organisms that are members of an alien species or a locally absent species;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-4-q"><num>(q)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of any of the matters mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-36-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In subsection (4) “<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations">regional fisheries management regulations</term>” means regulations that give effect (or change the way in which effect is given) to a requirement imposed on, or a recommendation made to, the United Kingdom (whether directly or indirectly)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>by, or pursuant to, a regional fisheries management agreement, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>by a regional fisheries management organisation.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-36-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Without prejudice to the generality of section 51(1)(b), regulations under this section may make different provision in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-36-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fish or other animal,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different descriptions of fishing boat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-36-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different areas of the sea or inland waters.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-37"><num>37</num><heading>Section 36: interpretation</heading><subsection eId="section-37-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In section 36 and this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement">regional fisheries management agreement</term>” means an international agreement (including an international agreement to which the United Kingdom is not a party) the sole or main purpose of which is the conservation or management of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>straddling stocks,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>stocks of highly migratory species, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other marine stocks;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation">regional fisheries management organisation</term>” means an organisation (including an organisation of which the United Kingdom is not a member) established pursuant to a regional fisheries management agreement;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-equipment" eId="term-sea-fishing-equipment">sea fishing equipment</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing nets or any other equipment used in the course of sea fishing (including, for example, equipment used to navigate, or to deter animals that are not intended to be caught), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>equipment used to monitor sea fishing;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-traceability" eId="term-traceability">traceability</term>”, in relation to fishery products, means the ability of any person to discover information about how, where or when the fishery products were—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>caught, harvested or made, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>transported, stored or sold.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-37-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In the definition of “regional fisheries management agreement” in subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-37-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-high-seas" eId="term-the-high-seas">the high seas</term>” has the same meaning as in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) (“UNCLOS”);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-straddling-stocks" eId="term-straddling-stocks">straddling stocks</term>” means stocks to which Article 63(2) of UNCLOS (stocks both in, and in an area beyond and adjacent to, an EEZ) applies;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-highly-migratory-species" eId="term-highly-migratory-species">highly migratory species</term>” means a species listed in Annex 1 to UNCLOS.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-37-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of section 36, an aquatic organism is a member of an “alien species” if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-37-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>it is located outside the known natural range, and the area of the natural dispersal potential, of the species or subspecies of which it is a member,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>it is a polyploid organism, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>it is a member of a fertile artificially hybridised species or subspecies.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-37-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of section 36, an aquatic organism is a member of a “locally absent species” if it is located—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-37-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>within the known natural range of the species or subspecies of which it is a member, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-37-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in an area in which that species or subspecies is absent (in a wild state).</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-38"><num>38</num><heading>Power to make provision about aquatic animal diseases</heading><subsection eId="section-38-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the purpose of monitoring, controlling, preventing or eradicating diseases of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under this section may, in particular, include provision regulating the importation, exportation, movement, storage or handling of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>products derived from fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other thing that the Secretary of State considers may carry, or otherwise affect the prevalence of, a disease of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-39"><num>39</num><heading>Scope of regulations under section 36 or 38</heading><subsection eId="section-39-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Regulations under section 36 or 38 may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer a function, including a function involving the exercise of a discretion, on any person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>impose fees.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Regulations under section 36 or 38 may create a criminal offence, but not one punishable with imprisonment.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Regulations under section 36 or 38 may not include provision which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if it were included in an Act of that Parliament,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>would be within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru if it were included in an Act of Senedd Cymru (ignoring any requirement for the consent of a Minister of the Crown imposed under Schedule 7B to the Government of Wales Act 2006), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly if it were included in an Act of that Assembly,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>unless the provision is merely incidental to, or consequential on, provision which would be outside that legislative competence.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Subsection (3) does not prevent the inclusion of provision in regulations under section 36 or 38 if and to the extent that the provision relates to the regulation of sea fishing by—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>Scottish fishing boats within British fishery limits but outside the Scottish zone,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>Welsh fishing boats outside the Welsh zone,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>Northern Ireland fishing boats within British fishery limits but outside the Northern Ireland zone, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>British fishing boats that are not Scottish fishing boats, Welsh fishing boats or Northern Ireland fishing boats.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Regulations under section 36 or 38 may not include provision modifying a function of the Secretary of State, or of any of the sea fish licensing authorities, under any of the provisions of sections 14 to 18 or Schedule 3 (licensing of fishing boats).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>A reference in subsection (5) to “modifying” a function of a person under an enactment includes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-39-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>abolishing the function;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>changing the purpose or objective for which the function is exercised;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-39-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>changing the conditions under which the function is exercised.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>A power to make regulations under section 36 or 38 is capable of being exercised so as to amend, repeal or revoke any enactment (apart from sections 36 to 42, Schedule 8, and section 52 so far as it applies for the purposes of those enactments).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-39-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In subsection (7) “<term refersTo="#term-enactment" eId="term-enactment">enactment</term>” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-40"><num>40</num><heading>Scope of regulations under section 36 or 38 where consent obtained</heading><subsection eId="section-40-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Provision which could be included in regulations under section 36 or 38 but for section 39(3)(a) may be so included with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-40-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Provision which could be included in regulations under section 36 or 38 but for section 39(3)(b) or may be so included with the consent of the Welsh Ministers.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-40-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Provision which could be included in regulations under section 36 or 38 but for section 39(3)(c) may be so included with the consent of the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-40-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Provision which could be included in regulations under section 36 or 38 but for section 39(5) may be so included with the consent of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-40-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-40-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-41"><num>41</num><heading>Procedural requirements for regulations under section 36 or 38</heading><subsection eId="section-41-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Before making regulations under section 36 or 38, the Secretary of State must consult—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-41-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>such other persons likely to be affected by the regulations as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-41-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under section 36 or 38 are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure if they contain provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>amending or repealing primary legislation;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>imposing fees;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>creating a criminal offence or increasing the penalty for, or widening the scope of, a criminal offence; or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-41-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>conferring functions on, modifying functions of, or otherwise relating to the regulation of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-41-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a producer organisation in the United Kingdom, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-41-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>an inter-branch organisation in the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-41-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subject to subsection (2), regulations under section 36 or 38 are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-42"><num>42</num><heading>Powers of Scottish Ministers, Welsh Ministers and NI department</heading><content><p>Schedule 8 contains provision conferring powers on the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Northern Ireland department corresponding to those conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 36 and 38.</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-miscellaneous"><heading><i>Miscellaneous</i></heading><section eId="section-43"><num>43</num><heading>Agency arrangements between sea fish licensing authorities</heading><subsection eId="section-43-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A sea fish licensing authority may make arrangements for—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any of its fisheries functions, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-43-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any of its product movement functions that are not fisheries functions,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>to be exercised on its behalf by another sea fish licensing authority.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Arrangements made by a sea fish licensing authority under subsection (1) in relation to a function do not affect that authority's responsibility for the exercise of the function.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>A sea fish licensing authority that exercises functions on behalf of another sea fish licensing authority under subsection (1) may charge that other authority such fees as it considers reasonable in respect of the cost of doing so.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Subsection (1) does not authorise the making of arrangements in relation to any function of making, confirming or approving subordinate legislation.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The power of a sea fish licensing authority to make arrangements under subsection (1) does not affect, and is not affected by, any other power of the authority to make arrangements relating to the exercise of its functions by other persons on its behalf.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-43-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fisheries-function" eId="term-fisheries-function">fisheries function</term>” means a function relating to fisheries, fishing or aquaculture;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-product-movement-function" eId="term-product-movement-function">product movement function</term>” means a function relating to the movement of fishery products—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>into or out of the United Kingdom, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>within the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subsection></section><section eId="section-44"><num>44</num><heading>Foreign fishing boats that are exclusively Faroe Islands-regulated</heading><subsection eId="section-44-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>No prohibition, restriction or obligation relating to sea fishing imposed by any enactment applies to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>anything done or not done by or in relation to a foreign fishing boat at a time at which the fishing boat is in waters lying within the Special Area and is exclusively Faroe Islands-regulated, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>anything done or not done in relation to sea fish that were caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying within the Special Area at a time at which the fishing boat was exclusively Faroe Islands-regulated.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section a foreign fishing boat is “exclusively Faroe Islands-regulated” if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>there is in force a licence issued by or on behalf of the Government of the Faroe Islands authorising it to fish in waters lying (to any extent) within the Special Area, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the fishing boat is not on a list maintained and published by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this subsection.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-44-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-enactment" eId="term-enactment">enactment</term>” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and includes an enactment contained in or made under this Act;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-special-area" eId="term-the-special-area">the Special Area</term>” means the Special Area, as defined in Article 4 of, and Schedule C to, the Faroe Islands Treaty;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-44-3-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-faroe-islands-treaty" eId="term-the-faroe-islands-treaty">the Faroe Islands Treaty</term>” means the agreement between—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-44-3-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the Government of the United Kingdom, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-44-3-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Home Government of the Faroe Islands,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>relating to the maritime delimitation in the area between the Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom, entered into on 18 May 1999.</p></wrapUp></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-45"><num>45</num><heading>Legislative competence of Senedd Cymru</heading><subsection eId="section-45-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In section 108A (legislative competence), after subsection (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4A)</num><content><p>References in subsections (2)(b) and (3) to Wales include, in relation to a relevant provision of an Act of the Senedd, the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.</p><p>A provision of an Act of the Senedd is “relevant” if it relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In section 157A (devolved Welsh authority), after subsection (8) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(9)</num><content><p>References in this section to Wales include, in relation to a relevant function of a public authority, the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.</p><p>A function of a public authority is “relevant” if it relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In Schedule 3, in paragraph 9 (Parliamentary and Senedd procedure applying to exercise of legislative function transferred to Senedd under GOWA 2006), after sub-paragraph (6) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default"><subparagraph><num>(6A)</num><content><p>References in sub-paragraph (6) to Wales include, in relation to a relevant function or activity of a cross-border body, the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.</p><p>A function or activity of a cross-border body is “relevant” if it relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health.</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In Schedule 7A (reserved matters)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-45-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 9, after sub-paragraph (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4A)</num><content><p>References in this paragraph to Wales include, in relation to a relevant function of a tribunal, the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.</p><p>A function of a tribunal is “relevant” if it relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-45-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 195, after sub-paragraph (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>References in this paragraph to Wales include, in relation to a relevant function of an authority, the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.</p><p>A function of an authority is “relevant” if it relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-45-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In Schedule 11, in paragraph 33 (Parliamentary and Senedd procedure applying to exercise of legislative function transferred to Senedd under GOWA 1998), after sub-paragraph (6) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default"><subparagraph><num>(6A)</num><content><p>References in sub-paragraph (6) to Wales include, in relation to a relevant function or activity of a cross-border body, the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.</p><p>A function or activity of a cross-border body is “relevant” if it relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health.</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-46"><num>46</num><heading>Interpretation of Welsh legislation</heading><subsection eId="section-46-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In the Interpretation Act 1978, section 23B (application of Interpretation Act 1978 to Welsh legislation), as substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4), is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In subsection (6), for “and “Wales”” substitute “, “Welsh zone” and (subject to subsection (7)) “Wales””.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (6) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In relation to a provision that—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>is contained in an instrument made after section 45 of the Fisheries Act 2020 comes into force,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>“<term refersTo="#term-wales">Wales</term>” includes the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.</p></wrapUp></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4) is amended in accordance with subsections (5) to (8).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In section 1(3)(d) (duty to keep accessibility of Welsh law under review)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the English language text, omit “applies in relation to Wales and relates to subject matter which”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the Welsh language text, omit “y mae'n gymwys o ran Cymru ac y mae'n ymwneud â phwnc”.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In section 3 (legislation to which Part 2 of the Act applies), after subsection (3)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>In relation to subordinate legislation that relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health and is made after section 45 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22) comes into force, the reference in subsection (2)(b)(iii) to Wales includes the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>Mewn perthynas ag is-ddeddfwriaeth sy'n ymwneud â physgota, pysgodfeydd neu iechyd pysgod ac a wneir ar ôl i adran 45 o Ddeddf Pysgodfeydd 2020 (p. 22) ddod i rym, mae'r cyfeiriad yn is-adran (2)(b)(iii) at Gymru yn cynnwys yr ardal o barth Cymru sydd y tu hwnt i derfynau atfor y môr tiriogaethol.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>After section 40—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>40A</num><heading>Application of this Part in relation to the Welsh zone</heading><content><p>In relation to subordinate legislation that relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health, references in this Part to Wales include the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea.</p></content></section></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>40A</num><heading>Cymhwyso'r Rhan hon mewn perthynas â pharth Cymru</heading><content><p>Mewn perthynas ag is-ddeddfwriaeth sy'n ymwneud â physgota, pysgodfeydd neu iechyd pysgod, mae cyfeiriadau yn y Rhan hon at Gymru yn cynnwys yr ardal o barth Cymru sydd y tu hwnt i derfynau atfor y môr tiriogaethol.”</p></content></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-46-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>In Schedule 1, in the Table—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, after the entry for “Welsh tribunal (<i>tribiwnlys Cymreig</i>)” insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:colgroup><default:col style="width:43%"/><default:col style="width:57%"/></default:colgroup><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Welsh zone (<i>parth Cymru</i>)</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">“<term refersTo="#term-welsh-zone">Welsh zone</term>” has the meaning given by section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) (and see article 3 of the Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/760), which makes provision about the limits of the zone)</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-46-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, after the entry for “offeryn UE (<i>EU instrument</i>)” insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:colgroup><default:col style="width:43%"/><default:col style="width:57%"/></default:colgroup><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">parth Cymru (<i>Welsh zone</i>)</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">mae i “parth Cymru” yr ystyr a roddir i “Welsh zone” gan adran 158 o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 (p. 32) (a gweler erthygl 3 o Orchymyn Parth Cymru (Ffiniau a Throsglwyddo Swyddogaethau) 2010 (O.S. 2010/760), sy'n gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch terfynau'r parth)”.</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-47"><num>47</num><heading>Conservation of Seals</heading><content><p>Schedule 9 contains amendments of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (1985/171 (N.I. 2)) in connection with prohibiting the killing, injuring or taking of seals.</p></content></section><section eId="section-48"><num>48</num><heading>Amendments of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009</heading><intro><p>Schedule 10 contains—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-48-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in Part 1, amendments of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 relating to the general powers and duties of the Marine Management Organisation, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-48-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in Part 2, amendments of that Act conferring powers on the Marine Management Organisation, the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers and the Northern Ireland Department to make byelaws or orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources for conservation purposes, together with consequential amendments of other enactments.</p></content></level></section><section eId="section-49"><num>49</num><heading>Retained direct EU legislation: minor and consequential amendments</heading><content><p>Schedule 11 contains minor and consequential amendments of retained direct EU legislation.</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-final-provisions"><heading><i>Final provisions</i></heading><section eId="section-50"><num>50</num><heading>Amendments that could have been made under existing powers</heading><subsection eId="section-50-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-50-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any provision of this Act amends or revokes subordinate legislation, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-50-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amendment or revocation could have been made under a power conferred by an enactment,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>the amendment or revocation is treated, for the purpose of making further provision under that enactment, as having been made under it.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-50-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-enactment" eId="term-enactment">enactment</term>” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-51"><num>51</num><heading>Regulations</heading><subsection eId="section-51-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Regulations under any provision of this Act may make—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-51-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, or saving provision;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-51-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different provision for different purposes or areas.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-51-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Regulations under this Act made by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers are to be made by statutory instrument.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-51-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the negative resolution procedure” and are made —</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-51-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>by the Secretary of State, the statutory instrument containing them is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-51-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>by the Scottish Ministers, they are subject to the negative procedure (see Part 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10));</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-51-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>by the Welsh Ministers, they are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-51-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>by the Northern Ireland department, the instrument containing them is subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-51-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the affirmative resolution procedure” and are made—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-51-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>by the Secretary of State, they may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-51-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>by the Scottish Ministers, they are subject to the affirmative procedure (see Part 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10));</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-51-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>by the Welsh Ministers, they may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-51-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>by the Northern Ireland department, they may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-51-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Any provision that may be made by regulations under this Act subject to the negative resolution procedure may be made by regulations subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-51-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>This section does not apply to regulations under section 54.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-52"><num>52</num><heading>Interpretation</heading><intro><p>In this Act—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-aquaculture" eId="term-aquaculture">aquaculture</term>” means the breeding, rearing, growing or cultivation of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any fish or other aquatic animal,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>seaweed or any other aquatic plant, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other aquatic organism;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-aquaculture-activities" eId="term-aquaculture-activities">aquaculture activities</term>” means any of the following (whether or not carried out in the course of a business or employment)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>aquaculture;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>harvesting aquaculture organisms;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>operating vessels for harvesting or processing aquaculture organisms;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>storing or transporting aquaculture organisms;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>loading and unloading aquaculture organisms;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(f)</num><content><p>processing aquaculture organisms;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-aquaculture-organism" eId="term-aquaculture-organism">aquaculture organism</term>” means an aquatic organism resulting from aquaculture;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-baselines" eId="term-the-baselines">the baselines</term>” means the baselines established by the Territorial Sea (Baselines) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1353);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-british-fishing-boat" eId="term-british-fishing-boat">British fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>which is British-owned, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>which is registered under the law of Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-british-owned" eId="term-british-owned">British-owned</term>” means owned by—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a person who is for the purposes of Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 a person qualified to own a British ship, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>two or more persons any one of whom is for those purposes a person so qualified;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-bycatch" eId="term-bycatch">bycatch</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fish that are caught in the course of fishing for fish of a different description, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>animals other than fish that are caught in the course of fishing;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-catch-quota" eId="term-catch-quota">catch quota</term>” has the meaning given by section 23(5)(a);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-charging-scheme" eId="term-a-charging-scheme">a charging scheme</term>” has the meaning given by section 28(1);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-commercial-aquaculture-activities" eId="term-commercial-aquaculture-activities">commercial aquaculture activities</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any aquaculture activity carried out in the course of a business or employment;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>selling aquaculture organisms (whether wholesale or retail);</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-commercial-fish-activities" eId="term-commercial-fish-activities">commercial fish activities</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any fish activity carried out in the course of a business or employment;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>selling fish or fish products (whether wholesale or retail);</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-commercial-fish-or-aquaculture-activities" eId="term-commercial-fish-or-aquaculture-activities">commercial fish or aquaculture activities</term>” means commercial fish activities or commercial aquaculture activities;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-common-fisheries-policy-regulation" eId="term-the-common-fisheries-policy-regulation">the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation</term>” means Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-effort-quota" eId="term-effort-quota">effort quota</term>” has the meaning given by section 23(5)(b);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-english-fishing-boat" eId="term-english-fishing-boat">English fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whose entry in the register specifies a port in England as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-english-sea-fishing-licence" eId="term-english-sea-fishing-licence">English sea fishing licence</term>” means a licence granted under section 15 in respect of an English fishing boat;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fish" eId="term-fish">fish</term>” includes shellfish;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fish-activities" eId="term-fish-activities">fish activities</term>” means any of the following (whether or not carried out in the course of a business or employment)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>catching fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>operating vessels for catching or processing fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>transporting fish or fish products;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>loading and unloading fish or fish products;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>processing fish;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fish-and-aquaculture-activities" eId="term-fish-and-aquaculture-activities">fish and aquaculture activities</term>” means fish activities and aquaculture activities;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fisheries-management-plan" eId="term-fisheries-management-plan">fisheries management plan</term>” has the meaning given by section 2(6);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-fisheries-objectives" eId="term-the-fisheries-objectives">the fisheries objectives</term>” has the meaning given by section 1(1);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-fisheries-policy-authorities" eId="term-the-fisheries-policy-authorities">the fisheries policy authorities</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fishery-products" eId="term-fishery-products">fishery products</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fish or other aquatic organisms resulting from fishing or aquaculture, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>products derived from aquatic organisms within paragraph (a);</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fishing-boat" eId="term-fishing-boat">fishing boat</term>” means a vessel of whatever size, and in whatever way propelled, which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-foreign-fishing-boat" eId="term-foreign-fishing-boat">foreign fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat which is not a British fishing boat;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-home-port" eId="term-home-port">home port</term>”, in relation to a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, means the port specified in the boat's entry in that register as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-inland-waters" eId="term-inland-waters">inland waters</term>” has the meaning given by section 221(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-inter-branch-organisation" eId="term-inter-branch-organisation">inter-branch organisation</term>” means an organisation established under Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and recognised in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter 2 of that Regulation;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-international-obligation-of-the-united-kingdom" eId="term-international-obligation-of-the-united-kingdom">international obligation of the United Kingdom</term>” includes any obligation that arises or may arise under an international agreement or arrangement to which the United Kingdom is a party;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-jfs" eId="term-jfs">JFS</term>” means a joint fisheries statement;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-joint-fisheries-statement" eId="term-joint-fisheries-statement">joint fisheries statement</term>” has the meaning given by section 2(1);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-marine-and-aquatic-environment" eId="term-the-marine-and-aquatic-environment">the marine and aquatic environment</term>” includes—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the natural beauty or amenity of marine or coastal areas, or of inland waters or waterside areas,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>features of archaeological or historic interest in those areas, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>flora and fauna which are dependent on, or associated with, a marine or coastal, or aquatic or waterside, environment;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-marine-stocks" eId="term-marine-stocks">marine stocks</term>” means stocks of available and accessible living marine aquatic species, including anadromous and catadromous species during their marine life;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-master" eId="term-master">master</term>”, in relation to a fishing boat, includes the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-maximum-sustainable-yield" eId="term-maximum-sustainable-yield">maximum sustainable yield</term>” means the highest theoretical equilibrium yield that can be continuously taken on average from a marine stock under existing environmental conditions without significantly affecting the reproduction process;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-mile" eId="term-mile">mile</term>” means an international nautical mile of 1,852 metres;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-minimum-conservation-reference-size" eId="term-minimum-conservation-reference-size">minimum conservation reference size</term>”, in relation to an aquatic organism, means the size of a member of the species of which the organism is a member, at the level of maturity of that organism, below which capture or retention is prohibited or restricted;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-minister-of-the-crown" eId="term-minister-of-the-crown">Minister of the Crown</term>” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (see section 8(1) of that Act);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-northern-ireland" eId="term-northern-ireland">Northern Ireland</term>” and “<term refersTo="#term-the-northern-ireland-zone" eId="term-the-northern-ireland-zone">the Northern Ireland zone</term>” have the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (see section 98(1) and (8) of that Act);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-northern-ireland-department" eId="term-the-northern-ireland-department">the Northern Ireland department</term>” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-northern-ireland-fishing-boat" eId="term-northern-ireland-fishing-boat">Northern Ireland fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whose entry in the register specifies a port in Northern Ireland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-primary-legislation" eId="term-primary-legislation">primary legislation</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an Act of Parliament,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>an Act of the Scottish Parliament,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>Northern Ireland legislation;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-processing" eId="term-processing">processing</term>”, in relation to fish or any other aquatic organism, includes preserving or preparing the organism, or producing any substance or article from it, by any method for human or animal consumption;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-producer-organisation" eId="term-producer-organisation">producer organisation</term>” means an organisation established under Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and recognised in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter 2 of that Regulation;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-scotland" eId="term-scotland">Scotland</term>” and “<term refersTo="#term-the-scottish-zone" eId="term-the-scottish-zone">the Scottish zone</term>” have the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998 (see section 126(1) and (2) of that Act);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-scottish-fishing-boat" eId="term-scottish-fishing-boat">Scottish fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whose entry in the register specifies a port in Scotland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fish" eId="term-sea-fish">sea fish</term>” means fish of any kind found in the sea;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-licence" eId="term-sea-fishing-licence">sea fishing licence</term>” has the meaning given by section 18(1);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fish-licensing-authority" eId="term-sea-fish-licensing-authority">sea fish licensing authority</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Marine Management Organisation;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-secretary-of-state-fisheries-statement" eId="term-secretary-of-state-fisheries-statement">Secretary of State fisheries statement</term>” has the meaning given by section 4(4);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sensitive-species" eId="term-sensitive-species">sensitive species</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any species of animal or plant listed in Annex II or IV of Directive <ref eId="c00001" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1992/0043">92/43/EEC</ref> of the Council of the European Communities on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna (as amended from time to time),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other species of animal or plant, other than a species of fish, whose habitat, distribution, population size or population condition is adversely affected by pressures arising from fishing or other human activities, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any species of bird;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-shellfish" eId="term-shellfish">shellfish</term>” includes molluscs and crustaceans of any kind found in the sea or inland waters;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-ssfs" eId="term-ssfs">SSFS</term>” means a Secretary of State fisheries statement;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-subordinate-legislation" eId="term-subordinate-legislation">subordinate legislation</term>” means an instrument made under primary legislation or under <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-132600d55ecc5a2418541be39a0d6468-1707240487731" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-132600d55ecc5a2418541be39a0d6468"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-132600d55ecc5a2418541be39a0d6468" class="commentary"/>assimilated direct</ins> legislation;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sustainable-level" eId="term-sustainable-level">sustainable level</term>”, in relation to a marine stock, means a level of that stock above biomass levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-uk-fishing-boat" eId="term-uk-fishing-boat">UK fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>which is British-owned;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-wales" eId="term-wales">Wales</term>” and “<term refersTo="#term-the-welsh-zone" eId="term-the-welsh-zone">the Welsh zone</term>” have the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 (see section 158(1) and (3) of that Act);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-welsh-fishing-boat" eId="term-welsh-fishing-boat">Welsh fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whose entry in the register specifies a port in Wales as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging.</p></content></level></hcontainer></section><section eId="section-53"><num>53</num><heading>Extent</heading><subsection eId="section-53-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Subject as follows, this Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-53-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Schedule 8—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-53-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>Part 1 extends to Scotland only;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>Part 2 extends to England and Wales only;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>Part 3 extends to Northern Ireland only.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-53-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>An amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent as the provision amended, repealed or revoked.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-53-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>But an amendment, repeal or revocation does not, by virtue of subsection (3), extend to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-53-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Subsection (4) does not apply to the repeals and revocations made by paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 4.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-53-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the following provisions of this Act to extend, with or without modifications, to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-53-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subsection (1)(a) of section 36 (power to make provision for the purpose of implementing international obligations),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>subsections (4) to (6) of that section,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 37 (interpretation of section 36),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-6-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>sections 39 to 41 (regulations under section 36: scope and procedure),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-6-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>section 51 (regulations), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-6-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>section 52 (interpretation).</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="section-54"><num>54</num><heading>Commencement</heading><subsection eId="section-54-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 1 to 11 and Schedule 1 (fisheries objectives, statements etc);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>sections 23, 24 and 26 (fishing opportunities);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 33 and Schedule 6 (financial assistance);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>sections 36 to 42 and Schedule 8 (powers to make further provision);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>section 43 (agency arrangements between sea fish licensing authorities);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>section 48(a) and Part 1 of Schedule 10 (general functions of MMO);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-1-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>sections 50 to 55 (final provisions).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Sections 45 and 46 (legislative competence of Senedd Cymru etc) come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The following provisions come into force on IP completion day—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-54-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 12 and 13 and Schedule 2 (foreign fishing boats: access etc);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>sections 14 to 22, Schedule 3 and (subject to subsection (6)) Schedule 4 (licensing of fishing boats);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 25 (distribution of fishing opportunities);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>section 35 (charging by Sea Fish Industry Authority);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>section 44 (foreign fishing boats exclusively Faroe Islands-regulated);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>section 49 and Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The following provisions come into force on IP completion day or, if later, at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-54-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>section 27 and Schedule 5 (sale of fishing opportunities);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>sections 28 to 32 (discard prevention charging schemes);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 34 and Schedule 7 (charges: powers of MMO etc);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-54-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>section 48(b) and Part 2 of Schedule 10 (powers relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Section 47 and Schedule 9 (conservation of seals) come into force on 1 March 2021.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>In Schedule 4, the amendment made by paragraph 6(13)(d) is treated as always having had effect.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>The power to make regulations under subsection (7) includes power to make different provision for different purposes.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-54-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-55"><num>55</num><heading>Short title</heading><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Act 2020.</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedules" eId="schedules"><heading>SCHEDULES</heading><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1"><num>SCHEDULE 1<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Sections 3, 5 and 8</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Fisheries statements and management plans: preparation and publication</heading><part eId="schedule-1-part-1"><num><b>PART 1</b></num><heading>Joint fisheries statement</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-1-crossheading-introductory"><heading><i>Introductory</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This Part applies in relation to the preparation and publication by the fisheries policy authorities of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a JFS, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>amendments of a JFS.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In this Part “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-document" eId="term-the-relevant-document">the relevant document</term>” means the document mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-1-crossheading-consultation"><heading><i>Consultation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The fisheries policy authorities acting jointly must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare a draft (“the consultation draft”) of the relevant document,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>publish the consultation draft in such manner as they consider appropriate, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>take such steps as they consider appropriate to secure that the consultation draft is brought to the attention of interested persons.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Each of the fisheries policy authorities must, in settling the final text of the relevant document, have regard to any representations made to them about the consultation draft.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-interested-persons" eId="term-interested-persons">interested persons</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any persons appearing to the fisheries policy authorities to be likely to be interested in, or affected by, the policies contained in the consultation draft, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>members of the general public.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-1-crossheading-requirement-to-lay-consultation-draft-before-appropriate-legislature"><heading><i>Requirement to lay consultation draft before appropriate legislature</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Each of the fisheries policy authorities must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>specify a period (“the scrutiny period”) for scrutiny of the consultation draft by the appropriate legislature, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on or before the first day of that period lay a copy of the consultation draft before the appropriate legislature.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Sub-paragraph (3) applies if, during the scrutiny period—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an appropriate legislative body passes a resolution with regard to the consultation draft, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>an appropriate legislative committee makes a recommendation with regard to the consultation draft.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authority must lay before the appropriate legislature a statement setting out its response to the resolution or recommendation.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-appropriate-legislature" eId="term-the-appropriate-legislature">the appropriate legislature</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Secretary of State, Parliament;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Welsh Ministers, Senedd Cymru;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Northern Ireland department, the Northern Ireland Assembly;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-an-appropriate-legislative-body" eId="term-an-appropriate-legislative-body">an appropriate legislative body</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Secretary of State, either House of Parliament;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Welsh Ministers, Senedd Cymru;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>where the fisheries policy authority is the Northern Ireland department, the Northern Ireland Assembly;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-an-appropriate-legislative-committee" eId="term-an-appropriate-legislative-committee">an appropriate legislative committee</term>” means a committee of an appropriate legislative body;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-consultation-draft" eId="term-the-consultation-draft">the consultation draft</term>” means the draft prepared and published under paragraph 2.</p></content></hcontainer></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-1-crossheading-publication-of-the-relevant-document"><heading><i>Publication of the relevant document</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>each fisheries policy authority has complied with paragraphs 2 and 3, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the fisheries policy authorities have decided on the final text of the relevant document.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authorities acting jointly must publish the relevant document as soon as reasonably practicable.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-1-part-2"><num><b>PART 2</b></num><heading>Secretary of State fisheries statement</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-2-crossheading-introductory"><heading><i>Introductory</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This Part applies in relation to the preparation and publication by the Secretary of State of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-5-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an SSFS, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-5-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>amendments of an SSFS.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In this Part “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-document" eId="term-the-relevant-document">the relevant document</term>” means the document mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-2-crossheading-consultation"><heading><i>Consultation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare a draft (“the consultation draft”) of the relevant document,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>publish the consultation draft in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>take such steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate to secure that the consultation draft is brought to the attention of interested persons.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must, in settling the final text of the relevant document, have regard to any representations made to the Secretary of State about the consultation draft.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-interested-persons" eId="term-interested-persons">interested persons</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be likely to be interested in, or affected by, the consultation draft, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>members of the general public.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-2-crossheading-requirement-to-lay-consultation-draft-before-parliament"><heading><i>Requirement to lay consultation draft before Parliament</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>specify a period (“the scrutiny period”) for scrutiny of the consultation draft by Parliament, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on or before the first day of that period lay a copy of the consultation draft before Parliament.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Sub-paragraph (3) applies if, during the scrutiny period—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>either House of Parliament passes a resolution with regard to the consultation draft, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a committee of either House of Parliament makes a recommendation with regard to the policies contained in the consultation draft.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a statement setting out the Secretary of State's response to the resolution or recommendation.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-the-consultation-draft" eId="term-the-consultation-draft">the consultation draft</term>” means the draft prepared and published under paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-2-crossheading-publication-of-the-relevant-document"><heading><i>Publication of the relevant document</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the Secretary of State has—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>complied with paragraphs 6 and 7, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>decided on the final text of the relevant document.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must publish the relevant document as soon as reasonably practicable.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-1-part-3"><num><b>PART 3</b></num><heading>Fisheries management plans</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-3-crossheading-introductory"><heading><i>Introductory</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This Part applies in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9-1-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the preparation and publication by a single fisheries policy authority of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9-1-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a fisheries management plan,</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9-1-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>amendments of a fisheries management plan, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9-1-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>a document under section 7(2)(c) revoking a fisheries management plan, or</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the preparation and publication by two or more fisheries policy authorities of such a document.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In this Part “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-document" eId="term-the-relevant-document">the relevant document</term>” means the document mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-3-crossheading-consultation"><heading><i>Consultation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in a case within paragraph 9(1)(a); and references in those sub-paragraphs to “the relevant authority” are to the fisheries policy authority mentioned in paragraph 9(1)(a).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The relevant authority must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare a draft (“the consultation draft”) of the relevant document,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>publish the consultation draft in such manner as it considers appropriate, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>take such steps as it considers appropriate to secure that the consultation draft is brought to the attention of interested persons.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The relevant authority must, in settling the final text of the relevant document, have regard to any representations made to them about the consultation draft.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) apply in a case within paragraph 9(1)(b); and references in those sub-paragraphs to the relevant authorities are to the fisheries policy authorities mentioned in paragraph 9(1)(b).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The relevant authorities acting jointly must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>prepare a draft (“the consultation draft”) of the relevant document,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>publish the consultation draft in such manner as they consider appropriate, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>take such steps as they consider appropriate to secure that the consultation draft is brought to the attention of interested persons.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Each of the relevant authorities must, in settling the final text of the relevant document, have regard to any representations made to them about the consultation draft.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-interested-persons" eId="term-interested-persons">interested persons</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any persons appearing to the fisheries policy authority or authorities in question to be likely to be interested in, or affected by, the policies contained in the consultation draft, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>members of the general public.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-1-part-3-crossheading-publication-of-the-relevant-document"><heading><i>Publication of the relevant document</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Sub-paragraph (2) applies in a case within paragraph 9(1)(a) where the fisheries policy authority mentioned in paragraph 9(1)(a) has—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>complied with paragraph 10, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>decided on the final text of the relevant document.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The fisheries policy authority must publish the relevant document as soon as reasonably practicable.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Sub-paragraph (4) applies in a case within paragraph 9(1)(b) where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>each of the fisheries policy authorities mentioned in paragraph 9(1)(b) (“the relevant authorities”) have complied with paragraph 10, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the relevant authorities have decided on the final text of the relevant document.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The relevant authorities acting jointly must publish the relevant document as soon as reasonably practicable.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-2"><num>SCHEDULE 2<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 13</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Regulation of foreign fishing boats</heading><part eId="schedule-2-part-1"><num><b>PART 1</b></num><heading>England and Wales</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-scallops-irish-sea-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1984"><heading><i>Scallops (Irish Sea) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1984</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scallops (Irish Sea) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1523) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 2 (prohibition), after “British-owned fishing boat” insert <quotedText>“ or foreign fishing boat ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-undersized-velvet-crabs-order-1989"><heading><i>Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/919) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 1 (title, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), at the end insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-english-zone">the English zone</term>” means the sea within British fishery limits other than—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Scottish zone,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland zone, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Welsh zone;</p></content></level><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-northern-ireland-zone">the Northern Ireland zone</term>” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998;</p><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-welsh-zone">the Welsh zone</term>” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006.</p></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 2 (prescribed minimum size for landing velvet crabs), in paragraph (2), after “foreign fishing boats” insert <quotedText>“ of sea fish caught in waters lying outside British fishery limits ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (prescribed minimum size for sale etc of velvet crabs), in paragraph (2), after “foreign fishing boats” insert <quotedText>“ and were caught in waters lying outside British fishery limits ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (prescribed minimum size for carriage of velvet crabs on a British fishing boat)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “on a British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the existing text becomes paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in that paragraph, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ relevant British vessel ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-5-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to the Welsh zone.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>A Northern Ireland fishing boat is prohibited from carrying in the English zone velvet crab that are below the minimum size mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>A foreign vessel is prohibited from carrying in the English zone velvet crab that were caught in waters lying within British fishery limits and are below the minimum size mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>So far as it extends to Northern Ireland, this Article applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>references to a “relevant British vessel” were to a relevant British fishing boat;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references to a “foreign vessel” were to a foreign fishing boat;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>references to a “Northern Ireland fishing boat” were to a Scottish fishing boat;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>references to “the English zone” were to the English zone or the Northern Ireland zone.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><content><p>Expressions used in this Article and in section 1 of the Act have the same meaning in this Article as they have in that section.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In article 5 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph (1), omit “in relation to any British fishing boat anywhere”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in that paragraph, at the end, insert<quotedText startQuote="&#x201C;">— </quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-2-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (4), in the opening words, after “within” insert <quotedText>“ relevant ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-sea-fish-specified-sea-area-regulation-of-nets-and-prohibition-of-fishing-methods-order-1989"><heading><i>Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1284) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 1(2) (interpretation), omit the definition of “British fishing boat”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In article 2 (prohibition), in paragraph (1)(a) and (b), omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit “in relation to any British fishing boat anywhere”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>at the end insert<quotedText startQuote="&#x201C;">— </quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-lobsters-and-crawfish-prohibition-of-fishing-and-landing-order-2000"><heading><i>Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) Order 2000</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/874) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 3 (fishing prohibition)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph (2)(b), omit “relevant British”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit paragraph (3).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (landing prohibition)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph (1) omit “wherever caught”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), after “applies” insert <quotedText>“ (wherever caught) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>The landing in England or Northern Ireland from a foreign fishing boat of any sea fish to which this article applies that were caught in waters lying within British fishery limits is prohibited.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In article 4A (berried lobsters and crawfish), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute <quotedText>“ any fishing boat ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In article 5 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-undersized-edible-crabs-order-2000"><heading><i>Undersized Edible Crabs Order 2000</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Undersized Edible Crabs Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2029) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 3 (prescribed minimum size for edible crabs landed in certain areas), omit paragraph (2).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (prohibition on landing edible crabs caught in certain areas)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (2) and” substitute <quotedText>“ paragraph ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit paragraph (2).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-5-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In article 5 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-sea-fish-specified-sea-areas-regulation-of-nets-and-other-fishing-gear-order-2001"><heading><i>Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/649) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (application and exemptions), after paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>Subject to paragraph (3), article 4 applies to any net carried in, or used by, any foreign fishing boat in waters that are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>within the area mentioned in paragraph (1), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>In the law of Northern Ireland, the reference in this paragraph to article 4 includes a reference to article 6.</p></wrapUp></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 7 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-order-2001"><heading><i>Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls Order 2001</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/650) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (prohibition of method of fishing), in paragraph (1)(b), after “Scottish fishing boat” insert <quotedText>“ , or foreign fishing boat, ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 4 (power of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)(b), after “Scottish fishing boat” insert <quotedText>“ , or foreign fishing boat, ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-shrimp-fishing-nets-order-2002"><heading><i>Shrimp Fishing Nets Order 2002</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Shrimp Fishing Nets Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2870) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 1, omit paragraph (2) (application).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit the definition of “British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>at the appropriate place insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regulated-fishing-boat">regulated fishing boat</term>” means—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a foreign fishing boat;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In article 3 (prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (1), for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ regulated fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The prohibition in this article does not apply to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a fishing boat in the territorial sea adjacent to Wales,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a Scottish fishing boat either in the Scottish zone or outside British fishery limits,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a Northern Ireland fishing boat either in the Northern Ireland zone or outside British fishery limits, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>a foreign fishing boat outside British fishery limits.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-8-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1), for “in relation to any British fishing boat to which this Order applies” substitute<quotedText startQuote="&#x201C;">— </quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a regulated fishing boat that is not a Scottish fishing boat or a foreign fishing boat, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to any other regulated fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-shellfish-specified-sea-area-prohibition-of-fishing-methods-wales-order-2003"><heading><i>Shellfish (Specified Sea Area) (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Wales) Order 2003</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Shellfish (Specified Sea Area) (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/607 (W.81)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “gwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-order-2003"><heading><i>Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls Order 2003</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1559) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (prohibition of method of fishing), in paragraph (1)(b), for “Scottish fishing boat or Northern Ireland fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ other fishing boat ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-10-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-wales-order-2003"><heading><i>Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Wales) Order 2003</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1855 (W.205)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 3 (prohibition of method of fishing), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “gwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-11-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “gwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-southwest-territorial-waters-prohibition-of-pair-trawling-order-2004"><heading><i>South-west Territorial Waters (Prohibition of Pair Trawling) Order 2004</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The South-west Territorial Waters (Prohibition of Pair Trawling) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3397) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 3 (prohibition on pair trawling), in paragraph (1), omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In article 4 (prohibition on carrying towed gear), in paragraph (1), omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In article 5 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-tope-prohibition-of-fishing-order-2008"><heading><i>Tope (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 2008</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-13-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Tope (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/691) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 2 (application), omit paragraph (2).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-13-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 6 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1) at the end insert —<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-shrimp-fishing-nets-wales-order-2008"><heading><i>Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) Order 2008</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1811 (W.175)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the English language text, omit the definition of “British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the Welsh language text, omit the definition of “cwch pysgota Prydeinig”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 3 (prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boats” substitute <quotedText>“ Fishing boats ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “cychod pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ cychod pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “in relation to any British fishing boat to which this Order applies” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-14-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “mewn perthynas ag unrhyw gwch pysgota Prydeinig y mae'r Gorchymyn hwn yn gymwys iddo” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>mewn perthynas â chwch pysgota Prydeinig perthnasol sydd wedi ei gofrestru yn y Deyrnas Unedig neu sydd mewn perchnogaeth Brydeinig, ble bynnag y bo; a</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>mewn perthynas ag unrhyw gwch pysgota arall, mewn unrhyw ddyfroedd sy'n gyfagos i'r Deyrnas Unedig ac o fewn terfynau pysgodfeydd Prydain perthnasol.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-tope-prohibition-of-fishing-wales-order-2008"><heading><i>Tope (Prohibition of Fishing) (Wales) Order 2008</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Tope (Prohibition of Fishing) (Wales) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1438 (W.150)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-15-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 1 (title, commencement and application) in the English language text and in the Welsh language text, omit paragraph (3).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-15-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 6 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1) at the end—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-15-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-15-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>mewn perthynas â chwch pysgota Prydeinig perthnasol sydd wedi ei gofrestru yn y Deyrnas Unedig neu sydd mewn perchnogaeth Brydeinig, ble bynnag y bo; a</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>mewn perthynas ag unrhyw gwch pysgota arall, mewn unrhyw ddyfroedd sy'n gyfagos i'r Deyrnas Unedig ac o fewn terfynau pysgodfeydd Prydain perthnasol.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-scallop-fishing-wales-no-2-order-2010"><heading><i>Scallop Fishing (Wales) (No 2) Order 2010</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scallop Fishing (Wales) (No 2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/269 (W.33)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the English language text, omit the definition of “British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the Welsh language text, omit the definition of “cwch pysgota Prydeinig”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (4)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “gwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The provisions are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>article 3 (fishing restrictions);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>articles 5 and 6 (restrictions on number and use of scallop dredges);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>articles 8(1), (2) and (3) and 9 (restriction on size of tow bars);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>article 10(1) (specification of scallop dredges);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>article 11(1) (minimum size of scallop).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In article 12 (prohibition on dredging)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boats” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boats ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-16-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “gychod pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gychod pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-cockles-and-mussels-specified-area-wales-order-2011"><heading><i>Cockles and Mussels (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2011</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Cockles and Mussels (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1988 (W.219)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the English language text, omit the definition of “British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the Welsh language text, omit the definition of “cwch pysgota Prydeinig”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In article 3(2)(b)—</p></content></subparagraph><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-17-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “cwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ cwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-scallop-fishing-england-order-2012"><heading><i>Scallop Fishing (England) Order 2012</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scallop Fishing (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2283) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-18-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 2(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “British fishing boat”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-18-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p><mod>In the following provisions, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText></mod></p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-18-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>article 3(1) (specification of scallop dredges);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-18-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>article 4 (restrictions on number of scallop dredges);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-18-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>article 5(1) (carriage of undersized scallops).</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-scallop-dredging-operations-tracking-devices-wales-order-2012"><heading><i>Scallop Dredging Operations (Tracking Devices) (Wales) Order 2012</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scallop Dredging Operations (Tracking Devices) (Wales) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2729 (W.292)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, in the definition of “<term refersTo="#term-person-in-charge" eId="term-person-in-charge">person in charge</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-person-sydd-&#xE2;-gofal" eId="term-person-sydd-&#xE2;-gofal"><i>person sydd â gofal</i></term>”) (in both places), for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in the Welsh language text, in the definition of “<term refersTo="#term-person-sydd-&#xE2;-gofal" eId="term-person-sydd-&#xE2;-gofal">person sydd â gofal</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-person-in-charge" eId="term-person-in-charge"><i>person in charge</i></term>”)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “chwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ chwch pysgota ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “cwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ cwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (4)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-3-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in the Welsh language text—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-3-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “gwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gwch pysgota ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-3-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “cwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ cwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The provisions are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>article 3 (regulation of scallop dredging operations);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>article 4 (exception);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>article 5(a) (required information);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>article 6(1), (2) and (3) (failure of a tracking device);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-19-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>article 7(1) and (4) (enforcement).</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-specified-crustaceans-prohibition-on-fishing-landing-sale-and-carriage-wales-order-2015"><heading><i>Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Fishing, Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Wales) Order 2015</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20" class="schProv1"><num>20</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Fishing, Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Wales) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2076 (W.312)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the English language text, omit the definitions of “British fishing boat” and “foreign vessel”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the Welsh language text, omit the definitions of “cwch pysgota Prydeinig” and “llong dramor”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In article 3 (fishing prohibition for specified crawfish, lobster, and crab), in the English language text and in the Welsh language text, omit paragraph (2).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In article 4 (prohibitions on landing of specified crawfish, lobster and crab), in the English language text and in the Welsh language text, omit paragraphs (2) and (4).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>In article 5 (prohibitions on sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession of specified crawfish, lobster and crab), in the English language text and in the Welsh language text, omit paragraphs (2) and (4).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In article 6 (prohibition on carriage of specified crawfish, lobster and crab)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in the English language text—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “on a British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraphs (1) and (2), for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in the Welsh language text—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “ar gwch pysgota Prydeinig”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (1), for “cwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ cwch pysgota ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-20-6-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for “gwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-1-crossheading-whelk-fishing-wales-order-2019"><heading><i>Whelk Fishing (Wales) Order 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21" class="schProv1"><num>21</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Whelk Fishing (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1042 (W.184)) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the English language text, omit the definition of “British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the Welsh language text, omit the definition of “cwch pysgota Prydeinig”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 3 (fishing prohibition for specified whelk)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “cychod pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ cychod pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In article 5 (prohibition on carriage of specified whelk)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the English language text, for “British fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-21-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the Welsh language text, for “gwch pysgota Prydeinig” substitute <quotedText>“ gwch pysgota ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-2-part-2"><num><b>PART 2</b></num><heading>Scotland</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-lobsters-and-crawfish-prohibition-of-fishing-and-landing-scotland-order-1999"><heading><i>The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 1999</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-22" class="schProv1"><num>22</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-22-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 1991 (S.S.I. 1999/88) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-22-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 3 (fishing prohibition)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-22-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for “a relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ any ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-22-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (3), for “within the Scottish zone or anywhere outside that zone” substitute <quotedText>“ outside the Scottish zone ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-22-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 4 (landing prohibition), for paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The prohibition in paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-22-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In article 5 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)(b), for “relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ other ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-sea-fish-specified-sea-areas-regulation-of-nets-and-other-fishing-gear-scotland-order-2000"><heading><i>The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Scotland) Order 2000</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-23" class="schProv1"><num>23</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-23-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Scotland) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/227) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-23-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (application), in paragraphs (1)(b) and (1B)(b), for “relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ other ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-prohibition-of-fishing-for-scallops-scotland-order-2003"><heading><i>The Prohibition of Fishing for Scallops (Scotland) Order 2003</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-24" class="schProv1"><num>24</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-24-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Prohibition of Fishing for Scallops (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/371) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-24-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In articles 3 and 4 (prohibitions of fishing for king scallops) for “a Scottish fishing boat or by any relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ any ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-24-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 6 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1)(b), for “relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ other ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-shrimp-fishing-nets-scotland-order-2004"><heading><i>The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Order 2004</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-25" class="schProv1"><num>25</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-25-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/261) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-25-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid), in paragraph (1)(b), for “relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ other ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-25-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1)(b), for “relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ other ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-sharks-skates-and-rays-prohibition-of-fishing-transshipment-and-landing-scotland-order-2012"><heading><i>The Sharks, Skates and Rays (Prohibition of Fishing, Trans-shipment and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2012</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26" class="schProv1"><num>26</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sharks, Skates and Rays (Prohibition of Fishing, Trans-shipment and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/63) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 2 (definitions) omit the following definitions—</p><blockList class="unordered none" ukl:Name="UnorderedList" ukl:Decoration="none"><item><p>“fishing boat”;</p></item><item><p>“relevant British fishing boat”;</p></item><item><p>“Scottish fishing boat”;</p></item><item><p>“third country”;</p></item><item><p>“third country fishing boat”.</p></item></blockList></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit article 3 (application).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In article 4 (prohibition of fishing for tope), for “a boat to which this article applies” substitute <quotedText>“ any fishing boat ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In article 5 (prohibition of trans-shipment of tope), for “a boat or vessel to which this article applies” substitute <quotedText>“ any fishing boat ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In article 6 (prohibition of landing tope)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the existing provision becomes paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in that paragraph, for “a boat or vessel to which this article applies” substitute <quotedText>“ any fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to tope caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In article 7 (prohibition of landing specified species of shark, skate and ray)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (1), for “a boat or vessel to which this article applies” substitute <quotedText>“ any fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><content><p>The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a specified species caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)” substitute <quotedText>“ this article ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>In article 8 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (b), for “relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ other ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-26-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (c) and the “and” before it.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-regulation-of-scallop-fishing-scotland-order-2017"><heading><i>The Regulation of Scallop Fishing (Scotland) Order 2017</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27" class="schProv1"><num>27</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Regulation of Scallop Fishing (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/127) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 2 (interpretation), omit the definition of “British fishing boat”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 3 (prescribed minimum size for landing king scallops)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraph (1), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in paragraph (5), omit sub-paragraph (a).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In article 4 (restrictions on number of scallop dredges), in the opening words, omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>In article 5 (exemption from restrictions in article 4), in paragraphs (1), (2), (3)(a) and (4)(a), omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-27-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>In article 6 (requirement to install a functioning remote electronic monitoring system), in paragraphs (1) and (3), omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2017"><heading><i>The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Scotland) Order 2017</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-28" class="schProv1"><num>28</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-28-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/325) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-28-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (prohibition of method of fishing), in paragraph (1)(b), for “relevant British” substitute <quotedText>“ other ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-specified-crustaceans-prohibition-on-landing-sale-and-carriage-scotland-order-2017"><heading><i>The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Scotland) Order 2017</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29" class="schProv1"><num>29</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/455) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 2 (interpretation), omit the definition of “foreign fishing boat”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In article 3 (prescribed minimum size for landing edible crabs in Scotland), for paragraph (2) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraph (1), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In article 4 (prohibitions on landing, sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession, or carriage of velvet crabs)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (4), after “Scottish zone” insert <quotedText>“ , or a foreign fishing boat within the Scottish zone, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraphs (6) and (7) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The prohibitions imposed by—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraph (1), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>paragraphs (4) and (5),</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>do not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 1(2) of the Act, as read with paragraph (2), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In article 5 (prescribed minimum size for landing spider crabs in Scotland), for paragraph (2) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraph (1), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In article 6 (prescribed minimum size for landing green crabs in the Orkney Islands), for paragraph (2) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraph (1), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In article 7 (prohibitions on landing, sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession, or carriage of lobsters)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (10), after “Scottish zone” insert <quotedText>“ , or a foreign fishing boat within the Scottish zone, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-29-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraphs (12) and (13) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(12)</num><intro><p>The prohibitions imposed by—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraphs (1) to (7), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>paragraph (10),</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>do not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection><num>(13)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 1(2) of the Act, as read with paragraph (8), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-2-crossheading-the-sea-fish-prohibited-methods-of-fishing-firth-of-clyde-order-2019"><heading><i>The Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-30" class="schProv1"><num>30</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-30-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/419) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-30-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In article 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), omit the definition of “British fishing boat”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-30-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In article 3 (prohibited methods of fishing), in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-2-part-3"><num><b>PART 3</b></num><heading>Northern Ireland</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-3-crossheading-the-inshore-fishing-prohibition-of-fishing-and-fishing-methods-regulations-northern-ireland-1993"><heading><i>The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-31" class="schProv1"><num>31</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-31-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. (N.I.) 1993 No. 155) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-31-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In regulation 4 (exceptions), omit “to any person who is not a British citizen or”.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-3-crossheading-the-razor-shells-prohibition-of-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-1998"><heading><i>The Razor Shells (Prohibition of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-32" class="schProv1"><num>32</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-32-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Razor Shells (Prohibition of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. (N.I.) 1998 No. 414) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-32-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In regulation 4 (exceptions), omit paragraph (a).</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-3-crossheading-the-crabs-and-lobsters-minimum-size-order-northern-ireland-2000"><heading><i>The Crabs and Lobsters (Minimum Size) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-33" class="schProv1"><num>33</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-33-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Crabs and Lobsters (Minimum Size) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. (N.I.) 2000 No. 200) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-33-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In article 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-33-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit the definition of “British fishing boat”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-2-paragraph-33-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “foreign fishing boat” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-foreign-fishing-boat">foreign fishing boat</term>” has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Act 2020 (see section 52 of that Act);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-33-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>For article 4 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock"><heading><i>Exemptions</i></heading><article><num>4</num><content><p>The prohibitions imposed by section 127(1) of the Act, as read with Article 3 and the Schedule, do not apply in relation to sea-fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></article></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-3-crossheading-the-conservation-of-scallops-regulations-northern-ireland-2008"><heading><i>The Conservation of Scallops Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-34" class="schProv1"><num>34</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-34-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Conservation of Scallops Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. (N.I.) 2008 No. 430) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-34-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In regulation 2 (interpretation), omit the definition of “British fishing boat”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-34-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In regulation 3 (prohibition of fishing and fishing methods) in paragraphs (3), (4), (7)(b) and (8), omit “British”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-34-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In regulation 4 (exemptions), omit paragraph (a).</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-3-crossheading-the-edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020"><heading><i>The Edible Crabs (Conservation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-35" class="schProv1"><num>35</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-35-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Edible Crabs (Conservation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. (N.I.) 2020 No. 152) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-35-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “foreign fishing boat” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="regulation" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-foreign-fishing-boat">foreign fishing boat</term>” has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Act 2020 (see section 52 of that Act);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-35-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>For regulation 5 (exemptions) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="regulation" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock"><heading><i>Exemptions</i></heading><hcontainer name="regulation"><num>5</num><paragraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>The obligations and prohibitions imposed by regulations 3 and 4 do not apply to any person operating under the authority of, and in accordance with a permit granted under, section 14 of the Act.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>The obligations and prohibitions imposed by regulations 3 and 4 do not apply in relation to sea-fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-2-part-3-crossheading-the-edible-crabs-undersized-order-northern-ireland-2020"><heading><i>The Edible Crabs (Undersized) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-36" class="schProv1"><num>36</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-36-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Edible Crabs (Undersized) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. (N.I.) 2020 No. 153) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-36-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In article 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “foreign fishing boat” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-foreign-fishing-boat">foreign fishing boat</term>” has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Act 2020 (see section 52 of that Act);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-36-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>For article 4 (exemptions) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock"><heading><i>Exemptions</i></heading><article><num>4</num><paragraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 127(1) of the Act, as read with Article 3 and the Schedule, does not apply to any person operating under the authority of, and in accordance with a permit granted under, section 14 of the Act.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>The prohibition imposed by section 127(1) of the Act, as read with Article 3 and the Schedule, does not apply in relation to sea-fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.</p></content></paragraph></article></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-3"><num>SCHEDULE 3<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 18</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Sea fishing licences: further provision</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-power-to-attach-conditions-to-sea-fishing-licence"><heading><i>Power to attach conditions to sea fishing licence</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>A sea fish licensing authority may, on granting a sea fishing licence, attach to the licence such conditions as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for the regulation of sea fishing (including conditions which do not relate directly to fishing).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions that may be attached to a sea fishing licence include, in particular, conditions—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>as to the landing of fish or parts of fish (including specifying the ports at which catches are to be landed);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>as to the use to which the fish caught may be put;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>restricting the time the fishing boat may spend at sea (whether for the purpose of fishing or otherwise);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>which are imposed for the purposes of conserving or enhancing the marine and aquatic environment.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Where a sea fish licensing authority attaches a condition under sub-paragraph (2)(c) to a licence, it may include in the licence provision as to the circumstances in which time is, or is not, to count as time spent at sea for the purposes of the condition.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>If a licence condition is broken, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) of the fishing boat named in the licence are each guilty of an offence.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>For further provision about an offence under sub-paragraph (4) (including provision as to penalties), see sections 19 to 21.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-power-to-vary-suspend-or-revoke-sea-fishing-licence-etc"><heading><i>Power to vary, suspend or revoke sea fishing licence etc</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A sea fish licensing authority may from time to time—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>vary a sea fishing licence it has granted so as to alter the authority the licence confers, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>add, remove or vary a condition attached to a sea fishing licence it has granted.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A sea fish licensing authority may suspend or revoke a sea fishing licence it has granted if this appears to it to be—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>necessary or expedient for the regulation of sea fishing, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>appropriate in a case where there is—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a contravention of the prohibition in section 14(1) or 16(1), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>a contravention of a condition attached to the licence.</p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a sea fish licensing authority exercises the power in sub-paragraph (1) or (2), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a charge in respect of the sea fishing licence in question has been made in accordance with regulations under paragraph 7(3),</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>the authority may, if it considers it appropriate in all the circumstances of the case, refund the whole or part of the charge.</p></wrapUp></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-power-to-obtain-information"><heading><i>Power to obtain information</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>A sea fish licensing authority may require the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) of the fishing boat named in a sea fishing licence granted by the authority to provide such information, in such form, as the authority may direct.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with such a requirement is guilty of an offence.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Any person who—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for the purpose of obtaining a sea fishing licence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in purported compliance with sub-paragraph (1),</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>provides information which the person knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly provides information which is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.</p></wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>For further provision about an offence under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) (including provision as to penalties), see sections 19 to 21.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-duty-to-comply-with-request-of-another-sea-fish-licensing-authority"><heading><i>Duty to comply with request of another sea fish licensing authority</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This paragraph applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>a sea fish licensing authority exercises its licensing functions in relation to sea fishing licences granted in respect of fishing boats of a particular description so as to—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>limit the authority conferred by the licences, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>attach conditions to the licences; and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the limit or conditions mentioned in paragraph (a) apply when the fishing boats are in an area for which the authority is responsible.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The sea fish licensing authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) (“<term refersTo="#term-the-requesting-authority" eId="term-the-requesting-authority">the requesting authority</term>”) may request any other sea fish licensing authority (“<term refersTo="#term-the-other-authority" eId="term-the-other-authority">the other authority</term>”) to exercise its licensing functions in such a way that the licences granted by the other authority in respect of fishing boats of the same description, so far as they confer authority in relation to the area mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b), are made subject to the limit or conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The other authority must comply with the request unless, in its opinion, it is unreasonable to do so.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>References in this paragraph to an area for which a sea fish licensing authority is responsible are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the case of the Scottish Ministers, to an area in Scotland or the Scottish zone;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the case of the Welsh Ministers, to an area in Wales or the Welsh zone;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in the case of the Northern Ireland department, to an area in Northern Ireland or the Northern Ireland zone;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>in the case of the Marine Management Organisation, to any other area within British fishery limits.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-use-of-licensing-functions-to-limit-fishing-activity"><heading><i>Use of licensing functions to limit fishing activity</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><intro><p>A sea fish licensing authority may exercise its licensing functions so as to limit—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the number of fishing boats, or any class of fishing boats, engaged in fishing in any area, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>fishing in any area for any description of fish,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>to such extent as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the regulation of sea fishing.</p></wrapUp></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-power-to-arrange-for-licensing-functions-to-be-exercised-by-others"><heading><i>Power to arrange for licensing functions to be exercised by others</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>A sea fish licensing authority may make arrangements for any of its licensing functions to be exercised by other persons on its behalf.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Arrangements made by a sea fish licensing authority under this paragraph do not affect that authority's responsibility for the exercise of the licensing function in question.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>A public authority that exercises functions on behalf of a sea fish licensing authority under this paragraph may charge that authority such fees as it considers reasonable in respect of the cost of doing so.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-6-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>This paragraph does not confer power on a sea fish licensing authority to make arrangements for a licensing function to be exercised on its behalf by another sea fish licensing authority (see instead section 43 (agency arrangements between sea fish licensing authorities)).</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-regulations-about-the-licensing-of-fishing-boats"><heading><i>Regulations about the licensing of fishing boats</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The relevant national authority may by regulations make provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>as to the manner in which a sea fish licensing authority's licensing functions are to be exercised;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>as to the time when—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-1-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a sea fishing licence, or a variation, suspension or revocation of a sea fishing licence, has effect, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-1-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>a condition attached to a sea fishing licence, or the addition, removal or variation of such a condition, has effect.</p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may, in particular, include provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for documents to be delivered, or notices given, to the nominees of persons to whom licences are granted;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for documents or notices to be treated as delivered or given if they are posted or otherwise communicated in accordance with the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>for notices to be given by publication in newspapers;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>as to the transitional effects of variations.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The relevant national authority may by regulations make provision authorising the making of charges in relation to a sea fishing licence.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Regulations under sub-paragraph (3) may, in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>make provision for the amount of any charge to be specified in, or determined in accordance with provision made by, the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>make different provision in relation to different classes of licence;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>make provision for no charge to be payable in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The relevant national authority must by regulations make provision as to the principles that are to be applied by a sea fish licensing authority in exercising its functions in relation to conditions attached to a sea fishing licence under paragraph 1(2)(c) (conditions as to time spent at sea).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>A principle of the kind to which sub-paragraph (7) applies may not be included in any regulations under sub-paragraph (5) which make provision for principles of any other kind.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>This sub-paragraph applies to a principle providing for a reduction in the time which all fishing boats, or all fishing boats of a specified description, may spend at sea during any period by comparison with the time which they, or fishing boats of that description, were permitted to spend (or spent or were treated as spending) during a specified previous period (making any necessary adjustment where the periods are of different lengths); and for this purpose “<term refersTo="#term-description" eId="term-description">description</term>” means description framed by reference to size of fishing boat, method or area of fishing or description of fish.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under sub-paragraph (5) providing for a principle of the kind to which sub-paragraph (7) applies are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>Any other regulations under this paragraph are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10"><num>(10)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-national-authority" eId="term-the-relevant-national-authority">the relevant national authority</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the Scottish Ministers, in relation to regulations containing provision about the licensing of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>Scottish fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>foreign fishing boats in Scotland or the Scottish zone;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>the Welsh Ministers, in relation to regulations containing provision about the licensing of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>Welsh fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>foreign fishing boats in Wales or the Welsh zone;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>the Northern Ireland department, in relation to regulations containing provision about the licensing of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>Northern Ireland fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>foreign fishing boats in Northern Ireland or the Northern Ireland zone;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>the Secretary of State, in relation to regulations containing provision about the licensing of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>British fishing boats that are not Scottish, Welsh or Northern Ireland fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-7-10-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>foreign fishing boats outside Scotland and the Scottish zone, Wales and the Welsh zone, and Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland zone.</p></content></level></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-power-of-secretary-of-state-under-paragraph-7-where-consent-obtained"><heading><i>Power of Secretary of State under paragraph 7 where consent obtained</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Provision which could be included in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under any provision of paragraph 7 may be included in regulations made by the Secretary of State under that provision with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Provision which could be included in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under any provision of paragraph 7 may be included in regulations made by the Secretary of State under that provision with the consent of the Welsh Ministers.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Provision which could be included in regulations made by the Northern Ireland department under any provision of paragraph 7 may be included in regulations made by the Secretary of State under that provision with the consent of the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-interpretation"><heading><i>Interpretation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><intro><p>In this Schedule “<term refersTo="#term-licensing-function" eId="term-licensing-function">licensing function</term>” means a function of a sea fish licensing authority under—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>section 15 or 17,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Schedule, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-9-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>regulations under paragraph 7 of this Schedule.</p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-4"><num>SCHEDULE 4<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 22</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Access and licensing: minor and consequential amendments</heading><part eId="schedule-4-part-1"><num><b>PART 1</b></num><heading>Access to British fisheries by foreign fishing boats</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-1-crossheading-sea-fish-industry-act-1962"><heading><i>Sea Fish Industry Act 1962</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Section 17 of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1962 (exemption from s.2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 for operations for scientific and certain other purposes) is repealed.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-1-crossheading-sea-fisheries-act-1968"><heading><i>Sea Fisheries Act 1968</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fisheries Act 1968 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In section 8 (general powers of British sea-fishery officers)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (1), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 or any order thereunder” substitute <quotedText>“ of section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (4), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 or any order thereunder” substitute <quotedText>“ section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In section 12 (recovery of fines imposed on master etc or crew), in subsections (1) and (2), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976” substitute <quotedText>“ section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In section 13 (compensation for damage caused by offence), in subsections (2) and (4), for “section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976” substitute <quotedText>“ section 12 of the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>In section 14 (jurisdiction to try offences), omit “or section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976”.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-1-crossheading-fishery-limits-act-1976"><heading><i>Fishery Limits Act 1976</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (access to British fisheries) is repealed.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In consequence of the repeal made by sub-paragraph (1), the following provisions of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 are also repealed—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in section 8 (interpretation), the following definitions—</p><blockList class="unordered none" ukl:Name="UnorderedList" ukl:Decoration="none"><item><p>“relevant British fishery limits”;</p></item><item><p>“the Scottish zone”;</p></item><item><p>“sea fish”;</p></item><item><p>“wholly British-owned”;</p></item></blockList></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in Schedule 3 (transitional provisions), paragraphs 1 and 7.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-1-crossheading-subordinate-legislation-made-under-section-2-of-the-fishery-limits-act-1976"><heading><i>Subordinate legislation made under section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><intro><p>The following orders were made (or have effect as if made) under powers contained in section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 and are therefore revoked by virtue of paragraph 3(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (France) Designation Order 1965 (S.I. 1965/1241);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (Republic of Ireland) Designation Order 1965 (S.I. 1965/1448);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (Belgium) Designation Order 1965 (S.I. 1965/1569);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Foreign Fishing Boats (Stowage of Gear) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/318);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/253);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation (Variation) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/382);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation (Variation) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3108);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation (Variation) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/248);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1035);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-j"><num>(j)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation (Variation) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1630);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-k"><num>(k)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats Designation (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/648);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-4-l"><num>(l)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats Designation (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1219).</p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-1-crossheading-fishery-limits-act-1976-guernsey-order-1989"><heading><i>Fishery Limits Act 1976 (Guernsey) Order 1989</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p>The Fishery Limits Act 1976 (Guernsey) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2407) is revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-4-part-2"><num><b>PART 2</b></num><heading>Licensing of fishing boats</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-conservation-act-1967"><heading><i>Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Omit section 4 (licensing of fishing boats).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In section 4AA (restrictions on time spent at sea: appeals)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (2)(a), for “section 4 of this Act” substitute <quotedText>“ section 15 or 17 of the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (4), for “order made under section 4(6C) of this Act” substitute <quotedText>“ regulations made under paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In section 4B (regulations supplementary to sections 4 and 4A)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading, for “sections 4 and 4A” substitute <quotedText>“ section 4A ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in subsection (1)(a), omit “4 or”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In section 4C (provisions supplementary to sections 4 and 4A: evidence)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading, for “Provisions supplementary to sections 4 and 4A” substitute <quotedText>“ Proceedings for offences relating to licences ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (1)(a), for “condition included in a licence by virtue of section 4(6) or 4A(6) of this Act” substitute <quotedText>“ relevant condition ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (1), in the closing words, for “an offence under section 4 or 4A” substitute <quotedText>“ a relevant offence ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (2), in the opening words, for “an offence under section 4 or 4A” substitute <quotedText>“ a relevant offence ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-e"><num>(e)</num><intro><p>in subsection (2)(c)(i)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-e-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “condition imposed under section 4(6) or 4A(6)” substitute <quotedText>“ relevant condition ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-e-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “condition imposed under section 4(6)” substitute <quotedText>“ relevant condition within subsection (3A)(a) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (2)(c)(ii), for “requirement under section 4(7) or 4A(7)” substitute <quotedText>“ relevant requirement ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-5-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p><mod>after subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><intro><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-condition">relevant condition</term>” means a condition—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>attached, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries Act 2020, to a sea fishing licence granted under section 15 or 17 of that Act, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>included by virtue of subsection (6) of section 4A of this Act in a licence granted under that section.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(3B)</num><intro><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-offence">relevant offence</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an offence under section 14(6) or 16(6) of, or paragraph 1(4) or 3(2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to, the Fisheries Act 2020 (offences relating to sea fishing licences), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>an offence under section 4A of this Act.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(3C)</num><intro><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-requirement">relevant requirement</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a requirement under paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries Act 2020 (power to obtain information in connection with sea fishing licence), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a requirement under section 4A(7) of this Act.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>In section 9 (exemption for operations for scientific and other purposes), in subsection (5), omit “4,”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In section 11 (penalties for offences)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in paragraph (a) (as it has effect in Scotland and Northern Ireland), omit “4(3), (6) or (9A)”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in paragraph (b) (as it has effect in Northern Ireland), omit “4(9A)”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>in paragraph (c) (as it has effect in Scotland and Northern Ireland), omit “4(7) or (7A)”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in subsection (2)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in the opening words as they have effect in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, omit “4(3), (6) and (9A)”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in those words as they have effect in Scotland, omit “4(3) and (6)”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>in paragraph (c) as it has effect in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, omit “4(3), (6) or (9A) or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-b-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content><p>in that paragraph as it has effect in Scotland, omit “4(3) or (6) or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-b-v"><num>(v)</num><content><p>in paragraph (d) as it has effect in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, omit “section 4(3), (6) or (9A) or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-b-vi"><num>(vi)</num><content><p>in that paragraph as it has effect in Scotland, omit “section 4(3) or (6) or”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in subsection (3) as it has effect in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, omit “4(3), (6) or (9A)”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-7-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>in that subsection as it has effect in Scotland, omit “4(3) or (6)”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In section 14 (jurisdiction of court to try offences), omit “4,”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In section 15 (powers of British sea-fishery officers for enforcement of Act)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in subsection (2)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in paragraph (b) as it has effect in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, omit “4(3), (6) or (9A) or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in that paragraph as it has effect in Scotland, omit “4(3) or (6) or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>in that paragraph, after “this Act” insert <quotedText>“ , or under section 14(6) or 16(6) of, or paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 3 to, the Fisheries Act 2020, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-a-iv"><num>(iv)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (c), for the words after “an order under”, substitute <quotedText>“ section 5 of this Act or by section 15 or 17 of the Fisheries Act 2020; ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (3), at the end insert <quotedText>“ or any of the provisions of sections 14 to 18 of, or Schedule 3 to, the Fisheries Act 2020 or any regulations made under any of those provisions. ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in subsection (3A)(a)(i)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “4(6) or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>after “this Act” insert <quotedText>“ or paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>in subsection (3B)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “4(6) or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-9-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>after “this Act” insert <quotedText>“ or paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-10"><num>(10)</num><intro><p>In section 18 (enforcement of orders in relation to salmon and migratory trout)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-10-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-10-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in the opening words, omit “4,”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-10-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in paragraph (b), omit “section 4 of this Act, and”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-10-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in subsections (2) and (3), omit “4,”.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-11"><num>(11)</num><intro><p>In section 20 (orders)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-11-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in subsection (2), omit “4,”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-11-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in subsection (5)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-11-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “4,”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-11-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>after “thereunder,” insert <quotedText>“ and a statutory instrument containing an order made under section 15 in relation to any of the provisions of sections 14 to 18 of, or Schedule 3 to, the Fisheries Act 2020 or any regulations made under any of those provisions, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-11-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>omit “(5A) or”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-11-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>omit subsections (5A) and (5B).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-12"><num>(12)</num><intro><p>In section 22 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-12-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (1), at the appropriate place, insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-british-fishing-boat">British fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>which is British-owned, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>which is registered under the law of Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-12-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in that subsection, in the definition of “sea fish”, omit “4,”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-12-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after subsection (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><content><p>In any order or regulations made under this Act “<term refersTo="#term-foreign-fishing-boat">foreign fishing boat</term>” means (unless the contrary intention appears) a fishing boat which is not a British fishing boat.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-13"><num>(13)</num><intro><p>In section 22A (application to Scotland)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-13-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (3), for “sections 4 and” substitute <quotedText>“ section ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-13-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (4), for “sections 4(4) and” substitute <quotedText>“ section ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-13-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>omit subsection (9A);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-6-13-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (11)(b), after “approval”, in the second place it occurs, insert <quotedText>“ or annulment ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-fishery-limits-act-1976"><heading><i>Fishery Limits Act 1976</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content><p>In the Fishery Limits Act 1976, omit section 3 (which substitutes section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967).</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-fisheries-act-1981"><heading><i>Fisheries Act 1981</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><content><p>In the Fisheries Act 1981, omit section 20 (which amends section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967).</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-conservation-act-1992"><heading><i>Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>In the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992, omit section 1 (which amends section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967).</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-government-of-wales-act-2006"><heading><i>Government of Wales Act 2006</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Schedule 3A (functions of Ministers of Crown etc exercisable concurrently or jointly with Welsh Ministers)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1(2), in the table, in the entry for the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, in column 2—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10-2-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “(a) section 4 (licensing of fishing boats), and”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10-2-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “sections 4 and” substitute <quotedText>“ section ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in paragraph 2(2)(b), omit sub-paragraph (i);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-10-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in paragraph 2(3), omit “4 or”.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009"><heading><i>Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In section 4 (licensing of fishing boats)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit subsections (1) to (6);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (7), for “that section” substitute <quotedText>“ section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (licensing of fishing boats) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In section 7 (regulations supplementary to sections 4 and 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967), omit “4 or”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In section 196 (charging for commercial fishing licences), omit subsection (1).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Omit section 197 (grant of licences subject to conditions imposed for environmental purposes).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-11-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In section 284 (power to require production of certain equipment), in subsection (2)(a), for “section 4(6) or” substitute <quotedText>“ paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries Act 2020 or section ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-specified-manx-waters-licensing-order-1990"><heading><i>Sea Fish (Specified Manx Waters) Licensing Order 1990</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><content><p>The Sea Fish (Specified Manx Waters) Licensing Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2051) is revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-licensing-order-1992"><heading><i>Sea Fish Licensing Order 1992</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-13-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish Licensing Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2633) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Articles 2 and 3, and the Schedule, were made under powers contained in section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 and are therefore revoked by virtue of paragraph 6(2).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-13-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In article 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-13-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (1), for “this Order” substitute <quotedText>“ section 14 of the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-13-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (3)(c), for “section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 as read with this Order” substitute <quotedText>“ section 14(6) of, or paragraph 1(4) or 3(2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to, the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-13-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (4), for “this Order” substitute <quotedText>“ section 14 of the Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-licensing-time-at-sea-principles-order-1993"><heading><i>Sea Fish Licensing (Time at Sea) (Principles) Order 1993</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish Licensing (Time at Sea) (Principles) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1196) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Article 2 (interpretation) is amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “the Act”, for “Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967” substitute <quotedText>“ Fisheries Act 2020 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “the appropriate Minister” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-sea-fish-licensing-authority">the sea fish licensing authority</term>” means—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to a Scottish fishing boat, the Scottish Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to a Welsh fishing boat, the Welsh Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in relation to a Northern Ireland fishing boat, the Northern Ireland department;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>in relation to any other British fishing boat, the Marine Management Organisation;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “compulsory returns”, in both places, for “appropriate Minister” substitute <quotedText>“ sea fish licensing authority ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “licence”, for “section 4” substitute <quotedText>“ section 15 or 17 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “principles”, for “section 20(5B) of” substitute <quotedText>“ paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 3 to ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “time at sea condition”, for “section 4(6)(c) of” substitute <quotedText>“ paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 3 to ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-3-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “voluntary returns”, for “appropriate Minister” substitute <quotedText>“ sea fish licensing authority ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In paragraph (2)(c), for “the Act” substitute <quotedText>“ the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-14-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 3 (principles), for “on which the time which vessels may spend at sea is to be arrived at for the purposes of” substitute <quotedText>“ that are to be applied by the sea fish licensing authority in exercising its functions in relation to ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-1994"><heading><i>Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations 1994</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2813) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading, after “commencement” insert <quotedText>“ , application ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>These regulations apply in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (licensing of British fishing boats) in respect of Welsh fishing boats;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 17 of that Act (licensing of foreign fishing boats) by the Welsh Ministers; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>licences granted under section 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (licensing of vessels receiving trans-shipped fish)—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in respect of Welsh fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>by the Welsh Ministers in respect of foreign fishing boats.</p></content></level></level></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for the definition of “licence” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-licence">licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply (see regulation 1(1A));</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), in the definition of “nominee”, in paragraph (b), for “in a member State and having a place of business” substitute <quotedText>“ , and having a place of business, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for the definition of “sea fishing licence” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-licence">sea fishing licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply by virtue of regulation 1(1A)(a) or (b);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), at the end insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-temporary-foreign-vessel-licence">temporary foreign vessel licence</term>” means a licence that—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is granted in respect of a foreign fishing boat, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>has effect for a period of no more than three weeks;</p></content></level><p>“<term refersTo="#term-welsh-fishing-boat">Welsh fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whose entry in the register specifies a port in Wales as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In regulation 2 (communication of licences and notices)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (1), in the opening words—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “a nominee” substitute <quotedText>“ an appropriate recipient ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>subject to paragraph (6), transmitting it to the appropriate recipient by means of an electronic communication to an address which the appropriate recipient has specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraph (2) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A notice shall be effected by communicating it to an appropriate recipient—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in any of the ways specified in paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>by publishing it on a website, the address of which is indicated on the licence to which the notice relates; or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in accordance with paragraph (3).</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>In paragraphs (1) and (2), “<term refersTo="#term-an-appropriate-recipient">an appropriate recipient</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in relation to a licence or notice relating to a Welsh fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the owner or charterer of the fishing boat, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>a nominee of that owner or charterer;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to a licence or notice relating to a foreign fishing boat, the owner or charterer of the fishing boat.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><intro><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence shall be granted to the owner or charterer of a foreign fishing boat by communicating it to the relevant person by—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>transmitting it to the relevant person by means of an electronic communication, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>subsequently publishing it on the website of the Welsh Ministers or of a person granting the licence on their behalf.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2C)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (2B), “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-person">the relevant person</term>”, in relation to a foreign fishing boat, means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a member State, the European Commission;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a country or territory that is not a member State, the authority in that country or territory that is responsible for the regulation of fishing boats.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>in paragraph (3), in the closing words, omit “granted by the appropriate Minister,”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>A notice, other than a notice published in accordance with paragraph (3), must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>specify the name, port letters and number of the fishing boat named in the licence to which the notice relates, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the case of a notice in respect of two or more licences, specify the name, port letters and number of the fishing boats named in the licences.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>A licence, other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, or notice may be communicated to a person by means of an electronic communication only if the following conditions are met—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the use of the electronic communication results in the information contained in the licence or notice being available to the person in all material respects as it would appear in a licence or notice given in printed form, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the person has specified an address for the purpose of receiving such communications.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In regulation 3 (delivery of licences and giving of notices)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading, for “Delivery” substitute <quotedText>“ Granting ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraphs (1) and (2), for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (3)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “a nominee's” substitute <quotedText>“ an ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-c-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>In relation to a licence or notice transmitted by electronic means at any time during January 2021, the reference in paragraph (3) to 24 hours is to be read as a reference to one hour.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3B)</num><content><p>A notice communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2)(b) (publication on website) shall be treated as given immediately it is published in accordance with that provision.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3C)</num><content><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2B) shall be treated as granted immediately it is published in accordance with that provision.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (5) (in each place it occurs), for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In regulation 4 (time at which licences and notices to have effect)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-5-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (a)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-5-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “2(1)” insert <quotedText>“ or (2B) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-5-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “, and a notice which is communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2)(b),”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-5-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>for “delivered or given” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in paragraph (b), omit the “and” at the end;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-15-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph (b) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(ba)</num><content><p>a notice which is communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2)(b) (publication on website) shall have effect 24 hours after it is treated as given in accordance with regulation 3; and</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-scotland-act-agency-arrangements-specification-order-1999"><heading><i>Scotland Act (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 1999</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-16-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scotland Act (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1512) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-16-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In Schedule 1 (functions conferred on Minister of the Crown), omit paragraph 1.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-16-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In Schedule 2 (functions exercisable by Scottish Ministers), omit paragraph 1.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-scotland-act-1998-concurrent-functions-order-1999"><heading><i>Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-17-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1592) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-17-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Schedule 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-17-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in column 1, omit the entry for section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-17-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit the corresponding entry in column 2.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-scotland-regulations-2011"><heading><i>Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2011</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/70) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In regulation 1 (citation, commencement, extent and application)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph (2), omit the words from “and the Scottish zone only” to the end;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>These regulations apply in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (licensing of British fishing boats) in respect of Scottish fishing boats;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 17 of that Act (licensing of foreign fishing boats) by the Scottish Ministers; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>licences granted under section 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (licensing of vessels receiving trans-shipped fish)—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in respect of Scottish fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>by the Scottish Ministers in respect of foreign fishing boats.</p></content></level></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In regulation 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “licence” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-licence">licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply (see regulation 1(3));</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in the definition of “nominee”—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (b) for “a member State” substitute <quotedText>“ the United Kingdom ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in the closing words, omit “Scottish”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in the definition of “Scottish fishing boat”, omit “; and in respect of which the Scottish Ministers may grant or have granted a licence”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “sea fishing licence” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-licence">sea fishing licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply by virtue of regulation 1(3)(a) or (b);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>after that definition insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-temporary-foreign-vessel-licence">temporary foreign vessel licence</term>” means a licence that—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is granted in respect of a foreign fishing boat, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>has effect for a period of no more than three weeks.</p></content></level></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In regulation 3 (communication of licences and notices)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (1), in the opening words—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “Scottish fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), after “charterer or” insert <quotedText>“ , in the case of a Scottish fishing boat, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph insert —<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence is to be granted to the owner or charterer of a foreign fishing boat by communicating it to the relevant person by—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>transmitting it to the relevant person by means of an electronic communication, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>subsequently publishing it on the website of the Scottish Ministers or of a person granting the licence on their behalf.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(1B)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (1A), “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-person">the relevant person</term>”, in relation to a foreign fishing boat, means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a member State, the European Commission;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a country or territory that is not a member State, the authority in that country or territory that is responsible for the regulation of fishing boats.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (2)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (a), at the beginning, insert <quotedText>“ in the case of a Scottish fishing boat ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in sub-paragraph (b), omit “Scottish”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraphs (3) and (4), for “Scottish fishing boat” substitute <quotedText>“ fishing boat ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In regulation 4 (delivery of licences and giving of notices)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading, for “Delivery” substitute <quotedText>“ Granting ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraphs (1) and (2), for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (3)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “a nominee's” substitute <quotedText>“ an ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-c-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>In relation to a licence or notice transmitted by electronic communication at any time during January 2021, the reference in paragraph (3) to 24 hours is to be read as a reference to one hour.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3B)</num><content><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence communicated in accordance with regulation 3(1A) is to be treated as granted immediately it is published in accordance with that provision.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-5-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (5) (in both places), for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In regulation 5 (time at which licences and notices to have effect), in paragraph (a)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “3(1)” insert <quotedText>“ or (1A) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-18-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-england-regulations-2012"><heading><i>Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (England) Regulations 2012</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/827) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and application), for paragraph (2) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="regulation" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>These regulations apply in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (licensing of British fishing boats) in respect of relevant fishing boats;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 17 of that Act (licensing of foreign fishing boats) by the Marine Management Organisation; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>licences granted under section 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (licensing of vessels receiving trans-shipped fish)—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in respect of relevant fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>by the Marine Management Organisation in respect of foreign fishing boats.</p></content></level></level></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In regulation 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “licence” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-licence">licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply (see regulation 1(2));</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in the definition of “nominee”—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (b), for “in a member State and having a place of business” substitute <quotedText>“ , and having a place of business, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in the closing words, omit “relevant”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “notice” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-notice">notice</term>” means a notice of variation, suspension or revocation of a licence;</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “relevant fishing boat” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-fishing-boat">relevant fishing boat</term>” means a British fishing boat other than a fishing boat—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whose entry in the register specifies a port in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>at the end insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-licence">sea fishing licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply by virtue of regulation 1(2)(a) or (b);</p><p>“<term refersTo="#term-temporary-foreign-vessel-licence">temporary foreign vessel licence</term>” means a licence that—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is granted in respect of a foreign fishing boat, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>has effect for a period of no more than three weeks.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In regulation 3 (communication of licences and notices)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “the owner” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ an appropriate recipient (“P”) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (1) “<term refersTo="#term-an-appropriate-recipient">an appropriate recipient</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in relation to a licence or notice relating to a relevant fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the owner or charterer of the fishing boat, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>a nominee of the owner or charterer;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to a licence or a notice, relating to a foreign fishing boat, the owner or charterer of the fishing boat.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (3) insert —<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><intro><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence is to be granted to the owner or charterer of a foreign fishing boat by communicating it to the relevant person by—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>transmitting it to the relevant person by means of an electronic communication, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>subsequently publishing it on the website of the Marine Management Organisation or of a person granting the licence on its behalf.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(3B)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (3A), “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-person">the relevant person</term>”, in relation to a foreign fishing boat, means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a member State, the European Commission;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a country or territory that is not a member State, the authority in that country or territory that is responsible for the regulation of fishing boats.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>omit paragraph (8).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In regulation 4 (time at which licences are delivered and notice given)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading and paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4), for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4A)</num><content><p>In relation to a licence or notice transmitted by means of an electronic communication at any time during January 2021, the reference in paragraph (4) to 24 hours is to be read as a reference to one hour.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4B)</num><content><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence communicated as described in regulation 3(3A) is treated as granted immediately it is published in accordance with that provision.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (7) (in both places), for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-19-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In regulation 5 (time at which licences and notices have effect), in paragraph (a), for “delivered” substitute <quotedText>“ granted ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-northern-ireland-2014"><heading><i>Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20" class="schProv1"><num>20</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. (N.I.) 2014 No. 209) are amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and application), for paragraph (2) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="regulation" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>These Regulations apply in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (licensing of British fishing boats) in respect of Northern Ireland fishing boats;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>licences granted under section 17 of that Act (licensing of foreign fishing boats) by the Department; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>licences granted under section 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (licensing of vessels receiving trans-shipped fish)—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in respect of Northern Ireland fishing boats, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>by the Department in respect of foreign fishing boats.</p></content></level></level></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In regulation 2 (interpretation)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “the Department”, for “of Agriculture and Rural Development” substitute <quotedText>“ of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “licence” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-licence">licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply (see regulation 1(2));</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in the definition of “nominee”—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (b) for “in a member State of the European Union and having a place of business” substitute <quotedText>“ , and having a place of business, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in the closing words, omit “Northern Ireland”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “Northern Ireland fishing boat” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-northern-ireland-fishing-boat">Northern Ireland fishing boat</term>” means a fishing boat—</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whose entry in the register specifies a port in Northern Ireland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p><mod>for the definition of “sea fishing licence” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-licence">sea fishing licence</term>” means a licence to which these regulations apply by virtue of regulation 1(2)(a) or (b);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p><mod>after that definition insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-temporary-foreign-vessel-licence">temporary foreign vessel licence</term>” means a licence that—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is granted in respect of a foreign fishing boat, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>has effect for a period of no more than three weeks.</p></content></level></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In regulation 3 (manner in which a licence is granted etc)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ , other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “Northern Ireland”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “the owner or charterer of the boat” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ an appropriate recipient ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), after “A licence” insert <quotedText>“ (other than a temporary foreign vessel licence) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (3), for the words from “the owner or charterer of the boat” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ an appropriate recipient ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4A)</num><intro><p>In paragraphs (1) to (4), “<term refersTo="#term-an-appropriate-recipient">an appropriate recipient</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in relation to a licence or notice relating to a Northern Ireland fishing boat—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the owner or charterer of the fishing boat, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>a nominee of that owner or charterer;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to a licence or notice relating to a foreign fishing boat, the owner or charterer of the fishing boat.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4B)</num><intro><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence is to be granted to the owner or charterer of a foreign fishing boat by delivering it to the relevant person by—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>transmitting it to the relevant person by means of an electronic communication, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>subsequently publishing it on the website of the Department or of a person granting the licence on its behalf.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4C)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (4B), “<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-person">the relevant person</term>”, in relation to a foreign fishing boat, means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a member State, the European Commission;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the fishing boat is registered in a country or territory that is not a member State, the authority in that country or territory that is responsible for the regulation of fishing boats.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In regulation 4 (time when licences are delivered and notices given), after paragraph (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="regulation" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(4A)</num><content><p>In relation to a licence or notice transmitted by means of an electronic communication at any time during January 2021, the reference in paragraph (4) to 24 hours is to be read as a reference to one hour.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(4B)</num><content><p>A temporary foreign vessel licence delivered as described in regulation 3(4B) is treated as delivered immediately it is published in accordance with that provision.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-20-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In regulation 5 (time when licences, variations, suspensions or revocations have effect), in paragraph (a), after “3(2)” insert <quotedText>“ or (4B) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-licensing-england-order-2015"><heading><i>Sea Fish Licensing (England) Order 2015</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-21" class="schProv1"><num>21</num><content><p>The Sea Fish Licensing (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/647) is revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-licensing-wales-order-2019"><heading><i>Sea Fish Licensing (Wales) Order 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-22" class="schProv1"><num>22</num><content><p>The Sea Fish Licensing (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/507 (W. 117)) (which has not come into force) is revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-wales-regulations-2019"><heading><i>Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-23" class="schProv1"><num>23</num><content><p>The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/500 (W. 116)) (which have not come into force) are revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-licensing-england-eu-exit-regulations-2019"><heading><i>Sea Fish Licensing (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-24" class="schProv1"><num>24</num><content><p>The Sea Fish Licensing (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/523) (which have not come into force) are revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fish-licensing-foreign-vessels-eu-exit-scotland-order-2019"><heading><i>Sea Fish Licensing (Foreign Vessels) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Order 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-25" class="schProv1"><num>25</num><content><p>The Sea Fish Licensing (Foreign Vessels) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/87) (which has not come into force) is revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019"><heading><i>Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-26" class="schProv1"><num>26</num><content><p>The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/88) (which have not come into force) are revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-2-crossheading-fishing-boats-designation-eu-exit-scotland-order-2019"><heading><i>Fishing Boats Designation (EU Exit) (Scotland) Order 2019</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-27" class="schProv1"><num>27</num><content><p>The Fishing Boats Designation (EU Exit) (Scotland) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/345) (which has not come into force) is revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-4-part-3"><num><b>PART 3</b></num><heading>Transitional provision</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-3-crossheading-licences-in-respect-of-british-fishing-boats"><heading><i>Licences in respect of British fishing boats</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28" class="schProv1"><num>28</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a licence granted, and not subsequently revoked, under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 in respect of a Scottish fishing boat.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The licence has effect on and after the coming into force of paragraph 6(2) (repeal of section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967) as if it had been granted by the Scottish Ministers under section 15.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Sub-paragraph (4) applies to a licence granted, and not subsequently revoked, under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 in respect of a Welsh fishing boat.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The licence has effect on and after the coming into force of paragraph 6(2) (repeal of section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967) as if it had been granted by the Welsh Ministers under section 15.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Sub-paragraph (6) applies to a licence granted, and not subsequently revoked, under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 in respect of a Northern Ireland fishing boat.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The licence has effect on and after the coming into force of paragraph 6(2) (repeal of section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967) as if it had been granted by the Northern Ireland department under section 15.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>Sub-paragraph (8) applies to a licence granted, and not subsequently revoked, under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 in respect of a British fishing boat that is not a Scottish, Welsh or Northern Ireland fishing boat.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>The licence has effect on and after the coming into force of paragraph 6(2) (repeal of section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967) as if it had been granted by the Marine Management Organisation under section 15.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-28-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>A licence that is treated by this paragraph as granted under section 15 is to be read subject to the necessary modifications.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-3-crossheading-licence-conditions"><heading><i>Licence conditions</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-29" class="schProv1"><num>29</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-29-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a licence granted, and not subsequently revoked, under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-29-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Any condition included in the licence has effect on and after the coming into force of paragraph 6(2) (repeal of section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967) as if it had been attached to the licence under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-29-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>A condition that is treated by this paragraph as attached to a licence under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 is to be read subject to any necessary modifications.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-3-crossheading-regulations"><heading><i>Regulations</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-30" class="schProv1"><num>30</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-30-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulations made under section 4B of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (regulations supplementary to sections 4 and 4A of that Act) in relation to licences under section 4 of that Act have effect on and after the coming into force of paragraph 6(2) as if they were made under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3 to this Act.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-30-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Sea Fish Licensing (Time at Sea) (Principles) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1196) (as amended under Part 2 of this Schedule) has effect on and after the coming into force of paragraph 6(2) (repeal of section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967) as if it were made under paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 3 to this Act.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-4-part-3-crossheading-continuity-of-the-law"><heading><i>Continuity of the law</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31" class="schProv1"><num>31</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This paragraph applies where any provision of this Act re-enacts (with or without modification) an enactment repealed by Part 2 of this Schedule.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The repeal and re-enactment does not affect the continuity of the law.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Anything done (including any subordinate legislation made) or having effect as if done, under or for the purposes of the repealed provision that could have been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Act, if in force or effective immediately before the commencement of that corresponding provision, has effect thereafter as if done under or for the purposes of that corresponding provision.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Any reference (express or implied) in this Act or any other enactment, instrument or document to a provision of this Act shall be construed (so far as the context permits) as including, as respects times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding repealed provision had effect, a reference to that corresponding provision.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment, instrument or document to a repealed provision shall be construed (so far as the context permits) as respects times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision of this Act has effect, as being or (according to the context) including a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>This paragraph has effect subject to any specific transitional provision or saving contained in or made under this Act.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>In this paragraph a reference to an enactment being repealed includes its being revoked, or amended so that it no longer applies in any case.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-4-paragraph-31-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-subordinate-legislation" eId="term-subordinate-legislation">subordinate legislation</term>” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-5"><num>SCHEDULE 5<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 27</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Sale of Welsh fishing opportunities</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><intro><p>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for the sale of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>rights to use one or more Welsh catch quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>rights to use one or more Welsh effort quotas.</p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><p>A right to use a Welsh catch or effort quota that is sold in accordance with the regulations is exercisable in relation to such fishing boats, by such persons, in such manner, and subject to such conditions, as may be specified in or in accordance with the regulations.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><intro><p>The regulations may include provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for rights to be sold by competitive tender or auction;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for a competitive tender process or auction to be run by such person as the regulations may designate;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>conferring functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person running a competitive tender process or auction, or on any other person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>specifying persons, or descriptions of person, who are eligible or ineligible to buy rights;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>requiring a person to pay a deposit, or do any other thing, in order to be eligible to buy rights;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>requiring or prohibiting the repayment of a deposit;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>setting, or conferring power to set, limits on the rights that may be bought by a person or description of person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>requiring or permitting rights to be sold, or not to be sold, to a person who meets such conditions (whether relating to the price offered for the rights or otherwise) as may be specified in or in accordance with the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>for terminating a competitive tender process or auction where there has been, or appears to the person running the competitive tender process or auction to have been, a failure to comply with the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-j"><num>(j)</num><intro><p>about how and when—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-j-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>payments for rights are to be made, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-j-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>payments received are to be dealt with;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-k"><num>(k)</num><content><p>allowing or requiring rights sold in accordance with the regulations to a person to be transferred to, or be exercised by, another person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-l"><num>(l)</num><content><p>prohibiting rights sold to a person in accordance with the regulations from being transferred to, or being exercised by, another person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-m"><num>(m)</num><content><p>for extinguishing or limiting rights sold in accordance with the regulations where any amount due in respect of them is not paid, or any condition attached to the exercise of the rights is not met;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-n"><num>(n)</num><content><p>for the payment of compensation to a person who holds but does not use rights sold in accordance with the regulations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-o"><num>(o)</num><content><p>about appeals relating to eligibility for, or the outcome of, a tender process or auction;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-3-p"><num>(p)</num><content><p>requiring a person running a tender process or auction to issue guidance.</p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><intro><p>The Welsh Ministers must exercise their functions so as to secure (so far as possible) that—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing boats are not used in contravention of section 14(1) (prohibition on fishing without authority of licence), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-5-paragraph-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>conditions attached to sea fishing licences under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 are not broken,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>as a result of the exercise of rights sold in accordance with the regulations.</p></wrapUp></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p>Before making regulations under this Schedule the Welsh Ministers must consult such persons as they think appropriate.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p>Regulations under this Schedule are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-5-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><intro><p>In this Schedule—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-welsh-catch-quota" eId="term-welsh-catch-quota">Welsh catch quota</term>” means so much of a catch quota as would (if not sold in accordance with the regulations) be available for distribution by the Welsh Ministers for use by Welsh fishing boats;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-welsh-effort-quota" eId="term-welsh-effort-quota">Welsh effort quota</term>” means so much of an effort quota as would (if not sold in accordance with the regulations) be available for distribution by the Welsh Ministers for use by Welsh fishing boats.</p></content></hcontainer></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-6"><num>SCHEDULE 6<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 33</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Financial assistance: powers of devolved authorities</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-6-crossheading-power-of-the-scottish-ministers"><heading><i>Power of the Scottish Ministers</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Scottish Ministers may give financial assistance, or arrange for financial assistance to be given, to any person for any of the following purposes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the conservation, enhancement or restoration of the marine and aquatic environment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the reorganisation of businesses involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>contributing to the expenses of persons involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>maintaining or improving the health and safety of individuals who are involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>the training of individuals who are, were or intend to become involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or are family members of such individuals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the economic development or social improvement of areas in which commercial fish or aquaculture activities are carried out;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>improving the arrangements for the use of catch quotas or effort quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-1-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of recreational fishing.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Financial assistance given under, or under arrangements made pursuant to, sub-paragraph (1) must be given in accordance with a scheme established by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The scheme may only provide for financial assistance to be given—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to Scotland or the Scottish zone, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to Scottish fishing boats.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The scheme may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>require a person on whom functions are conferred to keep, and make available for inspection, accounts and other records;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>require the Scottish Ministers, or another person, to publish specified information about financial assistance given in accordance with the scheme.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In sub-paragraph (4)(c) “<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>” means specified by the scheme; and information that may be specified under that provision includes information about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the recipient of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose for which the financial assistance was given.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The scheme may not impose a duty to publish information where its publication would (taking the duty into account) contravene the data protection legislation (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2018).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>The scheme may include provision under which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>financial assistance is given subject to conditions specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>financial assistance is required to be repaid in circumstances specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under this paragraph are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-1-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-family-member" eId="term-family-member">family member</term>”, in relation to an individual (“P”), means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>P's spouse or civil partner,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a child or grandchild of P or of P's spouse or civil partner, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a parent or grandparent of P or of P's spouse or civil partner;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-financial-assistance" eId="term-financial-assistance">financial assistance</term>” means grants or loans.</p></content></hcontainer></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-6-crossheading-power-of-the-welsh-ministers"><heading><i>Power of the Welsh Ministers</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Welsh Ministers may give financial assistance, or arrange for financial assistance to be given, to any person for any of the following purposes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the conservation, enhancement or restoration of the marine and aquatic environment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the reorganisation of businesses involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>contributing to the expenses of persons involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>maintaining or improving the health and safety of individuals who are involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>the training of individuals who are, were or intend to become involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or are family members of such individuals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the economic development or social improvement of areas in which commercial fish or aquaculture activities are carried out;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>improving the arrangements for the use of catch quotas or effort quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-1-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of recreational fishing.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Financial assistance given under, or under arrangements made pursuant to, sub-paragraph (1) must be given in accordance with a scheme established by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The scheme may only provide for financial assistance to be given—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to Wales or the Welsh zone, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to Welsh fishing boats.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The scheme may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>require a person on whom functions are conferred to keep, and make available for inspection, accounts and other records;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>require the Welsh Ministers, or another person, to publish specified information about financial assistance given in accordance with the scheme.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In sub-paragraph (4)(c) “<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>” means specified by the scheme; and information that may be specified under that provision includes information about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the recipient of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose for which the financial assistance was given.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The scheme may not impose a duty to publish information where its publication would (taking the duty into account) contravene the data protection legislation (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2018).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>The scheme may include provision under which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>financial assistance is given subject to conditions specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>financial assistance is required to be repaid in circumstances specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under this paragraph are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-2-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-family-member" eId="term-family-member">family member</term>”, in relation to an individual (“P”), means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>P's spouse or civil partner,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a child or grandchild of P or of P's spouse or civil partner, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a parent or grandparent of P or of P's spouse or civil partner;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-financial-assistance" eId="term-financial-assistance">financial assistance</term>” means grants or loans.</p></content></hcontainer></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-6-crossheading-power-of-the-northern-ireland-department"><heading><i>Power of the Northern Ireland department</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Northern Ireland department may give financial assistance, or arrange for financial assistance to be given, to any person for any of the following purposes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the conservation, enhancement or restoration of the marine and aquatic environment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the reorganisation of businesses involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>contributing to the expenses of persons involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>maintaining or improving the health and safety of individuals who are involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>the training of individuals who are, were or intend to become involved in commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or are family members of such individuals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the economic development or social improvement of areas in which commercial fish or aquaculture activities are carried out;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>improving the arrangements for the use of catch quotas or effort quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-1-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the promotion or development of recreational fishing.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Financial assistance given under, or under arrangements made pursuant to, sub-paragraph (1) must be given in accordance with a scheme established by regulations made by the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The scheme may only provide for financial assistance to be given—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in relation to Northern Ireland or the Northern Ireland zone, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in relation to Northern Ireland fishing boats.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The scheme may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>require a person on whom functions are conferred to keep, and make available for inspection, accounts and other records;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>require the Northern Ireland department, or another person, to publish specified information about financial assistance given in accordance with the scheme.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In sub-paragraph (4)(c) “<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>” means specified by the scheme; and information that may be specified under that provision includes information about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the recipient of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of the financial assistance;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose for which the financial assistance was given.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The scheme may not impose a duty to publish information where its publication would (taking the duty into account) contravene the data protection legislation (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2018).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>The scheme may include provision under which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>financial assistance is given subject to conditions specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>financial assistance is required to be repaid in circumstances specified by, or in accordance with, the scheme.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under this paragraph are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-3-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-family-member" eId="term-family-member">family member</term>”, in relation to an individual (“P”), means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>P's spouse or civil partner,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a child or grandchild of P or of P's spouse or civil partner, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a parent or grandparent of P or of P's spouse or civil partner;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-financial-assistance" eId="term-financial-assistance">financial assistance</term>” means grants or loans.</p></content></hcontainer></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-6-crossheading-financial-assistance-consequential-amendments"><heading><i>Financial assistance: consequential amendments</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In the Fisheries Act 1981—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit Part 2 (financial assistance for sea fish industry);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit section 31 (financial assistance for fish farming).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In consequence of the repeals made by sub-paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in the Fisheries Act 1981—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in section 41, omit “or schemes”, and in the heading omit “and schemes”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in section 42, omit “, II or IV”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>in section 43(1), omit paragraph (c);</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in the Government of Wales Act 2006, in Schedule 3A, omit paragraph 2(2)(d);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in the Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1592), in Schedule 1, omit the entries for sections 15 and 16 of the Fisheries Act 1981;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>in the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), in Schedule 2, in paragraph 68—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>in sub-paragraph (1), omit “Part II of”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) and (6);</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-4-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>in the Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/790), in Schedule 2, omit paragraph 2.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-6-crossheading-transitional-provision"><heading><i>Transitional provision</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The following schemes made under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 1981 have effect as if contained in regulations made under section 33—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012 (S.I. 2012/1375);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Scheme 2014 (S.I. 2014/3363).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The following schemes made under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 1981 have effect as if contained in regulations made under paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) (Scotland) Scheme 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/332);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) (Scotland) Scheme 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/87);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Sea Fishing (Transitional Support) (Scotland) (No 2) Scheme 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/116);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>the Fishing Vessels (Satellite - tracking Devices) (Scotland) Scheme 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/379);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-2-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (EU Electronic Reporting) (Scotland) Scheme 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/374);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-2-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>the Fishing Boats (Satellite-tracking Devices) (Scotland) Scheme 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/264).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The Fishing Boats (Satellite - Tracking Devices and Electronic Transmission of Fishing Activities Data) (Wales) Scheme 2012 (S.I. 2012/3172 (W.318)) (made under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 1981) has effect as if contained in regulations made under paragraph 2.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The schemes mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) have effect as if any reference in them to an offence under section 17 of the Fisheries Act 1981 were to conduct that would have constituted an offence under that section had Part 2 of that Act not been repealed.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The following schemes were made under Part 2 of the Fisheries Act 1981 or section 31 of that Act, are not saved by virtue of sub-paragraphs (1) to (3), and are therefore revoked by virtue of paragraph 4(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Fishing Vessels (Safety Improvements) (Grants) Scheme 1995 (S.I. 1995/1609);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-6-paragraph-5-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Fishing Vessels and Fish Farming (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Scotland) Scheme 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/448).</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-7"><num>SCHEDULE 7<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 34</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Imposition of charges: powers of devolved authorities</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-7-crossheading-power-of-scottish-ministers"><heading><i>Power of Scottish Ministers</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for the Scottish Ministers to impose charges in respect of the exercise by them of a relevant marine function.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-marine-function" eId="term-relevant-marine-function">Relevant marine function</term>” means a function relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>ensuring that commercial fish activities are carried out lawfully;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the registration of buyers and sellers of first-sale fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>catch certificates for the import and export of fish.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The charges which may be authorised by the regulations are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a charge on a person in respect of the exercise of a function in relation to that person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>periodic or other charges on persons carrying out an activity in respect of the exercise of a function which relates to that activity.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The regulations may include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>who is liable to pay a charge;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the circumstances in which a charge is payable;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the amount of a charge (including how an amount is to be calculated);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>reductions and exemptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>waivers;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>how and when a charge is to be paid;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the collection and recovery of payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>interest payable on outstanding payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the resolution of disputes (including appeals).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The regulations may confer a discretion on the Scottish Ministers.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>A power conferred on the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph does not affect, and is not affected by, any other power of the Scottish Ministers to impose charges.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>Before making regulations under this paragraph the Scottish Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under this paragraph are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-1-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-first-sale-fish" eId="term-first-sale-fish">first-sale fish</term>” means fish which is marketed for the first time;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fishing-quota" eId="term-fishing-quota">fishing quota</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a catch quota or an effort quota, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other limit relating to the quantity of sea fish that may be caught or the time that fishing boats may spend at sea.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-7-crossheading-power-of-welsh-ministers"><heading><i>Power of Welsh Ministers</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for the Welsh Ministers to impose charges in respect of the exercise by them of a relevant marine function.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-marine-function" eId="term-relevant-marine-function">Relevant marine function</term>” means a function relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>ensuring that commercial fish activities are carried out lawfully;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the registration of buyers and sellers of first-sale fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>catch certificates for the import and export of fish.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The charges which may be authorised by the regulations are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a charge on a person in respect of the exercise of a function in relation to that person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>periodic or other charges on persons carrying out an activity in respect of the exercise of a function which relates to that activity.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The regulations may include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>who is liable to pay a charge;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the circumstances in which a charge is payable;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the amount of a charge (including how an amount is to be calculated);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>reductions and exemptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>waivers;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>how and when a charge is to be paid;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the collection and recovery of payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>interest payable on outstanding payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the resolution of disputes (including appeals).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The regulations may confer a discretion on the Welsh Ministers.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>A power conferred on the Welsh Ministers under this paragraph does not affect, and is not affected by, any other power of the Welsh Ministers to impose charges.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>Before making regulations under this paragraph the Welsh Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under this paragraph are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-2-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-first-sale-fish" eId="term-first-sale-fish">first-sale fish</term>” means fish which is marketed for the first time;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fishing-quota" eId="term-fishing-quota">fishing quota</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a catch quota or an effort quota, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other limit relating to the quantity of sea fish that may be caught or the time that fishing boats may spend at sea.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-7-crossheading-power-of-northern-ireland-department"><heading><i>Power of Northern Ireland department</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Northern Ireland department may by regulations make provision for it to impose charges in respect of the exercise by it of a relevant marine function.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-marine-function" eId="term-relevant-marine-function">Relevant marine function</term>” means a function relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing quotas;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>ensuring that commercial fish activities are carried out lawfully;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the registration of buyers and sellers of first-sale fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>catch certificates for the import and export of fish.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The charges which may be authorised by the regulations are—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a charge on a person in respect of the exercise of a function in relation to that person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>periodic or other charges on persons carrying out an activity in respect of the exercise of a function which relates to that activity.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The regulations may include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>who is liable to pay a charge;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the circumstances in which a charge is payable;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the amount of a charge (including how an amount is to be calculated);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>reductions and exemptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>waivers;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>how and when a charge is to be paid;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the collection and recovery of payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>interest payable on outstanding payments;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the resolution of disputes (including appeals).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The regulations may confer a discretion on the Northern Ireland department.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>A power conferred on the Northern Ireland department under sub-paragraph (1) does not affect, and is not affected by, any other power of it to impose charges.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>Before making regulations under sub-paragraph (1) the Northern Ireland department must consult such persons as it considers appropriate.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-7-paragraph-3-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In sub-paragraphs (1) to (8)—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-first-sale-fish" eId="term-first-sale-fish">first-sale fish</term>” means fish which is marketed for the first time;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-fishing-quota" eId="term-fishing-quota">fishing quota</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a catch quota or an effort quota, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other limit relating to the quantity of sea fish that may be caught or the time that fishing boats may spend at sea.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-8"><num>SCHEDULE 8<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 42</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Powers to make further provision: devolved authorities</heading><part eId="schedule-8-part-1"><num><b>PART 1</b></num><heading>Scottish Ministers</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-1-crossheading-power-to-make-provision-about-fisheries-aquaculture-etc"><heading><i>Power to make provision about fisheries, aquaculture etc</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for the purpose of implementing an international obligation of the United Kingdom relating to fisheries, fishing or aquaculture,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for a conservation purpose (see sub-paragraph (2)), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>for a fish industry purpose (see sub-paragraph (3)).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-conservation-purpose" eId="term-a-conservation-purpose">A conservation purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of conserving, improving or developing marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting the marine and aquatic environment from the effects of fishing or aquaculture, or of related activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting or improving the health of any fish or other aquatic animal.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-fish-industry-purpose" eId="term-a-fish-industry-purpose">A fish industry purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of promoting or developing commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of improving the traceability of fishery products;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of disseminating information about fishery products.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Except so far as they are regional fisheries management regulations, regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may only include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the quantity of sea fish that may be caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of time that fishing boats may spend at sea;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the landing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>bycatch;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>catching, landing or selling sea fish that are below a certain size;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>setting and enforcing targets relating to marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the design of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the use of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the retrieval of lost or discarded sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-j"><num>(j)</num><content><p>methods of sea fishing;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-k"><num>(k)</num><content><p>the processing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-l"><num>(l)</num><content><p>the use to which the Scottish Ministers may put information obtained in the exercise of their functions relating to fisheries or aquaculture;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-m"><num>(m)</num><content><p>the functions, objectives or regulation of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-n"><num>(n)</num><content><p>the marketing of fishery products (including labelling);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-o"><num>(o)</num><intro><p>keeping, disclosing or publishing accounts, records or other documents or information by persons involved in—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-o-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-o-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-p"><num>(p)</num><content><p>the use in aquaculture, or transport, of aquatic organisms that are members of an alien species or a locally absent species;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-4-q"><num>(q)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of any of matters mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this sub-paragraph.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In sub-paragraph (4) “<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations">regional fisheries management regulations</term>” means regulations that give effect (or change the way in which effect is given) to a requirement imposed on, or a recommendation made to, the United Kingdom (whether directly or indirectly)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>by, or pursuant to, a regional fisheries management agreement, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>by a regional fisheries management organisation.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Without prejudice to the generality of section 51(1)(b), regulations under this paragraph may make different provision in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fish or other animal,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different descriptions of fishing boat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-1-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different areas of the sea or inland waters.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-1-crossheading-paragraph-1-interpretation"><heading><i>Paragraph 1: interpretation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 1 and this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement">regional fisheries management agreement</term>” means an international agreement (including an international agreement to which the United Kingdom is not a party) the sole or main purpose of which is the conservation or management of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>straddling stocks,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>stocks of highly migratory species, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other marine stocks;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation">regional fisheries management organisation</term>” means an organisation (including an organisation of which the United Kingdom is not a member) established pursuant to a regional fisheries management agreement;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-equipment" eId="term-sea-fishing-equipment">sea fishing equipment</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing nets and any other equipment used in the course of sea fishing (including, for example, equipment used to navigate, or to deter animals that are not intended to be caught), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>equipment used to monitor sea fishing;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-traceability" eId="term-traceability">traceability</term>”, in relation to fishery products, means the ability of any person to discover information about how, where or when the fishery products were—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>caught, harvested or made, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>transported, stored or sold.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In the definition of “regional fisheries management agreement” in sub-paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-high-seas" eId="term-the-high-seas">the high seas</term>” has the same meaning as in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) (“UNCLOS”);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-straddling-stocks" eId="term-straddling-stocks">straddling stocks</term>” means stocks to which Article 63(2) of UNCLOS (stocks both in, and in area beyond and adjacent to, an EEZ) applies;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-highly-migratory-species" eId="term-highly-migratory-species">highly migratory species</term>” means a species listed in Annex 1 to UNCLOS.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of paragraph 6, an aquatic organism is a member of an “alien species” if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>it is located outside the known natural range, and the area of the natural dispersal potential, of the species or subspecies of which it is a member,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>it is a polyploid organism, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>it is a member of a fertile artificially hybridised species or subspecies.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of paragraph 6, an aquatic organism is a member of a “locally absent species” if it is located—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>within the known natural range of the species or subspecies of which it is a member, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in an area in which that species or subspecies is absent (in a wild state).</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-1-crossheading-power-to-make-provision-about-aquatic-animal-diseases"><heading><i>Power to make provision about aquatic animal diseases</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for the purpose of monitoring, controlling, preventing or eradicating diseases of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, include provision regulating the importation, exportation, movement, storage or handling of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>products derived from fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other thing that the Scottish Ministers consider may carry, or otherwise affect the prevalence of, a disease of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-1-crossheading-scope-of-regulations-under-paragraph-1-or-3"><heading><i>Scope of regulations under paragraph 1 or 3</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer a function, including a function involving the exercise of a discretion, on any person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>impose fees.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 may create a criminal offence, but not one punishable with imprisonment.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 may only include provision which would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if it were included in an Act of that Parliament.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 may not include provision modifying a function of the Secretary of State, or of any of the sea fish licensing authorities, under any of the provisions of sections 14 to 18 or Schedule 3 (licensing of fishing boats).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The reference in sub-paragraph (4) to “modifying” a function of a person under an enactment includes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>abolishing the function;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>changing the purpose or objective for which the function is exercised;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>changing the conditions under which the function is exercised.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The power to make regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 is capable of being exercised so as to amend, repeal or revoke any enactment (apart from sections 36 to 42, this Schedule, and section 52 so far as it applies for the purposes of those enactments).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-4-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>In sub-paragraph (6) “<term refersTo="#term-enactment" eId="term-enactment">enactment</term>” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-1-crossheading-procedural-requirements"><heading><i>Procedural requirements</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Before making regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 the Scottish Ministers must consult—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>such other persons likely to be affected by the regulations as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure if they contain provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>amending or repealing primary legislation;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>imposing fees;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>creating a criminal offence or increasing the penalty for, or widening the scope of, a criminal offence; or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>conferring functions on, modifying functions of, or otherwise relating to the regulation of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a producer organisation in the United Kingdom, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>an inter-branch organisation in the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subject to sub-paragraph (2) regulations under paragraph 1 or 3 are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-8-part-2"><num><b>PART 2</b></num><heading>Welsh Ministers</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-2-crossheading-power-to-make-provision-about-fisheries-aquaculture-etc"><heading><i>Power to make provision about fisheries, aquaculture etc</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for the purpose of implementing an international obligation of the United Kingdom relating to fisheries, fishing or aquaculture,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for a conservation purpose (see sub-paragraph (2)), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>for a fish industry purpose (see sub-paragraph (3)).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-conservation-purpose" eId="term-a-conservation-purpose">A conservation purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of conserving, improving or developing marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting the marine and aquatic environment from the effects of fishing or aquaculture, or of related activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting or improving the health of any fish or other aquatic animal.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-fish-industry-purpose" eId="term-a-fish-industry-purpose">A fish industry purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of promoting or developing commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of improving the traceability of fishery products;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of disseminating information about fishery products.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Except so far as they are regional fisheries management regulations, regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may only include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the quantity of sea fish that may be caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of time that fishing boats may spend at sea;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the landing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>bycatch;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>catching, landing or selling sea fish that are below a certain size;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>setting and enforcing targets relating to marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the design of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the use of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the retrieval of lost or discarded sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-j"><num>(j)</num><content><p>methods of sea fishing;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-k"><num>(k)</num><content><p>the processing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-l"><num>(l)</num><content><p>the use to which the Welsh Ministers may put information obtained in the exercise of their functions relating to fisheries or aquaculture;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-m"><num>(m)</num><content><p>the functions, objectives or regulation of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-n"><num>(n)</num><content><p>the marketing of fishery products (including labelling);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-o"><num>(o)</num><intro><p>keeping, disclosing or publishing accounts, records or other documents or information by persons involved in—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-o-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-o-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-p"><num>(p)</num><content><p>the use in aquaculture, or transport, of aquatic organisms that are members of an alien species or a locally absent species;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-4-q"><num>(q)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of any of matters mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this sub-paragraph.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In sub-paragraph (4) “<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations">regional fisheries management regulations</term>” means regulations that give effect (or change the way in which effect is given) to a requirement imposed on, or a recommendation made to, the United Kingdom (whether directly or indirectly)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>by, or pursuant to, a regional fisheries management agreement, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>by a regional fisheries management organisation.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Without prejudice to the generality of section 51(1)(b), regulations under this paragraph may make different provision in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fish or other animal,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different descriptions of fishing boat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-6-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different areas of the sea or inland waters.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-2-crossheading-paragraph-6-interpretation"><heading><i>Paragraph 6: interpretation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 6 and this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement">regional fisheries management agreement</term>” means an international agreement (including an international agreement to which the United Kingdom is not a party) the sole or main purpose of which is the conservation or management of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>straddling stocks,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>stocks of highly migratory species, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other marine stocks;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation">regional fisheries management organisation</term>” means an organisation (including an organisation of which the United Kingdom is not a member) established pursuant to a regional fisheries management agreement;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-equipment" eId="term-sea-fishing-equipment">sea fishing equipment</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing nets and any other equipment used in the course of sea fishing (including, for example, equipment used to navigate, or to deter animals that are not intended to be caught), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>equipment used to monitor sea fishing;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-traceability" eId="term-traceability">traceability</term>”, in relation to fishery products, means the ability of any person to discover information about how, where or when the fishery products were—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>caught, harvested or made, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>transported, stored or sold.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In the definition of “regional fisheries management agreement” in sub-paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-high-seas" eId="term-the-high-seas">the high seas</term>” has the same meaning as in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) (“UNCLOS”);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-straddling-stocks" eId="term-straddling-stocks">straddling stocks</term>” means stocks to which Article 63(2) of UNCLOS (stocks both in, and in area beyond and adjacent to, an EEZ) applies;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-highly-migratory-species" eId="term-highly-migratory-species">highly migratory species</term>” means a species listed in Annex 1 to UNCLOS.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of paragraph 6, an aquatic organism is a member of an “alien species” if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>it is located outside the known natural range, and the area of the natural dispersal potential, of the species or subspecies of which it is a member,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>it is a polyploid organism, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>it is a member of a fertile artificially hybridised species or subspecies.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of paragraph 6, an aquatic organism is a member of a “locally absent species” if it is located—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>within the known natural range of the species or subspecies of which it is a member, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-7-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in an area in which that species or subspecies is absent (in a wild state).</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-2-crossheading-power-to-make-provision-about-aquatic-animal-diseases"><heading><i>Power to make provision about aquatic animal diseases</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for the purpose of monitoring, controlling, preventing or eradicating diseases of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, include provision regulating the importation, exportation, movement, storage or handling of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>products derived from fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-8-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other thing that the Welsh Ministers consider may carry, or otherwise affect the prevalence of, a disease of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-2-crossheading-scope-of-regulations-under-paragraph-6-or-8"><heading><i>Scope of regulations under paragraph 6 or 8</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer a function, including a function involving the exercise of a discretion, on any person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>impose fees.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 may create a criminal offence, but not one punishable with imprisonment.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 may only include—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision which would be within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru if it were included in an Act of Senedd Cymru, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision extending to England and Wales so far as it relates to the regulation of sea fishing by Welsh fishing boats outside the Welsh zone.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Provision which does not fall within sub-paragraph (3)(a), but which would do so but for a requirement for the consent of a Minister of the Crown imposed under Schedule 7B to the Government of Wales Act 2006, may be included in regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 with the consent of the Secretary of State.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 may not include provision modifying a function of the Secretary of State, or of any of the sea fish licensing authorities, under any of the provisions of sections 14 to 18 or Schedule 3 (licensing of fishing boats).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The reference in sub-paragraph (5) to “modifying” a function of a person under an enactment includes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>abolishing the function;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>changing the purpose or objective for which the function is exercised;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>changing the conditions under which the function is exercised.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>A power to make regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 is capable of being exercised so as to amend, repeal or revoke any enactment (apart from sections 36 to 42, this Schedule, and section 52 so far as it applies for the purposes of those enactments).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-9-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In sub-paragraph (7) “<term refersTo="#term-enactment" eId="term-enactment">enactment</term>” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-2-crossheading-procedural-requirements"><heading><i>Procedural requirements</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Before making regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 the Welsh Ministers must consult—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Northern Ireland department, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>such other persons likely to be affected by the regulations as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure if they contain provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>amending or repealing primary legislation;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>imposing fees;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>creating a criminal offence or increasing the penalty for, or widening the scope of, a criminal offence; or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>conferring functions on, modifying functions of, or otherwise relating to the regulation of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a producer organisation in the United Kingdom, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>an inter-branch organisation in the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-10-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subject to sub-paragraph (2) regulations under paragraph 6 or 8 are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-8-part-3"><num><b>PART 3</b></num><heading>The Northern Ireland department</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-3-crossheading-power-to-make-provision-about-fisheries-aquaculture-etc"><heading><i>Power to make provision about fisheries, aquaculture etc</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Northern Ireland department may by regulations make provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>for the purpose of implementing an international obligation of the United Kingdom relating to fisheries, fishing or aquaculture,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for a conservation purpose (see sub-paragraph (2)), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>for a fish industry purpose (see sub-paragraph (3)).</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-conservation-purpose" eId="term-a-conservation-purpose">A conservation purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of conserving, improving or developing marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting the marine and aquatic environment from the effects of fishing or aquaculture, or of related activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of protecting or improving the health of any fish or other aquatic animal.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-a-fish-industry-purpose" eId="term-a-fish-industry-purpose">A fish industry purpose</term>” means any of the following—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the purpose of promoting or developing commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the purpose of improving the traceability of fishery products;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the purpose of disseminating information about fishery products.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Except so far as they are regional fisheries management regulations, regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may only include provision about—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the quantity of sea fish that may be caught;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the amount of time that fishing boats may spend at sea;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the landing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>bycatch;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-e"><num>(e)</num><content><p>catching, landing or selling sea fish that are below a certain size;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-f"><num>(f)</num><content><p>setting and enforcing targets relating to marine stocks;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-g"><num>(g)</num><content><p>the design of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-h"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the use of sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the retrieval of lost or discarded sea fishing equipment;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-j"><num>(j)</num><content><p>methods of sea fishing;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-k"><num>(k)</num><content><p>the processing of sea fish;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-l"><num>(l)</num><content><p>the use to which the Northern Ireland department may put information obtained in the exercise of its functions relating to fisheries or aquaculture;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-m"><num>(m)</num><content><p>the functions, objectives or regulation of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-n"><num>(n)</num><content><p>the marketing of fishery products (including labelling);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-o"><num>(o)</num><intro><p>keeping, disclosing or publishing accounts, records or other documents or information by persons involved in—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-o-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>commercial fish or aquaculture activities, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-o-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of commercial fish or aquaculture activities;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-p"><num>(p)</num><content><p>the use in aquaculture, or transport, of aquatic organisms that are members of an alien species or a locally absent species;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-4-q"><num>(q)</num><content><p>monitoring, or enforcing, compliance with the regulation of any of matters mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this sub-paragraph.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In sub-paragraph (4) “<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-regulations">regional fisheries management regulations</term>” means regulations that give effect (or change the way in which effect is given) to a requirement imposed on, or a recommendation made to, the United Kingdom (whether directly or indirectly)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>by, or pursuant to, a regional fisheries management agreement, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>by a regional fisheries management organisation.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Without prejudice to the generality of section 51(1)(b), regulations under this paragraph may make different provision in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fish or other animal,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different descriptions of fishing boat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-11-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different areas of the sea or inland waters.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-3-crossheading-paragraph-11-interpretation"><heading><i>Paragraph 11: interpretation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 11 and this paragraph—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-agreement">regional fisheries management agreement</term>” means an international agreement (including an international agreement to which the United Kingdom is not a party) the sole or main purpose of which is the conservation or management of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>straddling stocks,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>stocks of highly migratory species, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other marine stocks;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation" eId="term-regional-fisheries-management-organisation">regional fisheries management organisation</term>” means an organisation (including an organisation of which the United Kingdom is not a member) established pursuant to a regional fisheries management agreement;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fishing-equipment" eId="term-sea-fishing-equipment">sea fishing equipment</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fishing nets and any other equipment used in the course of sea fishing (including, for example, equipment used to navigate, or to deter animals that are not intended to be caught), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>equipment used to monitor sea fishing;</p></content></level></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-traceability" eId="term-traceability">traceability</term>”, in relation to fishery products, means the ability of any person to discover information about how, where or when the fishery products were—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>caught, harvested or made, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>transported, stored or sold.</p></content></level></hcontainer></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In the definition of “regional fisheries management agreement” in sub-paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-high-seas" eId="term-the-high-seas">the high seas</term>” has the same meaning as in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) (“UNCLOS”);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-straddling-stocks" eId="term-straddling-stocks">straddling stocks</term>” means stocks to which Article 63(2) of UNCLOS (stocks both in, and in area beyond and adjacent to, an EEZ) applies;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-highly-migratory-species" eId="term-highly-migratory-species">highly migratory species</term>” means a species listed in Annex 1 to UNCLOS.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of paragraph 11, an aquatic organism is a member of an “alien species” if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>it is located outside the known natural range, and the area of the natural dispersal potential, of the species or subspecies of which it is a member,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>it is a polyploid organism, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>it is a member of a fertile artificially hybridised species or subspecies.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of paragraph 11, an aquatic organism is a member of a “locally absent species” if it is located—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>within the known natural range of the species or subspecies of which it is a member, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-12-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in an area in which that species or subspecies is absent (in a wild state).</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-3-crossheading-power-to-make-provision-about-aquatic-animal-diseases"><heading><i>Power to make provision about aquatic animal diseases</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-13-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Northern Ireland department may by regulations make provision for the purpose of monitoring, controlling, preventing or eradicating diseases of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-13-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, include provision regulating the importation, exportation, movement, storage or handling of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-13-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-13-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>products derived from fish or other aquatic animals;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-13-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any other thing that the Northern Ireland department considers may carry, or otherwise affect the prevalence of, a disease of fish or other aquatic animals.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-3-crossheading-scope-of-regulations-under-paragraph-11-or-13"><heading><i>Scope of regulations under paragraph 11 or 13</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 may—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>confer a function, including a function involving the exercise of a discretion, on any person, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>impose fees.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 may create a criminal offence, but not one punishable with imprisonment.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 may only include provision which would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly if it were included in an Act of that Assembly.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 may not include provision modifying a function of the Secretary of State, or of any of the sea fish licensing authorities, under any of the provisions of sections 14 to 18 or Schedule 3 (licensing of fishing boats).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The reference in sub-paragraph (4) to “modifying” a function of a person under an enactment includes—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>abolishing the function;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>changing the purpose or objective for which the function is exercised;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>changing the conditions under which the function is exercised.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>A power to make regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 is capable of being exercised so as to amend, repeal or revoke any enactment (apart from sections 36 to 42, this Schedule and section 52 so far as it applies for the purposes of those enactments).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-14-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>In sub-paragraph (6) “<term refersTo="#term-enactment" eId="term-enactment">enactment</term>” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-8-part-3-crossheading-procedural-requirements"><heading><i>Procedural requirements</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Before making regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 the Northern Ireland department must consult—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>such other persons likely to be affected by the regulations as the Northern Ireland department considers appropriate.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure if they contain provision—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>amending or repealing primary legislation;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>imposing fees;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>creating a criminal offence or increasing the penalty for, or widening the scope of, a criminal offence; or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-2-d"><num>(d)</num><intro><p>conferring functions on, modifying functions of, or otherwise relating to the regulation of—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-2-d-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a producer organisation in the United Kingdom, or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-2-d-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>an inter-branch organisation in the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-8-paragraph-15-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subject to sub-paragraph (2), regulations under paragraph 11 or 13 are subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></part></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-9"><num>SCHEDULE 9<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 47</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Conservation of seals</heading><part eId="schedule-9-part-1"><num><b>PART 1</b></num><heading>Amendments of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>The Conservation of Seals Act 1970 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 12.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><p><mod>For section 1 (prohibited methods of killing seals) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>1</num><heading>Prohibition of the killing, injuring or taking of seals</heading><content><p>A person commits an offence if the person intentionally or recklessly kills, injures or takes a seal.</p></content></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p>Omit section 2 (close seasons for seals).</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p>Omit section 3 (orders prohibiting killing seals).</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>In section 4 (apprehension of offenders and powers of search and seizure), in subsection (1), in paragraph (c) for “seal, seal skin, firearm, ammunition or poisonous” substitute <quotedText>“ seal, item or ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>In section 6 (forfeitures), for the words from “any seal or seal” to the end substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any seal or seal skin in respect of which the offence was committed;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any item (but not a vehicle or boat) or substance used in connection with the commission of the offence;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>any seal, seal skin, poisonous or explosive substance, explosive article, firearm or ammunition, in the person's possession at the time of the offence.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><intro><p>In section 8 (attempt to commit offence), in subsection (2)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “poisonous” insert <quotedText>“ or explosive ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after “substance” insert <quotedText>“ , any explosive article ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-7-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>omit “the use of which is prohibited by section 1(1)(b) of this Act”.</p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><intro><p>In section 9 (general exceptions)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “2 or 3” substitute <quotedText>“ 1 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in paragraph (a), omit “otherwise than by his act”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>omit paragraphs (b) and (c);</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in subsection (2)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, 2 or 3”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-8-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “otherwise than by his act”.</p></content></level></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><intro><p>In section 10 (power to grant licences)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-9-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in subsection (1), in paragraph (c)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-9-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraphs (i) and (iii) (but not the “or” after paragraph (iii));</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-9-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (ii) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para2"><num>(iia)</num><content><p>the protection of animal or human health or public safety,</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after subsection (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><content><p>Nothing in subsection (1) is to be read as authorising the grant of a licence for the purpose of the protection, promotion or development of commercial fish or aquaculture activities within the meaning of the Fisheries Act 2020 (see section 52 of that Act).</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><intro><p>In section 11 (entry upon land)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-10-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in subsection (1), omit paragraph (b);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-10-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in subsection (2), omit paragraph (d);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-10-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in subsection (4)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-10-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit the words from “, or in the” to “28 days' notice,”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-10-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit the words from “; and in the case” to the end;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-10-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>omit subsection (5).</p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p>Omit section 14 (orders).</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><content><p><mod>In section 15 (interpretation), at the appropriate places insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-explosive-article">explosive article</term>” means an article (for example, a bomb or a firework) containing one or more explosive substances;</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p><p><mod><quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-explosive-substance">explosive substance</term>” means a substance or preparation, not including a substance or preparation in a solely gaseous form or in the form of vapour, which is —</p><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>capable by chemical reaction in itself of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as could cause damage to surroundings; or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke, or a combination of these as a result of a non-detonative, self-sustaining, exothermic chemical reaction;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p><p><mod><quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-preparation">preparation</term>” means a mixture of two or more substances or a solution of any substance or substances;</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph></part><part eId="schedule-9-part-2"><num><b>PART 2</b></num><heading>Amendments of the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><content><p>The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (1985/171 (N.I. 2)) is amended in accordance with paragraphs 14 to 19.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><content><p><mod>In Article 10 (protection of certain wild animals), in paragraph (4A), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a seal (pinniped), or</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><intro><p>In Article 11 (exceptions to Article 10)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-15-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>Article 5(5) (as it applies to Article 10 by virtue of paragraph (1)) applies in relation to seals (pinnipedia) as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) the words “otherwise than by his unlawful act” were omitted, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>sub-paragraph (c) were omitted.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-9-paragraph-15-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>Paragraph (3) applies in relation to seals (pinnipedia) as if “or to fisheries” were omitted.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><content><p><mod>In Article 18 (power to grant licences), after paragraph (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(3ZA)</num><content><p>But a licence may not be granted under paragraph (3) that permits the killing, injuring or taking of seals (pinnipedia) for the purpose of preventing damage to fisheries.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><content><p><mod>In Schedule 5 (animals which are protected at all times), in the table, for the entries for “Seal, common” and “Seal, grey” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default"><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:colgroup><default:col style="width:50%"/><default:col style="width:50%"/></default:colgroup><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Seal</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Pinniped</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><content><p><mod>In Schedule 6 (animals which may not be killed or taken by certain methods), in the table, for the entries for “Seal, common” and “Seal, grey” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default"><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:colgroup><default:col style="width:50%"/><default:col style="width:50%"/></default:colgroup><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Seal</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Pinniped</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-9-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><content><p><mod>In Schedule 7 (animals which may not be sold alive or dead at any time), in the table, for the entries for “Seal, common” and “Seal, grey” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default"><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:colgroup><default:col style="width:50%"/><default:col style="width:50%"/></default:colgroup><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Seal</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Pinniped</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></part></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-10"><num>SCHEDULE 10<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 48</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Amendments of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009</heading><part eId="schedule-10-part-1"><num><b>PART 1</b></num><heading>General powers and duties of the Marine Management Organisation</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 24 (research) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>The MMO must, at the request of the Secretary of State—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>undertake research into any international marine matter, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>commission or support (by financial means or otherwise) research into any such matter;</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>and may, in complying with such a request, undertake, commission or support research with other bodies or persons.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><content><p>The MMO must, at the request of the Secretary of State, make the results of any research under subsection (2A) available to any person.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (3), after “Subsection (2)” insert <quotedText>“ or (2A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section a matter is an “international marine matter” if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>it relates to an area outside the UK marine area, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the MMO has power under subsection (1)(a) to undertake research into a corresponding matter that relates to the UK marine area or an area within it.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>References in this section to the functions of the MMO are to functions exercisable by or on behalf of the MMO (including functions that the MMO performs under an agreement under section 14, and functions that any other body performs under an agreement under section 15).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><content><p>References in this section to a person include a person outside the United Kingdom.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 25 (advice, assistance and training facilities) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>The MMO must, at the request of the Secretary of State, provide advice to any person (including a person outside the United Kingdom) on any international marine matter that is within its knowledge or experience.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The MMO must, at the request of the Secretary of State, provide any person outside the United Kingdom with—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>assistance, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the use of training facilities,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>as respects any matter of which the MMO has knowledge or experience.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section a matter is an “international marine matter” if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>it relates to an area outside the UK marine area, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the MMO has power under subsection (3)(a) (on request) to provide advice on a corresponding matter that relates to the UK marine area or an area within it.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>References in this section to the functions of the MMO are to functions exercisable by or on behalf of the MMO (including functions that the MMO performs under an agreement under section 14, and functions that any other body performs under an agreement under section 15).</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 26 (provision of information etc) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>The MMO must, at the request of the Secretary of State—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>publish documents or provide information about any international marine matter, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>assist in the publication of such documents or the provision of such information.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (2), at the end insert <quotedText>“ or the duty imposed by subsection (1A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section a matter is an “international marine matter” if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>it relates to an area outside the UK marine area, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the MMO has power under subsection (1)(a) to publish documents or provide information about a corresponding matter that relates to the UK marine area or an area within it.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>References in this section to the functions of the MMO are to functions exercisable by or on behalf of the MMO (including functions that the MMO performs under an agreement under section 14, and functions that any other body performs under an agreement under section 15).</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><intro><p>In section 27 (power to charge for services), in subsection (3)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (b), after “24(2)” insert <quotedText>“ or (2B) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in paragraph (c), for “or (4)” substitute “, (3A), (4) or (5)”.</p></content></level></paragraph></part><part eId="schedule-10-part-2"><num><b>PART 2</b></num><heading>Powers relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p>The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 7 to 31.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content><p><mod>In the heading of Chapter 1 of Part 5, after “marine conservation zones” insert <quotedText>“ and management of sea fisheries ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 117 (grounds for designation of MCZs) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (4), for “The reference in subsection (1)(a)” substitute <quotedText>“ Any reference in this Chapter ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (5), for “The references in subsection (1)(a) and (b)” substitute <quotedText>“ Any reference in this Chapter ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-8-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (6), after “Any reference” insert <quotedText>“ in this Chapter ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p><mod>In the italic heading before section 129, for “protection of MCZs etc: England” substitute <quotedText>“ marine conservation: England and the English offshore region ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p><mod>In section 129 (byelaws for protections of MCZs in England), in subsection (7), for “subject to specified exceptions” substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subject to specified exceptions or conditions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>so as to cease to have effect after a specified period.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p><mod>After section 129 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>129A</num><heading>Byelaws relating to exploitation of sea fisheries resources: England</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The MMO may make one or more byelaws relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in England for the purposes of conserving—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>marine flora or fauna, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>marine habitats or types of marine habitat.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>A byelaw under this section may be made so as to apply to any area in England.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>A byelaw under this section must specify the flora or fauna, or habitat or type of habitat, for the conservation of which the byelaw is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The provision that may be made by a byelaw under this section includes provision that prohibits, restricts or otherwise interferes with the exercise of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a right of several fishery;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any right on, to or over any portion of the seashore that is enjoyed by a person under a local or special Act, a Royal charter, letters patent or by prescription or immemorial usage.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>But the MMO may make a byelaw that prohibits, or significantly restricts or interferes with, a right referred to in subsection (4), only if the person who enjoys the right consents.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to the exercise of such a right in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a site of special scientific interest, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a national nature reserve declared in accordance with section 35 of that Act,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a Ramsar site, within the meaning of section 37A of that Act,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>a European marine site, within the meaning of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>an MCZ.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>See also section 129C (supplementary).</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>129B</num><heading>Byelaws relating to exploitation of sea fisheries resources: English offshore region</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The MMO may make one or more byelaws relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the English offshore region for the purposes of conserving—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>marine flora or fauna,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>marine habitats or types of marine habitat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>features of geological or geomorphological interest.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>A byelaw under this section may be made so as to apply to any area in the English offshore region.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>A byelaw under this section must specify the flora or fauna, habitat or type of habitat or features for the conservation of which it is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>See also section 129C (supplementary).</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>129C</num><heading>Byelaws under sections 129A and 129B: supplementary</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content><p>The provision that may be made by a byelaw under section 129A or 129B includes, in particular, provision falling within any of the Heads set out in subsections (2) to (4).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Head 1 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting such exploitation in specified areas or during specified periods;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of sea fisheries resources a person or vessel may take in a specified period;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of time a person or vessel may spend fishing for or taking sea fisheries resources in a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Head 2 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources without a permit issued by the MMO, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision for the charging of fees for permits;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision enabling conditions to be attached to a permit;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision enabling the MMO to limit the number of permits issued by it.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Head 3 is—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the use of vessels of specified descriptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting any method of exploiting sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the possession, use, retention on board, storage or transportation of specified items, or items of a specified description, that are used in the exploitation of sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>provision for determining whether such items are items of a specified description.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>A byelaw under section 129A or 129B may be made—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subject to specified exceptions or conditions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>so as to cease to have effect after a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>A byelaw under section 129A or 129B may make different provision for different cases, including in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different times of the year,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different means or methods of carrying out an activity, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fisheries resources.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-specified">specified</term>” means specified in the byelaw.</p></content></subsection></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 130 (byelaws: procedure) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1) after “129” insert <quotedText>“ , 129A or 129B ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (2), after “the byelaw” insert <quotedText>“ is made under section 129 or 129A and ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>If the byelaw is made under section 129B and—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the byelaw would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Welsh offshore region, the MMO must send a copy of a draft of the byelaw to the Welsh Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the byelaw would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Scottish offshore region, the MMO must send a copy of a draft of the byelaw to the Scottish Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the byelaw would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Northern Ireland offshore region, the MMO must send a copy of a draft of the byelaw to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-12-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In subsections (8) and (9), after “129” insert <quotedText>“ , 129A or 129B ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-12-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (11), for the words from “where” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ in relation to a byelaw made by virtue of section 131 (emergency byelaws) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-13-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 131 (emergency byelaws) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1), after “that purpose” insert <quotedText>“ under section 129 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-13-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><content><p>Where the MMO thinks that there is an urgent need to protect the English offshore region, a byelaw made by it under section 129B for that purpose has effect without being confirmed by the Secretary of State.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-13-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (8)(a), after “MCZ” insert <quotedText>“ , or under section 129B in respect of the English offshore region, ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-14-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 132 (interim byelaws) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-14-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>The MMO may make one or more byelaws relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the English offshore region for the purpose of protecting any feature in an area in that region if the MMO thinks—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that there are or may be reasons for the Secretary of State to consider whether to designate the area as an MCZ, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that there is an urgent need to protect the feature.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-14-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (2), after “subsection (1)” insert <quotedText>“ or (1A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-14-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (4), for “an interim byelaw” substitute <quotedText>“ a byelaw made under subsection (1) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-14-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4A)</num><content><p>Section 129C applies to a byelaw made under subsection (1A) as it applies to a byelaw made under section 129A or 129B.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 133 (further provision) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-15-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1) for “or 132” substitute <quotedText>“ , 129A, 129B or 132(1) or (1A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-15-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (3), after “applies” insert <quotedText>“ is made under section 129, 129A or 132(1) and ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-15-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (3) insert —<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><intro><p>If the byelaw is made under section 129B or 132(1A) and—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the byelaw will or may affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Welsh offshore region, the MMO must send a copy of the byelaw to the Welsh Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the byelaw will or may affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Scottish offshore region, the MMO must send a copy of the byelaw to the Scottish Ministers;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the byelaw will or may affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Northern Ireland offshore region, the MMO must send a copy of the byelaw to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-15-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (6) after “129” insert <quotedText>“ or 129A ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-15-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (6) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(6A)</num><content><p>In the case of a byelaw made under section 129B in accordance with section 130, subsection (3A) applies only after the byelaw has been confirmed under section 130(8).</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><content><p><mod>In the italic heading before section 134, for “protection of MCZs etc: Wales” substitute <quotedText>“ marine conservation: Wales and the Welsh offshore region ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><content><p><mod>After section 134 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>134A</num><heading>Orders relating to exploitation of sea fisheries resources: Wales</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Welsh Ministers may make one or more orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in Wales for the purposes of conserving—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>marine flora or fauna, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>marine habitats or types of marine habitat.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>An order under this section may be made so as to apply to any area in Wales.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>An order under this section must specify the flora or fauna, or habitat or type of habitat, for the conservation of which the order is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The provision that may be made by an order under this section includes provision that prohibits, restricts or otherwise interferes with the exercise of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a right of several fishery;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any right on, to or over any portion of the seashore that is enjoyed by a person under a local or special Act, a Royal charter, letters patent or by prescription or immemorial usage.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>But the Welsh Ministers may make an order that prohibits, or significantly restricts or interferes with, a right referred to in subsection (4), only if the person who enjoys the right consents.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to the exercise of such a right in relation to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a site of special scientific interest, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a national nature reserve declared in accordance with section 35 of that Act,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a Ramsar site, within the meaning of section 37A of that Act,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>a European marine site, within the meaning of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>an MCZ.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>See also section 134C (supplementary).</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>134B</num><heading>Orders relating to exploitation of sea fisheries resources: Welsh offshore region</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Welsh Ministers may make one or more orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Welsh offshore region for the purposes of conserving—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>marine flora or fauna,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>marine habitats or types of marine habitat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>features of geological or geomorphological interest.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>An order under this section may be made so as to apply to any area in the Welsh offshore region.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>An order under this section must specify the flora or fauna, habitat or type of habitat or features for the conservation of which it is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>See also section 134C (supplementary).</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>134C</num><heading>Orders under sections 134A and 134B: supplementary</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content><p>The provision that may be made by an order under section 134A or 134B includes, in particular, provision falling within any of the Heads set out in subsections (2) to (4).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Head 1 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting such exploitation in specified areas or during specified periods;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of sea fisheries resources a person or vessel may take in a specified period;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of time a person or vessel may spend fishing for or taking sea fisheries resources in a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Head 2 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources without a permit issued by the Welsh Ministers, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision for the charging of fees for permits;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision enabling conditions to be attached to a permit;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision enabling the Welsh Ministers to limit the number of permits issued by them.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Head 3 is—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the use of vessels of specified descriptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting any method of exploiting sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the possession, use, retention on board, storage or transportation of specified items, or items of a specified description, that are used in the exploitation of sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>provision for determining whether such items are items of a specified description.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>An order under section 134A or 134B may be made—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subject to specified exceptions or conditions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>so as to cease to have effect after a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>An order under section 134A or 134B may make different provision for different cases, including in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different times of the year,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different means or methods of carrying out an activity, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fisheries resources.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-specified">specified</term>” means specified in the order.</p></content></subsection></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 135 (consultation) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In the heading, after “134” insert <quotedText>“ , 134A or 134B ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1), after “section 134” insert <quotedText>“ or 134A ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>Before making an order under section 134B the Welsh Ministers must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>consult the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the English offshore region, consult the MMO,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Scottish offshore region, consult the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Northern Ireland offshore region, consult the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>consult any other person whom they think fit to consult.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (2), after “134” insert <quotedText>“ , 134A or 134B ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In subsection (4)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for “in order to protect an MCZ” substitute <quotedText>“ , 134A or 134B ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-18-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraph (a) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subsections (1) and (1A) do not apply in relation to the making of that order, and</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-19-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 136 (interim orders) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-19-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>The Welsh Ministers may make one or more orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Welsh offshore region for the purpose of protecting any feature in an area in that region if they think—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that there are or may be reasons to consider whether to designate the area as an MCZ, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that there is an urgent need to protect the feature.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-19-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (2), after “subsection (1)” insert <quotedText>“ or (1A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-19-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (4), for “an interim order” substitute <quotedText>“ an order made under subsection (1) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-19-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (4) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(4A)</num><content><p>Section 134C applies to an order made under subsection (1A) as it applies to an order made under section 134A or 134B.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-20" class="schProv1"><num>20</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-20-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 137 (further provision) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-20-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In the heading, after “134” insert <quotedText>“ 134A, 134B ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-20-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1), for “or 136” substitute <quotedText>“ , 134A, 134B or 136(1) or (1A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-20-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (2), at the end insert <quotedText>“ and (in the case of an order under section 134B) to any person consulted under section 135(1A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-21" class="schProv1"><num>21</num><content><p><mod>After section 137 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock"><heading><i>Orders for marine conservation: Scottish offshore region</i></heading><section><num>137A</num><heading>Orders relating to exploitation of sea fisheries resources: Scottish offshore region</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Scottish Ministers may make one or more orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Scottish offshore region for the purposes of conserving—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>marine flora or fauna,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>marine habitats or types of marine habitat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>features of geological or geomorphological interest.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>An order under this section may be made so as to apply to any area in the Scottish offshore region.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>An order under this section must specify the flora or fauna, habitat or type of habitat or features for the conservation of which it is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>The provision that may be made by an order under this section includes, in particular, provision falling within any of the Heads set out in subsections (5) to (7).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>Head 1 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting such exploitation in specified areas or during specified periods;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of sea fisheries resources a person or vessel may take in a specified period;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of time a person or vessel may spend fishing for or taking sea fisheries resources in a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Head 2 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources without a permit issued by the Scottish Ministers, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision for the charging of fees for permits;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision enabling conditions to be attached to a permit;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision enabling the Scottish Ministers to limit the number of permits issued by it.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><intro><p>Head 3 is—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the use of vessels of specified descriptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting any method of exploiting sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the possession, use, retention on board, storage or transportation of specified items, or items of a specified description, that are used in the exploitation of sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>provision for determining whether such items are items of a specified description.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(8)</num><intro><p>An order under this section may be made—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subject to specified exceptions or conditions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>so as to cease to have effect after a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(9)</num><intro><p>An order under this section may make different provision for different cases, including in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different times of the year,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different means or methods of carrying out an activity, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fisheries resources.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(10)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-specified">specified</term>” means specified in the order.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(11)</num><content><p>An order under this section that contains provision for the charging of fees for permits (including provision changing the level of fees) is subject to the affirmative procedure (see Part 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010) (asp 10)).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(12)</num><content><p>Any other order under this section is subject to the negative procedure (see that Part of that Act).</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>137B</num><heading>Consultation etc regarding orders under section 137A</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Before making an order under section 137A the Scottish Ministers must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>consult the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the English offshore region, consult the MMO,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Welsh offshore region, consult the Welsh Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Northern Ireland offshore region, consult the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>consult any other person whom they think fit to consult.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers must publish notice of the making of an order under section 137A.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The notice under subsection (2) must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>be published in such manner as the Scottish Ministers think is most likely to bring the order to the attention of any persons who are likely to be affected by the making of it;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>give an address at which a copy of the order may be inspected.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the Scottish Ministers think that there is an urgent need to make an order under section 137A to protect the Scottish offshore region—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subsection (1) does not apply, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the notice under subsection (2) must also state that any person affected by the making of the order may make representations to the Scottish Ministers.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>Where in reliance on subsection (4)(a) the Scottish Ministers do not comply with subsection (1) before making an order under section 137A, that order—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>comes into force on a date specified in the order, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>remains in force (unless revoked) for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as is specified in the order.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers may by further order extend the period for which an order to which subsection (5) applies is in force for a period not exceeding 12 months.</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>137C</num><heading>Interim orders made by Scottish Ministers</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Scottish Ministers may make one or more orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Scottish offshore region for the purpose of protecting any feature in any area in that region if they think—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that there are or may be reasons to consider whether to designate the area as an MCZ, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that there is an urgent need to protect the feature.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>An interim order under this section must contain a description of the boundaries of the area to which it applies (which must be no greater than is necessary for the purpose of protecting the feature in question).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subsections (4) to (10) of section 137A apply to an interim order under this section.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>An interim order under this section—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>comes into force on a date specified in the order, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>remains in force (unless revoked) for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as is specified in the order.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers must publish notice of the making of an interim order under this section.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The notice under subsection (5) must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>be published in such manner as the Scottish Ministers think is most likely to bring the order to the attention of any persons who are likely to be affected by the making of it;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>give an address at which a copy of the order may be inspected;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>state that any person affected by the making of the order may make representations to the Scottish Ministers.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers must keep under review the need for an interim order under this section to remain in force.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(8)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers may by further order extend the period for which an interim order remains in force.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(9)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-feature">feature</term>” means any flora, fauna, habitat or feature which could be a protected feature if the area in question were designated as an MCZ.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(10)</num><content><p>An order under this section is subject to the negative procedure (see Part 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010) (asp 10)).</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>137D</num><heading>Further provision as to orders made under section 137A or 137C</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content><p>This section applies to any order made under section 137A or 137C.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Scottish Ministers must send a copy of any order to which this section applies to the Secretary of State and to any person consulted under section 137B(2).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The Scottish Ministers must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>make a copy of any order to which this section applies available for inspection at such place as they think fit for that purpose at all reasonable hours without payment;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provide a copy of any such order to any person who requests one.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>An order to which this section applies may be amended or revoked by a further order.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock"><heading><i>Orders for marine conservation: Northern Ireland offshore region</i></heading><section><num>137E</num><heading>Orders relating to exploitation of sea fisheries resources: Northern Ireland offshore region</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Department may make one or more orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Northern Ireland offshore region for the purposes of conserving—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>marine flora or fauna,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>marine habitats or types of marine habitat, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>features of geological or geomorphological interest.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>An order under this section may be made so as to apply to any area in the Northern Ireland offshore region.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>An order under this section must specify the flora or fauna, habitat or type of habitat or features for the conservation of which it is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>The provision that may be made by an order under this section includes, in particular, provision falling within any of the Heads set out in subsections (5) to (7).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>Head 1 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting such exploitation in specified areas or during specified periods;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of sea fisheries resources a person or vessel may take in a specified period;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision limiting the amount of time a person or vessel may spend fishing for or taking sea fisheries resources in a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>Head 2 is provision prohibiting or restricting the exploitation of sea fisheries resources without a permit issued by the Department, including—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision for the charging of fees for permits;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision enabling conditions to be attached to a permit;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision enabling the Department to limit the number of permits issued by it.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><intro><p>Head 3 is—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the use of vessels of specified descriptions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting any method of exploiting sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>provision prohibiting or restricting the possession, use, retention on board, storage or transportation of specified items, or items of a specified description, that are used in the exploitation of sea fisheries resources;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>provision for determining whether such items are items of a specified description.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(8)</num><intro><p>An order under this section may be made—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subject to specified exceptions or conditions;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>so as to cease to have effect after a specified period.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(9)</num><intro><p>An order under this section may make different provision for different cases, including in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>different times of the year,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different means or methods of carrying out an activity, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>different descriptions of sea fisheries resources.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(10)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-specified">specified</term>” means specified in the order.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(11)</num><content><p>In this section, and in sections 137F to 137H, “<term refersTo="#term-the-department">the Department</term>” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>137F</num><heading>Consultation etc regarding orders under section 137E</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Before making an order under section 137E the Department must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>consult the Secretary of State,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the English offshore region, consult the MMO,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Scottish offshore region, consult the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>if the order would or might affect the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Welsh offshore region, consult the Welsh Ministers, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>consult any other person whom they think fit to consult.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Department must publish notice of the making of an order under section 137E.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The notice under subsection (2) must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>be published in such manner as the Department think is most likely to bring the order to the attention of any persons who are likely to be affected by the making of it;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>give an address at which a copy of the order may be inspected.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the Department think that there is an urgent need to make an order under section 137E to protect the Northern Ireland offshore region—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>subsection (1) does not apply,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the notice under subsection (2) must also state that any person affected by the making of the order may make representations to the Department.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>Where in reliance on subsection (4)(a) the Department does not comply with subsection (1) before making an order under section 137A, that order—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>comes into force on a date specified in the order, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>remains in force (unless revoked) for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as is specified in the order.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><content><p>The Department may by further order extend the period for which an order to which subsection (5) applies is in force for a period not exceeding 6 months.”</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>137G</num><heading>Interim orders made by the Department</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>The Department may make one or more orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the Northern Ireland offshore region for the purpose of protecting any feature in any area in that region if the Department thinks—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the appropriate authority should consider whether to designate the area as an MCZ, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that there is an urgent need to protect the feature.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>An interim order under this section must contain a description of the boundaries of the area to which it applies (which must be no greater than is necessary for the purpose of protecting the feature in question).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subsections (4) to (10) of section 137E apply to an interim order under this section.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>An interim order under this section—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>comes into force on a date specified in the order, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>remains in force (unless revoked) for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as is specified in the order.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>The Department may by further order extend the period for which the interim order is in force for a period not exceeding 6 months.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><content><p>The Department must publish notice of the making of an interim order under this section.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><intro><p>The notice under subsection (6) must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>be published in such manner as the Department think is most likely to bring the order to the attention of any persons who are likely to be affected by the making of it;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>give an address at which a copy of the order may be inspected;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>state that any person affected by the making of the order may make representations to the Department.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(8)</num><content><p>The Department must keep under review the need for an interim order under this section to remain in force.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(9)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-feature">feature</term>” means any flora, fauna, habitat or feature which could be a protected feature if the area in question were designated as an MCZ.</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>137H</num><heading>Further provision as to orders made under section 137E or 137G</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content><p>This section applies to any order made under section 137E or 137G.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Department must send a copy of any order to which this section applies to the Secretary of State and to any person consulted under section 137F(2).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The Department must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>make a copy of any order to which this section applies available for inspection at such place as the Department thinks fit for that purpose at all reasonable hours without payment;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>provide a copy of any such order to any person who requests one.</p></content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22" class="schProv1"><num>22</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 138 (hearings) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In the heading, omit “by Secretary of State or Welsh Ministers”.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1)(a) for “section 129” substitute <quotedText>“ this Chapter ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In subsection (2)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (a), after “134” insert <quotedText>“ , 134A or 134B ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (b), after “136(1)” insert <quotedText>“ or (1A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>This section also applies where the Scottish Ministers have the function of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>deciding whether to make an order under section 137A;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>deciding whether to make an order under section 137C.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2B)</num><intro><p>This section also applies where the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland has the function of —</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>deciding whether to make an order under section 137E;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>deciding whether to make an order under section 137G.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-22-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In subsections (3), (4) and (5), after “Welsh Ministers” insert <quotedText>“ , the Scottish Ministers or the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-23" class="schProv1"><num>23</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-23-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 139 (offences) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-23-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-23-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (a), for “or 132(1)” substitute <quotedText>“ , 129A, 129B or 132(1) or (1A) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-23-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (b), for “or 136(1)” substitute <quotedText>“ , 134A, 134B, 136(1) or (1A), 137A, 137C, 137E or 137G ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-23-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>For subsection (2) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A person who is guilty of an offence under this section in respect of a contravention of—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a byelaw made under section 129 or 129A,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a byelaw made under section 132(1),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>an order made under section 134 or 134A, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>an order made under section 136(1),</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>A person who is guilty of an offence under this section in respect of a contravention of a byelaw or order not specified in subsection (2) is liable—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on summary conviction, to a fine (in Scotland or Northern Ireland, not exceeding the statutory maximum).</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-23-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (4), for “England and Wales” substitute <quotedText>“ the United Kingdom ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-24" class="schProv1"><num>24</num><content><p><mod>In section 141 (exceptions), in subsection (1)(c)(i), for “or 134(4)” substitute <quotedText>“ 129C(3), 134(4), 134C(3), 137A(6) or 137E(6) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-25" class="schProv1"><num>25</num><content><p>In section 142 (fixed monetary penalties), in subsection (1), omit “(other than the Scottish offshore region)”.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-26" class="schProv1"><num>26</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-26-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 147 (interpretation) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-26-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-26-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “interim byelaw” after “132(1)” insert <quotedText>“ or (1A) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-26-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the definition of “interim order”, after “136(1)” insert <quotedText>“ or (1A) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-26-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after the definition of “sea” insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>“<term refersTo="#term-sea-fisheries-resources">sea fisheries resources</term>” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 6, and references to the exploitation of sea fisheries resources are to be read in accordance with section 153(12);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-26-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>For provision about the meaning of references to “conserving” a thing, see subsections (4) to (6) of section 117.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-27" class="schProv1"><num>27</num><content><p><mod>In section 166 (powers of IFC officers), in subsection (1)(e), after “129” insert <quotedText>“ , 129A, 129B ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-28" class="schProv1"><num>28</num><intro><p>In section 189 (power of Welsh Ministers in relation to fisheries in Wales)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-28-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (1), for “Subject to subsection (2), the” substitute <quotedText>“ The ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-28-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit subsection (2).</p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29" class="schProv1"><num>29</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 237 (enforcement of nature conservation legislation) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In the heading, after “conservation” insert <quotedText>“ or fisheries exploitation ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1), after “legislation” insert <quotedText>“ or the fisheries exploitation legislation ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In subsection (2)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (f), for “132” substitute <quotedText>“ 132(1) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (g), for “136” substitute <quotedText>“ 136(1) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-the-fisheries-exploitation-legislation">the fisheries exploitation legislation</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any byelaws made under section 129A, 129B or 132(1A) of this Act;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any orders made under section 134A, 134B, 136(1A), 137A, 137C, 137E or 137G of this Act.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (3), after “legislation” insert <quotedText>“ or the fisheries exploitation legislation ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (8), after “legislation” insert <quotedText>“ or the fisheries exploitation legislation ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (9) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(9A)</num><content><p>The powers which a marine enforcement officer has for the purposes of enforcing the fisheries exploitation legislation may not be exercised in relation to a vessel falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (10) unless the Commissioners have given authority to exercise those powers.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (11), after “(9)(b)” insert <quotedText>“ or (9A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-29-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (13) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(14)</num><intro><p>Where the fisheries exploitation legislation consists of an order made under section 137A or 137C of this Act (orders relating to Scottish offshore region), this section applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>references to a marine enforcement officer included a person appointed as such by the Scottish Ministers,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for the purposes of subsection (3)(a), the relevant enforcement area were Scotland, the Scottish inshore region and the Scottish offshore region, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>subsections (3)(c) and (d) and (4) to (6) were omitted.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(15)</num><intro><p>Where the fisheries exploitation legislation consists of an order made under section 137E or 137G of this Act (orders relating to Northern Ireland offshore region), this section applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>references to a marine enforcement officer included a person appointed as such by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>for the purposes of subsection (3)(a), the relevant enforcement area were Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland inshore region and the Northern Ireland offshore region, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>subsections (3)(c) and (d) and (4) to (6) were omitted.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-30" class="schProv1"><num>30</num><content><p><mod>In section 238(3), after paragraph (d) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(da)</num><content><p>any byelaws made under section 129A, 129B or 132(1A);</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(db)</num><content><p>any orders made under section 134A, 134B, 136(1A), 137A, 137C, 137E or 137G;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-31" class="schProv1"><num>31</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-31-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 316 (regulations and orders) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-31-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In subsection (4)(a)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-31-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for “137” substitute <quotedText>“ 137G ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-31-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after “MCZs” insert <quotedText>“ etc ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-31-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (6), before paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(za)</num><content><p>any order under section 137E that contains provision for the charging of fees for permits (including provision changing the levels of fees),</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32" class="schProv1"><num>32</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In the Water Resources Act 1991, in Schedule 25, paragraph 5(4) (byelaws for flood defence and drainage purposes) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (b)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for “or 132” substitute <quotedText>“ , 129A, 129B or 132(1) or (1A) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “protecting marine conservation zones” substitute <quotedText>“ marine conservation ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In paragraph (c)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for “or 136” insert <quotedText>“ , 134A, 134B or 136(1) or (1A) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-10-paragraph-32-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “protecting marine conservation zones” substitute <quotedText>“ marine conservation ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></part></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-11"><num>SCHEDULE 11<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p> Section 49</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Retained direct EU legislation: minor and consequential amendments</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-introduction"><heading><i>Introduction</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><intro><p>In this Schedule—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>paragraphs 2 to 13 make amendments of retained direct EU legislation (as amended by regulations made under section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>paragraph 15 makes transitional provision, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>paragraph 16 makes consequential amendments.</p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-common-fisheries-policy-regulation"><heading><i>Common Fisheries Policy Regulation</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Common Fisheries Policy Regulation is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Article 2 (objectives) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 4 (definitions), in paragraph 1, at the end insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(46)</num><content><p>‘the fisheries objectives’ has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the Fisheries Act 2020.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Article 5 (right of equal access for EU fishing vessels to waters of member States) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Article 9 (principles and objectives of multiannual plans) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Article 10 (content of multiannual plans) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>Article 16 (distribution of fishing opportunities by the Council to member States) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>Article 17 (criteria for the allocation of fishing opportunities by member States) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In Article 28 (external relations)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-9-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-9-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “a fisheries administration” substitute <quotedText>“ the Secretary of State ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-9-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “objectives and”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-9-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>for “Articles 2 and 3” substitute <quotedText>“ Article 3 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 2, for “In particular, a fisheries” substitute <quotedText>“ A fisheries ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 29 (United Kingdom activities in international fisheries organisations) for paragraph 2 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><article><num>2</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must take such steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purpose of supporting the improvement of the performance of RFMOs in relation to the conservation and management of marine living resources.</p></content></article></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-11"><num>(11)</num><intro><p>In Article 33 (management of stocks of common interest), in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-11-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for “a fisheries administration”, in both places it occurs, substitute <quotedText>“ the Secretary of State ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-11-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit the words from “, and in” to “Article 2(2)”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-11-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>omit the words from “, in particular, concerning” to the end.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-12"><num>(12)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 35 (organisation of the markets), in paragraph 1, in point (a), for the words from “objectives” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-2-13"><num>(13)</num><content><p>Annex I (right of equal access for EU fishing vessels to waters of member States) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-regulation-eu-no-13792013"><heading><i>Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>In Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, in Article 41 (exceptions to the application of competition rules), in paragraph 2(f), for “objectives specified in Article 2 of Regulation 1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-no-13932014"><heading><i>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1393/2014</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1393/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in north-western waters is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 1 (subject matter)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the existing text becomes paragraph 1;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in that paragraph, for the words from “in the north-western” to “that Regulation” substitute <quotedText>“ and applies to waters within ICES subarea 5B that are within United Kingdom waters and to waters within ICES subareas 6 and 7 that are not within Union waters ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>2</num><content><p>In paragraph 1, “United Kingdom waters” and “Union waters” have the meaning they have in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.</p></content></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 2 (survivability exemption), in paragraph 6 for “and 2020” substitute <quotedText>“ , 2020 and 2021 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In Article 3a (de minimis exemptions in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading, for “and 2020” substitute <quotedText>“ , 2020 and 2021 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in points (a), (b) and (c), for “and 2020” substitute <quotedText>“ , 2020 and 2021 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>For Article 5 (entry into force) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section ukl:Name="Pblock"><num>Article 5</num><heading><b>Expiry</b></heading><article><content><p>This regulation ceases to have effect at the end of 31 December 2021.</p></content></article></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-no-13952014"><heading><i>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes in the North Sea is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 1 (subject matter)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the existing text becomes paragraph 1;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in that paragraph, for the words from “in the North” to “that Regulation” substitute <quotedText>“ and applies to waters within ICES division 2a and subarea 4 that are within United Kingdom waters ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>2</num><content><p>In paragraph 1, “<term refersTo="#term-united-kingdom-waters">United Kingdom waters</term>” has the meaning it has in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.</p></content></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 3a (de minimis exemption in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the heading, for “and 2020” substitute <quotedText>“ , 2020 and 2021 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the body, for “and 2020” substitute <quotedText>“ , 2020 and 2021 ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Article 4a (Danish North Sea coast) is revoked.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-5-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>For Article 5 (application) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section ukl:Name="Pblock"><num>Article 5</num><heading><b>Expiry</b></heading><article><content><p>This regulation ceases to have effect at the end of 31 December 2021.</p></content></article></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-regulation-eu-20162336"><heading><i>Regulation (EU) 2016/2336</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>In Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic, in Article 1 (objectives), in paragraph 1, for “objectives listed in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-regulation-eu-20171004"><heading><i>Regulation (EU) 2017/1004</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 1 (subject matter and scope), in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “With” to “this” substitute <quotedText>“ This ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>at the end insert <quotedText>“ with a view to contributing to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 5 (content and criteria for multiannual programmes)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 1, in point (a), for the words from “requirements” to the end substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>to be collected for the purpose of contributing to the achievement of—</p><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>the objectives set out in Article 25 of EU Regulation 1380/2013, and</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>the fisheries objectives</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 4, in point (a), for the words from “reaching” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ contributing to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-7-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 5, in point (a), for the words from “reaching” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ contributing to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-regulation-eu-20172403"><heading><i>Regulation (EU) 2017/2403</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><content><p>Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets is revoked.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-regulation-eu-2018973"><heading><i>Regulation (EU) 2018/973</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation in the North Sea is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 1 (subject-matter and scope), in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit points (f), (i) and (j);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in point (k) omit the seventh and eighth indents.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 3 (objectives)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-3-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-3-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “objectives listed” to “1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-3-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “, and shall” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ (within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-3-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 3—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-3-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “fisheries management” insert <quotedText>“ (within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-3-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “. It shall” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ and, where possible, reversed ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In Article 4 (targets)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph 1, omit “by 2020”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 2—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “A fisheries administration” substitute <quotedText>“ The Secretary of State ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>after “ICES” insert <quotedText>“ , or a similar independent scientific body recognised at international level, ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 6—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “Fishing” substitute <quotedText>“ Where the spawning stock biomass is above B<sub>lim</sub>, fishing ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “in any event”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-c-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>for “the spawning stock biomass” substitute <quotedText>“ it ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph 6 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>7</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may, in view of a relevant change of circumstances, make a determination under section 23 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (power of Secretary of State to determine fishing opportunities) otherwise than in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 6.</p></content></section><section><num>8</num><intro><p>If the Secretary of State makes a determination in reliance on paragraph 7 the Secretary of State must prepare and publish a document—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>describing the relevant change of circumstances, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>explaining how the relevant change in circumstances affected the determination.</p></content></level></section><section><num>9</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this Article, the changes in circumstances that are capable of being “relevant” include (in particular) changes relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the international obligations of the United Kingdom,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>things done (or not done) by the government of a territory outside the United Kingdom that affect the marine and aquatic environment (within the meaning of the Fisheries Act 2020),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>available scientific evidence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>available evidence relating to the social, economic or environmental elements of sustainable development.</p></content></level></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In Article 5 (management of by-catch stocks)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 2, for the words from “as defined” to “1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ (within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 3, for “In accordance with Article 9(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the” substitute <quotedText>“ The ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 6 (conservation reference points), for “A fisheries administration” substitute <quotedText>“ The Secretary of State ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In Article 7 (safeguards)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-7-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-7-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “all”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-7-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “decrease in biomass” substitute <quotedText>“ current biomass or, in the case of Norway lobster, current abundance ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph 4 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>5</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may, in view of a relevant change of circumstances, make a determination under section 23 of the Fisheries Act 2020 otherwise than in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4.</p></content></section><section><num>6</num><intro><p>If the Secretary of State makes a determination in reliance on paragraph 5 the Secretary of State must prepare and publish a document—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>describing the relevant change of circumstances, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>explaining how the relevant change in circumstances affected the determination.</p></content></level></section><section><num>7</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this Article, the changes in circumstances that are capable of being “relevant” include (in particular) changes relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the international obligations of the United Kingdom,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>things done (or not done) by the government of a territory outside the United Kingdom that affect the marine and aquatic environment (within the meaning of the Fisheries Act 2020),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>available scientific evidence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>available evidence relating to the social, economic or environmental elements of sustainable development.</p></content></level></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>In Article 12 (fishing authorisations and capacity ceilings), in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “fishing authorisations” insert <quotedText>“ (which may be contained in a licence granted under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “vessels in its fleet” substitute <quotedText>“ United Kingdom fishing vessels ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In Article 13 (principles and objectives of management of stocks of common interest)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-9-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-9-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “a fisheries administration”, in both places it occurs, substitute <quotedText>“ the Secretary of State ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-9-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, in particular Article 2(2) thereof, and of”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-9-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>omit “, thereby promoting a level-playing field for United Kingdom operators”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-9-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit paragraph 2.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-regulation-eu-2019472"><heading><i>Regulation (EU) 2019/472</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 1 (subject-matter and scope), in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit points (4) to (7), (11), (13), (18), (20), (24) to (26), (30) and (34) to (36);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in point (23) omit the third, fourth and fifth indents.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 3 (objectives)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-3-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-3-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “objectives listed” to “1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-3-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “, and shall” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ (within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-3-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 3—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-3-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “fisheries management” insert <quotedText>“ (within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-3-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for the words from “. It shall” to the end substitute <quotedText>“ and, where possible, reversed ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In Article 4 (targets)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph 1 omit “by 2020”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 2, for “A fisheries administration” substitute <quotedText>“ The Secretary of State ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 7—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “Fishing” substitute <quotedText>“ Where the spawning stock biomass is above B<sub>lim</sub>, fishing ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “in any event”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4-c-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p><mod>for “the spawning stock biomass” substitute <quotedText>“ it ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph 7 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>8</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may, in view of a relevant change of circumstances, make a determination under section 23 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (power of Secretary of State to determine fishing opportunities) otherwise than in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 7.</p></content></section><section><num>9</num><intro><p>If the Secretary of State makes a determination in reliance on paragraph 8 the Secretary of State must prepare and publish a document—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>describing the relevant change of circumstances, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>explaining how the relevant change in circumstances affected the determination.</p></content></level></section><section><num>10</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this Article, the changes in circumstances that are capable of being “relevant” include (in particular) changes relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the international obligations of the United Kingdom,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>things done (or not done) by the government of a territory outside the United Kingdom that affect the marine and aquatic environment (within the meaning of the Fisheries Act 2020),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>available scientific evidence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>available evidence relating to the social, economic or environmental elements of sustainable development.</p></content></level></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In Article 5 (management of by-catch stocks)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 2, for the words from “as defined” to “1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ (within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 3, for “In accordance with Article 9(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the” substitute <quotedText>“ The ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 7 (conservation reference points), for “A fisheries administration” substitute <quotedText>“ The Secretary of State ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In Article 8 (safeguards)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-7-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-7-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “all”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-7-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for “decrease in biomass” substitute <quotedText>“ current biomass or, in the case of Norway lobster, current abundance ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph 4 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>5</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may, in view of a relevant change of circumstances, make a determination under section 23 of the Fisheries Act 2020 otherwise than in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4.</p></content></section><section><num>6</num><intro><p>If the Secretary of State makes a determination in reliance on paragraph 5 the Secretary of State must prepare and publish a document—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>describing the relevant change of circumstances, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>explaining how the relevant change in circumstances affected the determination.</p></content></level></section><section><num>7</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this Article, the changes in circumstances that are capable of being “relevant” include (in particular) changes relating to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the international obligations of the United Kingdom,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>things done (or not done) by the government of a territory outside the United Kingdom that affect the marine and aquatic environment (within the meaning of the Fisheries Act 2020),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>available scientific evidence, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>available evidence relating to the social, economic or environmental elements of sustainable development.</p></content></level></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 11 (recreational fisheries), in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “any person determining fishing opportunities”, in both places it occurs, substitute <quotedText>“ a fisheries administration ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In Article 12 (effort limitation for sole in the Western Channel), in paragraph 2—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for “Any person determining fishing opportunities” substitute <quotedText>“ A fisheries administration ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit the words from “and for vessels” to the end.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-10"><num>(10)</num><intro><p>In Article 14 (fishing authorisations and capacity ceilings), in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-10-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “fishing authorisations” insert <quotedText>“ (which may be contained in a licence granted under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020) ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-10-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “vessels in its fleet” substitute <quotedText>“ United Kingdom fishing vessels ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-11"><num>(11)</num><intro><p>In Article 15 (principles and objectives of management of stocks of common interest)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-11-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-11-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>for “a fisheries administration”, in both places it occurs, substitute <quotedText>“ the Secretary of State ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-11-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit “Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, in particular Article 2(2) thereof, and of”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-11-a-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>omit “thereby promoting a level-playing field for United Kingdom operators”;</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-10-11-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit paragraph 2.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-regulation-eu-20191241"><heading><i>Regulation (EU) 2019/1241</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-11-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-11-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 3, in paragraph 1, for “objectives set out in the applicable provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-11-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 4, in paragraph 1—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-11-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in point (a), for “Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-11-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in point (c), for “point (j) of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013” substitute <quotedText>“ the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-11-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In Article 11, in paragraph 4, omit “and shall be compatible with the objectives set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013”.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-20192238"><heading><i>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2238</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2238 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2020-2021 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 3 (exemptions for Norway lobster)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph 1, omit point (b);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit paragraph 3.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 6 (exemption for plaice)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph 1, omit point (c);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph 2, in point (b), for “80-99” substitute <quotedText>“ 80 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>omit paragraph 4.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In Article 8 (exemption for turbot), omit paragraph 2.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In Article 10 (de minimis exemptions)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in point (f) after “6% in 2020” insert <quotedText>“ and 2021 ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in each of points (f), (h) and (k) to (n), omit the words from “the de minimis” to the end;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-12-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>after point (n) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(o)</num><content><p>in fisheries by vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, TB, TBN) of mesh size 80-99mm in the United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4 and ICES Division 2a:</p><p>a quantity of Norway lobster below the minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 2% of the total annual catches of that species.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-20192239"><heading><i>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2239</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-13-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2239 specifying details of the landing obligation for certain demersal fisheries in North-Western waters for the period 2020-2021 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In Article 6 (exemption for plaice), omit paragraph (2).</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-13-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 8 (de minimis exemptions)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-13-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in paragraph 1, in each of points (d) to (k), omit “in 2020”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-13-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit paragraph 2.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-council-regulation-eu-2020123"><heading><i>Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><content><p>In Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, in Article 14 (remedial measures for cod in the North Sea), omit paragraphs 2 to 4.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-transitional-provision"><heading><i>Transitional provision</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This paragraph applies until the first JFS comes into effect.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (as amended by this Schedule) has effect as if—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in Article 28(1), after “Article 3” there were inserted <quotedText>“ in a way that contributes to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in Article 29(2), at the beginning there were inserted “The positions of the United Kingdom in international organisations dealing with fisheries and in RFMOs shall be based on the best available scientific advice so as to ensure that fishery resources are managed in a way that contributes to the achievement of the fisheries objectives.”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-2-c"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>in Article 33(1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-2-c-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p><mod>after “Regulation” there were inserted <quotedText>“ and that contributes to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-2-c-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>after “management possible” insert <quotedText>“ in a way that contributes to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>Regulation (EU) 2018/973 (as amended by this Schedule) has effect as if in Article 13(1), after “Regulation” there were inserted <quotedText>“ and that contributes to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><mod>Regulation (EU) 2019/472 (as amended by this Schedule) has effect as if in Article 15(1), after “Regulation” there were inserted <quotedText>“ and that contributes to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-15-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 (as amended by this Schedule) has effect as if in Article 11(4), after “paragraph 1 of this Article” there were inserted <quotedText>“ and shall contribute to the achievement of the fisheries objectives ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-11-crossheading-consequential-amendments"><heading><i>Consequential amendments</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In the Sea Fishing (EU Recording and Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/334) (as amended by the Exit Regulations)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-1-a"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>in article 2, in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-1-a-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit the definition of “Regulation 2017/2403”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-1-a-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>in the definition of “third country recording and reporting requirement” omit paragraph (ii) (and the “or” before it);</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in that article, for paragraph (5) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(5)</num><content><p>Any expression used, and not defined, in this Order that is used in the Control Regulation or Regulation 404/2011, or that is used in both of those Regulations, has the meaning it has in the Regulation or Regulations in which it is used.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-1-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in article 6, omit paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-1-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>in Schedule 2, in the table, omit the entries relating to Regulation 2017/2403.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In the Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/320) (as amended by the Exit Regulations), in article 2(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit the definition of “Regulation 2017/2403”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in the definition of “third country control measure”—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “Regulation 2017/2403 or”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>omit paragraph (a).</p></content></level></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-11-paragraph-16-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-the-exit-regulations" eId="term-the-exit-regulations">the Exit Regulations</term>” means the Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/24).</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer></hcontainer>