The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2001

Substantial damage or destruction of vessel

10.—(1) Where an application has been approved under Article 5(1)(f) and thereafter the vessel to which the approved application relates is substantially damaged or destroyed—

(a) the applicant shall forthwith in writing notify and provide full details to the Department of the damage or destruction;

(b) the applicant shall with the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (a) furnish the Department with information concerning—

(i) any policy of insurance in respect of the vessel which was in force at the time of, and

(ii) any criminal or civil proceedings which to his knowledge are contemplated or in progress in respect of,

the incident;

(c) the applicant shall provide the Department with such further information as it may require concerning the incident, the insurance arrangements relating to the vessel and any such criminal or civil proceedings;

(d) the applicant shall if requested by the Department provide it with written authority authorising contact with the insurers of the vessel; and

(e) the applicant shall notify the Department of any amount received under such policy of insurance, or by way of compensation or damages, as a result of the incident.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply regardless of whether or not the method of scrapping the vessel had been approved under Article 8(2) before the incident occurred.

(3) In this Article “incident” means an incident in which the vessel to which an approved application relates is substantially damaged or destroyed.