http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2005/419

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/419/regulation/11/made

The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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European Union

Common Fisheries Policy

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2014-03-26

AGRICULTURE

These Regulations make provision for the administration and enforcement of Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2371/2002, “the CFP Regulation”, (O.J. No. L358, 31.12.02, p. 59) and Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 (O.J. No. L261, 20.10.93, p. 1.) which impose requirements relating to the first marketing and purchasing of fish (first sale fish). The Regulations come into force on 30th September 2005. The Regulations do not form part of the law of Scotland, Wales or England, for which separate administration and enforcement provisions are respectively being made.

The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

reg. 2(3)-(5)

The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

reg. 2(3)(b)

reg. 1

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The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

reg. 2(13)(c)

reg. 1

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para. 3

The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

reg. 2(15)(c)

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The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Regulations

The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023

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reg. 1(2)

Purchase of first sale fish landed from a licensed fishing vessel11

1

Any person who buys first sale fish which has been landed otherwise than by a licensed fishing vessel is guilty of an offence.

2

In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it shall be a defence for a person to show that—

a

he did not know; and

b

it was reasonable for him not to suspect,

that the fish had not been landed by a licensed fishing vessel.