Offences
9. –
(1) Where there is, in respect of–
(a)any Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be; or
(b)any Community fishing boat or third country fishing boat within the Scottish zone,
a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any Community quota measure, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence.
(2) Where there is in respect of–
(a)a Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be; or
(b)any Community fishing boat or third country fishing boat within the Scottish zone,
a contravention of, or failure to comply with any specified Community provision, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence.
(3) Where there is, in respect of any third country fishing boat within the Scottish zone, a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any Community third country fishing measure, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence.
(4) Nothing in this Order shall be taken to constitute an offence to land, from a Scottish fishing boat, an unsorted catch at a harbour outwith Scotland where sampling programmes mentioned in paragraph 1 of Article 9 are in place.