The Sea Fishing (Northern Hake Stock) (Scotland) Order 2006 No. 505

Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear

14.—(1) Any British sea fishery officer may seize–

(a) in Scotland or in the Scottish zone; or

(b) on a Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be,

any fishery product (including any receptacle which contains such product) and any net or other fishing gear to which this article applies.

(2) This article applies to–

(a) any fishery product (including any receptacle which contains such product) in respect of which the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 3 to 8 has been committed; and

(b) any net or other fishing gear which the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect has been used in the course of the commission of such an offence.