18.—(1) Any–
(a)logbook kept under Article 6, 17.2 or 28c;
(b)declaration submitted under Article 8.1, 11, 12, 17.2 or 28f;
(c)effort report completed under Articles 19b and 19c;
(d)document drawn up under Article 9 or 13;
(e)document containing required information received by a fisheries monitoring centre established under Article 3.7,
of Regulation 2847/93 shall, in any proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this Order or any equivalent provision, be received in evidence without being produced or sworn to by any witness and shall, unless the contrary is shown, be conclusive evidence as to the matters stated therein.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(e), “required information” means–
(a)a fishing boat’s identification;
(b)the most recent geographical position of the fishing boat expressed in degrees and minutes of longitude and latitude; and
(c)the date and time of the fixing of that position,
as communicated via a satellite-based vessel monitoring system established under Article 3.1 of Regulation 2847/93.