Vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic
8.—(1) The master, owner and charterer (if any) of an IUU vessel or a vessel on the provisional list are each guilty of an offence if, in relation to the vessel in question, there is a contravention of, or failure to comply with that part of paragraph 1.1(a) of Annex XVII which prohibits landing or transhipping.
(2) The master, owner and charterer (if any) of a vessel (other than an IUU vessel or a vessel on the provisional list) referred to in paragraph 1.1(b) of Annex XVII are each guilty of an offence if, in relation to that vessel, there is a contravention of that paragraph.
(3) A person who contravenes paragraph 1.1(c) of Annex XVII is guilty of an offence.
(4) The master, owner and charterer (if any) of an IUU vessel are each guilty of an offence if, in relation to the vessel in question there is a contravention or failure to comply with paragraph 1.2(b) of Annex XVII.
(5) In this article–
(a)“IUU vessel” means a vessel listed in Appendix 1 to Annex XVII;
(b)a reference to Annex XVII is to Annex XVII as read with Article 81; and
(c)“vessel on the provisional list” means a vessel on the provisional list referred to in paragraph 1.1 of Annex XVII.