Offences
3.—(1) A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat in relation to which there is a contravention of, or failure to comply with, a provision of the Regulation referred to in column 1 of Part 1 of the Schedule, commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes the provision of the Regulation referred to in column 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule commits an offence.
(3) An offence is not committed under paragraph (1) by virtue of anything done in compliance with a special fishing permit issued in accordance with Article 4 of the Regulation.
(4) Any person who in purported compliance with Article 5 of the Regulation knowingly or recklessly makes a false or misleading entry in a logbook or furnishes information which is false in a material particular commits an offence–
(a)where the entry is made or the information is furnished in relation to a Scottish fishing boat, wherever the entry is made or the information is furnished;
(b)in any other case, where the entry is made or the information is furnished in Scotland or in the Scottish zone.