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1. This Order may be cited as the Receiving of Trans-shipped Sea Fish (Licensing) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1982.
2. In this Order “pelagic sea fish” means
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus),
Herring (Clupea harengus),
Sprat (Clupea sprattus),
Pilchard (Sardina pilchardus),
Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus).
3. The receiving within British fishery limits by any vessel (whether British or foreign) of any pelagic sea fish caught by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom, being pelagic sea fish which is trans-shipped from a boat so registered to the receiving vessel, is prohibited unless authorised by a licence granted by one of the Ministers.
4. For the purpose of the enforcement of this Order, there are hereby conferred on every British sea fishery officer all the powers of a British sea fishery officer under section 8(2) to (4) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968(1).
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, is hereunto affixed on 20th January 1982.
L.S.
Peter Walker
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
26th January 1982
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
21st January 1982
James Prior
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
22nd January 1982
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