The Sea Fishing Operations (Monitoring Devices) (Wales) Order 2022

Failure of a Monitoring Device

6.—(1) If the monitoring device on board the fishing boat becomes incapable of transmitting the required information, the person in charge, at the point at which they know, or could reasonably be expected to know the device had stopped transmitting, must—

(a) notify the Welsh Ministers that the monitoring device is incapable of transmitting the required information; and

(b) ensure the fishing boat does not undertake any further fishing operations until the monitoring device is capable of transmitting the relevant information in accordance with article 3(1)(c) and notice of that fact has been given the Welsh Ministers.

(2) A notification under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) must include—

(a) the unique identification number of the monitoring device;

(b) the name of the fishing boat upon which the monitoring device is installed;

(c) the Fleet Register Number or IRCS of the fishing boat; and

(d) where known by the person in charge—

(i) the time at which the monitoring device stopped transmitting the required information;

(ii) the reason or reasons that the monitoring device ceased to function correctly;

(iii) what element of the required information the relevant monitoring device is incapable of transmitting.