Fisheries Act 2020

The Sharks, Skates and Rays (Prohibition of Fishing, Trans-shipment and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2012

26 (1) The Sharks, Skates and Rays (Prohibition of Fishing, Trans-shipment and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/63) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2 (definitions) omit the following definitions—

• “fishing boat”;

• “relevant British fishing boat”;

• “Scottish fishing boat”;

• “third country”;

• “third country fishing boat”.

(3) Omit article 3 (application).

(4) In article 4 (prohibition of fishing for tope), for “a boat to which this article applies” substitute “any fishing boat”.

(5) In article 5 (prohibition of trans-shipment of tope), for “a boat or vessel to which this article applies” substitute “any fishing boat”.

(6) In article 6 (prohibition of landing tope)—

(a) the existing provision becomes paragraph (1);

(b) in that paragraph, for “a boat or vessel to which this article applies” substitute “any fishing boat”;

(c) after that paragraph insert—

“(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to tope caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.”

(7) In article 7 (prohibition of landing specified species of shark, skate and ray)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “a boat or vessel to which this article applies” substitute “any fishing boat”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a specified species caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.”

(c) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “this article”.

(8) In article 8 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b), for “relevant British” substitute “other”;

(b) omit sub-paragraph (c) and the “and” before it.