TITLE III CONTROL OF FISHERIES

CHAPTER I Fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration in paper format

Section 1 Completion and submission of a fishing logbook, landing declaration and transhipment declaration in paper format

Article 31 Instructions for the completion and submission of fishing logbooks, transhipment declarations and landing declarations in paper format
1. The fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration in paper format shall be completed and submitted in accordance with the instructions set out in Annex X.
2. Where the instructions set out in Annex X state that the application of a rule is optional, a fisheries administration may make it mandatory.
Words in Art. 31(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(28)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
3. All entries in the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration or landing declaration shall be legible and indelible. No entry shall be erased or altered. If a mistake is made the incorrect entry shall be crossed out with a single line and the new correct entry shall be written and initialled by the master. Each line shall be initialled by the master.
4. The master of the United Kingdom fishing vessel or, for transhipment declarations and landing declarations, his representative shall certify with his initials or signature that the entries in the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration are correct.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962 of 28 October 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy.
Words in Art. 31(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(28)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)