For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
‘position message’ means the report on the position of a vessel automatically transmitted by the satellite-tracking device of the vessel to the Fisheries Monitoring Centre of [F1a fisheries administration];
‘position report’ means the report made by the master of a vessel as provided for in Article 25 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011(1);
[F2“UKFR number” means the United Kingdom fleet register number of the vessel as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218;
“United Kingdom fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. A reference to the ‘fleet’ of a fisheries administration is a reference to all United Kingdom fishing vessels which are—
in the case of the Secretary of State and the Marine Management Organisation, registered to a port in England,
in the case of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, registered to a port in Northern Ireland,
in the case of the Scottish Ministers, registered to a port in Scotland, or
in the case of the Welsh Ministers registered to a port in Wales.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Words in Art. 1(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 6(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2 Art. 1(c)(d) substituted for Art. 1(c) (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 6(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)