CHAPTER IU.K.GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘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];

(b)

‘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);

(c)

[F2UKFR number” means the United Kingdom fleet register number of the vessel as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218;

(d)

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—

(i)

in the case of the Secretary of State and the Marine Management Organisation, registered to a port in England,

(ii)

in the case of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, registered to a port in Northern Ireland,

(iii)

in the case of the Scottish Ministers, registered to a port in Scotland, or

(iv)

in the case of the Welsh Ministers registered to a port in Wales.]

Article 2U.K.Contact points

1.[F3A fisheries administration must] send the information concerning contact points, as referred to in Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010, to the NEAFC Secretary F4... in computer-readable form.

2.[F5A fisheries administration must] publish the information referred to in paragraph 1 on the secure part of their website F6....