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Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009
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[F1Article 56AU.K.Offences
1.A person who—
(a)contravenes a restriction or prohibition in Article 3A(2) or (3), 16(3), 17, [F219B(5) or (6),] 50(8), 51(6) or 52(3);
(b)fails to comply with an obligation in Article 25(1), 26(1) or (2), 31(1) or (2), 32(8), 50(8), 51(6) or 52(2) or (3) [F3;]
[F4(c)for the purpose of obtaining a Permit under Chapter 4, provides information which the person knows to be false in a material respect or recklessly provides information which is false in a material respect,]
is guilty of an offence.
2.Where—
(a)a UK boat is used for the commercial exploitation of bluefin tuna in contravention of Article 3A(1);
(b)a fishing boat—
(i)is used in contravention of a restriction in Article 3A(2), 5(1), 14(5) or (6), 16(2) or (3), 24(1), 30(4), 32(1) or (3A) or 51(3);
(ii)fails to comply with an obligation in Article 16(1), 31(6), 32(4), 49 or 50(7),
the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are each guilty of an offence.
[F53.Where—
(a)a fishing boat is used to fish in contravention of Article 19B(1) or (2),
(b)paragraph 4 of Article 19B applies to a bluefin tuna and—
(i)the obligation in point (a) of that paragraph to, where reasonably possible, release the fish unharmed is not complied with, or
(ii)in contravention of point (b), (c) or (d) of that paragraph, the fish is removed from the sea, transferred, retained on board or landed,
(c)a condition attached to a Permit under Article 19D(6) is breached, or
(d)a master fails to comply with an obligation in Article 19G,
the master and the owner are each guilty of an offence.]]
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F1Ch. 5A inserted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(34)
F2Words in Art. 56A(1)(a) inserted (7.6.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/655), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(i)
F3Art. 56A(1)(b): semicolon substituted for comma (7.6.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/655), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(ii)
F4Art. 56A(1)(c) inserted (7.6.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/655), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)(iii)
F5Art. 56A(3) inserted (7.6.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/655), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)
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