http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1627/article/56DRegulation (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 302/2009Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (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 302/2009King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R1627-20190621texttext/xmlen2025-01-30Expert Participation2024-06-07 CHAPTER 5A<Strong><Addition ChangeId="key-18604e58f7fda825a186e98b8fead6fd-1737127263308" CommentaryRef="key-18604e58f7fda825a186e98b8fead6fd">OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT</Addition></Strong><Addition ChangeId="key-18604e58f7fda825a186e98b8fead6fd-1737127263308" CommentaryRef="key-18604e58f7fda825a186e98b8fead6fd">Enforcement</Addition>Article 56D1A British sea-fishery officer may seize any fish in respect of which an offence has been committed under this Regulation where the fish are on the fishing boat on which the offence has been or is being committed or are in the ownership or custody of, or under the control of, the owner, the master or the charterer (if any) of the fishing boat.2For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Regulation, section 8 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (general powers of British sea-fishery officers) has effect as it has effect in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.3A marine enforcement officer has an enforcement function in relation to any offence or suspected offence by any person under this Regulation.4Section 238 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (enforcement of the fisheries legislation) applies in relation to the enforcement function conferred by paragraph 3 as it applies in relation to the enforcement of “the fisheries legislation” (as defined in that section).5In this Article—‘British sea-fishery officer’ means any person who by virtue of section 7 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 is a British sea-fishery officer;‘marine enforcement officer’ has the same meaning as in section 235(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.Ch. 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)