CHAPTER II

COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MULTIANNUAL ... PROGRAMMES
SECTION 2

Implementation of the multiannual programme

National work plans
Article 6
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Without prejudice to other legal obligations to collect data, a fisheries administration must collect data within the framework of ... a work plan drawn up in accordance with the multiannual ... programme ... (‘national work plan’).
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National work plans shall contain a detailed description of the following:
a
data to be collected in accordance with the multiannual ... programme;
b
the temporal and spatial distribution and the frequency by which the data will be collected;
c
the source of the data, the procedures and methods to collect and process the data into the data sets that will be provided to end-users of scientific data;
d
the quality assurance and quality control framework to ensure adequate quality of the data in accordance with Article 14;
e
in what format and when data are to be made available to end-users of scientific data, taking into account the needs defined by the end-users of scientific data, where known;
f
the international and regional cooperation and coordination arrangements, including bilateral and multilateral agreements concluded to achieve the objectives of this Regulation; and
g
how the international obligations of the United Kingdom have been taken into account.
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5.
The work plan for data collection of the United Kingdom approved under Commission Implementing Decision C(2019) 9493 of 19th December 2019 on approving the work plan of the United Kingdom for data collection in the fisheries and aquaculture sector for the period 2020-2021 is, until such time as it is replaced or amended under paragraph 6, the national work plan referred to in paragraph 1.
6.
Subject to paragraph 7, the Secretary of State may amend or replace the national work plan provided that the plan continues to comply with the requirements of this Article.
7.
Where, in the circumstances described in paragraph 8, the exercise of the power to amend or replace the national work plan under paragraph 6 would be outside the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State under Article 1(7) of
Regulation (EU) 1380/2013
, before amending or replacing the work plan the Secretary of State must obtain the consent of—
a
the Scottish Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(3) of
Regulation (EU) 1380/2013
in the circumstances described in paragraph 8;
b
the Welsh Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(4) of
Regulation (EU) 1380/2013
in the circumstances described in paragraph 8;
c
the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in Northern Ireland, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within its jurisdiction under Article 1(5) of
Regulation (EU) 1380/2013
in the circumstances described in paragraph 8.
8.
The circumstances referred to in paragraph 7 are circumstances where the power in paragraph 6 is treated as a power to amend or replace the national work plan by “a fisheries administration” instead of a power exercisable by the Secretary of State.
9.
The Secretary of State must publish any amended or replacement versions of the national work plan together with a notice of the date on which any amendments or replacement versions take effect.

National correspondents
Article 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cooperation within the Union
Article 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Regional coordination and cooperation
Article 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation of work plans by STECF
Article 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation and approval of the outcomes of the national work plans
Article 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I.2019/739, reg. 16(8)(a)(i) (as substituted by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(b)(i))
Words in Art. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I.2019/739, reg. 16(8)(a)(ii) (as substituted by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(b)(i))
Word in Art. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I.2019/739, reg. 16(8)(a)(iii) (as substituted by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(b)(i))
Words in Art. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I.2019/739, reg. 16(8)(a)(iv) (as substituted by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(b)(i))
Art. 6(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 16(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 6(3)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 16(8)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 6(3)(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 16(8)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 6(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 16(8)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 6(5)-(9) inserted by S.I.2019/739, reg. 16(8)(e) (as inserted by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(b)(iv))
Arts. 7-11 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 16(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Ch. 2 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 16(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Ch. 2 Section 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 16(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)