United Kingdom fleet register number
Article 8
1
The Secretary of State must assign a United Kingdom fleet register (UKFR) number to any fishing vessel which enters in the United Kingdom fleet for the first time.
2
The UKFR number must not be altered during the period in which the fishing vessel belongs to the United Kingdom fleet.
3
The UKFR number must not be reassigned to another vessel. If a fishing vessel is exported outside the United Kingdom and re-imported back into the United Kingdom, the fishing vessel must be reassigned the same UKFR number.
Art. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 33(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)