http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/51/article/11/madeThe Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota and Third Country Fishing Measures) (Scotland) Order 2002Council policies and plansKing's Printer for Scotland2017-01-11SEA FISHERIES This Order , which forms part of the law of Scotland only, makes provision for the enforcement of certain enforceable Community restrictions and other obligations relating to sea fishing by Community vessels and third country vessels set out in Council Regulation (EC) 2555/2001 (O.J. No. L 347, 31.12.2001, p.1) (“the Council Regulation”). The Council Regulation fixes total allowable catches and the quotas of Member States for 2002 and lays down certain conditions under which they may be fished (“Community quota measures”). It also authorises fishing by vessels of Norway and the Faroe Islands for specified descriptions of fish in certain specified areas within the fishery limits of Member States in 2002 and imposes requirements concerning fishing quotas and authorised zones, methods of fishing, the holding of licences and observance of licence conditions, the keeping of logbooks, the making of reports and similar matters (“Community third country fishing measures”). Obstruction of officers 11 1 Any person who– a fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a British sea fishery officer under the powers conferred on such officers by articles, 7, 8, or 9; b without reasonable excuse prevents, or attempts to prevent, any other person from complying with such requirement; or c obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers, shall be guilty of an offence. 2 Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable– a on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or b on conviction, on indictment to a fine.