Satellite-tracking device grants3.

(1)

Any person who owns a registered vessel which–

(a)

measures more than 15 metres overall in length;

(b)

is a Scottish based fishing vessel; and

(c)

meets such other eligibility criteria as the Scottish Ministers may have determined and published in the notice referred to in paragraph 4(4),

may make an application to the Scottish Ministers in respect of that vessel for a grant equal to the costs specified at sub-paragraph (2).

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the costs are–

(a)

the cost of purchasing a satellite-tracking device from the authorised provider;

(b)

the cost of purchasing a three year warranty in respect of the satellite-tracking device from the authorised provider; and

(c)

the cost of having the authorised provider install the satellite-tracking device on board the vessel in respect of which the application is made.

(3)

The cost specified in sub-paragraph (2)(c) shall not include any cost wholly or partly incurred in respect of the concealment of the satellite-tracking device, its associated cables and wires, or any other associated materials or equipment, for cosmetic purposes.

(4)

For the purposes of this paragraph–

“port of administration” means the port from which the licence granted in respect of a vessel under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19674 is issued;
“registered” means registered in the register of vessels established under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 19955; and

“Scottish based fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel, the port of administration of which is, at the date of the application relating to the vessel, a port in Scotland, and which either had such a port of administration at 30th July 2004 or which is deemed by the Scottish Ministers to be eligible to make an application.