Use of regulated gear

6.—(1) A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which fishes in contravention of the notification requirement in the first sub paragraph of paragraph 7 of Annex V is guilty of an offence.

(2) A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which carries or uses, whilst present in the cod recovery zone, regulated gear other than the regulated gear notified under the requirement in paragraph 7 of Annex V is guilty of an offence.

(3) The competent authority for the purpose of the second indent of the third sub-paragraph of paragraph 7 of Annex V is the Scottish Ministers.

(4) A relevant fishing boat which is present in the cod recovery zone shall only carry on board gear falling within one of the groupings of fishing gears specified in paragraph 4 of Annex V.

(5) A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (4) is guilty of an offence.