Prohibition of landing specified species of shark, skate and rayS
7.—(1) The landing of any specified species caught by rod and line or hand-line (wherever caught), from [F1any fishing boat], is prohibited in Scotland.
[F2(1A) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a specified species caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.]
(2) In [F3this article], “specified species” means a species of shark, skate and ray specified in the Schedule.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 26(7)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)
F2Art. 7(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 26(7)(b) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)
F3Words in art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 26(7)(c) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)
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