PART 2FIRST SALE OF FISHERIES PRODUCTS
Prohibition on purchase of first sale fisheries products not landed by a licensed fishing boat12.
(1)
It is an offence for any person to buy first sale fisheries products which were landed by a fishing boat other than a licensed fishing boat.
(2)
In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it is a defence for a person to show that—
(a)
that person did not know; and
(b)
it was reasonable for that person not to suspect,
that the fisheries products had not been landed by a licensed fishing boat.