PART 2 SFIRST SALE OF FISHERIES PRODUCTS

Prohibition on purchase of first sale fisheries products not landed by a licensed fishing boatS

12.—(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.