Subject to any exemption granted under this section, no person shall in F1England and Wales have in his possession any fish to which this section applies for the purpose of processing or otherwise using it in the course of any business.

This section applies to any fish which under section F21(2) of this Act is prohibited from being sold in F1England and Wales.

Where it appears to an officer authorised in that behalf by the appropriate Minister that any fish which have been caught are fish to which this section applies, the officer may grant to any person such exemption from subsection (1) above as the officer considers requisite to enable the fish to be disposed of.

Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section.