Part IV Fishing LicencesF1 and authorisations
C227 Unlicensed fishing. C1
F21
A person is guilty of an offence if, in any place in which fishing for fish of any descriptionF3 by any licensable means of fishing is regulated by a system of licensing, he—
F4a
fishes for or takes fish of that description by that means and—
i
is not entitled to use that means for that purpose by virtue of a fishing licence, or
ii
is acting in breach of any condition of such a licence, or
F4b
where that licensable means of fishing is an instrument, has that instrument in his possession with intent to use it for that purpose and is not entitled to use it for that purpose by virtue of a fishing licence.
F52
Subsection (1) above does not apply to a person where—
a
he has permission under section 25(10) above to take fish of that description in that place by that means, and
b
he is not acting in breach of any condition of that permission.
Words in Pt. IV heading inserted (1.1.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 219(1), 324(3); S.I. 2010/298, art. 2, Sch. para. 13