Fisheries Act 2020

29 Meaning of “chargeable person” and “unauthorised catch of sea fish”

(1) In the charging scheme provisions, “chargeable person” means—

(a) the holder of an English sea fishing licence, or

(b) a producer organisation that has at least one member who is the holder of an English sea fishing licence.

(2) In the charging scheme provisions, “unauthorised catch of sea fish” means—

(a) in relation to a chargeable person who is the holder of an English sea fishing licence, an amount of sea fish caught in any period by the fishing boat named in that licence that exceeds the amount which that boat is authorised by the Marine Management Organisation to catch in that period;

(b) in relation to a chargeable person who is a producer organisation, an amount of sea fish caught in any period by the fishing boats named in the English sea fishing licences held by its members that exceeds the total amount which those boats are authorised by the Marine Management Organisation to catch in that period.

(3) A charging scheme may make provision about whether, for the purposes of subsection (2), the catching in any period of an amount of sea fish by a fishing boat is authorised by the Marine Management Organisation.

(4) In this section “the charging scheme provisions” means sections 28 to 32.