1982 No. 80
SEA FISHERIES
BOATS AND METHODS OF FISHING

Receiving of Trans-Shipped Sea Fish (Licensing) Order 1982

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fish industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4A(1), (2) and 15(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Receiving of Trans-shipped Sea Fish (Licensing) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1982.

Interpretation2.

In this Order “pelagic sea fish” means fish of any of the following descriptions:

  • Mackerel (Scomber scombrus),

  • Herring (Clupea harengus),

  • Sprat (Clupea sprattus),

  • Pilchard (Sardina pilchardus),

  • Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus).

Prohibition of receiving trans-shipped sea fish without a licence3.

The receiving within British fishery limits by any vessel (whether British or foreign) of any pelagic sea fish caught by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom, being pelagic sea fish which is trans-shipped from a boat so registered to the receiving vessel, is prohibited unless authorised by a licence granted by one of the Ministers.

Enforcement4.

For the purpose of the enforcement of this Order, there are hereby conferred on every British sea fishery officer all the powers of a British sea fishery officer under section 8(2) to (4) of the Sea Fisheries Act 19682.

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, is hereunto affixed on 20th January 1982.

Peter Walker
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
James Prior
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order prohibits the receiving within British fishery limits by a British or foreign vessel of any pelagic sea fish caught by a British fishing boat and trans-shipped from any such boat unless authorised by a licence granted by one of the Fisheries Ministers.