49.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a sum equal to the amount of any third country direct landings charge which a vendor is required to include in the purchase price of any relevant fishery products shall be payable by him to the food authority in whose area the chargeable transaction takes place.
(2) If the chargeable transaction takes place before the fishery products are landed in Great Britain, a sum equal to the amount of any third country direct landings charge which a vendor is required to include in the purchase price shall be payable by him to the food authority responsible for the checks provided for in Section II of Chapter V of Schedule 3 in respect of those products.
(3) Any sum payable to a food authority under this regulation shall be recoverable as a civil debt.