The Scallop Dredging Operations (Tracking Devices) (Wales) Order 2012

Enforcement

7.—(1) The person in charge of a British fishing boat which has a tracking device installed onboard pursuant to article 3 must ensure that—

(a) the tracking device installed is not capable of being manually overridden;

(b) the tracking device is not capable of transmitting false information;

(c) the required information is not altered in any way;

(d) any antenna or the antennas connected to the tracking device are not obstructed in any way; and

(e) the power supply to the tracking device is not interrupted in any way.

(2) For the purposes of this article “information” (“gwybodaeth”) means any information which forms part of the required information.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), it is prohibited to destroy, damage, render inoperative, remove or otherwise interfere with a tracking device installed for the purposes of article 3.

(4) The person in charge of a British fishing boat must ensure that any scallops caught or taken onboard that boat in contravention of the provisions of this Order, are returned to the sea as soon as possible.