2Size limits for fish for use in course of any business. E+W+S
(1)Subject to any exemption granted under this section, no person shall in Great Britain have in his possession any fish to which this section applies for the purpose of processing or otherwise using it in the course of any business.
(2)This section applies to any fish which under section [F11(2)] of this Act is prohibited from being sold in Great Britain.
(3)Where it appears to an officer authorised in that behalf by the appropriate Minister that any fish which have been caught are fish to which this section applies, the officer may grant to any person such exemption from subsection (1) above as the officer considers requisite to enable the fish to be disposed of.
(4)Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
Textual Amendments
F1 “1(2)” substituted by Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29, SIF 52:1), s. 19(2)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 2 amended by Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29, SIF 52:1), s. 33(5), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 34