The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order 2005

Consequential and connected amendments

32.  The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) Order 2000(1) is amended, so far as it applies in England, as follows:

(a) in article 2(1)–

(i) for the definition of “Annex V” substitute the following definitions–

““Annex IVa” means Annex IVa to Council Regulation 27/2005 of 22nd December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required;

“Annex IVc” means Annex IVc to Council Regulation 27/2005 of 22nd December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish sticks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required;”;

(ii) insert the following definition:

““Regulation 423/04” means Council Regulation (EC) No 423/04 establishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks”; and

(iii) at the end of the definition of “Regulation 2847/93” replace “and as applied by point 13 of Annex V” with “and as applied by Article 9 of Regulation 423/04 and point 13 of Annex IVc”;

(b) In article 3, for paragraph (1A) substitute the following paragraph:

“(1A) In relation to any such fishing boat landing at a port designated by article 10(4) of the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order 2005, being a boat to which Annex IVa applies, the obligation to submit the logbook referred to in item 2(b) of the Schedule shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as contravened unless submission is effected, before the landing of any fish, by the handing of the white top copy of each logbook entry to a British sea-fishery officer or the placing of that white top copy in a box in the port marked as provided for that purpose.”;

(c) in the Schedule, in column 3 of each entry opposite items 2(l), (m), (n) and (o), for the words “point 13 of Annex V”, substitute the words “Article 9 of Regulation 423/04 and point 13 of Annex IVc”.

(1)

S.I. 2000/51, amended by S.I. 2003/559, 2003/1535 and 2004/38.