The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015

Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c.84)

4.—(1) The Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 11 (penalties for offences)(1), in subsection (1), for the words from “under this Act” to the end substitute “under sections 1 to 7 of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.”.

(3) In section 15 (powers of British sea-fishery officers for enforcement of Act)(2)—

(a) in subsection (2C), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”;

(b) in subsection (2D), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;

(c) in subsection (2E), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

(4) In section 16 (enforcement of orders under sections 1 and 2)(3)—

(a) in subsection (1A), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;

(b) in subsection (1B), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

(1)

Section 11(1) was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 24(1); it was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1991, section 17(3)(c) and Part 3 of Schedule 4, the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992, section 5 and the Marine and Costal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 199(2) and Schedule 22.

(2)

Section 15(2C) was inserted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 25(2); it was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 199(3)(a). Section 15(2D) and (2E) were inserted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 199(3)(b).

(3)

Section 16(1A) and (1B) were substituted for section 16(1A) (inserted by the Fisheries Act 1981, section 25(4)), by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 199(4).