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

Failure of a Tracking DeviceE+W

6.—(1) If a tracking device installed pursuant to article 3 is incapable of transmitting the required information, the person in charge of the [F1fishing boat] upon which that tracking device is installed must—

(a)ensure that that boat is not used to fish for scallops; and

(b)notify the Welsh Ministers that the tracking device is incapable of transmitting the required information.

(2) A notification under paragraph (1)(b) must include the port letters and port number of the [F2fishing boat] upon which the relevant tracking device is installed.

(3) When a tracking device to which paragraph (1) applies has been repaired or replaced so that the [F3fishing boat] upon which that device was installed is able to transmit the required information in accordance with article 3, the person in charge of that boat must notify the Welsh Ministers that that boat is able to comply with article 3 before that boat may be used to fish for, take or kill scallops.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Art. 6 in force at 1.11.2012, see art. 1(1)