Purchase of fish by an unregistered buyer
8.—(1) Any person who buys fish contrary to Article 22(2)(b) of the CFP Regulation, as read with the final sub-paragraph of Article 22(2), is guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who—
(a)buys fish and but for the final sub-paragraph of Article 22(2) would have been guilty of an offence under paragraph (1); and
(b)on the day he buys the fish buys a total of more than 25 kilogrammes of fish,
is guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who, on its first sale, buys fish other than from a registered fish seller and is not a registered buyer, is guilty of an offence.
(4) A person is not guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) if—
(a)he does not buy more than 25 kilogrammes of fish on the day in question; and
(b)he can show that all of the fish that he buys is for private consumption.