The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 300

AGRICULTURE

The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

4th July 2006

Coming into operation

1st August 2006

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981(1) and now vested in it(2), makes the following Order

PART 1 N.I. Preliminary

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1 August 2006.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in operation at 1.8.2006, see art. 1

Interpretation N.I.

F1 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2 revoked (31.10.2007) by The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (revoked) 2007 (S.R. 2007/407), arts. 1, 26(a)

F2 PART 2 N.I. Days at Sea

Textual Amendments

F2 Pts. 2-4 revoked (31.10.2007) by The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (revoked) 2007 (S.R. 2007/407), arts. 1, 26(b)

Establishment of management periods for Northern Ireland boats N.I.

F2 3.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Deeming provisions in respect of certain management periods notified in the first half 2006 N.I.

F2 4.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences in relation to management periods N.I.

F2 5.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allocation of days for fishing in the Cod Recovery Zone and Sole Recovery Zone N.I.

F2 6.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allocation of days – pair trawling N.I.

F2 7.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Adjustment of the allocation of days N.I.

F2 8.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fishing in the first half 2006, notification requirement and adjustment of allocation of days N.I.

F2 9.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences in relation to allocation of days and other restrictions on presence in the Cod Recovery Zone and Sole Recovery Zone N.I.

F2 10.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transfer of days N.I.

F2 11.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offence in relation to transfers of days N.I.

F2 12.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences in relation to fishing gears N.I.

F2 13.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Maintenance of logbooks requirements and related offence N.I.

F2 14.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 PART 3 N.I. Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance in respect of fishing in the Sole Recovery Zone

Transhipment or landing relating to third countries N.I.

F2 15.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mixing of species N.I.

F2 16.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Weighing sole N.I.

F2 17.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transport of sole N.I.

F2 18.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recording information on catches of sole N.I.

F2 19.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 PART 4 N.I. Enforcement

Interpretation of Part 4 N.I.

F2 20.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Penalties and defence N.I.

F2 21.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recovery of fines N.I.

F2 22.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats N.I.

F2 23.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers of British sea-fishery officers on land N.I.

F2 24.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Warrants to enter premises N.I.

F2 25.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear N.I.

F2 26.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Protection of officers N.I.

F2 27.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Obstruction of officers N.I.

F2 28.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences by corporate bodies N.I.

F2 29.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Admissibility of documents in evidence N.I.

F2 30.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART 5 N.I. Supplementary

Consequential amendments N.I.

31.—(1) The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005(3) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit Articles 3 to 6 and 12 to 22.

(3) In Article 23(2) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 of this Order” substitute “any of Articles 7 to 11 of this Order”.

(4) In Article 23(3) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 of this Order” substitute “any of Articles 7 to 11 of this Order”.

(5) Omit Article 23(5).

(6) In Article 25(1) omit “and Part 3”.

(7) In Article 25(4) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21 or 22” substitute “A Article 8 or 11 of this Order”.

(8) In Article 26(1) omit “and Part 3”.

(9) In Article 27(2) for “Article 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21” substitute “any of Articles 7 to 11 of this Order”.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 31 in operation at 1.8.2006, see art. 1

Sealed with Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 4 July 2006

L.S.

Liam McKibben

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides in Northern Ireland and in relation to Northern Ireland fishing boats for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of Annex IIA and IIC (“the Annexes”) to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 (OJ No L16, 20.1.06, p1) fixing for 2006 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 (“the Regulation”).

The Order contains provisions which create a management system for days at sea based on monthly entitlements and linked to management periods. Article 4 deals with the establishment of management periods. Article 6 contains offences in relation to management periods. Article 7 provides for the calculation of allocation of days for fishing in the Cod Recovery and Sole Recovery Zones which are defined in Article 3 as covering the geographical areas covered by the Annexes. Article 8 provides for the calculation of the allocation of days when a fishing boat is involved in pair trawling. Articles 9 and 10 provide for the adjustment of allocations of days by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Article 11 contains offences in relation to allocations of days and other restrictions on presence in the Cod Recovery and Sole Recovery Zones. Article 12 provides for transfers of days and Article 13 contains an offence of giving false information in a notification made for the purpose of a transfer.

Article 14 creates offences in relation to restrictions in both Annexes on the carriage and operation of fishing gears and the combined use of regulated and unregulated gears. Article 15 contains provisions on, and an offence relating to, the maintenance of log-books.

Articles 16 to 20 provide for offences in relation to further controls in Annex II on fishing in the Sole Recovery Zone.

Part 4 of the Order makes provision for enforcement. Article 22 deals with penalties and article 23 provides for the recovery of fines imposed, or treated as imposed, by a magistrates' court.

Articles 24, 25 and 27 confer various powers on British sea-fishery officers including the power to enter premises, to go on board fishing boats and to stop and search vehicles transporting fish.

Article 32 makes consequential amendments to the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.I 2005/350).

(1)

1981 c. 29

(2)

Sea Fisheries Order (NI) 2002 (SI2002/790 Article 3(2) and Schedule 2

(3)

S. I. 2005/393.