Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(2); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Words in s. 1(1)(2)(3) omitted (8.8.1994) by virtue of 1994 c. 27, s. 1(1)(2)(3)(a)(4)(b); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

S. 1(2)(dd)(ddd) inserted (8.8.1994) by 1994 c. 27, s. 1(3)(b); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

Words in s. 1(3) substituted (8.8.1994) by 1994 c. 27, s. 1(4)(a)(c); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

Words in s. 2 substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(2); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Word in s. 2 omitted (8.8.1994) by virtue of 1994 c. 27, s. 4(1); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

S. 2A inserted (21.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 103(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/1983, art. 3

S. 4(1A) inserted (8.8.1994) by 1994 c. 27, s. 2; S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

S. 5(1)-(4) substituted (8.8.1994) by 1994 c. 27, s. 3(1); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

S. 5(5A) inserted (8.8.1994) by 1994 c. 27, s. 3(2); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

Words in s.7(2) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt.I para. 72(2); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Word substituted by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), s. 108(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 25, Sch. 7 paras. 5, 9(1)

Definition of

British fishing boat

substituted (1.1.1996) by virtue of 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 70(a) (with s. 312(1))

Words in definition of

Scottish inshore waters

in s. 9(1) substituted (8.8.1994) by 1994 c. 27, s. 4(2); S.I. 1994/2124, art. 2

Words in definition of “Scottish inshore waters” in s. 9(1) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(3)(a); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

S. 9(1): definition of “the Scottish Zone” inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(3)(b); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Definition of

wholly British-owned

inserted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 70(b) (with s. 312(1))

Words in s. 9(2) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para 72(4); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Words in s. 11(2)(3) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt.I para. 72(2); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Power of appointment conferred by s. 11(2) fully exercised: 26.7.1985 appointed by S.I. 1985/961

1951 c. 26.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/26/body/1999-07-01Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984An Act to make fresh provision for Scotland as regards the regulation of inshore sea fishing, and for connected purposes.1984-06-26texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-03-231999-07-01
1 General power to prohibit sea fishing in specified areas.(1)

The Scottish Ministers may, after consultation with such bodies as he considers appropriate, make orders under this section regulating fishing for sea fish in any specified . . . area within Scottish inshore waters.

(2)

Orders under this section may prohibit, within the specified . . . area, all or any, or a combination of the following—

(a)

all fishing for sea fish;

(b)

fishing for a specified description of sea fish;

(c)

fishing by a specified method;

(d)

fishing from a specified description of fishing boat;

(dd)

fishing from or by means of any vehicle or any vehicle of a specified description;

(ddd)

fishing by means of a specified description of equipment

and they may—

(e)

specify the period during which any prohibition is to apply;

(f)

make exceptions to any prohibition contained in the order.

(3)

Where an order under subsection (2)(b) (c) or (ddd) above applies within a specified . . . area for the time being, and, as an incident of lawful fishing operations, fish of a description for which fishing is prohibited are caught, or fish are caught by a method which is prohibited in respect of fish of that description, such fish shall, unless the order provides otherwise, be returned to Scottish inshore waters forthwith.

2 Power to prohibit the carriage of specified types of net.

The Scottish Ministers may, after consultation with such bodies as he considers appropriate, make orders under this section prohibiting the carriage, for any purpose, in any British fishing boat, in any specified . . . area within Scottish inshore waters, of a type of net specified in the order; and such an order may make exceptions to any prohibition contained therein.

2A Powers to restrict fishing, or to prohibit the carriage of specified types of net, for marine environmental purposes.(1)

Any power to make an order under section 1 or 2 above may be exercised for marine environmental purposes.

(2)

The power to make an order under section 1 or 2 above by virtue of this section is in addition to, and not in derogation from, the power to make an order under that section otherwise than by virtue of this section.

(3)

In this section “marine environmental purposes” means the purposes—

(a)

of conserving or enhancing the natural beauty or amenity of marine or coastal areas (including their geological or physiographical features) or of any features of archaeological or historic interest in such areas; or

(b)

of conserving flora or fauna which are dependent on, or associated with, a marine or coastal environment.

3 Use of mobile gear near fixed salmon nets.

No person may fish by means of a trawl, seine or other gear designed for fishing from a moving vessel within half a mile of any fixed salmon net.

4 Offences.(1)

Any person who contravenes section 3 of this Act or any order made under this Act, or who fails to comply with section 1(3) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence; and where a fishing boat is used in the commission of such an offence, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence under this section.

(1A)

Where an offence is committed by way of a contravention of any order made under this Act or of a failure to comply with section 1(3) of this Act, and where a vehicle or equipment is used in the commission of the offence, each of the following persons shall (in addition to the contravenor) be guilty of an offence—

(a)

any person who caused or permitted the contravention;

(b)

the owner of the vehicle or equipment;

(c)

if the vehicle or equipment was subject to hire, the hirer; and

(d)

any person who was in charge of the vehicle or equipment.

(2)

Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or, on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(3)

Proceedings for an offence under this section or section 6 of this Act may be taken in any sheriff court, and the offence dealt with by the sheriff in every respect as if the offence had been committed wholly within his jurisdiction.

(4)

The court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section may, in addition to imposing any penalty under subsection (2) above—

(a)

order the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed or, alternatively, impose a fine not exceeding the value of such fish;

(b)

order the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear used in the commission of the offence,

and any fish or gear forfeited under this subsection shall be disposed of as the court may direct.

5 Powers of sea-fishery officers.(1)

The powers conferred by this section are exercisable by British sea-fishery officers—

(a)

in relation to any British fishing boat within British fishery limits, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of section 3 of this Act and of any order under this Act;

(b)

in relation to any vehicle or equipment, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of any order under this Act.

(2)

Any such officer may go on board any such boat or enter in or on any such vehicle or equipment, with or without persons assigned to him in his duties and for that purpose may require the boat, vehicle or equipment to be stopped and anything else to be done which will facilitate the boarding of the boat or the entering in or on of the vehicle or equipment.

(3)

Any such officer may require the attendance of—

(a)

the master and any other persons on board any boat; or

(b)

the person in charge of, and any other persons in or on, any vehicle or equipment,

which he has boarded or entered under subsection (2) above and may make any examination and inquiry which appears to him to be necessary for the purpose of enforcing the aforesaid provisions.

(4)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, any such officer—

(a)

may examine—

(i)

any fish on the boat or in or on the vehicle or equipment; and

(ii)

any apparatus on the boat or vehicle, including the fishing gear,

and require persons on board the boat or in charge of or in or on the vehicle or equipment to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the examination;

(b)

may require any person on board the boat or in charge of or in or on the vehicle or equipment to produce any document relating to—

(i)

the boat, vehicle or equipment;

(ii)

its fishing operations or other operations ancillary thereto; or

(iii)

the persons on board the boat or in charge of or in or on the vehicle or equipment,

which is in his custody or possession, and may take copies of any such document;

(c)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether—

(i)

the master, owner or charterer of the boat; or

(ii)

in relation to the vehicle or equipment, any person mentioned in section 4(1A) of this Act,

has committed an offence under this Act, may search the boat, vehicle or equipment for any such document and may require any person on board the boat or in or on the vehicle or equipment to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the search;

(d)

where the boat, vehicle or equipment is one in relation to which he has reason to suspect that such an offence has been committed, may seize and detain any such document produced to him or found on board the boat or in or on the vehicle or equipment for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence,

but nothing in paragraph (d) above shall permit any document required by law to be carried on board the boat to be seized and detained except while the boat is detained in a port.

(5)

Where it appears to any such officer that an offence under section 4 of this Act has been committed in relation to any fishing boat, he may—

(a)

require the master of the boat to take, or may himself take, the boat and its crew to the port which appears to him to be the nearest convenient port; and

(b)

detain or require the master to detain the boat in the port,

and where such officer detains or requires the detention of a boat he shall serve on the master a notice in writing stating that the boat will be or is required to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the service on the master of a further notice in writing signed by a British sea-fishery officer.

(5A)

Where it appears to any such officer that an offence consisting of a contravention of an order made under this Act has been committed in relation to any vehicle or equipment, he may seize the vehicle or equipment.

(6)

Any such officer may seize—

(a)

any fish in respect of which an offence has been or is being committed under this Act;

(b)

any net or other fishing gear which is used in the commission of an offence under this Act.

(7)

Any such officer may—

(a)

enter at any reasonable time any premises (other than a dwelling-house) used for carrying on any business in connection with the operation of fishing boats or activities connected therewith or ancillary thereto or with the treatment, storage or sale of sea fish;

(b)

require any person on the premises to produce any documents which are in his custody or possession relating to the catching, landing, transhipment, sale or disposal of any sea fish;

and, if he has reason to suspect that an offence under this Act has been committed, he may also—

(c)

search the premises for any such document and require any person on the premises to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the search;

(d)

seize and detain any such document produced to him or found on the premises for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence.

6 Provisions ancillary to section 5.(1)

Any person who—

(a)

fails to comply with any requirement imposed, or to answer any question asked, by a British sea-fishery officer under section 5 of this Act; or

(b)

prevents, or attempts to prevent, any other person from complying with such a requirement or answering such a question; or

(c)

assaults any such officer exercising any of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of this Act, or obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of or not exceeding £5,000, or on conviction on indictment to a fine.

(2)

A British sea-fishery officer shall not be liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in purported exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 5, if the court is satisfied that the act was done in good faith and that there were reasonable grounds for doing it.

7 Powers of water bailiffs, etc.(1)

This section applies where an order under section 1 of this Act imposes any prohibition or restriction on fishing for salmon or migratory trout within any waters which form part of the district of a district board within the meaning of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951.

(2)

Any water bailiff or constable or any person appointed by the Scottish Ministers in pursuance of section 10(5) of the said Act of 1951 may exercise in relation to a contravention of an order referred to in subsection (1) any of the powers conferred upon him in relation to a contravention of that Act by the following provisions thereof—

(a)

sections 11 and 12 (which confer powers of search and arrest); and

(b)

sections 10(1)(d) and 20, so far as those provisions relate to the seizure of fish, instruments or articles liable to forfeiture or to the disposal of such fish,

and subsections 10(3) and (6) (which contain provisions ancillary thereto) shall apply as if the Acts therein mentioned included this Act.

8 Offences by bodies corporate and recovery of fines.(1)

Where any offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate with the consent or approval of any director or other officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence.

(2)

Where a fine is imposed on the master, owner or charterer or a member of the crew of a fishing boat who is convicted by the sheriff of an offence under this Act, the sheriff may—

(a)

issue a warrant for the arrestment and sale of the boat and its gear and catch and any property of the person convicted; and

(b)

order the boat to be detained for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the conviction or until the fine is paid, whichever occurs first.

9 Interpretation.(1)

In this Act—

British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which either is registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or is wholly British-owned

fishing boat” means any vessel which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;

master” includes, in relation to any fishing boat, the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;

miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;

Scottish inshore waters” means the area adjacent to the coast of Scotland and within the Scottish zone, and to the landward of a limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides;

“the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998;

sea fish” means fish of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, salmon and migratory trout.

wholly British-owned” means wholly owned by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

(2)

Orders under section 1 or 2 of this Act shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

10 Consequential amendments and repeals.(1)

Schedule 1 to this Act has effect to make minor and consequential amendments to certain enactments.

(2)

The enactments specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Act, which include certain spent provisions, are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

11 Citation, commencement, transitional provisions and extent.(1)

This Act may be cited as the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984.

(2)

The provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Scottish Ministersmay appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.

(3)

The Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument make such consequential and transitional provisions as may appear to him to be expedient in connection with the coming into force of any of the provisions of this Act.

(4)

This Act extends to Scotland only.

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<ref eId="c00019" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27/section/1/4/a/c">s. 1(4)(a)(c)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00020" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124">S.I. 1994/2124</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00021" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757566" marker="F5">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00022" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/2">s. 2</ref>
substituted (1.7.1999) by
<ref eId="c00023" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820">S.I. 1999/1820</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00024" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/article/4">art. 4</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00025" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/72/2">Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(2)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00026" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178">S.I. 1998/3178</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00027" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757567" marker="F6">
<p>
Word in
<ref eId="c00028" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/2">s. 2</ref>
omitted (8.8.1994) by virtue of
<ref eId="c00029" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27">1994 c. 27</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00030" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27/section/4/1">s. 4(1)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00031" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124">S.I. 1994/2124</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00032" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757568" marker="F7">
<p>
<ref eId="c00033" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/2A">S. 2A</ref>
inserted (21.9.1995) by
<ref eId="c00034" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25">1995 c. 25</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00035" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/section/103/2">s. 103(2)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00036" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/section/7/6">ss. 7(6)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00037" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/section/115">115</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00038" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/section/117">117</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00039" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1983">S.I. 1995/1983</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00040" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1983/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757570" marker="F8">
<p>
<ref eId="c00041" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/4/1A">S. 4(1A)</ref>
inserted (8.8.1994) by
<ref eId="c00042" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27">1994 c. 27</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00043" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27/section/2">s. 2</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00044" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124">S.I. 1994/2124</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00045" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757571" marker="F9">
<p>
<rref eId="c00046" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/5/1" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/5/4">S. 5(1)-(4)</rref>
substituted (8.8.1994) by
<ref eId="c00047" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27">1994 c. 27</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00048" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27/section/3/1">s. 3(1)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00049" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124">S.I. 1994/2124</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00050" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757572" marker="F10">
<p>
<ref eId="c00051" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/5/5A">S. 5(5A)</ref>
inserted (8.8.1994) by
<ref eId="c00052" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27">1994 c. 27</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00053" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27/section/3/2">s. 3(2)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00054" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124">S.I. 1994/2124</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00055" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757575" marker="F11">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00057" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/7/2">s.7(2)</ref>
substituted (1.7.1999) by
<ref eId="c00058" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820">S.I. 1999/1820</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00059" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/article/4">art. 4</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00060" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/72/2">Sch. 2 Pt.I para. 72(2)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00061" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178">S.I. 1998/3178</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00062" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757576" marker="F12">
<p>
Word substituted by
<ref eId="c00063" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/18">Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00064" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/18/section/108/1/2">s. 108(1)(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00065" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/6/paragraph/25">Sch. 6 para. 25</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00066" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/7/paragraph/5">Sch. 7 paras. 5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00067" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/7/paragraph/9/1">9(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757586" marker="F13">
<p>Definition of</p>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-british-fishing-boat" eId="term-british-fishing-boat">British fishing boat</term>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
substituted (1.1.1996) by virtue of
<ref eId="c00068" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21">1995 c. 21</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00069" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/314/2">ss. 314(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00070" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/316/2">316(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00071" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/13/paragraph/70/a">Sch. 13 para. 70(a)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00072" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/312/1">s. 312(1)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757587" marker="F14">
<p>Words in definition of</p>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-scottish-inshore-waters" eId="term-scottish-inshore-waters">Scottish inshore waters</term>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
in s. 9(1) substituted (8.8.1994) by
<ref eId="c00073" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27">1994 c. 27</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00074" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/27/section/4/2">s. 4(2)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00075" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124">S.I. 1994/2124</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00076" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2124/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757588" marker="F15">
<p>
Words in definition of “Scottish inshore waters” in s. 9(1) inserted (1.7.1999) by
<ref eId="c00077" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820">S.I. 1999/1820</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00078" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/article/4">art. 4</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00079" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/72/3/a">Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(3)(a)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00080" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178">S.I. 1998/3178</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00081" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757589" marker="F16">
<p>
<ref eId="c00082" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/9/1">S. 9(1)</ref>
: definition of “the Scottish Zone” inserted (1.7.1999) by
<ref eId="c00083" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820">S.I. 1999/1820</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00084" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/article/4">art. 4</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00085" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/72/3/b">Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 72(3)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00086" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178">S.I. 1998/3178</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00087" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757590" marker="F17">
<p>Definition of</p>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-wholly-british-owned" eId="term-wholly-british-owned">wholly British-owned</term>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
inserted (1.1.1996) by
<ref eId="c00088" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21">1995 c. 21</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00089" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/314/2">ss. 314(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00090" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/316/2">316(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00091" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/13/paragraph/70/b">Sch. 13 para. 70(b)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00092" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/312/1">s. 312(1)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757591" marker="F18">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00093" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/9/2">s. 9(2)</ref>
substituted (1.7.1999) by
<ref eId="c00094" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820">S.I. 1999/1820</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00095" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/article/4">art. 4</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00096" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/72/4">Sch. 2 Pt. I para 72(4)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00097" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178">S.I. 1998/3178</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00098" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c757594" marker="F19">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00100" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/26/section/11/2/3">s. 11(2)(3)</ref>
substituted (1.7.1999) by
<ref eId="c00101" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820">S.I. 1999/1820</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00102" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/article/4">art. 4</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00103" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1820/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/72/2">Sch. 2 Pt.I para. 72(2)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00104" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178">S.I. 1998/3178</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00105" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c757593" marker="C1">
<p>
Power of appointment conferred by s. 11(2) fully exercised: 26.7.1985 appointed by
<ref eId="c00099" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1985/961">S.I. 1985/961</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c757574" marker="M1">
<p>
<ref eId="c00056" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1951/26">1951 c. 26</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
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<section eId="section-1">
<num>1</num>
<heading> General power to prohibit sea fishing in specified areas.</heading>
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<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>
The
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p59" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757558">
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Scottish Ministers
</ins>
may, after consultation with such bodies as he considers appropriate, make orders under this section regulating fishing for sea fish in any specified
<noteRef href="#c757559" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
. . . area within Scottish inshore waters.
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<subsection eId="section-1-2">
<num>(2)</num>
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<intro>
<p>
Orders under this section may prohibit, within the specified
<noteRef href="#c757559" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
. . . area, all or any, or a combination of the following—
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<level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>all fishing for sea fish;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>fishing for a specified description of sea fish;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>fishing by a specified method;</p>
</content>
</level>
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<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>fishing from a specified description of fishing boat;</p>
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(dd)
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<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p98" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757561">fishing from or by means of any vehicle or any vehicle of a specified description;</ins>
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<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p98" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757561">(ddd)</ins>
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<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p98" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757561">fishing by means of a specified description of equipment</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
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<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<p>and they may—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-e">
<num>(e)</num>
<content>
<p>specify the period during which any prohibition is to apply;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-f">
<num>(f)</num>
<content>
<p>make exceptions to any prohibition contained in the order.</p>
</content>
</level>
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<subsection eId="section-1-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>
Where an order under subsection (2)(b)
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(c) or (ddd)
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above applies within a specified
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. . . area for the time being, and, as an incident of lawful fishing operations, fish of a description for which fishing is prohibited are caught, or fish are caught by a method which is prohibited in respect of fish of that description, such fish shall, unless the order provides otherwise, be returned to
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Scottish inshore waters
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forthwith.
</p>
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<section eId="section-2">
<num>2</num>
<heading> Power to prohibit the carriage of specified types of net.</heading>
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The
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<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757566" class="commentary"/>
Scottish Ministers
</ins>
may, after consultation with such bodies as he considers appropriate, make orders under this section prohibiting the carriage, for any purpose, in any British fishing boat, in any specified
<noteRef href="#c757567" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
. . . area within Scottish inshore waters, of a type of net specified in the order; and such an order may make exceptions to any prohibition contained therein.
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-2A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757568" class="commentary"/>
<noteRef href="#c757568" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
2A
</ins>
</num>
<heading>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568"> Powers to restrict fishing, or to prohibit the carriage of specified types of net, for marine environmental purposes.</ins>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-2A-1">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">(1)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">Any power to make an order under section 1 or 2 above may be exercised for marine environmental purposes.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2A-2">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">(2)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">The power to make an order under section 1 or 2 above by virtue of this section is in addition to, and not in derogation from, the power to make an order under that section otherwise than by virtue of this section.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2A-3">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">(3)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">In this section “</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-marine-environmental-purposes" eId="term-marine-environmental-purposes">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">marine environmental purposes</ins>
</term>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">” means the purposes—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-2A-3-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">of conserving or enhancing the natural beauty or amenity of marine or coastal areas (including their geological or physiographical features) or of any features of archaeological or historic interest in such areas; or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-2A-3-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p166" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757568">of conserving flora or fauna which are dependent on, or associated with, a marine or coastal environment.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-3">
<num>3</num>
<heading> Use of mobile gear near fixed salmon nets.</heading>
<content>
<p>No person may fish by means of a trawl, seine or other gear designed for fishing from a moving vessel within half a mile of any fixed salmon net.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-4">
<num>4</num>
<heading> Offences.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-4-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Any person who contravenes section 3 of this Act or any order made under this Act, or who fails to comply with section 1(3) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence; and where a fishing boat is used in the commission of such an offence, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence under this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-1A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757570" class="commentary"/>
(1A)
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">Where an offence is committed by way of a contravention of any order made under this Act or of a failure to comply with section 1(3) of this Act, and where a vehicle or equipment is used in the commission of the offence, each of the following persons shall (in addition to the contravenor) be guilty of an offence—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-1A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">any person who caused or permitted the contravention;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-1A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">the owner of the vehicle or equipment;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-1A-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">if the vehicle or equipment was subject to hire, the hirer; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-1A-d">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">(d)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p233" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757570">any person who was in charge of the vehicle or equipment.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or, on conviction on indictment, to a fine.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Proceedings for an offence under this section or section 6 of this Act may be taken in any sheriff court, and the offence dealt with by the sheriff in every respect as if the offence had been committed wholly within his jurisdiction.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-4-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>The court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section may, in addition to imposing any penalty under subsection (2) above—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>order the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed or, alternatively, impose a fine not exceeding the value of such fish;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>order the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear used in the commission of the offence,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and any fish or gear forfeited under this subsection shall be disposed of as the court may direct.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-5">
<num>5</num>
<heading> Powers of sea-fishery officers.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-5-1">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757571" class="commentary"/>
(1)
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">The powers conferred by this section are exercisable by British sea-fishery officers—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-1-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">in relation to any British fishing boat within British fishery limits, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of section 3 of this Act and of any order under this Act;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-1-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">in relation to any vehicle or equipment, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of any order under this Act.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-2">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(2)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">Any such officer may go on board any such boat or enter in or on any such vehicle or equipment, with or without persons assigned to him in his duties and for that purpose may require the boat, vehicle or equipment to be stopped and anything else to be done which will facilitate the boarding of the boat or the entering in or on of the vehicle or equipment.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-3">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(3)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">Any such officer may require the attendance of—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-3-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">the master and any other persons on board any boat; or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-3-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">the person in charge of, and any other persons in or on, any vehicle or equipment,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">which he has boarded or entered under subsection (2) above and may make any examination and inquiry which appears to him to be necessary for the purpose of enforcing the aforesaid provisions.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-4">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(4)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, any such officer—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(a)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">may examine—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-5-4-a-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(i)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">any fish on the boat or in or on the vehicle or equipment; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-5-4-a-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(ii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">any apparatus on the boat or vehicle, including the fishing gear,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">and require persons on board the boat or in charge of or in or on the vehicle or equipment to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the examination;</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(b)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">may require any person on board the boat or in charge of or in or on the vehicle or equipment to produce any document relating to—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-5-4-b-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(i)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">the boat, vehicle or equipment;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-5-4-b-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(ii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">its fishing operations or other operations ancillary thereto; or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-5-4-b-iii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(iii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">the persons on board the boat or in charge of or in or on the vehicle or equipment,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">which is in his custody or possession, and may take copies of any such document;</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(c)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">for the purpose of ascertaining whether—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-5-4-c-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(i)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">the master, owner or charterer of the boat; or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-5-4-c-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(ii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">in relation to the vehicle or equipment, any person mentioned in section 4(1A) of this Act,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">has committed an offence under this Act, may search the boat, vehicle or equipment for any such document and may require any person on board the boat or in or on the vehicle or equipment to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the search;</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-4-d">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">(d)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">where the boat, vehicle or equipment is one in relation to which he has reason to suspect that such an offence has been committed, may seize and detain any such document produced to him or found on board the boat or in or on the vehicle or equipment for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p306" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757571">but nothing in paragraph (d) above shall permit any document required by law to be carried on board the boat to be seized and detained except while the boat is detained in a port.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<intro>
<p>Where it appears to any such officer that an offence under section 4 of this Act has been committed in relation to any fishing boat, he may—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-5-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>require the master of the boat to take, or may himself take, the boat and its crew to the port which appears to him to be the nearest convenient port; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-5-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>detain or require the master to detain the boat in the port,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and where such officer detains or requires the detention of a boat he shall serve on the master a notice in writing stating that the boat will be or is required to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the service on the master of a further notice in writing signed by a British sea-fishery officer.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-5A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p455" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757572">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757572" class="commentary"/>
(5A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p455" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757572">Where it appears to any such officer that an offence consisting of a contravention of an order made under this Act has been committed in relation to any vehicle or equipment, he may seize the vehicle or equipment.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<intro>
<p>Any such officer may seize—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-6-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>any fish in respect of which an offence has been or is being committed under this Act;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-6-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>any net or other fishing gear which is used in the commission of an offence under this Act.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<p>Any such officer may—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-7-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>enter at any reasonable time any premises (other than a dwelling-house) used for carrying on any business in connection with the operation of fishing boats or activities connected therewith or ancillary thereto or with the treatment, storage or sale of sea fish;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-7-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>require any person on the premises to produce any documents which are in his custody or possession relating to the catching, landing, transhipment, sale or disposal of any sea fish;</p>
</content>
</level>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<p>and, if he has reason to suspect that an offence under this Act has been committed, he may also—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-7-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>search the premises for any such document and require any person on the premises to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the search;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-7-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>seize and detain any such document produced to him or found on the premises for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence.</p>
</content>
</level>
</hcontainer>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-6">
<num>6</num>
<heading> Provisions ancillary to section 5.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-6-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>Any person who—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>fails to comply with any requirement imposed, or to answer any question asked, by a British sea-fishery officer under section 5 of this Act; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>prevents, or attempts to prevent, any other person from complying with such a requirement or answering such a question; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>assaults any such officer exercising any of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of this Act, or obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of or not exceeding £5,000, or on conviction on indictment to a fine.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>A British sea-fishery officer shall not be liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in purported exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 5, if the court is satisfied that the act was done in good faith and that there were reasonable grounds for doing it.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-7">
<num>7</num>
<heading>
Powers of water bailiffs,
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-7-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>
This section applies where an order under section 1 of this Act imposes any prohibition or restriction on fishing for salmon or migratory trout within any waters which form part of the district of a district board within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c757574" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>
Any water bailiff or constable or any person appointed by the
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p575" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757575">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757575" class="commentary"/>
Scottish Ministers
</ins>
in pursuance of section 10(5) of the said Act of 1951 may exercise in relation to a contravention of an order referred to in subsection (1) any of the powers conferred upon him in relation to a contravention of that Act by the following provisions thereof—
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>sections 11 and 12 (which confer powers of search and arrest); and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>sections 10(1)(d) and 20, so far as those provisions relate to the seizure of fish, instruments or articles liable to forfeiture or to the disposal of such fish,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and subsections 10(3) and (6) (which contain provisions ancillary thereto) shall apply as if the Acts therein mentioned included this Act.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-8">
<num>8</num>
<heading> Offences by bodies corporate and recovery of fines.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-8-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Where any offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate with the consent or approval of any director or other officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a fine is imposed on the master, owner or charterer or a member of the crew of a fishing boat who is convicted by the sheriff of an offence under this Act, the sheriff may—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>
issue a warrant for the
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p619" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757576">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757576" class="commentary"/>
arrestment
</ins>
and sale of the boat and its gear and catch and any property of the person convicted; and
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>order the boat to be detained for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the conviction or until the fine is paid, whichever occurs first.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-9">
<num>9</num>
<heading> Interpretation.</heading>
<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<subsection eId="section-9-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>In this Act—</p>
</intro>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p644" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757586">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757586" class="commentary"/>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-british-fishing-boat" eId="term-british-fishing-boat">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p644" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757586">British fishing boat</ins>
</term>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p644" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757586">” means a fishing boat which either is registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or is wholly British-owned</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-fishing-boat" eId="term-fishing-boat">fishing boat</term>
” means any vessel which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-master" eId="term-master">master</term>
” includes, in relation to any fishing boat, the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-miles" eId="term-miles">miles</term>
” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-scottish-inshore-waters" eId="term-scottish-inshore-waters">Scottish inshore waters</term>
” means the
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p681" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757587">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757587" class="commentary"/>
area
</ins>
adjacent to the coast of Scotland
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p685" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757588">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757588" class="commentary"/>
and within the Scottish zone,
</ins>
and to the landward of a limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</subsection>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<blockContainer ukl:Name="BlockText">
<p>
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p689">
<noteRef href="#c757589" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
“the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998;
</ins>
</p>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-sea-fish" eId="term-sea-fish">sea fish</term>
” means fish of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, salmon and migratory trout.
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p704" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757590">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757590" class="commentary"/>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-wholly-british-owned" eId="term-wholly-british-owned">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p704" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757590">wholly British-owned</ins>
</term>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p704" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757590">” means wholly owned by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</blockContainer>
</intro>
<subsection eId="section-9-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
Orders under section 1 or 2 of this Act shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p719" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757591">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757591" class="commentary"/>
the Scottish Parliament
</ins>
.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</hcontainer>
</section>
<section eId="section-10">
<num>10</num>
<heading> Consequential amendments and repeals.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-10-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Schedule 1 to this Act has effect to make minor and consequential amendments to certain enactments.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>The enactments specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Act, which include certain spent provisions, are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-11">
<num>11</num>
<heading> Citation, commencement, transitional provisions and extent.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-11-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>This Act may be cited as the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-11-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
The provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p765" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757594">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757594" class="commentary"/>
Scottish Ministers
</ins>
may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-11-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>
The
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p775" ukl:CommentaryRef="c757594">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c757594" class="commentary"/>
Scottish Ministers
</ins>
may by order made by statutory instrument make such consequential and transitional provisions as may appear to him to be expedient in connection with the coming into force of any of the provisions of this Act.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-11-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>This Act extends to Scotland only.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</body>
</act>
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