Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Regulation of foreign fishing boats

PART 2 U.K. Scotland

The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 1999 U.K.

22 (1) The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 1991 (S.S.I. 1999/88) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In article 3 (fishing prohibition)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “a relevant British” substitute “ any ”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for “within the Scottish zone or anywhere outside that zone” substitute “ outside the Scottish zone ”.

(3) In article 4 (landing prohibition), for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) The prohibition in paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.”

(4) In article 5 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1)(b), for “relevant British” substitute “ other ”.